James K. Rustad, MD
Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire; Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, White River Junction VA Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont; Department of Psychiatry, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
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Diagnosing and Treating Dizziness
September 18, 2025
Psychiatric treatment of dizziness includes behavioral therapy aimed at decreasing arousal to the identified stimulus, as well as pharmacologic interventions that decrease acute anxiety and prevent onset of downstream...
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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...
