Reviews
Cases That Test Your Skills
Should clozapine be discontinued in a patient receiving chemotherapy?
Mr. A is diagnosed with leukemia. He has schizophrenia and has long been stable on clozapine. Can this medication be continued, or is the risk of...
Pearls
BOARDING psychiatric patients in the ED: Key strategies
Boarding of psychiatric patients in the emergency department (ED) has been well documented.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Cats, toxoplasmosis, and psychosis: Understanding the risks
Accumulating evidence has linked Toxoplasma gondii infection with schizophrenia.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Psychodynamic factors in psychotropic prescribing
Being aware of these factors can enhance the therapeutic alliance and improve outcomes.
Savvy Psychopharmacology
Deprescribing in older adults: An overview
Mr. J, age 73, has a 25-year history of generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder.
Cases That Test Your Skills
The woman who kept passing out
After becoming unresponsive, Ms. B, age 44, is admitted, sedated, and intubated. She has had 3 similar episodes, and each time left the hospital...
Pearls
How to ‘cybersecure’ your practice
The health care sector is not immune from cybersecurity attacks (malicious attempts to access or damage a computer or network system).
Pearls
Managing bipolar disorder in women who are pregnant
Psychiatrists who treat women of childbearing age should consider that those women may become pregnant, and that women with psychiatric illness...
Pearls
Loneliness: How psychiatry can help
Loneliness is distress that occurs when the quality or quantity of social relationships are less than desired.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Early interventions for psychosis
Despite considerable challenges, prevention and first-episode recovery programs may improve outcomes.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Nontraditional therapies for treatment-resistant depression: Part 2
SECOND OF 2 PARTS
Options include OTC agents, anti-inflammatory/immune system therapies, and devices.