Treatment Options for Psychotic Depression in Adolescents: A Comprehensive Review by Perez-Rodriguez V, Aymerich C, Catalan A, Jauhar S, Salazar de Pablo G

“…In severe presentations, antidepressant-antipsychotic combination would be the treatment of choice. …”
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Clozapine-Induced Myocarditis: Is Mandatory Monitoring Warranted for Its Early Recognition? by T. A. Munshi, D. Volochniouk, T. Hassan, N. Mazhar

“…Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic used for treatment resistant schizophrenia. …”
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Switching to Aripiprazole as a Strategy for Weight Reduction: A Meta-Analysis in Patients Suffering from Schizophrenia by Yoram Barak, Dov Aizenberg

“…Switching the current antipsychotic to another that may favorably affect weight is not yet fully established in the psychiatric literature. …”
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Lumateperone tosylate, A Selective and Concurrent Modulator of Serotonin, Dopamine, and Glutamate, in the Treatment of Schizophrenia by Kunal Maini, Janice W. Hollier, Haley Gould, Victoria Bollich, John LaForge, Elyse M. Cornett, Amber N. Edinoff, Adam M. Kaye, Alan D. Kaye

“…There are many medications used to treat schizophrenia. One antipsychotic agent, lumateperone tosylate, is a newer agent that the FDA recently approved. …”
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Response after Infection-Associated Rise in Clozapine Levels in Treatment-Resistant Schizoaffective Disorder by Nina H. Grootendorst-van Mil, Anna R. M. Huiskens, Sieds Dieleman, Tom K. Birkenhäger

“…Research to determine the upper threshold of clozapine for antipsychotic efficacy is warranted.…”
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Bilateral Basal Ganglion Hemorrhage after Severe Olanzapine Intoxication by Kerstin Schweyer, Bastian Fatke, Kornelia Kreiser, Christian Rabe, Christian Seifert, Benno Ikenberg

“…Olanzapine is a second-generation antipsychotic drug which is generally considered safe with well therapeutic antipsychotic effects. …”
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A Case of Schizophrenia in a Young Male Adult with no History of Substance Abuse: Impact of Clinical Pharmacists’ Interventions on Patient Outcome by Mercy N. A. Opare-Addo, Josephine Mensah, Grace Owusu Aboagye

“…Issues raised by clinical pharmacists during the patient’s admission included need for alternative medication for rapid tranquilization, need for initial investigations and documentation of the patient’s vitals, initiation of antipsychotic therapy without initial monitoring and screening for substance abuse, inappropriate dose at initiation of antipsychotic medications, untreated indication, and incidence of missed doses. …”
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Persistent Tachycardia in a Patient on Clozapine by Samuel Adeyemo, Oluwole Jegede, Peterson Rabel, Saad Ahmed, Terence Tumenta, Oluwatoyin Oladeji, Khanderker Taher

“…A reduction in clozapine dose with the addition of adjunctive antipsychotic(lurasidone) stabilized the patient’s heart rate. …”
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Insight, Cognitive Insight and Sociodemographic Features in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Presenting with Reactive and Autogeneus Features by Katre ÇAMLI, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR, A. Emre SARGIN

“…Results: The percentage of women in reactive obsessive group was higher and also this group had significantly less antipsychotic medication prescribed than the autogenous obsessive group. …”
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Insight, Cognitive Insight and Sociodemographic Features in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Presenting with Reactive and Autogeneus Features by Katre ÇAMLI, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR, A. Emre SARGIN

“…Results: The percentage of women in reactive obsessive group was higher and also this group had significantly less antipsychotic medication prescribed than the autogenous obsessive group. …”
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IUPHAR review: Drug repurposing in Schizophrenia – An updated review of clinical trials by Jihan K. Zaki, Jakub Tomasik, Sabine Bahn

“…A notable development is the combination of the muscarinic modulators xanomeline, a compound with antipsychotic properties, and trospium, included to mitigate peripheral side effects, now approved by the FDA as the first antipsychotic drug in decades with a fundamentally novel mechanism of action. …”
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QT and QTc in Male Patients with Psychotic Disorders Treated with Atypical Neuroleptics by Mario Miniati, Marly Simoncini, Federica Vanelli, Caterina Franceschini, Gabriele Massimetti, Claudia Carmassi, Liliana Dell’Osso

“…We explored the potential association between antipsychotics and QT/QTc duration changes in hospitalized male patients with psychotic disorders. …”
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Unsuccessful Self-Enucleation in a Schizophrenic Patient by Noam Bar-Yaakov, Romi Noy Achiron, Michael Paul, Asaf Achiron

“…In this case we present a 26-year-old schizophrenic patient who attempted to enucleate his eye with a rollerball pen. Antipsychotic therapy and emergency surgery saved the patient eye and emphasize the importance of quick response and good collaboration between psychiatric and ophthalmic teams.…”
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Parathyroid Paranoia: Unveiling Psychosis in Hyperparathyroidism by Rachael J. Murphy, Subin Paul, Ralph Primelo

“…After parathyroidectomy, there was no longer any need for antipsychotic or other psychotropic medications; the report emphasizes the importance of considering organic causes, such as hyperparathyroidism, in patients presenting with psychotic-like symptoms, including in the setting of substance use disorder. …”
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Trifluoperazine-Induced Angioedema by Mugtaba Osman, Daniel Edwards, Mona Kilduff

“…The possibility of allergic reaction, such as angioedema, should always be kept in mind by psychiatrists and mental health professionals when prescribing trifluoperazine antipsychotic.…”
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Cognitive improvement and prefrontal network interactions in individuals with remitted bipolar disorder after transcranial infrared laser stimulation by Douglas W. Barrett, Roger E. Davis, Jennifer E. Siegel-Ramsay, Amy Bichlmeier, Jorge R. C. Almeida, F. Gonzalez-Lima

“…., enhanced speed and accuracy in tasks reflecting cognitive flexibility, working memory, and attentional control. Antipsychotic medication improved TILS cognitive effects. …”
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Real-World Long-Term Experience on Endoxifen in Bipolar Disorder with Psychotic Symptoms by Vikas Thanvi

“…This report presents a severe case of a BPAD patient with a baseline Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) score of 49, associated family history and addiction to psychostimulants, with no improvement by the first and second-generation antipsychotics. Treatment with endoxifen 8 mg once a day showed improvement in manic symptoms with a YMRS score of 4 and a reduction in the use of psychostimulants as well as other antipsychotic concomitant medications. …”
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Psychotic Features Abated with Vitamin D Treatment in a Patient with Major Depressive Disorder by David C. Fipps, Elisabet Rainey

“…Here, we present the case of a 49-year-old man diagnosed with major depressive disorder, severe, with psychotic features, who was treated with antidepressants and underwent multiple antipsychotic trials. The patient was found to have low serum levels of vitamin D. …”
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Phenothiazines and their Evolving Roles in Clinical Practice: A Narrative Review by Amber N. Edinoff, Grace Armistead, Christina A Rosa, Alexandra Anderson, Ronan Patil, Elyse M Cornett, Kevin S. Murnane, Adam M. Kaye, Alan D. Kaye

“…Low/mid potency phenothiazines such as chlorpromazine antipsychotic drugs that have been used to treat schizophrenia and schizophrenia-like disorders since the 1950s and are utilized in numerous disease states. …”
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Longitudinal Course of Illness in Congenitally Deaf Patient with Auditory Verbal Hallucination by Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Nobutaka Ayani, Yurinosuke Kitabayashi, Jin Narumoto

“…His psychotic symptoms decreased when his primary medication was changed from an antidepressant to antipsychotic drugs, based on the change of diagnosis. …”
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