Psychiatry: Archives

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Drinking and College Don’t Mix

• June 1, 2009
• Steven Dubovsky, MD

Heavy drinking worsens academic performance, in part by disrupting students’ sleep schedules.

• Reviewing:
• Singleton RA Jr and Wolfson AR., J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2009 May; 70:355

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Laws on Alcohol Availability Might Reduce Suicide Rates

• June 1, 2009
• Joel Yager, MD

If it works in Slovenia, could it work here? CME

• Reviewing:
• Pridemore WA and Snowden AJ., Am J Public Health 2009 May; 99:915

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

A New Kind of MAO Inhibitor on the Horizon

• June 1, 2009
• Steven Dubovsky, MD

A promising, but early, study of a novel medication with possible applications in dementia and depression

• Reviewing:
• Hirvonen J et al., Clin Pharmacol Ther 2009 May; 85:506

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Boy, You’ve Got to Carry That Weight (a Long Time) . . .

• May 22, 2009
• Jonathan Silver, MD

Childhood poverty increases allostatic load and decreases memory.

• Reviewing:
• Evans GW and Schamberg MA., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 Apr 21; 106:6545

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Schizophrenia-Associated Violence and Comorbid Substance Abuse

• May 22, 2009
• Peter Roy-Byrne, MD

The risk for violence is small in the absence of substance abuse.

• Reviewing:
• Fazel S et al., JAMA 2009 May 20; 301:2016

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Finally, a New Target for Antidepressants

• May 22, 2009
• Steven Dubovsky, MD

In animal studies, inhibition of a pH-responsive sodium channel seems to have an antidepressant-like effect.

• Reviewing:
• Coryell MW et al., J Neurosci 2009 Apr 29; 29:5381

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

A New Antipsychotic for Exacerbations of Schizophrenia?

• May 22, 2009
• Joel Yager, MD

Paliperidone might be no better than other second-generation antipsychotics.

• Reviewing:
• Canuso CM et al., Am J Psychiatry 2009 May 1

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Addressing Cognitive Impairment in First-Episode Schizophrenia

• May 18, 2009
• Joel Yager, MD

Clinicians should not base their choice of second-generation antipsychotics on their presumed superiority for cognitive function.

• Reviewing:
• Davidson M et al., Am J Psychiatry 2009 Apr 15

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Valproate of Little Help in Childhood Bipolar Disorder

• May 18, 2009
• Barbara Geller, MD

A randomized, controlled study has negative results.

• Reviewing:
• Wagner KD et al., J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2009 May; 48:519

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Attentional Benefit of Stimulants in TBI

• May 18, 2009
• Jonathan Silver, MD

Speed of processing improved, although only on simple attentional tasks, when patients received methylphenidate. CME

• Reviewing:
• Willmott C and Ponsford J., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2009 May; 80:552