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Ziprasidone for Mania in Bipolar I Disorder in Children and Teens

April 1, 2024
Dorothy Chyung, MD
From The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report
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Dorothy Chyung, MD. Dr. Chyung has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

You want to protect your manic child or teen patient from metabolic problems associated with most antipsychotics, so you think about using ziprasidone. How likely is it to work? Is it truly well tolerated? We give you our best take on it despite the problems inherent in industry-funded research. 


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Treating Irritability in Autism: Functional and Medication Approaches

April 1, 2023
Joshua Feder, MD
From The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report
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Joshua D. Feder, MD. Editor-in-Chief, The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report.

Dr. Feder has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Antipsychotics can be very effective for irritability in autism, but they are often unnecessary, and the side effects are truly problematic. Don’t be the prescriber who hears irritability in autism and immediate prescribes antipsychotics. There are usually multiple steps to try before using the FDA approved antipsychotic medications.


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Medication Management of Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain in Children and Teens

July 25, 2022
Joshua Feder, MD and Mara Goverman

Second-generation antipsychotics routinely breach the FDA’s level of concern of >7% body weight gain. This article examines the efficacy and safety of using off-label medications, such as metformin, to manage this side effect.


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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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Battle of the Bulge: Obesity and Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain

July 14, 2021
Farah Khorassani, PharmD. Clinical Assistant
From The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report
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Farah Khorassani, PharmD. Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, St. John’s University, Queens, NY. Dr. Khorassani has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
With so many weight loss medications on the market, it’s hard to know which to choose. Dr. Khorassani tells us everything we need to know to about selecting and prescribing these agents. Also, she gives us additional tips for managing antipsychotic-induced weight gain.
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Weight Gain and Metabolic Side Effects

July 14, 2021
Stephen Marder, MD
From The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report
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Stephen Marder, MDStephen Marder, MD

Daniel X. Freedman Professor of Psychiatry. Vice Chair for Education, Semel Institute for Neuroscience at UCLA. Director, VA VISN 22 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, San Diego, CA. 

Dr. Marder has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to educational activity. 

Dr. Steve Marder describes interventions to minimize patients’ antipsychotic-induced weight gain and insulin resistance.
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Tips on Choosing an Antipsychotic for Schizophrenia

August 26, 2020
Which antipsychotics should we consider selecting as the first-line and second-line treatments, and what should we base this decision on? Dr. Aziz addresses this in a past article from The Carlat Psychiatry Report. Here’s some of his advice:Process: Tolerability instead of efficacy should be considered when selecting a first-line treatment.
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