Evidence-Based Reviews
Evidence-Based Reviews
Beating nicotine: Medication algorithm helps teens quit
For motivated daily smokers, benefits of pharmacotherapy may outweigh the risks.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Managing anxiety in patients with implanted cardiac defibrillators
Break the ‘fear of fear’ cycle with ICD-specific tools and cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Suicide intervention: How to recognize risk, focus on patient safety
Risk factors cannot predict suicide, but evaluating risk helps you determine the next appropriate action.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Can medications prevent PTSD in trauma victims?
Extinguishing the process that trauma sets in motion may avoid chronic anxiety.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Paliperidone ER: Reformulated antipsychotic for schizophrenia Tx
Risperidone’s metabolite behaves well but differently in once-daily delivery.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Neurocognitive impairment: Feigned, exaggerated, or real?
Symptom validity testing helps detect embellishment by patients with brain injury.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Sedation with antipsychotics: Manage, don't accept adverse 'calming' effect
Initiate the antipsychotic at a reasonable, not overly high dose, then use a nonantipsychotic to help control insomnia, anxiety, and agitation.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Which to treat first: Comorbid anxiety or alcohol disorder?
Therapies that target just one problem are in sufficient for patients who have both.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Can you interpret confidence intervals? It’s not that difficult
NNT—medicine’s ‘secret stat’—offers infinite possibilities for clinical practice.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: Don’t let your guard down yet
88 case reports indicate newer antipsychotics may cause atypical presentations.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Curbing nocturnal binges in sleep-related eating disorder
Sleepwalking-like behavior is a frequently undiagnosed cause of patients’ obesity.