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Insurance Coverage and Health Outcomes in Young Adults With Mental Illness Following the ACA
August 23, 2017
In the US, young adults have historically had lower rates of health coverage than other groups. The dependent coverage provision of the Affordable Care Act extended private health insurance...
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Psychotropic Medications in Homicide Victims and Offenders
August 23, 2017
Could better medication adherence contribute to a reduction in homicidal violence? To investigate this intriguing question, the authors linked a Swedish nationwide registry of dispensed prescriptions with a forensic-toxicological...
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Raloxifene in Postmenopausal Women With Schizophrenia
August 23, 2017
The estrogen protection hypothesis of schizophrenia was introduced in the late 1980s to explain gender-related differences in epidemiology and clinical features. This study examines whether raloxifene, an estrogen agonist,...
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Lithium Use and Chronic Kidney Disease in Older Adults
August 1, 2017
Could mood-stabilizing medications be increasing patients' risk of developing kidney disease? This large, nested case-control study looks at the degree of risk associated with lithium and valproate treatment in...
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Neuropsychological Profile of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
July 25, 2017
Could you correctly diagnose a patient with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia? This original research article compares the clinical presentation of this disorder with those of psychiatric disorders such as...
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Ziprasidone Augmentation of Escitalopram for Cognition
July 25, 2017
Cognitive deficits are common in depression, but studies suggest that cognitive dysfunction is difficult to treat with antidepressants. Can adding an atypical antipsychotic medication to antidepressant treatment help lessen...
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Psychoeducation for Borderline Personality Disorder
July 11, 2017
Although psychoeducation can benefit patients with borderline personality disorder, the lack of trained personnel and the cost of implementation have prevented widespread adoption of this treatment. Read this article...
