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MDLinx Psychiatry is your one-stop shop for the peer-reviewed journal articles published in your field. We sort, rank and summarize the literature within 24 hours – hot off the presses! – so you can stay current without drowning in those piles of Current Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorders, and American Journal of Psychiatry. Also find bonus content like clinical pearls from The Smartest Psychiatrist Physician Review and daily quiz competition. Not sure where to start? Skim some of the recent “must read” articles highlighted by our own physician editor D. Scott Cunningham, MD, PhD.
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Latest (3) Full Text Articles (87) Focus on General Psychiatry921 Comparison of neuropsychological effects of adjunctive risperidone or quetiapine in euthymic patients with bipolar I disorder International Clinical Psychopharmacology, January 27, 2012 Clinical Article
922 Efficacy of metformin for prevention of weight gain in psychiatric populations: a review International Clinical Psychopharmacology, January 27, 2012 Clinical Article
923 Effects of diazepam on BOLD activation during the processing of aversive faces Journal of Psychopharmacology, January 26, 2012 Clinical Article
924 D-cycloserine, sarcosine and D-serine diminish the expression of cocaine-induced conditioned place preference Journal of Psychopharmacology, January 26, 2012 Clinical Article
925 Increased prefrontal cortical D1 receptors in drug naive patients with schizophrenia: a PET study with [11C]NNC112 Journal of Psychopharmacology, January 26, 2012
926 A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Aripiprazole Adjunctive to Antidepressant Therapy among Depressed Outpatients with Inadequate Response to Prior Antidepressant Therapy (ADAPT-A Study) Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, January 26, 2012
927 Dexmedetomidine versus ketamine combined with midazolam; a comparison of anxiolytic and sedative premedication in children Full Text British Journal of Medical Practitioners, January 26, 2012 Clinical Article
928 The Impact of Diacetylmorphine on Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Activity and Heroin Craving in Heroin Dependence European Addiction Research, January 26, 2012 Clinical Article
929 Risperidone and Divalproex Differentially Engage the Fronto-Striato-Temporal Circuitry in Pediatric Mania: A Pharmacological Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, January 25, 2012 Clinical Article
930 Effect of adjunctive treatment with aripiprazole to atypical antipsychotics on cognitive function in schizophrenia patients Journal of Psychopharmacology, January 25, 2012 Clinical Article
931 A clozapine-like effect of cyproheptadine on progressive ratio schedule performance Journal of Psychopharmacology, January 25, 2012
932 The effect of methadone on emotional reactivity Addiction, January 25, 2012 Clinical Article
933 Norepinephrine transporter -3081(A/T) and alpha-2A-adrenergic receptor MspI polymorphisms are associated with cardiovascular side effects of OROS-methylphenidate treatment Journal of Psychopharmacology, January 24, 2012
934 Resilience as a predictor of treatment response in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder treated with venlafaxine extended release or placebo Journal of Psychopharmacology, January 24, 2012 Clinical Article
935 Methamphetamine psychosis in which tardive dystonia was successfully treated with clonazepam Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, January 24, 2012
936 Pharmacogenetic studies of change in cortisol on ecstasy (MDMA) consumption Journal of Psychopharmacology, January 24, 2012
937 Differences in craving for cannabis between schizophrenia patients using risperidone, olanzapine or clozapine Journal of Psychopharmacology, January 24, 2012
938 Double-blind placebo-controlled evaluation of the PROMETA protocol for methamphetamine dependence Addiction, January 24, 2012
939 Antipsychotics and Mortality in Parkinsonism The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, January 24, 2012
940 Effects of 7 days treatment with the cannabinoid type 1 receptor antagonist, rimonabant, on emotional processing Journal of Psychopharmacology, January 23, 2012 Clinical Article
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Risk factors for postpartum depression
As published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, risk factors for postpartum depression among abused women included age 15-19 (aOR=2.29) and > 35 years of age (aOR=2.33). In non-abused women, risk factors for postpartum depression include unemployment (aOR=1.41), foreign birth (aOR=2.04), and low income (aOR=1.68). Postpartum depression was also associated with women abused prior to pregnancy (aOR=3.28), abuse beginning postpartum (aOR=4.76), and abuse resuming postpartum (aOR=3.81).
Read the article summaryA link between cardiovascular fitness and depression
As published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, low cardiovascular fitness at 18 years of age (n = 1,117,292; follow-up, 3-40 y) is associated with an increased risk of severe depression (HR = 1.96).
Read the article summaryOptimal dose of amisulpride for acute exacerbation of schizophrenia
As published in Clinical Drug Investigation, an initial amisulpride dose of 800 mg (n=38) is more effective that 400 mg with dose titration (n=30) in patients with an acute exacerbation of schizophrenia. A greater number of patients in the 800 mg group than the 400 mg with dose titration group had a 30% reduction in the Positive and Negative Symptom Scale after 4 (68.4% vs. 40.0%) and 6 weeks (71.1% vs. 43.3%).
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