Archive for November, 2007

Prevention of Schizophrenia Relapse with Extended Release Quetiapine Fumarate Dosed Once Daily: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial in Clinically Stable Patients

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

by Joseph Peuskens, Jitendra Trivedi, Sergiy Malyarov, Martin Brecher, Ola Svensson, Frank Miller, Inger Persson, and Didier Meulien on behalf of the Study D1444C00004 investigators

Dr. Peuskens is with Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum KU Leuven, Campus St Jozef Kortenberg, Belgium; Dr. Trivedi is with King George Medical University, Lucknow, India; Dr. Malyarov is with Kyiv Psychoneurological Hospital, Kyiv, Ukraine; Dr. Brecher is with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Wilmington, Delaware, US; and Drs. Svensson, Miller, Persson, and Meulien are with AstraZeneca Research and Development in Södertälje, Sweden.

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Letters to the Editor

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

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Asian-Americans, Addictions, and Barriers to Treatment

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

by Timothy W. Fong, MD; and John Tsuang MD, MS

Dr. Fong is with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Assistant Clinical Professor, Director of the Impulse Control Disorders Clinic, and Co-Director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program, Los Angeles, California; and Dr. Tsuang is Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, and Director of Dual Diagnostic Treatment Program, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

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Duloxetine-Related Acute Dysphoria

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

by Randy A. Sansone, MD; Lori A. Sansone, MD

Dr. R. Sansone is a Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio, and Director of Psychiatry Education at Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, Ohio; Dr. L. Sansone is a civilian family medicine physician at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.

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Re-emergence of Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in a Homeless Woman

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

by Ann Morrison, MD; and Beth McIlduff, MD

Dr. Morrison is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio; Dr. McIlduff is a first-year resident in psychiatry at Northwestern, University in Chicago, Illinois; and Dr. Gillig is Professor of Psychiatry, Boonshoft School of Medicine. Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.

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Treatment of Depression: Antidepressant Monotherapy and Combination Therapy

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

by Elisa F. Cascade; Amir H. Kalali, MD; and Pierre Blier, MD, PhD

Ms. Cascade is Vice President, Strategic Research and Safety, Quintiles Inc., Falls Church, Virginia; Dr. Kalali is Vice President, Global Therapeutic Group Leader CNS, Quintiles Inc., San Diego, California, and Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego; and Dr. Blier is a Professor of Psychiatry and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada Research Chair, Psychopharmacology, Endowed Chair and Director, Mood Disorders Research Unit, Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, Canada.

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Revisiting the Clinical Utility of Cytochrome p450 in Practice

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

by Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD; and Steven D. Targum, MD

Dr. Targum is on the editorial board of Psychiatry 2007. Presently, he is Chief Medical Officer at Brain Cells Inc., an executive-in-residence at Oxford BioScience Partners, and a consultant in psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; and Dr. Nierenberg is Director, Bipolar Trials Network, Medical Director, Bipolar Clinic and Research Program, Associate Director, Depression Clinical Reserach Program, and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Clinicians’ Opinions on the Reliability of Psychiatric Diagnoses in Clinical Settings

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

by Ahmed Aboraya, MD, DrPh

Dr. Aboraya is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Director of the Young Adults Program at William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, and Director of the World Health Oganization (WHO) SCAN Training and Reference Center at West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.

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