Schizophrenia & Other Psychotic Disorders
Shrink Rap News
Baltimore’s pilot project in outpatient civil commitment
Is there a way to make this unconventional program financially sustainable, asks Dr. Dinah Miller.
Article
The Naming Project: Renaming Schizophrenia
Evidence-Based Reviews
Artificial intelligence in psychiatry
Potential uses of machine learning include predicting the risk of suicide, psychosis.
Cases That Test Your Skills
Suicidal, violent, and treatment-resistant
Mr. T, age 52, has a long history of schizoaffective disorder, suicide attempts, and violence. Could an underlying medical condition be...
Feature
Lumateperone schizophrenia drug seems to hit snag
Intra-Cellular has said there may be an extension of the FDA’s September 2019 target date for action on the lumateperone application.
Commentary
LAIs still underused for patients with psychosis
Among individuals with schizophrenia, LAIs can lead to significant improvements in symptom control, quality of life, and overall functioning, Dr....
Cases That Test Your Skills
The jealous insomniac
Mrs. H, age 28, presents with emotional lability, anxiety, and a jealous delusion; she believes her husband and best friend are having an affair....
From the Editor
Psychosis as a common thread across psychiatric disorders
Ask a psychiatrist to name a psychotic disorder, and the answer will most likely be “schizophrenia.” But if you closely examine the symptom...
From the Journals
Anticholinergic drugs linked to dementia in older populations
“Associations were stronger in [dementia] cases diagnosed before the age of 80 years,” the researchers noted.
Shrink Rap News
What makes a mass murderer?
Dr. Dinah Miller said what stood out for her about the Aurora shooter was that the young man talked about thoughts of killing people.
Commentary
Were the voices really tied to voodoo?
Dr. Carl C. Bell describes the steps he took to end a patient’s psychotic symptoms.