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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Genetics Guideline Is Excellent, but the Pharmacogenetics Section Is Weak

In this letter to the editor, Dr de Leon comments on the recent article "What Should a Psychiatrist Know About Genetics?" by Nurnberger et al.

Jose de Leon

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Rare Encounters: Medical Students Give Assertive Community Treatment Team Visits Rave Reviews

Assertive community treatment (ACT) teams are an underutilized medical student teaching tool. This article describes the history, evolution, and structure of an ACT program and includes student reviews.

J. Daniel Kanofsky & more

CLINICAL AND PRACTICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Antidepressants and Atrial Fibrillation: The Importance of Resourceful Statistical Approaches to Address Confounding by Indication

Was the adverse event caused by the drug or by the condition itself? In this installment of his column, Dr Andrade points to the importance of controlling for confounding by indication in observational studies.

Chittaranjan Andrade

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Attitudes Toward Individuals With Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders Among Resident Physicians

Do resident physicians tend to have negative attitudes toward patients with mental illness and substance use disorders?Â This study explores residents' attitudes and offers solutions to improve them. Read on to find out more.

Jonathan D. Avery & more

NARRATIVE REVIEW

What Should a Psychiatrist Know About Genetics? Review and Recommendations From the Residency Education Committee of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics

Do you know what to say if a patient asks about genetic testing for a particular condition? This review from the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics discusses challenges and presents recommendations about the need for informed genetic counseling in psychiatry. Read the article and delve into this increasingly important topic.

John I. Nurnberger Jr & more

BRIEF REPORTS

Development and Theoretical Approach to an Adaptive Text Message Program to Promote Well-Being and Health Behaviors in Primary Care Patients

Patients increasingly want to use their mobile devices to obtain health content. Could utilization of adaptive text message programs that provide specific health messages based on patient input be an effective way to promote health? Read this informative article to find out more.

Sean Legler & more

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Psychotic Features of Turner Syndrome

Turner syndrome is a genetic disorder in females characterized by partial or complete X chromosome monosomy. These individualsÂ are at increased risk for autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, intellectual disability, and schizophrenia. Read this case of a woman with Turner syndrome who experienced psychotic symptoms. Could she have schizophrenia?

Pedro CÃ¢mara Pestana & more

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

A 6-Month, Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial of Customized Adherence Enhancement Versus Bipolar-Specific Educational Control in Poorly Adherent Individuals With Bipolar Disorder

Treatment nonadherence is bipolar disorder ranges from 20% to 60%. Read this article to learn how customized adherence enhancement (CAE)—a brief, bipolar disorder-specific approach that targets individual adherence barriers—compared with an education control in patients with bipolar disorder.

Martha Sajatovic & more

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Toward an Empirically Based Developmental Trauma Disorder Diagnosis for Children: Factor Structure, Item Characteristics, Reliability, and Validity of the Developmental Trauma Disorder Semi-Structured Interview

Children who have experienced victimization such as maltreatment or violence are at risk for problems that include, but extend beyond, PTSD. To guide assessment and treatment of these youth, the authors of this article propose criteria for a developmental trauma disorder diagnosis and evaluate the psychometrics of a new scale, the DTD-SI.

Julian D. Ford & more

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Lamotrigine Cross-Reactivity With Phencyclidine in Rapid Urine Toxicology in a Research Study

Routine urine drug screening in research trials is an underappreciated risk for trial participants. Here, the authors present a case of lamotrigine cross-reactivity with phencyclidine in a clinical trial in which a positive test result was an exclusion criterion and discuss the implications.

Christopher F. McCain & more

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Evaluation of the Impact of a Multimodel Intervention on Prescribing Patterns of Sedative-Hypnotics in a Behavioral Health System

Currently, there are no comprehensive guidelines for sedative-hypnotic use in patients with mental illness. Patients taking sedative-hypnotics are more likely to suffer from adverse drug events, including death, compared to patients not taking sedative-hypnotics. This article describes the effect of a multimodal intervention targeting chronic benzodiazepine and sedative-hypnotic prescriptions in a large behavioral health system.

Korana Avdagic & more

CLINICAL AND PRACTICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Patient Education in Psychopharmacology and the Risk of Nocebo-Related Treatment Inefficacy and Harm

It's been shown that educating patients about potential adverse effects of a drug can increase the chances that those effects will be experienced. Here, Dr Andrade compares ways in which clinicians can deliver important information about side effects so that placebo-related benefits are enhanced and nocebo-related harm is minimized.

Chittaranjan Andrade

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Single Versus Multiple Daily Dosing Regimens of Psychotropic Drugs for Psychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Single-daily-dose regimens are easier for patients to follow than multiple-dose regimens a...

Yuhei Kikuchi & more

EDITORIAL

Informing Our Response to 3 Pandemics

In this editorial, Larry Culpepper, MD, PCC Editor in Chief, discusses the 3 pandemics cur...

Larry Culpepper

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Shorter- and Longer-Term Risk for Suicide Among Male US Military Veterans in the Year After Discharge From Psychiatric Hospitalization

Does suicide risk shortly after discharge from psychiatric hospitalization differ from ris...

Peter C. Britton & more

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