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Theodore A. Stern, MD

Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; White River Junction VA Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont; Burlington Lakeside Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Burlington, Vermont

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Talking to Pregnant Patients About Substance Use
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November 11, 2025

A 33-year-old pregnant woman presented to the obstetric triage unit at 28 weeks. She and her partner reported that this pregnancy was going smoothly except for one thing: she...
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Talking to Patients About Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
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November 6, 2025

Find out what triggers irritable bowel diseases and how your patients can manage their GI symptoms and utilize psychotropic agents in this comprehensive guide.
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Psychological Sequelae of Drone Attacks
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November 6, 2025

Read about a newly emerging form of combat stress, one shaped by the relentless and psychologically corrosive nature of modern drone warfare.
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Choosing a Pharmacologic Strategy for Psychosis
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October 28, 2025

Find out which antipsychotic agent to prescribe to your patient with psychosis and learn how to balance the concepts of efficacy, tolerability, and cost.
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Impact of Hypotension on Cognitive Function
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October 23, 2025

Hypotension acts synergistically to affect mental status by compounding problems with gas exchange, neurovascular dynamics, neuronal metabolism, and neurotoxicity.
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Managing Somatic Delusions
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October 16, 2025

Management of somatic delusions involves a multimodal treatment approach incorporating pharmacotherapy, somatic treatments, and psychotherapy.
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Talking to Your Patients About HSCT
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September 30, 2025

If you have been unsure about what you should discuss with your patients who might undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, then this case and discussion should prove useful.
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Diagnosing and Treating Dizziness
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September 18, 2025

Psychiatric treatment of dizziness includes behavioral therapy to decrease arousal to the identified stimulus and pharmacologic interventions to decrease acute anxiety and prevent onset of downstream anxiety.
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Antihistamines: Indications, Interactions, and Adverse Effects
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September 16, 2025

Many antihistamines share a propensity for muscarinic receptor antagonism at higher doses, leading to symptoms of anticholinergic toxicity.
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Management of Functional Neurological Disorder
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August 19, 2025

Patients with functional neurological symptoms present to clinicians in a variety of clinical settings, although they are often seen in primary care settings before referral to specialty clinics.
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Gastrointestinal Complications of Clozapine
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August 12, 2025

Clozapine-induced gastrointestinal hypomotility is common, and it can progress to severe and potentially life-threatening complications;
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Consensus Report on XT Use in Practice

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