Psychiatry

Dermatology

Questions discussed in this category

Would you be comfortable using isotretinoin in a female teenage patient who has a history of depression that is now stable but with a prior suicide attempt two years ago?

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What is your approach in counseling a patient with delusions of parasitosis?

4 Answers available

Do you find that hydroxyzine worsens cognitive symptoms in patients who are already susceptible to cognitive impairment (i.e., schizophrenia, ADHD, dementia)?

2 Answers available

How do you approach managing perioperative anxiety in Mohs patients?

1 Answer available

How do you approach treating patients with delusions of parasitosis who can not tolerate an antipsychotic?

1 Answer available

How do you approach the management of patients on lamotrigine who develop a minor rash?

Should one restart lamotrigine or look for an alternative? If no other alternative available, is slow titration vs regular titration preferred?

4 Answers available

What is your approach to using apremilast for psoriatic arthritis in patients with history of depression?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Journal of psychiatric practice, 2018-11

Association Between Delusions of Infestation and Prescribed Narcotic and Stimulant Use.

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2019-05

Diagnosis and management of delusional parasitosis.

Med Hypotheses, 2006 Nov 28

Delusional parasitosis and the dopamine transporter. A new insight of etiology?

J Am Acad Dermatol, 2021 Apr 18

Stimulant use in patients presenting with psychocutaneous disorders.

Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry,

Effects of pimozide on the psychopathology of delusional disorder.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 2008 Nov 17

A small-molecule screen identifies the antipsychotic drug pimozide as an inhibitor of Listeria monocytogenes infection.

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