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Polypharmacy of Schizophrenia

August 2010

by Peter Dussias, MBA; Amir H. Kalali, MD; and Leslie Citrome, MD, MPH
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The Dopamine Dilemma: Using Stimulants and Antipsychotics Concurrently

June 2010


by Jason Yanofski, MD
From the Forensic Psychiatry Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(6):18–23
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Recommendations for Pharmacological Management of Inpatient Aggression in Children and Adolescents

February 2010

Parikshit Deshmukh, MD; Guarav Kulkarni, MD; and Drew Barzman, MD
Dr. Deshmukh is a resident with the Division of Psychiatry, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio; Dr. Kulkarni is Research Assistant, Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry Service, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; and Dr. Barzman is Director, Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry Service, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(2):32–40
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The Problem of Atypical Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: A Case Report

July 2009

by Brendan T. Carroll, MD, and Susan A. Surber, Pharm.d

Dr. Carroll is Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Volunteer), University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, and Chief, Psychiatry Service, MHCL, Chillicothe VAMC, Chillicothe, OH; Dr. Surber is of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.
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Complex Diagnostic and Treatment Issues in Psychotic Symptoms Associated with Narcolepsy

June 2009

by Sricharan Moturi, MD, MPH, and Anna Ivanenko MD, PhD

Drs. Moturi and Ivanenko are from the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Ivanenko is also from the Children’s Memorial at Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, Illinois.
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Pancreatitis and Diabetic Ketoacidosis with Quetiapine Use

May 2009

by Javaid Rashid, MD; Perry J. Starer, MD; and Shazia Javaid, MD

Dr. Rashid is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, SUNY Downstate and Attending Psychiatrist, Kings-boro Psychiatric Center, Brooklyn, New York; Dr. Starer is Assistant Professor, Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Associate Attending Physician, Mount Sinai Services, Elmhurst Hospital Center, New York, New York; and Dr. Javaid is Research Associate, International Medical Graduate, Brooklyn, New York.
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A New Psychosocial Tool for Gaining Patient Understanding and Acceptance of Long-acting Injectable Antipsychotic Therapy

April 2009

by Robert A. Lasser, MD, MBA; Nina R. Schooler, PhD; Mary Kujawa, MD, PhD;
Kathleen Jarboe, PHMCNS-BC; John Docherty, MD; and Peter Weiden, MD

Dr. Lasser is with Shire Pharmaceuticals (Dr. Lasser was with Johnson & Johnson at the time of the development of this manuscript); Dr. Schooler is with SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York; Dr. Kujawa is with Hoffman-La Roche, Nutley, New Jersey (Dr. Kujawa was with Ortho-McNeil Janssen Pharmaceutical Affairs, LLC, at the time of the development of this manuscript); K. Jarboe is with Quintiles, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; Dr. Docherty is with Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York; and Dr. Weiden is with the University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois.
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Delirium and Antipsychotics: A Systematic Review of Epidemiology and Somatic Treatment Options

October 2008

by Joseph D. Markowitz, MD, and Meera Narasimhan, MD

Dr. Markowitz is Attending Psychiatrist at the James A. Haley Veterans Administration Hospital and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; and Dr. Narasimhan is Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina.

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Use of Atypical Antipsychotics in the Elderly

July 2008

by Elisa Cascade; Amir H. Kalali, MD; and Jeffrey L. Cummings, MD

Ms. Cascade is Vice President, Quintiles Inc./iGuard, Falls Church, Virginia; Dr. Kalali is Vice President, Global Therapeutic Group Leader CNS, Quintiles Inc., San Diego, California, and Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego; and Dr. Cummings is from the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

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Current Management of Schizophrenia: Antipsychotic Monotherapy versus Combination Therapy

May 2008

by Elisa F. Cascade; Amir H. Kalali, MD; Peter F. Buckley, MD

Ms. Cascade is Vice President, Quintiles Inc./iGuard, Falls Church, Virginia; Dr. Kalali is Vice President, Global Therapeutic Group Leader CNS, Quintiles Inc., San Diego, California, and Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego; and Dr. Buckley is Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry,
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia.

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