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The Carlat Guide to Medications Used for Insomnia

This handy table lists the medications most often used to treat insomnia.

Sleeping Pills: Which Ones for Which Patients? [Subscribers Only]

Insomnia

Insomnia is one of the most common comorbidities you’ll see in your depressed and anxious patients. But it is often misunderstood. While the common view is that insomnia is caused by a primary psychiatric or medical condition, it is more accurate to simply say that patients have insomnia and depression at the same time. Insomnia is almost never an isolated problem.

Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia

In what ways, if any, are cognitive problem a distinct feature of schizophrenia? And how can we use this information to guide treatment?

Research Update

Off-Label Use of Antipsychotics Effective for Some Indications

Over the past decade or so, atypical antipsychotic use has exploded, for both FDA approved indications and off-label treatments. A recent meta-analysis examined the efficacy (when compared to placebo), comparative effectiveness (when compared to another medication), and safety of atypicals.

Switching Antipsychotics Reduces Cardiovascular Risk Factors

If patients are stable on olanzapine (Zyprexa), quetiapine (Seroquel), or risperidone (Risperdal) but are experiencing adverse metabolic effects, it might make sense to switch to a medication that has a lower risk of causing such effects. But would such a switch reduce obesity and cholesterol at the risk of a relapse?

Expert QA

Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome

Dr. Carpenter, you are a member of the DSM-5 work group that is considering risk syndrome for first psychosis, or what is now called “attenuated psychosis syndrome” as a new diagnosis in the manual.

Topics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia

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The 2011 TCPR Atypical Antipsychotics Table is Now Available!

Updated November 2011: Click here to see TCPR's 2011 Atypical Antipsychotics Table.