VOL 55 No. 2

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Assessment of the Correlation Between Unipolar and Bipolar Depression, Calcium Levels, Thyroid Function, and Inflammatory Markers: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study

Marta Ielmini, Daniela Gallo, Maria Laura Tanda, Eliana Piantanida, Camilla Callegari, Ivano Caselli

Recent mental health research has highlighted the critical role of inflammation in conditions like depression and bipolar disorder, examining correlations with markers such as calcium levels, thyroid function, and inflammatory markers. The study aims to...

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GENERAL PSYCHIATRY

Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs) for Treatment of Fibromyalgia: A Comprehensive Clinical Review

Aila Malik, Zoe Brown, Alexa Ryder, Vanshika Balayan, Lauren Jameson, Peter Vu, Rana AL-Jumah, Jamal Hasoon

Fibromyalgia is a complex clinical entity characterized by a broad range of symptoms including chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain, profound fatigue, impaired cognition, and mood disturbances. Current understanding of disease pathogenesis assumes neurotransmitter dysregulation and central...

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GENERAL PSYCHIATRY

Theoretical Potential of Hericium Erinaceus Supplementation as an Add-On to Antipsychotics in Chronic and Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia

Joni F Baker, Sharlene D Newman

Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that is a leading cause of disability worldwide. While antipsychotic agents are the most effective medications, up to one-third of patients experience treatment resistance, and approximately one-sixth of patients...

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REVIEW ARTICLE

Exploring the Interplay of Sleep and Nicotine Vaping in Adolescents: An Evidence-Based Narrative Review

Sriram Birur, Bradley G Burk, Rachel E Fargason, Ahmed Alhassan, Abhishek Reddy

Introduction Although adolescent use of combustible cigarettes (CC) has decreased, the rise of nicotine electronic vaping products (EVPs) presents new public health concerns. Nicotine vaping devices, with appealing packaging and flavors, are now the most...

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REVIEW ARTICLE

Borderline Personality Disorder and Self-Injurious Behaviours— Attention-Seeking or Attachment- Seeking? Psychopharmacological Considerations

Ahmed Naguy

High rates of both suicidality and NSSI in individuals with BPD indicate the severity of the distress experienced by many of those diagnosed. It behoves clinicians to delve into the many disparate determinants these behaviours...

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CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE

Psychopharmacology: The ‘Combo Pills’-Did it find its way into Practice?

Ahmed Naguy, Dalaal S Alablani, Bibi Alamiri

Fixed-dose combinations were, and still, quite in vogue in medical practice but for better or worse, did not gain a foothold in psychiatric prescriptions. Whilst briefing the merits and demerits of these formulations, authors herein...

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COMPLICATED CASE HISTORY

Raised Creatine Kinase with Numerous Antipsychotics Responded to Clozapine

Michael Dixon, Richard Nixon, James O’Neill, Nick Venters

There is much uncertainty on continuing antipsychotics where a patient has an asymptomatic rise in creatine kinase. This case report describes a patient in his late 20s and early 30s with an established diagnosis of...

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COMPLICATED CASE HISTORY

Hallucinogen-Persisting Perception Disorder in a 16-Year-Old Adolescent

Anna Mori-Kreiner, Arpit Aggarwal, Meelie Bordoloi

Objective Hallucinogen-persisting Perception Disorder (HPPD) is a rare condition characterized by the re-experiencing of one or more perceptual symptoms that an individual experienced while intoxicated with a hallucinogenic substance when the individual is sober. While...

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COMPLICATED CASE HISTORY

Bereavement During a Course of TMS for MDD: A Case Report

Gregory M Peterson, Karen Byrne, Tae Dillon, Ahmed Naguy, Yvonne Turnier-Shea, Marzena Rybak, Saxby Pridmore

Objective A patient with major depressive disorder (MDD) was receiving transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). A little over halfway through the course the patient was bereaved and experienced normal sadness. Our objective is to describe the...

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COMPLICATED CASE HISTORY

Paliperidone Induced Hypothyroidism: A Case Report

Mohammed A Mohammed, Abdullah Almarzogi, Anas Ibn Auf

The relationship between antipsychotic medications and thyroid dysfunction has been highlighted in various studies and case reports, particularly concerning subclinical hypothyroidism. This report presents the case of a 31-year-old male patient diagnosed with schizophrenia who...

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Before Attributing Catatonia to Autism with Anxiety, All Other Causes should be Carefully Excluded, Especially in a Patient with Meningioma

João Gama Marques, Josef Finsterer

We recently read an interesting case report in your Journal about the complete disappearance of catatonia after a single intravenous lorazepam challenge test in a patient with autistic features and a small meningioma.1 We would...

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