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Wishing That Your Patient Would Die: Reasons and Reactions
February 25, 2025
The authors explore the complexity, intensity, and critical decision-making faced by health care staff while caring for chronically and critically ill patients, especially in the context of medical futility.
Vol 26 • 2024 • Number 6
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Dextromethorphan-Quinidine for Agitation in Dementia
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Psychiatric Comorbidities in Adolescents With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
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Intervention to Enhance Mental Health Competency
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Evolution of Treatment Modalities for PTSD
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Medical Education and the COVID-19 Pandemic
February 11, 2025
The pandemic disrupted traditional undergraduate medical education and required adaptations to the clerkship curriculum, such as integration of virtual patient care and telehealth services, to provide meaningful learning experiences.
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Management of Sleep Disturbances in Veterans Following Mild TBI
September 12, 2024
The authors developed an evidence- and consensus-based clinical recommendation regarding primary care management of insufficient and disturbed sleep associated with concussion/mild traumatic brain injury in service members and veterans.
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Management of ADHD in Adolescents and Young Adults
August 6, 2024
Drawing on their clinical experiences of implementing evidence-based guidelines and feedback from patients, the authors describe innovative strategies and solutions for improving the management of ADHD in adolescents and…
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Alternative Treatment for Agitation in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
January 30, 2024
While oral and intramuscular formulations of pharmacologic agents continue to be commonly used to treat acute agitation, novel agents with alternative routes of delivery are becoming available.
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Management of Insomnia in the General Hospital
January 21, 2025
Although the etiology of insomnia is often multi-factorial, both nonpharmacologic and various pharmacologic approaches can provide rapid relief; unfortunately, each is associated with drug-drug interactions and potentially problematic side…
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Focal Impaired Awareness Seizures: Evaluation and Management
January 3, 2025
Focal impaired awareness seizures can look like other psychiatric, neurological, and medical presentations, and due to the changes in affect, behavior, and cognition, are often misdiagnosed as a primary…
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Treatment of Pain in the Context of Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders
October 17, 2024
When prescribing opioids for pain, prescription monitoring programs should be checked, regular urine toxicology screening should be conducted, and patients with an opioid use disorder should receive FDA-approved medication…
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Alzheimer’s Dementia Confirmed by FDG-PET After Negative Neuropsychological Tests
December 17, 2024
This case series presents several patients who underwent formal neuropsychological testing that did not diagnose dementia, but whose clinical course and neuroimaging findings were consistent with the diagnosis.
