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The Carlat Psychiatry Report

Topics in Geriatric Psychiatry 2007 (May) | 2007

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Medications for Dementia: An Update

May 1, 2007
It has now been a full ten years since the first of the second-generation cholinesterase inhibitors (CIs), Aricept (donepezil) was approved for Alzheimer’s dementia. Read More

Normal Forgetfulness vs. Pre-Dementia: How to Distinguish Them

May 1, 2007
A 70-year old man comes into your office and asks: “Doctor, I keep misplacing my keys-am I getting Alzheimer’s?” You detect the note of anxiety in his voice, and you want to give an answer, and soon. Read More

Agitation and Depression in Older Patients

May 1, 2007
Why don’t we start with the issue of agitation? The question in many psychiatrists’ minds is how seriously we should take the FDA advisory about the dangers of atypical antipsychotics? Read More

Antidepressants shown ineffective for bipolar depression

May 1, 2007
The largest and most rigorous study to date on the treatment of bipolar depression was just published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study, conducted as part of the NIMH-funded Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD), enrolled a total of 366 subjects with either bipolar I or II disorder during a major depressive episode. Read More

FDA orders consumer medication guides for stimulants

May 1, 2007
On February 21, 2007, the FDA directed all manufacturers of stimulants to develop Medication Guides for patients, spelling out, in non-technical language, the dangers of taking these medications. Read More

The molecular mechanism of antipsychotic- induced weight gain is found

May 1, 2007
We’ve known for some time now that clozapine and Zyprexa (olanzapine) cause the most weight gain of any antipsychotic, but we didn’t know the actual mechanism – until now. Read More

TMS for the treatment of auditory hallucinations

May 1, 2007
In the February issue of TCPR, we reported a recent FDA panel’s opinion that rTMS (repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation) was relatively ineffective for treatment-resistant depression. The type of rTMS that has been tested for depression generally involves 10 Hz (ten pulses per second). Read More

Learning Objectives, Topics in Geriatric Psychiatry 2007, TCPR, May 2007

May 1, 2007
After reading these articles, you should be able to… Read More
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Chris Aiken, MD
Dr. Aiken is the Editor in Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report; director of the Mood Treatment Center in North Carolina, where he maintains a private practice combining medication and therapy along with evidence-based complementary and alternative treatments; and Assistant Professor NYU Langone Department of Psychiatry. He has worked as a research assistant at the NIMH and a sub-investigator on clinical trials, and conducts research on a shoestring budget out of his private practice. Follow him on Twitter and find him on LinkedIn.

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