Someone is to blame: the impact of suicide on the mind of the bereaved (including clinicians) by Rachel Gibbons

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Iatrogenic Hypotension Induced by the Improper Treatment of Normal Grief by Kyle E. Robinson

“…This case demonstrates the effects of a lack of available mental health care in Madagascar, a country with sixteen available psychiatrists for a rapidly expanding population of over 26 million people.…”
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Dissociative Disorders: Between Neurosis and Psychosis by C. Devillé, C. Moeglin, O. Sentissi

“…Finally, we hope that this work might help physicians and psychiatrists to become more aware of this complex set of disorders while making a diagnosis.…”
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Spontaneous Bladder Rupture in a Catatonic Schizophrenia Patient by Megumi Miyakoshi, Takayuki Arai, Shin Kurose, Masataka Kaji, Jun Nakane, Mitsumoto Onaya, Akihiro Koreki

“…This case report serves as a warning that psychiatrists should not overlook urinary retention in patients with catatonia and should consider bladder rupture in the differential diagnosis when these patients have abdominal pain.…”
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How to improve psychiatric nosography in the XXI century: a phenomenologist”s viewpoint by Giovanni Stanghellini

“…Classifications of mental disorders reflect much more the minds of psychiatrists than the patients’ minds since these classifications are more focused on the interests of stakeholders (including governmental agencies, advocacy groups, medical insurance, and pharmaceutical companies) than on the experiences of patients. …”
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Schizophrenia: a Look from Science, Technology and Society by Dinorah Janet Torres Lugo, Iván Castillo Ledo, Iriam Rojas Díaz, Antonio Masot Rangel, Silvia Janet Masot Torres, Ana Esther Cabrera Pérez

“…Schizophrenia is probably the most enigmatic and tragic disorder that psychiatrists treat, and perhaps the most devastating. …”
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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

“…The ability to collect detailed information in ways other than through verbal language is imperative for psychiatrists to determine the appropriate diagnosis and treatment for these patients during the longitudinal course of illness.…”
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Why Bother About Clumsiness? The Implications of Having Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) by Christopher Gillberg, Björn Kadesjö

“…Conversely, children with ADHD and autism spectrum problems, particularly those given a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome, have a very high rate of comorbid DCD. Psychiatrists appear to be unaware of this type of comorbidity in their young patients. …”
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Current State of Evidence for Medication Treatment of Preschool Internalizing Disorders by Justin A. Barterian, Erin Rappuhn, Erin L. Seif, Gabriel Watson, Hannah Ham, John S. Carlson

“…Psychotropic medications are being prescribed off-label by psychiatrists to treat preschool children diagnosed with internalizing disorders. …”
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The time has come for revising the rules of clozapine blood monitoring in Europe. A joint expert statement from the European Clozapine Task Force by Hélène Verdoux, Robert A. Bittner, Alkomiet Hasan, Mishal Qubad, Elias Wagner, Alexis Lepetit, Manuel Arrojo-Romero, Christian Bachmann, Marieke Beex-Oosterhuis, Jan Bogers, Andreja Celofiga, Dan Cohen, Domenico de Berardis, Marc de Hert, Carlos de Las Cuevas, Bjørn H. Ebdrup, Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis, Daniel Guinart, Dolores Keating, Miloslav Kopeček, John Lally, Judit Lazáry, Jurjen J. Luykx, Olalla Maronas Amigo, Espen Molden, Jimmi Nielsen, Brian O’Donoghue, Pierre Oswald, Flavian S. Radulescu, Christopher Rohde, Marina Sagud, Emilio J. Sanz, Ivona Šimunović Filipčić, Iris E. Sommer, Heidi Taipale, Jari Tiihonen, Heli Tuppurainen, Selene Veerman, Alina Wilkowska, Edoardo Spina, Peter Schulte

“…The European Clozapine Task Force is a group of psychiatrists and pharmacologists practicing in 18 countries under European Medicines Agency (EMA) regulation, who are deeply concerned about the underuse of clozapine in European countries. …”
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Treatment of a schizophrenia patient on long-term super-dose antipsychotics: a case report by Xiaobo Xie, Jinzhang Chen, Hongli Song, Zebin Fan

“…Managing such cases poses significant challenges for clinical psychiatrists.Case presentationThis report describes a 24-year-old Han Chinese male diagnosed with schizophrenia who had been taking long-term super-doses of clozapine (18–107 tablets/day, 25 mg/tablet) and chlorpromazine (7–40 tablets/day, 50 mg/tablet) for five months due to irregular medical follow-ups. …”
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'A different way to look at things': the development of consultancy in a residential service for children and young people by Andrew Kendrick

“…He stressed the need for support from specialists in other agencies such as child psychiatrists and educational psychologists and for staff care schemes such asstress counselling (Warner, 1992, pp. 154-155). …”

Implementation of stop smoking support by mental healthcare professionals: cross-sectional analysis of why nothing much happens by Eline Meijer

“…Participants were 81 nurses, 74 psychologists, 40 psychiatrists, 12 child psychologists and 13 other MHCPs; aged 42 on average, 24% male, 14% currently smoked and 32% quit smoking. …”
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Trichloroacetic Acid Ingestion: Self-Harm Attempt by E. R. Black

“…Awareness among physicians, particularly psychiatrists, regarding this relatively obscure chemical compound (TCAA) and its use by suicidal patients mistakenly believing it to be a substance that can be significantly more lethal (TCA), is imperative.…”
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Lamotrigine-Related Skin Rash by J. Jokubaitė, L. Martinėlė, G. Joskaudaitė, T. Raudonis

“…The main risk factors for the development of lamotrigine-related skin reactions are a high initial dose of the drug, a sudden increase in the dose of the drug, combined treatment with valproic acid, a history of skin reactions associated with the use of other antiepileptic drugs, and an age under 13 years old. Neurologists and psychiatrists should strictly follow the guidelines before prescribing this agent and apply the principles of slow titration at the beginning of treatment. …”
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Homicides and Suicides by Mentally Ill People by Said Shahtahmasebi

“…In 1992, following consultations with the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the confidential inquiry into homicides and suicides by mentally ill people was set up by the United Kingdom Department of Health. …”
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Physician Perspectives on the Potential Benefits and Risks of Applying Artificial Intelligence in Psychiatric Medicine: Qualitative Study by Austin M Stroud, Susan H Curtis, Isabel B Weir, Jeremiah J Stout, Barbara A Barry, William V Bobo, Arjun P Athreya, Richard R Sharp

“…MethodsWe interviewed 42 physicians (21 psychiatrists and 21 family medicine practitioners). …”
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The State of the Art of the DSM-5 “with Mixed Features” Specifier by Norma Verdolini, Mark Agius, Laura Ferranti, Patrizia Moretti, Massimiliano Piselli, Roberto Quartesan

“…Consequently, in our paper we have reviewed the latest literature, trying to understand the reactions of psychiatrists to the new nosology and its epidemiological, prognostic, and clinical consequences. …”
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Structural and Functional Fundamentals of Alcoholic Disease by V. S. Paukov, T. M. Voronina, Yu. A. Kirillov, E. M. Malysheva

“…It is concluded that the forms of the disease that involve the described morphological changes in organs and systems should be primarily treated by physicians, not by psychiatrists and narcology practitioners who are only capable of dealing with the psychological aspect of the problem.…”
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Mental Health in Urologic Oncology by Danyon Anderson, Abrahim N. Razzak, Matthew McDonald, David Cao, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“…We hope that these measures conducted by urologists and oncologists, alongside possible coordination with psychiatrists and psychologists for psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, and neuro-stimulation treatment modems may be helpful in the long term to reduce MHI incidence in urology oncology patients. …”
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