Psychiatry: Archives

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Antidepressant Prescriptions Are on the Rise in the U.S.

• September 14, 2009
• Steven Dubovsky, MD

Meanwhile, prescriptions of mood stabilizers remain steady and adjunctive antipsychotic prescriptions jump — a disturbing combination.

• Reviewing:
• Olfson M and Marcus SC., Arch Gen Psychiatry 2009 Aug; 66:848

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Not So Ecstatic After All

• September 14, 2009
• Steven Dubovsky, MD

The common combination of ecstasy and cannabis might put clubbers at elevated neurocardiac risk.

• Reviewing:
• Dumont GJ et al., Clin Pharmacol Ther 2009 Aug; 86:160

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Timing for Genotyping of Fragile X Syndrome

• August 31, 2009
• Barbara Geller, MD

Diagnosis occurs too late for reproductive planning.

• Reviewing:
• Bailey DB Jr et al., Pediatrics 2009 Aug; 124:527

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Brain Asymmetry in Children with ADHD

• August 31, 2009
• Barbara Geller, MD

The pattern of development is different in these children than in typically developing children and adults. CME

• Reviewing:
• Shaw P et al., Arch Gen Psychiatry 2009 Aug; 66:888

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

In Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Is Treating the "Psychiatric" or the "Neuro" Aspect More Important?

• August 31, 2009
• Jonathan Silver, MD

Addressing mood or anxiety issues may improve these patients' quality of life.

• Reviewing:
• Herrmann N et al., J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 2009 ; 21:181 LaFrance WC Jr and Syc S., Neurology 2009 Aug 4; 73:366

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Does Sleep Deprivation Really Work for Depression?

• August 24, 2009
• Steven Dubovsky, MD

A novel approach to bipolar depression seems promising.

• Reviewing:
• Wu JC et al., Biol Psychiatry 2009 Aug 1; 66:298

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Brains on Cannabis

• August 24, 2009
• Deborah Cowley, MD

An animal study elucidates mechanisms of cannabinoid-induced cognitive impairment.

• Reviewing:
• Puighermanal E et al., Nat Neurosci 2009 Aug 2

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Heroin Injection vs. Methadone for Opioid Addiction

• August 19, 2009
• Peter Roy-Byrne, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM

Prescribing the active ingredient in heroin provides superior outcomes but isn't feasible in the U.S. today. CME

• Reviewing:
• Oviedo-Joekes E et al., N Engl J Med 2009 Aug 20; 361:777

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Who Gets Suicidal? Who Acts on Those Thoughts?

• August 17, 2009
• Joel Yager, MD

It usually takes more than depression to prompt suicide plans or attempts.

• Reviewing:
• Nock MK et al., Mol Psychiatry 2009 Mar 31

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Intelligence Becomes More Genetic with Age

• August 17, 2009
• Barbara Geller, MD

It may be counterintuitive, but genetic factors affecting IQ trump environmental ones as people grow up.

• Reviewing:
• Haworth CMA et al., Mol Psychiatry 2009 Jun 2