Schizophrenia & Other Psychotic Disorders
From the Journals
Suicidal ideation, maladaptive beliefs appear linked in some psychotic disorders
Results show “growing importance of social cognition” to evaluating suicide risk in psychosis.
Conference Coverage
Comorbidities provide possible path to schizophrenia subtypes
NEW YORK – In schizophrenia patients, comorbid conditions such as panic disorder or OCD might be a path to understanding clinically distinct...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Sudden-onset memory problems, visual hallucinations, and odd behaviors
Ms. D, age 62, is disoriented, distractible, tearful, and tangential. She reports that 'aerialists' are climbing through her windows at night and...
MDedge Psychcast
Dr. Dinah Miller, Dr. Annette Hanson on involuntary psychiatric care
The ins and outs of involuntary psychiatric care and commitment.
Shrink Rap News
Experts explore issues, controversies around medical marijuana use
Dr. Dinah Miller looks for answers at the APA after a patient asked her about using the drug for chronic pain.
Article
A call for psychiatrists with tardive dyskinesia expertise
The CURESZ Foundation was founded in 2016 to bring hope to people suffering from schizophrenia and those who love and care for them. CURESZ was...
Conference Coverage
Off-label prescribing of SGAs in children varies by diagnosis
TORONTO – On-label prescribing of second-generation antipsychotics in hospitalized pediatric patients with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia was...
MDedge Psychcast
The case for long-acting injectables
This is episode #3 of the MDedge Psychcast, the podcast from Clinical Psychiatry News and Current Psychiatry.
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Research underscores murky relationship between mental illness, gun violence
NEW YORK – New research shows that the link between mental health and gun violence isn’t as clear and simple as it might seem.
Savvy Psychopharmacology
Treating psychosis in patients with HIV/AIDS
Mr. S, age 56, has human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and schizoaffective disorder.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Lupus is quietly killing young women
And does substance abuse trigger schizophrenia?
