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Federal Health Care Data Trends 2017
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Dozing off: Examining excessive daytime sleepiness in psychiatric patients
Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is “the inability to maintain wakefulness and alertness during the major waking periods of the day, with sleep...
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Accelerated aging in schizophrenia
Editor-in-Chief Henry A. Nasrallah, MD, discusses the possible causes of accelerated aging and premature mortality in younger persons with...
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Excessive daytime sleepiness
Richa Bhatia, MD, FAPA, discusses the common underlying causes of excessive daytime sleepiness and the importance of screening for and managing...
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Nutraceuticals for traumatic brain injury: Should you recommend their use?
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects more than 2 million people in the United States each year.1 TBI can trigger a cascade of secondary...
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Glutamate’s exciting roles in body, brain, and mind: A fertile future pharmacotherapy target
All psychiatrists know that glutamate (GLU) is an important neurotransmitter.1 But there is much more to GLU not only in neurologic diseases and...
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Suicidal and paranoid thoughts after starting hepatitis C virus treatment
Ms. B, age 53, has a 30-year history of bipolar disorder, a 1-year history of hepatitis C virus (HCV), and previous inpatient psychiatric...
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Eating disorders: Are they age-restricted?
Eating disorders are thought to affect only the young. Although the mean age of presentation is 17 years for anorexia nervosa and 18 to 25 years...
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A practical approach to interviewing a somatizing patient
Somatization is the experience of psychological distress in the form of bodily symptoms. Somatic symptom and related disorders frequently prompt...
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Should you recommend acupuncture to patients with substance use disorders?
Acupuncture is an ancient therapeutic tool known to be the core of traditional Chinese medicine. Two theories suggest positive outcomes in...