James K. Rustad, MD
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NewHampshire; Larner College of Medicine at University of Vermont,Burlington, Vermont; White River Junction VA Medical Center, White RiverJunction, Vermont; Burlington Lakeside Community Based Outpatient Clinic,Burlington, Vermont
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Managing Psychotropic Medication–Induced Priapism
July 31, 2025
A 30-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder presented to the ED with a prolonged, painful erection of spontaneous onset. His current medications included long-acting injectable paliperidone palmitate, valproic acid, and...
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FND in Active-Duty Military Personnel and Veterans
July 24, 2025
The most common presentations of functional neurologic disorder are functional seizures and functional movement disorders, including paresis. Other common manifestations are somatosensory or visual symptoms and speech disorders.
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Management of Insomnia in the General Hospital
January 21, 2025
Although the etiology of insomnia is often multi-factorial, both nonpharmacologic and various pharmacologic approaches can provide rapid relief; unfortunately, each is associated with drug-drug interactions and potentially problematic side...
