Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

Cellulitis From Injecting Crack Cocaine Dissolved in Lemon Juice

October 13, 2016

Crack cocaine is a serious public health problem in the United States. Read about patient with a long history of intravenous powder cocaine use who presented with bilateral upper...

Justine Wittenauer Welsh , Claudia Rodriguez , Joji Suzuki

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A Case of Mistaken Identity

October 6, 2016

Lithium and antipsychotics are often prescribed concomitantly, and while lithium-induced hyperthyroidism is a rare occurrence, antipsychotic-induced akathisia is more prevalent. Read about a woman with a history of schizoaffective...

O. Greg Deardorff , Nicolas Gwozdziewycz , Narayana Adusumilli

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An Atypical Case of Fahr's Disease

September 29, 2016

Could new-onset psychosis and dementia be an indicator for Fahr's disease? Read this case report of a patient who presented with primarily neuropsychiatric disease and rapidly progressive psychosis and...

Shumaila Younas , Nasuh M. Malas , Dilawer Abbas

Letter to the Editor

Antidepressants and Risk of Dementia: Methodology Is Essential

September 28, 2016

Ali Doruk

Letter to the Editor

The Association Between PTSD and ADHD: Does the Association Reveal a PTSD-Somatoform Subtype?

September 28, 2016

Keith Fluegge

Letter to the Editor

Correction: High Eicosapentaenoic Acid Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Inositol

September 28, 2016

Letter to the Editor

Dr Kao Replies

September 28, 2016

Chia-Hung Kao

Letter to the Editor

Drs Spencer and Biederman Reply

September 28, 2016

Andrea E. Spencer , Joseph Biederman

Letter to the Editor

Parental Antecedents of Psychosis

September 28, 2016

Is the severity of symptoms in schizophrenia greater for patients who have a parent with the illness? Learn more in this study.

Elena Canga , Marissa Puerto , Laura Ortega , et al

Letter to the Editor

Pregabalin and Opioid Addiction

September 28, 2016

Opioid-dependent patients and those undergoing opioid substitution therapy (OST) have been reported to also abuse pregabalin, creating a combination that can lead to death. These physicians, in an attempt...

Jochen Mutschler , Salome Gastberger , Markus R. Baumgartner , et al

Letter to the Editor

Psychosis Following LASIK Surgery

September 22, 2016

Is there a link between psychiatric illness and laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery? Read the case of a man who developed first-onset psychotic symptoms following the procedure.

Meghan A. Conroy , Pedro A. Duran , Jonathan D. Avery

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Substance Use and Cannabis Withdrawal

September 1, 2016

Cannabis withdrawal symptoms are clinically significant because they may act as negative reinforcement for relapse to cannabis use. Here, the authors present data on psychoactive substance use before and...

Maju Mathew Koola , Deanna L. Kelly , Robert P. McMahon , et al

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Depression and Rare Illnesses

August 25, 2016

Mr A has cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) and major depressive disorder. Read about his treatment course and the importance of psychiatric evaluation in...

Ali Najafian Jazi , Shady S. Shebak , William L. Tingler

Letter to the Editor

Dr Green and Colleagues Reply

August 24, 2016

Kelly L. Green , Gregory K. Brown , Shari Jager-Hyman

Letter to the Editor

Dr Mazereeuw and Colleagues Reply

August 24, 2016

Graham Mazereeuw , Krista L. Lanctôt , Nathan Herrmann

Letter to the Editor

Dr Kantrowitz and Colleagues Reply to Efficacy of Auditory Processing-Focused Cognitive Remediation Therapy

August 24, 2016

Joshua T. Kantrowitz , Batsheva Halberstam , James Gangwisch

Letter to the Editor

Low-Dose D-Cycloserine for Depression?

August 24, 2016

In June, The JCP published an article by Dr Joshua Kantrowitz and colleagues entitled "Single-dose ketamine followed by daily D-cycloserine in treatment-resistant bipolar depression." In this Letter to the...

Suck Won Kim , Matt G. Kushner , Gihyun Yoon , et al

Letter to the Editor

Pitfalls With the Unquestioning Use of Statistics

August 24, 2016

In this Letter to the Editor, Dr Shian Ming Tan discusses Dr O' Regan and colleagues' article, "Cholinesterase Inhibitor Discontinuation in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized...

Shian Ming Tan

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Take No Shortcuts in Suicide Screening

August 24, 2016

In a recent article, Dr Green and associates discuss the use of the Beck Depression Inventory as a tool to predict future suicide ideation in psychiatric patients and patients...

Matthew Large , Christopher J. Ryan

Letter to the Editor

Aripiprazole-Induced Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis

August 18, 2016

Leukocytoclastic vasculitis is a rare condition that can affect the blood vessels of any organ with circulating immune complexes. Here, a rare case of this complication is reported in...

Amir-Abbas Keshavarz-Akhlaghi , Esmat Abdollahpour , Ruohollah Seddigh

Letter to the Editor

Fluoxetine and Trazodone Combination Interaction

August 11, 2016

Trazodone is commonly used as an off-label hypnotic. But, what are the outcomes when trazodone is combined with a strong cytochrome P450 2D6 inhibitor? Read a case describing a...

Rohul Amin

Letter to the Editor

Urticaria and Angioedema With Bupropion

August 4, 2016

Bupropion is used to treat depression and to alleviate withdrawal symptoms of smoking cessation. Although rare, severe side effects include decreased threshold of seizure, urticaria, and angioedema, which require...

Taha Can Tuman , Bengü Altunay Tuman , Nadir Göksügür , et al

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Thyroid Storm Following Lithium Removal

July 28, 2016

Lithium has been known to interfere with thyroid function by causing hypothyroidism and, less frequently, hyperthyroidism. Lithium removal-induced thyrotoxicosis, on the other hand, has rarely been reported in the...

Karen Yang , Mohamad M. Adada , Matthew J. Sherman , et al

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A Case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Presenting as Catatonia

July 27, 2016

This case report by Winton-Brown et al describes a patient whose history of psychosis initially masked his later diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which was fatal. Find out what you...

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