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Home » psychosis

Articles Tagged with ''psychosis''

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Raising the Bar in Schizophrenia Treatment

January 31, 2022
Brian Miller, MD, PhD, MPH
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Brian Miller, MD, PhD, MPHBrian Miller, MD, PhD, MPH Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, and President of the Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association. Dr. Miller receives research support from Augusta University, the National Institute of Mental Health, the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, and the Stanley Medical Research Institute.
Dr. Miller discusses new options for negative symptoms, how to improve the therapeutic alliance, and what to do when clozapine doesn’t work in schizophrenia.
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RESEARCH UPDATE

Antipsychotics for Methamphetamine Psychosis

January 18, 2022
Sanya Virani, MD.
From The Carlat Addiction Treatment Report
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Sanya Virani, MD. Dr. Virani has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
In this network meta-analysis, researchers compared different antipsychotics head-to-head for the treatment of methamphetamine psychosis and found some clear winners are losers.
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Medications to Rapidly Treat Psychotic Agitation

September 13, 2021
Daniel Carlat, MD
From The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report
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Victoria Hendrick, MD. Editor in Chief, The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report. Chief, Inpatient Psychiatry, Olive View UCLA Medical Center.

Daniel Carlat, MD. Publisher, The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report.

Dr. Hendrick and Dr. Carlat have disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

How do you choose medications to calm an acutely psychotic and agitated patient? We'll tell you which ones are the safest and most effective.
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Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis or New-Onset Psychosis?

July 14, 2021
Alex Thompson, MD.
From The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report
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Alex Thompson, MD. Dr. Thompson has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
A type of autoimmune encephalitis causes agitation and psychosis, especially in young women.
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CLINICAL UPDATE

Deliberate Foreign Body Ingestion

April 12, 2021
Adrienne Grzenda, MD, PhD.
From The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report
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Adrienne Grzenda, MD, PhD. Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA-Olive View Medical Center. Dr. Grzenda has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Why would anyone deliberately swallow a nondigestible object? What items require emergent removal, vs simple monitoring? And how can you help patients who repeatedly swallow foreign bodies?
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In Brief: What Causes Affective Psychosis?

March 26, 2021
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Psychotic depression and bipolar disorder are sometimes lumped together as the “affective psychoses.” Among the mood disorders, these two have a stronger biological basis, although environmental causes still contribute to their risk.
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Are SSRIs Associated With Increased Rates of Violence?

February 3, 2021
Michael Posternak, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Michael Posternak, MD. Dr. Posternak has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
SSRIs are often used to reduce irritability, but questions about they can cause violence have loomed over these antidepressants since the early 1990’s. This new study, with 700,000 patients followed over 7 years, suggests they can.
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How to Switch Antipsychotics

February 3, 2021
Peter Smith, PsyD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Peter Smith, PsyD. Dr. Smith has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Should you stop the old antipsychotic and start the new? Or gradually cross-taper them? This new meta-analysis compared three titration strategies to find the best way to switch from one antipsychotic to another in schizophrenia.
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Modern Challenges of Delusional Disorder

September 3, 2020
Joseph Pierre, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Joseph Pierre, MD. Chief, Hospital Psychiatry Division at the VA West Los Angeles Healthcare Center. Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. Dr. Pierre has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Delusional disorder may be in the psychotic chapter, but it doesn’t respond to antipsychotics like we’d expect. Joseph Pierre reviews how to use them, which ones to avoid, and how to enhance your therapeutic relationship with this population.
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EXPERT Q&A

Differentiating Psychotic Disorders: Does It Matter?

May 7, 2020
Jonathan Stevens, MD, MPH
From The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report
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Jonathan Stevens, MD, MPH
Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Chief of Outpatient Services at The Menninger Clinic in Houston, TX. Dr. Stevens has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

How do we understand the range of psychotic disorders in children and adolescents and how does this understand impact treatment in a more differentiated way? This interview helps clinicians to sort through what kinds of psychotic processes are at play and how to approach them in a more nuanced manner, while giving practical and realistic advice for patient management.
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