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Discontinuing an antidepressant?
- Author:
- David J. Muzina, MD
Tapering tips to ease distressing symptoms
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Suicide intervention: How to recognize risk, focus on patient safety
- Author:
- David J. Muzina, MD
Risk factors cannot predict suicide, but evaluating risk helps you determine the next appropriate action.
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Atypical antipsychotics: New drugs, new challenges
- Author:
- Manu Mathews, MD
- David J. Muzina, MD
Second-generation antipsychotic, or atypical, drugs are much less likely than typical antipsychotics to cause movement disorders, but they come...
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Differentiating bipolar disorder from depression in primary care
- Author:
- David J. Muzina, MD
- Elisa Colangelo
- J. Sloan Manning, MD
- Joseph R. Calabrese, MD
When physicians encounter a patient who obviously is depressed, they should not assume that the patient has unipolar depression until they have...
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Bipolar maintenance: Are atypical antipsychotics really ‘mood stabilizers’?
- Author:
- David J. Muzina, MD
Atypical antipsychotics are being used more frequently for bipolar maintenance. Do we know enough about their long-term efficacy and safety?
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What physicians can do to prevent suicide
- Author:
- David J. Muzina, MD
No one can predict whether any given patient will or will not attempt suicide, but we should notice when a patient might be at risk—and not be...
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Rapid-cycling bipolar disorder: Which therapies are most effective?
- Author:
- David J. Muzina, MD
- Joseph R. Calabrese, MD
Do antidepressants help the patient or exacerbate treatment-refractory depression in the context of rapid-cycling bipolar disorder? Is lithium...
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Rapid-cycling bipolar disorder: Which therapies are most effective?
- Author:
- David J. Muzina, MD
- Joseph R. Calabrese, MD
Do antidepressants help the patient or exacerbate treatment-refractory depression in the context of rapid-cycling bipolar disorder? Is lithium...
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Recognizing and treating social anxiety disorder
- Author:
- David J. Muzina, MD
- Samar El-Sayegh, MD
Consider this diagnosis when a patient avoids social situations because of marked and persistent fear and anxiety.
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Panic disorder in primary care: A cause of unexplained symptoms
- Author:
- David J. Muzina, MD
- Donald A. Malone, MD
Many symptoms of panic attacks are physical, making diagnosis difficult and often suggesting another illness.