May 2008 (Vol. 7, No. 5)

Evidence-Based Reviews

5-step plan to treat constipation in psychiatric patients
Nathaniel S. Winstead, MD, MSPH; Daniel K. Winstead, MD

Schizophrenia recovery: Time for optimism?
Theo C. Manschreck, MD, MPH; Kenneth S. Duckworth, MD; Lisa Halpern, MPP; Laura M. Blockel, BA

Dissociative disorders unclear? Think ‘rainbows from pain blows’
Kai MacDonald, MD

Postpartum depression: What to tell patients who breast-feed
Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH; Jennifer Payne, MD; David Rubinow, MD

Insomnia in patients with addictions: A safer way to break the cycle
Deirdre Conroy, PhD; J. Todd Arnedt, PhD; Kirk J. Brower, MD

Medicine In Brief

Rheumatoid arthritis Dx, bariatric surgery and mortality, prostate cancer screening
Discussants: Robert McCarron, MD; Glen L. Xiong, MD; and Weber Chen, MD

From The Editor

Is schizophrenia recovery a ‘myth’?
Henry A. Nasrallah, MD

Cases That Test Your Skills

A Reverend’s tale: Too tragic to be true?
Gabrielle Melin, MD, MS; Kristin Somers, MD; Gita Thanarajasingam, MS-IV; Greg Couser, MD, MPH; Michael Reese, MD

Comments & Controversies

Patients need proper treatment and supervision

Perpetuating a vicious circle

Discovering the true costs of deinstitutionalization

Try new treatment modalities

Provide patients asylum

Prevent tragic consequences

The lives left behind

Fueled by optimism

Showing bravery

Pearls

LITHIUM: Using the comeback drug
Michael Casher, MD; Jolene Bostwick PharmD, BCPS

Break the ice with wary adolescents
Thomas Demark, MD; Jahi Anderson, MD; Thomas Newmark, MD

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