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sNDA Submitted: Lumateperone for the Prevention of Relapse in Schizophrenia

Psychiatric Times

For people living with schizophrenia, relapses can be devastating as they disrupt lives, undo hard-earned treatment progress toward patients' goals, and increase the risk of hospitalization with each episode,” said Christoph U. Correll, MD, clinical professor of Psychiatry at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York.

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Tardive Dyskinesia: Treat Functional Impairment, Not the AIMS Score

Psychiatric Times

He had multiple hospitalizations for psychotic and manic decompensations in his 20s, but he has done well over the past 10 years, which you attribute both to his medication adherence and minimal psychosocial stressors. Case 2 “Mr Jones” is 45 years old and works the night shift as a security guard at a large office complex.

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The 6 Steps to Catalyze CBT and DBT With Young Patients

Psychiatric Times

Dr Thordarson is a psychologist and manager of the Outpatient Acute Mental Health Service at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County in California. Dr Friedberg is a psychologist and independent training consultant in CBT.

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Using Serum Drug Levels

Psychiatric Times

10 Of these 6 genes, CYP2D6 has the most clinical applicability for psychiatric medications, and this gene can be ordered as a single test by most hospital labs. CPIC maintains an online open-access database that is constantly updated as new gene/drug information emerges in each medical specialty.

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Are the Advantages of Telehealth Truly Worth It?

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

But as we continue to move past the urgency of the pandemic and back into clinics, hospitals, and waiting rooms, one big question lingers: Are the advantages of telehealth truly worth it? Technology Barriers Not everyone has access to reliable internet or devices. It also relies heavily on stable technology and internet access.

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99 Pubs and Zero Followers? Psychiatric Leadership in the Age of Influencers

Psychiatric Times

2-6 I have spent the past 3 years since I finished training working on one of the inpatient forensic psychiatry units at Bellevue Hospital treating patients admitted from Rikers Island for acute stabilization. She is also an attending forensic psychiatrist at Bellevue Hospital Center. References 1. The White Lotus.” September 3, 2024.

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What Is a Sleep Disorder? A Harmful Dysfunction Analysis

Psychiatric Times

He works as a Professor in the University Sleep Medicine Unit of the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the University Hospital of Bordeaux. Dr Coelho is a public health physician and university hospital assistant at the University Sleep Medicine Unit of the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the University Hospital of Bordeaux.