Topics: Adjunct treatment | AIMS test (Assessment of Involuntary Movement) | Antipsychotics | Assent | Austedo | Deutetrabenazine | Ingrezza | Tardive dyskinesia | Tetrabenazine | Valbenazine | VMAT2 Inhibitors | Xenazine

VMAT-2 inhibitors significantly reduce the symptoms of tardive dyskinesia. We learn how to prescribe them and what side effects and drug interactions to watch for.

Topics: Aid to capacity evaluation (ACE) | Capacity | Collaborative care | Decisional Capacity | Dispositional capacity | Free Articles | Medical incapacity hold | Surrogate decision-maker

Patients sometimes refuse necessary, even lifesaving, treatments. How do we know they are making informed and reasonable decisions? Dr. Cheung summarizes key points in evaluating patients’ decisional capacity.

Topics: Aid to capacity evaluation (ACE) | Capacity | Pregnancy | Surrogate decision-maker

Imagine working with a pregnant, mentally ill woman who refuses critical obstetric interventions. Dr. Syed walks us through the steps to determine if these patients lack decisional capacity and explains how we can arrange for surrogate decision-makers.

Topics: Delirium | Geriatric Psychiatry | Suvorexant

Can suvorexant reduce the risk of delirium in elderly hospitalized patients?

Topics: Bleeding | Citalopram | Depression | Escitalopram | Fluoxetine | Geriatric | Hemorrhagic | Intra-cerebral hemorrhage | Mortality | Paroxetine | Post-stroke depression | Prozac | Serotonin Specific Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) | Sertraline | SSRIs | Stroke

SSRIs help relieve post-stroke depression but increase the risk of intracerebral hemorrhage. This study gives us tips to reduce this risk.

Topics: Adherence | Cancer | Citalopram | Depression | Escitalopram | Fluoxetine | Mortality | Paroxetine | Prozac | Serotonin Specific Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) | Sertraline | SSRIs

Antidepressant adherence is linked with increased survival among cancer patients.

Topics: Aripiprazole | Prolactin

Many antipsychotic medications produce hyperprolactinemia, leading to breast enlargement in men and missed menstrual cycles in women. A clever intervention reduces patients' prolactin levels.

Topics: CME Post-Test

The post-test for this issue is available for one year after the publication date to subscribers. By successfully completing the test you will be awarded a certificate for 2 CME credits.