Archive for March, 2008

Supportive Psychotherapy with the Dual Diagnosis Patient: Co-occurring Mental Illness/Intellectual Disabilities

Friday, March 21st, 2008

by Julie P. Gentile, MD; and Carroll S. Jackson, MSW, LISW
Dr. Gentile is Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Director of the Dual Diagnosis Program (Mental Illness/Intellectual Disabilities), Director of Medical Student Mental Health Services, and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio; and Ms. Jackson is a licensed independent social worker and Clinical and Program Manager of the Mental Health Supports and Services Program (MHSS), Montgomery County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MCBMR/DD), Dayton, Ohio.

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Legal Insanity: Assessment of the Inability to Refrain

Friday, March 21st, 2008

by Andrew Donohue, DO; Vinay Arya, MD; Lawrence Fitch, JD; and Debra Hammen, LCSW-C

Dr. Donohue is from Forensic Psychiatrist, Delaware Psychiatric Center, New Castle, Deleware; Dr. Arya is Attending Psychiatrist, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, New Jersey; Dr. Fitch is Maryland Director of Forensic Services, Jessup, Maryland; and Ms. Hammen is Chief, Systems Operation, Maryland Office of Forensic Services, Jessup, Maryland.

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Efficacy and Safety of Once- versus Twice-Daily Carbamazepine Extended-Release Capsules for the Treatment of Manic Symptoms in Patients with Bipolar I Disorder

Friday, March 21st, 2008

by Richard H. Weisler, MD; Amir H. Kalali, MD; Andrew J. Cutler, MD; Thomas D. Gazda, MD; and Lawrence Ginsberg, MD

Dr. Weisler is from Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Departments of Psychiatry, Raleigh, North Carolina; Dr. Kalali is from Quintiles, Inc. and University of California, San Diego, California; Dr. Cutler is from Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida; Florida Clinical Research Center, LLC, Maitland, Florida; Dr. Gazda is from Banner Behavioral Health Hospital, Scottsdale, Arizona; and Dr. Ginsberg is from Red Oak Psychiatry Associates, Houston, Texas.

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Cholesterol Quandaries: Relationship to Depression and the Suicidal Experience

Friday, March 21st, 2008

by Randy A. Sansone, MD, and 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 family medicine physician in practice (government service) and Medical Director, Primary Care Clinic at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or the position of the United States Air Force, Department of Defense, or US government.

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Treatment of Fibromyalgia

Friday, March 21st, 2008

by Elisa F. Cascade; Amir H. Kalali, MD; Nikhil D. Nihalani, MD; and Thomas L. Schwartz, MD

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