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CASE REPORT

Stimulant Use for Analgesia: A Case Series

Here, read about 2 patients who utilized nonprescription stimulants for analgesia. One smoked methamphetamine for relief of chronic back pain, while another smoked cocaine for relief of eye pain secondary to a workplace injury.

Patrick J. Opperman & more

CASE REPORT

Pramipexole Augmentation of Buprenorphine Improves Pain and Depression in Opioid Use Disorder: A Case Report

This report describes the use of pramipexole to augment buprenorphine and antidepressant medications in a patient with depression and severe chronic back pain.

Rodrigo Escalona & more

BRIEF REPORT

Trends in Psychiatric Emergency Department Visits Due to Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Madrid, Spain

Read a study from Spain comparing the trends in suicide ideation and attempts after the arrival of COVID-19.

Daniel Hernández-Calle & more

BRIEF REPORT

Trends in Psychiatric Emergency Department Visits Due to Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Madrid, Spain

Read a study from Spain comparing the trends in suicide ideation and attempts after the arrival of COVID-19.

Daniel Hernández-Calle & more

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Analysis of Childhood Traumas and Defense Styles in Patients With Tension Headache

Do traumatic experiences contribute to the onset of tension headache? This authors of this study investigate this question and identify the defense styles that are more frequently used by patients with tension headache.

Sevda Korkmaz & more

CASE REPORT

Delayed Diagnosis of a Pituitary Prolactinoma

Here, read about the case of a young man who evaded diagnosis of pituitary prolactinoma for 3 years despite debilitating psychiatric symptoms.

Domantas Mikonis & more

ARTICLE

Migraine Headache: Diagnosis and Current and Emerging Preventive Treatments

Most people with primary headache disorders, such as migraine, are undiagnosed. Read this PCC Supplement for updated classifications and assessments for patients with headache disorders and to identify and educate patients who are candidates for preventive treatment.

Richard B. Lipton and Stephen Silberstein

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Hyponatremia Associated With Tramadol in a Patient With Alcohol Use Disorder and Anxiety Taking Desvenlafaxine

Low sodium can be a death knell if not caught early. Tramadol and some SSRIs can cause hyponatremia. It's not just the elderly who are vulnerable, as in this case of a 52-year-old woman with alcohol use disorder and taking an antidepressant.

Amir Garakani

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Relationship Between Neuroanatomical and Serotonergic Hypotheses of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Combined Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Evoked Potential Study

In the search for a cause of obsessive-compulsive disorder, 2 theories have predominated: increased activity in the orbitofrontal cortex and low activity in the serotonergic system. Using fMRI and auditory-evoked potentials, this study investigated a possible connection between the two hypotheses.

Paraskevi Mavrogiorgou & more

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Tramadol: Relieves Pain, Improves Mood, Induces Mania

Corticosteroids and antidepressants are known to induce manic episodes in predisposed individuals. Manic episodes in bipolar patients triggered by tramadol have also been reported. Here, read about a woman with no psychiatric history other than a single depressive episode following a major life event who experienced a manic episode after taking tramadol.

André Bonito Ferreira & more

ARTICLES

Personality Traits and Anxiety and Depressive Disorders in Patients With Medication-Overuse Headache Versus Episodic Migraine

Episodic migraines often lead to medication-overuse headache. Anxiety, mood disorders, and disorders caused by psychoactive substances other than analgesics all have been reported in patients with medication-overuse headache. Could personality traits, anxiety and depressive disorders and headache type be related? Read this article to find out more.

Nima Mohseni & more

META-ANALYSES

Psychological Pain in Suicidality: A Meta-Analysis

It's been proposed that psychological pain is at the core of the suicidal process, from ideation to attempts. In this meta-analysis, intensity of psychological pain was compared in individuals with and without suicidal ideation and attempts in order to quantify the association between psychological pain and suicide.

Déborah Ducasse & more

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Serum Fatty Acid Latent Classes Are Associated With Suicide in a Large Military Personnel Sample

Levels of several fatty acids (FAs) have been linked to suicidal behavior, though research...

Arthur Thomas Ryan & more

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Cross-Cutting Symptom Domains Predict Functioning in Psychotic Disorders

Read this study to learn how both psychotic and nonpsychotic symptom domains predict funct...

Julia M. Longenecker & more

META-ANALYSIS

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

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