Theodore A. Stern, MD
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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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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Managing Anxiety, Agitation, and Pain in Critically Ill Patients
April 1, 2025
Pain, fear, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and agitation are common symptoms among critically ill patients, causing distress, interfering with medical care, and contributing to morbidity post discharge.
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Wishing That Your Patient Would Die: Reasons and Reactions
February 25, 2025
The authors explore the complexity, intensity, and critical decision-making faced by health care staff while caring for chronically and critically ill patients, especially in the context of medical futility.
