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How do you approach a treatment relationship with a patient who is non-adherent to recommendations and also is not interested in transfer to another practitioner?

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How do you approach the use of SSRIs to treat bipolar depression?

How do you balance the benefits of treating depression versus the risk of transition to mania? Do you consider stopping the medication as soon as the ...

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How will you use xanomeline-trospium (KarXT, Cobenfy) for patients with schizophrenia?

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How do you handle elevated blood calcium levels from lithium?

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How do you assess and adjust treatment in patients who develops hypothyroidism after being on lithium for several years?

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In a woman with bipolar disorder with a menstrual component would lamotrigine itself worsen the condition given that it interacts with prescribed estrogen?

Does lamotrigine interfere with baseline estradiol levels in a woman who is not prescribed estrogen otherwise?

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How do you manage antipsychotic-induced prolactinemia?

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How do you address akathisia for patients who have had otherwise an excellent response to their antipsychotic treatment?

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How do you manage clozapine related sedation for patients who have treatment resistant Schizophrenia and otherwise had good response to clozapine?

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When do you consider using multiple antipsychotic medications for chronic management of psychosis?

Does your approach change when using a long-acting injection antipsychotic with oral antipsychotic medication?

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When do you choose to switch to antidepressants vs augmentation in treatment-resistant depression?

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How do you approach treatment-refractory schizophrenia which has not responded to multiple antipsychotic trials including clozapine?

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What approach to antipsychotics do you take with patients with primary thought disorder who are now geriatric?

e.g. for schizophrenia. What would be the best treatment options to minimize long term impacts related to cognition?

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When do you use seizure prophylaxis in patients on clozapine?

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What do you do for patients who have received accidental extra dosages of long-acting injectable antipsychotics?

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JAMA network open, 2024 Mar 04

Drug Efficacy in the Treatment of Antipsychotic-Induced Akathisia: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.

Psychiatry research, 2024 Mar 20

Ketogenic Diet Intervention on Metabolic and Psychiatric Health in Bipolar and Schizophrenia: A Pilot Trial.

Indian journal of psychological medicine, 2019 Mar-Apr

Use of Stimulants in Patients with Psychosis Having Past History of or Co-occurring Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Is it Safe?

International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 Mar 04

Neuroinflammation in Schizophrenia: The Key Role of the WNT/β-Catenin Pathway.

Translational psychiatry, 2023 Oct 11

Metformin improves cognitive impairment in patients with schizophrenia: associated with enhanced functional connectivity of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.

Neurology, 1991 Mar

Clozapine-related seizures.

Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, 2013 Aug 31

Use of anticonvulsants as prophylaxis for seizures in patients on clozapine.

Cureus, 2021 Jan 26

Considering Loxapine Instead of Clozapine: A Case Series and Literature Review.

Schizophrenia research, 2017-11

Ketogenic diet in the treatment of schizoaffective disorder: Two case studies.

Schizophrenia research, 2019-06

The ketogenic diet and remission of psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia: Two case studies.

Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity, 2020 Oct

Ketogenic diet as a metabolic treatment for mental illness.

Frontiers in psychiatry, 2022 Jul 06

The Ketogenic Diet for Refractory Mental Illness: A Retrospective Analysis of 31 Inpatients.

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