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PTSD 101: Nine Off-Label Meds

September 23, 2024
Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

A new medication is knocking on the door for FDA approval in PTSD, and it isn’t MDMA. We cover that, and 8 other off label medications.


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Research Update

Does Adding Topiramate to Aripiprazole for Mania Improve Metabolic Outcomes?

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

We struggle to manage the metabolic impact of antipsychotic medications on the children and teens we treat. Could topiramate be a viable option for our armamentarium of strategies? Read our research update to find out. 


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Rethinking Topiramate

August 1, 2022
Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

Topiramate can cause psychosis, or treat psychosis; worsen cognition, or improve it; cause depression or… You get the point. A look at the paradoxical world of psychopharmacology.


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

July 1, 2022
John Raiss, MD
From The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report
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John C. Raiss, MD. Assistant Clinical Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Raiss has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Once weight gain occurs with antipsychotic treatment in children and adolescents it is difficult to reverse. How should you select and prescribe SGAs to prevent it? Which additional medications are effective in preventing weight gain from SGAs? This clinical update gives you information to help prevent this common and problematic side effect.


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RESEARCH UPDATE

Topiramate Improves Weight in Schizophrenia in South Asians

June 1, 2022
Brian Miller, MD, PhD, MPH.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Brian Miller, MD, PhD, MPH. Dr. Miller has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

This study looked at adjunctive topiramate for weight in a patient population inherently more vulnerable to cardiometabolic disturbance.


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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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