Dear Colleagues:

Welcome to the July issue of Psychiatry 2010. We start this issue with Trend Watch, in which the authors provide information on patient-reported side effects from a cross-section of real-world patients taking atypical antipsychotics. More than half of the respondents reported experiencing a side effect as a result of atypical antipsychotic medication, and of those experiencing a side effect, less than 25 percent reported this side effect to their physicians. Jonathan M. Meyer, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, California, Staff Psychiatrist and Medical Director, Mental Health Intensive Case Management Program VA, San Diego Healthcare System, and Staff Psychiatrist, Patton State Hospital, Patton, California, provides an excellent commentary on this data.

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by Elisa Cascade; Amir H. Kalali, MD; Sagar Mehra; and Jonathan M. Meyer, MD

Ms. Cascade is Vice President, Quintiles Inc./iGuard, Falls Church, Virginia; Dr. Kalali is Vice President, Global Therapeutic Group Leader CNS, Quintiles, Inc., and Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, California; Mr. Mehra is a student intern at iGuard, Falls Church, Virginia; and Dr. Meyer is Assistant Clinical Professor Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, California, Staff Psychiatrist and Medical Director, Mental Health Intensive Case Management Program VA, San Diego Healthcare System, and Staff Psychiatrist, Patton State Hospital, Patton, California.

Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(7):9–12
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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 (government service) and Medical Director of the 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.

Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(7):14–18
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by Kristy Lamb, MD; Ronald Pies, MD; and Sidney Zisook, MD
Dr. Lamb is from the University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California; Dr. Pies is Professor of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachussetts; and Dr. Zisook is Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, and San Diego Veterans Affairs Healthcare Services, San Diego, California.

Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(7):19–25

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by Larry Alphs, MD, PhD; Robert Morlock, PhD; Cheryl Coon, PhD; Arjen van Willigenburg, MS; and John Panagides, PhD
Dr. Alphs is from Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Titusville, New Jersey (at the time this research was conducted, Dr. Alphs was employed at Pfizer Global R&D, Ann Arbor, Michigan); Dr. Morlock is from Biogen Idec, La Jolla, California (at the time this research was conducted Dr. Morlock was employed at Pfizer Global R&D, Ann Arbor, Michigan); Dr. Coon is from RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; Mr. van Willigenburg is from Complete Healthcare Communications Europe, The Netherlands (at the time this research was conducted Mr. van Willigenburg was an employee at Schering Plough Corp, Summit, New Jersey); and Dr. Panagides is from Schering Corp., a division of Merck and Co., Summit, New Jersey.

Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(7):26–32
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by Manu N. Lakshmanan, BA; Stacey L. Colton Meier, MA; Robert S. Meier, PhD; and Ramaswamy Lakshmanan, MD
Mr. Lakshmanan is from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Mr. Meier is from the University of Houston, Houston, Texas; and Drs. Meier and Lakshmanan have private practices in Beaumont, Texas.

Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(7):33–37

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by Richard D. Sanders, MD, and Paulette Marie Gillig, MD, PhD
Dr. Sanders is Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, and Ohio VA Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio; and Dr. Gillig is Professor of Psychiatry and Faculty of the Graduate School, Department of Psychiatry, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.

Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(7):38–43
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by Randy A. Sansone, MD; Howard C. Edwards, MD; and Jeremy S. Forbis, PhD
Dr. 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. Edwards is a resident in the Department of Internal Medicine at Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, Ohio; and Dr. Forbis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.

Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(7):44–46

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by Assad Meymandi, MD, PhD, DLFAPA
Dr. Meymandi is in private practice as a psychiatrist and neurologist and serves as an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a noted physician, editor, and philanthropist who frequently speaks and writes on diverse topics that relate to his interests in medicine, the arts, religion, and philanthropy. He lives in Raleigh with his wife Emily.

Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(7):47–49
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