Psychiatry: Features

Reviews of Note

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In this occasional column, "Reviews of Note," Journal Watch Psychiatry editors provide brief comments about review articles as another way to assist readers wishing to . . .

• August 4, 2004

Reviews of Note

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With this issue, Journal Watch Psychiatry institutes a new occasional column. In "Reviews of Note," we provide brief comments about review articles as another way . . .

• February 26, 2004

The Ubiquity of Depression

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What are the newest directions for research into this challenging diagnosis?

• By Gary Tucker, MD
• August 21, 2003

Treating Obesity: New Directions

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Obesity and its associated medical problems are troubling for psychiatric patients receiving lithium, divalproate, and many atypical antipsychotic medications,¹, ² and weight gain . . .

• By Joel Yager, MD
• May 22, 2003

Dementia: New Data and Practice Guidelines

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Results from recent studies examining the neurology of dementia, along with 3 new guidelines, yield insights that may lead to improved clinical care of patients . . .

• By G Tucker
• June 21, 2001

Lithium: The Oldest Specific Psychotropic Medication

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Discovered in 1817,¹ lithium originally was used to treat gout because uric acid deposits in gouty phalanges dissolved in lithium carbonate.² When it . . .

• By S Dubovsky
• August 22, 2000

Recent Findings from the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

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Abstracts presented at the 2000 meeting of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics provide limited but intriguing data about St. John's wort (SJW) . . .

• By S Dubovsky
• June 1, 2000

ADHD: Unanswered Questions and Controversies

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One of the more controversial issues in child psychiatry is whether attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is overdiagnosed, overmedicated, or both.¹ Concerns about diagnoses arise . . .

• By B Geller
• November 1, 1999

Understanding the Cytochrome P450 Isoenzyme System

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Knowledge of the cytochrome P450 (CYP450) isoenzyme system and its more than 30 subsystems has increased remarkably in recent years. Nonetheless, even though many psychotropic . . .

• By Linda Hay, Ph.D. and Steven L. Dubovsky, M.D. Dr. Hay is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Dubovsky is Feature Editor and an Associate Editor of Journal Watch Psychiatry
• July 1, 1999

New Trends in Pharmacology Research

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Although it may be a year or more before details are published of new research presented at the March 1999 meeting of the American Society . . .

• By S Dubovsky
• May 1, 1999