OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to estimate and compare the effects of
antipsychotics—both the newer ones and the conventional ones—on body weight …

This article reviews the burgeoning literature on the relationship of mood disorders and
heart disease. Major depression and depressive symptoms, although commonly …

Depressive and manic phases in bipolar disorder show opposite constellations of affective,
cognitive, and psychomotor symptoms. At a neural level, these may be related to …

Page 1 Supplement to THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY Official Journal of the
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION Volume 159 Number 4 April 2002 PRACTICE for the …

Benzodiazepines are widely prescribed for a variety of conditions, particularly anxiety and
insomnia. They are relatively safe and, with overdose, rarely result in death. However, used …

One of the most widely used guides to prescribing psychiatric medications, the Tenth Edition
of Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines returns with fully updated content and new sections on …

Background Alcohol withdrawal delirium is the most serious manifestation of alcohol
withdrawal. Evidence suggests that appropriate care improves mortality, but systematic …

OPC-14597 {aripiprazole; 7-(4-(4-(2, 3-dichlorophenyl)-1-piperazinyl) butyloxy)-3, 4-dihydro-
2 (1H)-quinolinone} is a novel candidate antipsychotic that has high affinity for striatal …

Context.—Psychotropic medications are widely prescribed, but how new classes of
psychotropic medications have affected prescribing patterns has not been well documented …

Disability rights activists are now articulating a critical view of the widespread practice of
prenatal diagnosis with the intent to abort if the pregnancy might result in a child with a …