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The Effect of Armodafinil on Patient-Reported Functioning and Quality of Life in Patients With Excessive Sleepiness Associated With Shift Work Disorder: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
August 9, 2012
The objective of this study was to examine whether treatment with armodafinil for 6 weeks affected patient-reported overall functioning and daily quality of life compared with placebo in patients...
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Assessment of Physician Practices in Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
August 2, 2012
Adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neuropsychiatric disorder, yet only 1 in 10 affected adults receives treatment. The study objective was to assess gaps in knowledge and describe...
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Pediatricians' Self-Reported Role in Treating Children and Adolescents With Major Depressive Disorder: A National Random Survey
July 26, 2012
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a serious US public health problem for children and adolescents. This study explored pediatricians' self-reported role in treating children and adolescents with DSM-IV-TR MDD...
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Eszopiclone Treatment for Insomnia: Effect Size Comparisons in Patients With Primary Insomnia and Insomnia With Medical and Psychiatric Comorbidity
July 5, 2012
Review results from a post hoc analysis that compared the treatment effect size of eszopiclone 3 mg for insomnia in patients with a diagnosis of primary insomnia and in...
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Antipsychotic Adherence and Its Correlation to Health Outcomes for Chronic Comorbid Conditions
June 21, 2012
The authors of this study examine the relationship between adherence to antipsychotics and adherence to medications for cardiometabolic conditions (diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia) and subsequent health care utilization and...
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A Review of Potential Adverse Effects of Long-Term Opioid Therapy: A Practitioner's Guide
June 14, 2012
The authors of this article review, synthesize, and summarize recent evidence on adverse effects of long-term opioid treatment for noncancer pain and present an organ system-based guide for primary...
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Review of the Safety of Second-Generation Antipsychotics: Are They Really "Atypically" Safe for Youth and Adults?
June 7, 2012
Are second generation antipsychotics at least as effective as and more tolerable than the first generation antipsychotics? The authors of this study review the existing literature to address questions...
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Efficacy of Adjunctive Aripiprazole in Major Depressive Disorder: A Pooled Response Quartile Analysis and the Predictive Value of Week 2 Early Response
May 31, 2012
This post hoc analysis of 3 similarly designed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 studies investigated the efficacy and safety of adjunctive aripiprazole to standard antidepressant therapy (ADT) in patients...
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Sulfotransferase 4A1 Haplotype 1 (SULT4A1-1) Is Associated With Decreased Hospitalization Events in Antipsychotic-Treated Patients With Schizophrenia
May 24, 2012
The objective of this study was to evaluate a common genetic variant, sulfotransferase 4A1 haplotype 1 (SULT4A1-1), as a predictor of hospitalization events due to the exacerbation of schizophrenia...
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Primary Care-Mental Health Integration Programs in the Veterans Affairs Health System Serve a Different Patient Population Than Specialty Mental Health Clinics
May 17, 2012
Do Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) programs provide services to patient subgroups that are underrepresentated in specialty mental health care? To find out, the authors of this study compared...
