Somatic Disorders
Cases That Test Your Skills
Pregnant nearly a year? The patient has symptoms but evidence is lacking
Mrs. X, age 43, reports that she has been pregnant for 11 months. Pregnancy tests and transvaginal ultrasonography are negative. She has no...
Out Of The Pipeline
Pimavanserin for psychosis in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Pimavanserin is a potent 5-HT2A inverse agonist and 5-HT2C inverse agonist, with 5-fold greater affinity for the 5-HT2A receptor.1...
Podcasts
Adjusting the dosing of antipsychotics and other psychotropics in renal disease
Savvy Psychopharmacology
When to adjust the dosing of psychotropics in patients with renal impairment
Cases That Test Your Skills
Psychosis in treated neurosyphilis: Is now the time to stop his antipsychotic?
Mr. C, age 61, has a history of auditory and visual hallucinations and depression. Syphilis was diagnosed 13 years ago and treated with IV...
Savvy Psychopharmacology
Using lipid guidelines to manage metabolic syndrome for patients taking an antipsychotic
Cases That Test Your Skills
No evidence of pregnancy, but she is suicidal and depressed after ‘my baby died’
Ms. R, age 50, is depressed and suicidal after she claims her newborn died suddenly 1 week ago; however, her medical history reveals that she had...
News
Binge eating most effectively treated by CBT, lisdexamfetamine, SGAs
Conference Coverage
Mirtazapine improved functional dyspepsia, psychological distress
A 15-mg daily dose of mirtazapine controlled comorbid functional dyspepsia and psychological distress more effectively than placebo.
Cases That Test Your Skills
Precipitously and certainly psychotic—but what’s the cause?
Ms. L, age 38, rapidly becomes confused and agitated, and expresses suicidal ideation. Her history is not consistent with a typical course of...
Med/Psych Update
COPD comorbid with mental illness: What psychiatrists can do
You can do a great deal to ease patients’ pulmonary distress as you manage their psychiatric illness.