Date of Issue: 07/01/2021 | Volume: 1 | Number: 5 & 6
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Dr. Stephen Marder reviews weight-management strategies for patients on antipsychotic medications and Dr. Khorassani teaches us how to choose and prescribe weight loss agents. Also, Dr Kulkarni expands our treatment options for female patients with schizophrenia.
Date of Issue: 04/01/2021 | Volume: 1 | Number: 3&4
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Dr. Erick Cheung shares tips for assessing decisional capacity and Dr. Syed expands on this topic in her discussion of capacity evaluations of pregnant, mentally ill women. Also, we learn how to use VMAT-2 inhibitors for tardive dyskinesia.
CHPR: Can you start by telling us what criteria you use to assess capacity? Dr. Cheung: We generally look for evidence of capacity in four domains. These have become the standard criteria for assessing capacity, based on Dr. Paul Appelbaum’s...
It’s likely your patients have asked you about esketamine. The buzz is that it’s a rapid-acting miracle cure for suicidal depression. Dr. Thomas Insel, former director of NIMH, declared that ketamine “might be the most important breakthrough in antidepressant treatment...
CHPR: Can you start by telling us about yourself? Dr. Tormoehlen: Sure. I am a neurologist and have completed a medical toxicology fellowship. I am an attending physician for the neurology service at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital, as well...
During morning rounds at your inpatient unit, you are informed by staff that your patient M, a 32-year-old woman with bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, has swallowed a small pencil. This is her fourth swallowing episode since her admission...
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