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Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

October 2009

by Jeffrey Ventimiglia; Amir H. Kalali, MD; and Roger McIntyre, MD, FRCPC

Mr. Ventimiglia is an analyst in the Drug Safety and Medical Affairs Department, Quintiles, Inc., Falls Church, Virginia; Dr. Kalali is Vice President, Global Therapeutic Group Leader CNS, Quintiles, Inc., and Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, California; and Dr. McIntyre is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Head, Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2009;6(10):12–15
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Use of Antipsychotics in Children

June 2009

by Elisa Cascade; Amir Kalali, MD; and Robert Findling, 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. Findling is Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Katatonia: A New Conceptual Understanding of Catatonia and a New Rating Scale

December 2008

by Brendan T. Carroll, MD; Rob Kirkhart, PhD, PA-C; Niraj Ahuja, MD, MRCPsych; Ilo Soovere, MD; Edward C. Lauterbach, MD; Dirk Dhossche, MD; and Rebecca Talbert, PharmD

Dr. Carroll is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati (Volunteer), Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Chillicothe, Ohio; Dr. Kirkhart is Clinical Professor, Marietta College, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chillicothe, Ohio; Dr. Ahuja is Consultant Psychiatrist and Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust and Newcastle University, United Kingdom; Dr. Soovere is Staff Psychiatrist and Neurologist, Perry Point VAMC, Perry Point, Maryland; Dr. Lauterbach is Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Radiology, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia (retired); Dr. Dhossche is Professor of Psychiatry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi; and Dr. Talbert is Clinical Pharmacist, Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
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Severely Mood-disordered Youth Respond Less Well to Treatment in a Community Clinic than Youth with Bipolar Disorder

October 2008

by Leo Bastiaens, MD, and Jesse Bastiaens

Dr. L. Bastiaens is from the Family Services of Western Pennsylvania at the University of Pittsburgh; and Mr. J. Bastiaens is from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.

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Varying Uses of Anticonvulsant Medications

June 2008

by Elisa Cascade; Amir H. Kalali, MD; and Richard H. Weisler, 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. Weisler is an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

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Safety of Carbamazepine Extended-Release Capsules Used in Combination with Other Psychotropic Medications for the Treatment of Bipolar I Disorder

May 2008

by Richard H. Weisler, MD; Amir H. Kalali, MD; Andrew J. Cutler, MD; Thomas D. Gazda, MD; and Lawrence Ginsberg, MD
Dr. Weisler is from Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Departments of Psychiatry, Raleigh, North Carolina; Dr. Kalali is from Quintiles, Inc. and University of California, San Diego, California; Dr. Cutler is from Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainsville, and Florida Clinical Research Center, LLC, Maitland, Florida; Dr. Gazda is from Banner Behavioral Health Hospital, Scottsdale, Arizona; and Dr. Ginsberg is from Red Oak Psychiatry Associates, Houston, Texas.

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