Bipolar Disorder
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More evidence ties some antipsychotics to increased breast cancer risk
The relative risk for breast cancer was 62% higher in women who took category 1 antipsychotic medications associated with high prolactin levels....
Feature
Case report: ECT for delirious mania
After receiving approximately four bilateral ECT procedures three times a week, the patient’s condition started to improve gradually.
Cases That Test Your Skills
Is it bipolar disorder, or a complex form of PTSD?
CASE A long history of suicidality
Mr. X, age 26, who has a hist...
From the Journals
COVID-19 mortality risk factors: An unexpected finding
“Once [patients with severe psychiatric illness] have the infection, they are more prone to worse outcomes,” said Dr. Antonio L. Teixeira.
From the Journals
Lithium’s antisuicidal effects questioned
The researchers note that the study did not reach its original recruitment goal.
Hard Talk
Britney Spears – Reflections on conservatorship
Regardless of whether psychiatry attempts to stay out of such affairs publicly, our field remains intimately involved in the process itself.
Commentary
Iatrogenic hyponatremia in a patient with bipolar disorder
Editor’s note: Readers’ Forum is a department for correspondence from readers that is not in response to articles published in...
From the Journals
Sleep problems in mental illness highly pervasive
“This suggests there may need to be even more of an emphasis on sleep in these patients than there already is,” said Dr. Michael Wainberg.
Hard Talk
Substance use or substance use disorder: A question of judgment
Should we discharge the intoxicated patient as soon as they are safe to walk out or make every effort possible to find long-term solutions?
Conference Coverage
Lower thyroid hormone levels a red flag for elevated suicide risk?
Patients with suicidal ideation were 54% less likely to have higher TSH levels.
From the Journals
COVID-19: Greater mortality among psych patients remains a mystery
A diagnosis of a schizophrenia spectrum disorder was associated with an almost threefold increased risk for mortality, compared with bipolar...