This article identifies the common agents implicated in neuroleptic malignant syndrome, the pathophysiology of the syndrome, the clinical signs and symptoms, the risk factors, the laboratory and imaging...
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is the childhood mental health condition for which pharmacotherapy is best understood. But stimulants “fail” to assist many patients with ADHD, and this presents a...
To date, no treatment has been approved by the FDA for symptoms of psychosis or agitation in patients with dementia. For this reason, medications are being used off-label, and specific antipsychotic...
A 77-year-old man with a history of hypertension and bilateral cataracts presented for a geriatric falls assessment. A recent evaluation by his primary care provider for the onset of visual hallucinations...
Women who continue to take olanzapine or quetiapine during pregnancy are at increased risk of developing gestational diabetes, according to a study published online in The American Journal of Psychiatry. ...
Sukriye Damla Kara, MS-IV; Pwint Phyu, MD; Syed A. A. Rizvi, PhD; Rohan Krishna Akhouri, MS-IV; and Virani Akbarali, MD
Sukriye Damla Kara, MS-IV; Pwint Phyu...
A 60-year-old woman with no significant past medical history was brought to the emergency department by her brother for a 2-week history of decline in mental status and gradually worsening paranoid...
In the year following a new psychosis diagnosis, the death rate for young people is 24 times higher than for young people without psychosis, according to a new study published online in Schizophrenia...
An exaggerated emotional brain response to nonthreatening, nonemotional cues at age 14 predicted the onset of psychosis symptoms within the next 2 years.
