Akira Monji, MD, PhD

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  • 60.9KReads1
  • 2018–2022Active
  • 23Collaborators
  • 47Citations2

About

Akira Monji, MD, PhD, is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University in Saga City, Japan. Monji has published extensively on topics including psychiatry, delirium, neurology, rare diseases, and schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorders. Research contributions span clinical evaluations of drugs for delirium prevention, case reports on psychosis related to endocrine disorders, and investigations into antipsychotic-induced metabolic effects. Monji’s work has appeared in Psychiatrist.com from 2018 to 2022.

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Suvorexant and Lemborexant for Prevention of Delirium
Original Research

Suvorexant and Lemborexant for Prevention of Delirium

November 7, 2022

The novel dual orexin receptor antagonists (DORAs) suvorexant and lemborexant may be helpful in preventing delirium. This study examined the efficacy of these two DORAs in preventing delirium in...
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Auditory Hallucinations After Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia
Case Report

Auditory Hallucinations After Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia

October 13, 2022

This is the case of a patient who experienced auditory hallucinations after microvascular decompression for intractable trigeminal neuralgia.
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Brief Report

Cushing's Syndrome and Psychosis

September 13, 2018

Psychiatric complications of Cushing's syndrome include irritability, anxiety, depressed mood, and cognitive impairment. Psychosis is a rare manifestation. This report describes a case of Cushing's syndrome misdiagnosed as schizophrenia-like...
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Article

Lamotrigine Rechallenge in Bipolar Disorder

March 29, 2018

For bipolar patients resistant to treatment with standard mood-stabilizing medications, the unique anticonvulsant lamotrigine has been beneficial. On occasion, however, its rare side effects have led to discontinuation. This...
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Brief Report

Hypoglycemia Induced by SGAs

January 25, 2018

Bipolar patients who present with symptoms of depressed mood, appetite loss, and loss of motivation can be mistaken to be experiencing a depressive episode within the bipolar spectrum or...
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