Juan Carlos Rivas, Juliana Galindo-A, Luis Fernando Zambrano, Carlos Alberto Miranda-B, Sandra Milena Ramírez, Ana María Rivas-Grajales, Mauricio Hernández-Carrillo, Erika Andrea Rincón, Pablo Eduardo Perafán, Juan Esteban Gómez-Mesa
{"title":"Risk of corrected QT interval prolongation in patients receiving antipsychotics.","authors":"Juan Carlos Rivas, Juliana Galindo-A, Luis Fernando Zambrano, Carlos Alberto Miranda-B, Sandra Milena Ramírez, Ana María Rivas-Grajales, Mauricio Hernández-Carrillo, Erika Andrea Rincón, Pablo Eduardo Perafán, Juan Esteban Gómez-Mesa","doi":"10.1097/YIC.0000000000000564","DOIUrl":"10.1097/YIC.0000000000000564","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Antipsychotic (AP) use has been associated to QT interval prolongation on the surface electrocardiogram (ECG). Our study aimed to determine the incidence of corrected QT (QTc) interval prolongation among patients admitted to a psychiatric hospitalization unit requiring AP treatment and to assess the relationship between administered dose and QTc interval changes. We enrolled 179 patients admitted to the Hospital Psiquiátrico Departamental Universitario del Valle in Cali, Colombia. ECGs were conducted upon admission, and again at 3 and 7 days postadmission. The QT interval was measured, and QTc interval correction was performed using Bazzet's formula. QTc interval prolongation at time points B or C was observed in 9.5% of patients. Clozapine was the most common AP associated with QTc interval prolongation (20.59%), followed by olanzapine (15.38%). The relative risk of QT interval prolongation with clozapine compared to haloperidol was 4.17 (95% confidence interval, 1.14-15.17, P = 0.02). AP use upon hospital admission was linked to early (within 3 days) QTc interval prolongation. Clozapine and olanzapine were associated with a greater increase in QTc interval compared to haloperidol, indicating a need for rigorous electrocardiographic monitoring with their use.</p>","PeriodicalId":13698,"journal":{"name":"International Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"207-213"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141855386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicolaja Girone, Maddalena Cocchi, Francesco Achilli, Edoardo Grechi, Chiara Vicentini, Beatrice Benatti, Matteo Vismara, Alberto Priori, Bernardo Dell'Osso
{"title":"Treatment adherence rates across different psychiatric disorders and settings: findings from a large patient cohort.","authors":"Nicolaja Girone, Maddalena Cocchi, Francesco Achilli, Edoardo Grechi, Chiara Vicentini, Beatrice Benatti, Matteo Vismara, Alberto Priori, Bernardo Dell'Osso","doi":"10.1097/YIC.0000000000000557","DOIUrl":"10.1097/YIC.0000000000000557","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Approximately 50% of patients with psychiatric disorders do not fully adhere to the prescribed psychopharmacological therapy, significantly impacting the progression of the disorder and the patient's quality of life. The present study aimed to assess potential differences in terms of rates and clinical features of treatment adherence in a large cohort of psychiatric patients with different diagnoses attending various psychiatric services. The study included 307 psychiatric patients diagnosed with a primary major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenic spectrum disorder, or personality disorder. Patient's adherence to treatment was evaluated using the Clinician Rating Scale, with a cutoff of at least five defining adherence subgroups. One-third of the sample reported poor medication adherence. A lower rate of adherence emerged among patients with schizophrenic spectrum disorder and bipolar disorder. Subjects with poor adherence were more frequently inpatients and showed higher current substance use, a greater number of previous hospitalizations, and more severe scores at psychopathological assessment compared with patients with positive adherence. Poor adherence was associated with symptom severity and increased rates of relapses and rehospitalizations. In addition, substance use appears to be an unfavorable transdiagnostic factor for treatment adherence.</p>","PeriodicalId":13698,"journal":{"name":"International Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"232-241"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141175639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ann Francis, Simon Erridge, Carl Holvey, Ross Coomber, Rahul Guru, Alia Darweish Medniuk, Mohammed Sajad, Robert Searle, Azfer Usmani, Sanjay Varma, James Rucker, Michael Platt, Wendy Holden, Mikael H Sodergren
{"title":"Assessment of clinical outcomes in patients with inflammatory arthritis: analysis from the UK Medical Cannabis Registry.","authors":"Ann Francis, Simon Erridge, Carl Holvey, Ross Coomber, Rahul Guru, Alia Darweish Medniuk, Mohammed Sajad, Robert Searle, Azfer Usmani, Sanjay Varma, James Rucker, Michael Platt, Wendy Holden, Mikael H Sodergren","doi":"10.1097/YIC.0000000000000556","DOIUrl":"10.1097/YIC.0000000000000556","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of this study was to assess changes in validated patient-reported outcome measures after initiation of cannabis-based medicinal products (CBMPs) and the safety of CBMPs in patients with inflammatory arthritis. A prospective case series from the UK Medical Cannabis Registry was analyzed. The primary outcomes changes were in Brief Pain Inventory, McGill Pain Questionnaire, EuroQol 5-dimension 5-level (EQ-5D-5L), Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 questionnaire, and Single-Item Sleep Quality Scale at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months of follow-up compared with baseline. Adverse events were analyzed in accordance with Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, v.4.0. Statistical significance was defined as a P -value less than 0.050. Eighty-two patients met the inclusion criteria. Initiation of CBMP treatment was associated with improvements in Brief Pain Inventory, McGill Pain Questionnaire, EQ-5D-5L, Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 questionnaire, and Single-Item Sleep Quality Scale at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months compared with baseline ( P < 0.050). There were 102 (44.35%) mild adverse events, 97 (42.17%) moderate adverse events, and 31 (13.48%) severe adverse events recorded by 21 (25.61%) participants. This study suggests that CBMP treatment is associated with pain improvement and increased health-related quality of life for inflammatory arthritis patients. While causality cannot be inferred in this observational study, the results support the development of randomized control trials for inflammatory arthritis pain management with CBMPs.</p>","PeriodicalId":13698,"journal":{"name":"International Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"242-249"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12122089/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141558727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Innovations and challenges in antipsychotic treatments and external modulating factors.","authors":"Alessandro Serretti","doi":"10.1097/YIC.0000000000000593","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/YIC.0000000000000593","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13698,"journal":{"name":"International Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":"40 4","pages":"187-190"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144158426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sabrina Wong, Gia Han Le, Angela T H Kwan, Taeho Greg Rhee, Kayla M Teopiz, Roger C Ho, Bing Cao, Joshua D Rosenblat, Rodrigo Mansur, Roger S McIntyre
{"title":"Risk of VMAT2 inhibitors on suicidality and parkinsonism: report utilizing the United States Food and Drug Administration adverse event reporting system.","authors":"Sabrina Wong, Gia Han Le, Angela T H Kwan, Taeho Greg Rhee, Kayla M Teopiz, Roger C Ho, Bing Cao, Joshua D Rosenblat, Rodrigo Mansur, Roger S McIntyre","doi":"10.1097/YIC.0000000000000553","DOIUrl":"10.1097/YIC.0000000000000553","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prescription of vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) inhibitors, valbenazine, deutetrabenazine, and tetrabenazine, is becoming increasingly common in persons treated with antipsychotics. Reported suicidality and parkinsonism are safety concerns with VMAT2 inhibitors. Herein, we aim to evaluate the aforementioned safety outcomes using the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System. Reporting odds ratios (RORs) and lower limits of 95% confidence intervals of information components (IC 025 ) were calculated to quantify VMAT2 inhibitor-associated adverse events. Acetaminophen was the reference agent. Suicidal ideation was significantly associated with VMAT2 inhibitors, with RORs ranging from 2.38 to 10.67 and IC 025 ranging from 0.73 to 2.39. Increased odds of suicidal behavior was observed with tetrabenazine (ROR 3.011, IC 025 0.0087), but not deutetrabenazine or valbenazine. Decreased odds of suicide attempts and completed suicide were observed with VMAT2 inhibitors, with RORs ranging from 0.011 to 0.10 (all IC 025 < 0). Increased odds of parkinsonism were reported for all VMAT2 inhibitors, with RORs and IC 025 ranging from 19.49 to 25.37 and 1.66 to 2.93, respectively. The mixed results with VMAT2 inhibitor-associated suicidality and parkinsonism do not establish causal relationships. The parameters of suicidality may be explained by underlying psychiatric disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":13698,"journal":{"name":"International Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"176-181"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140898035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parasomnia induced by lemborexant: a case report.","authors":"Toshinori Nakamura, Yusuke Arai, Tetsuya Hagiwara, Ryosuke Kitoh, Daimei Sasayama, Shinsuke Washizuka","doi":"10.1097/YIC.0000000000000546","DOIUrl":"10.1097/YIC.0000000000000546","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lemborexant, an orexin receptor antagonist, is effective not only for sleep disorders but also for preventing and treating delirium. To date, no complex sleep-related behaviors due to lemborexant have been reported. Herein, we present the case of a 69-year-old male patient who was hospitalized for oral floor and tongue cancer and developed delirium after surgery; however, upon lemborexant dosage increase, used to treat insomnia, he developed abnormal nocturnal behavior. This symptom rapidly improved when lemborexant was discontinued. Distinguishing parasomnia from delirium is important because the treatment of these two conditions differs. Although rapid eye movement sleep behavior or sleepwalking was the cause of this parasomnia, a definitive diagnosis could not be established. If qualitatively distinct abnormal behavior is observed compared to delirium after increasing lemborexant dosage, the possibility of parasomnia should be considered.</p>","PeriodicalId":13698,"journal":{"name":"International Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"182-185"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140093924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nestor Szerman, Pablo Vega, Carlos Roncero, Lola Peris, Lara Grau-López, Ignacio Basurte-Villamor
{"title":"Cariprazine as a maintenance treatment in dual schizophrenia: a 6-month observational study in patients with schizophrenia and cannabis use disorder.","authors":"Nestor Szerman, Pablo Vega, Carlos Roncero, Lola Peris, Lara Grau-López, Ignacio Basurte-Villamor","doi":"10.1097/YIC.0000000000000568","DOIUrl":"10.1097/YIC.0000000000000568","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Schizophrenia is often associated with substance use disorders, particularly cannabis use disorder (CUD). However, treatments frequently fail to address both conditions simultaneously. This study aimed to evaluate the antipsychotic effectiveness of cariprazine in patients with both schizophrenia and CUD in a real-world setting. A 6-month observational study was conducted on 58 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and CUD, treated with cariprazine. Antipsychotic effectiveness was measured using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale and the Clinical Global Impression-Schizophrenia Scale, along with the Improvement and Severity scales. Cannabis consumption and addiction severity were assessed using the Cannabis Abuse Screening Test and the Severity of Dependence Scale, while functioning was evaluated with the Sheehan Disability Inventory. Cariprazine treatment resulted in significant improvements in schizophrenia symptoms (Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale change: -47.88 points, P < 0.0001; Clinical Global Impression-Schizophrenia Scale change: -8.26 points, P < 0.0001). Cannabis use and dependence also decreased (Cannabis Abuse Screening Test change: -7.0 points, P < 0.0001; Severity of Dependence Scale change: -7.88 points, P < 0.0001), alongside improvements in functioning (Sheehan Disability Inventory change: -9.48 points, P < 0.0001). These results suggest that cariprazine is effective for both schizophrenia and CUD, though further research is needed to confirm these findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":13698,"journal":{"name":"International Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"167-175"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11949237/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142346035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding and treating postpartum depression: a narrative review.","authors":"Vincenzo Cardaci, Matteo Carminati, Mattia Tondello, Basilio Pecorino, Alessandro Serretti, Raffaella Zanardi","doi":"10.1097/YIC.0000000000000560","DOIUrl":"10.1097/YIC.0000000000000560","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Postpartum depression (PPD) is an increasingly prevalent but still poorly characterized disorder. Causal and modulating factors include hormones fluctuations, such as estrogen, progesterone, and allopregnolone, pathways imbalances, such as oxytocin and kynurenine, chronobiological factors, and brain imaging alterations. Treatment may differ from the traditional major depression management, while selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as sertraline are commonly used and suggested by guidelines, neurosteroids such as brexanolone and the more convenient zuranolone have been recently approved. Newer neurosteroids such as ganaxolone, valaxanolone, and lysaxanolone are currently under development, but also esketamine and psychedelics are promising potential treatments. Other somatic treatments including brain stimulation techniques and light therapy also showed benefit. PPD is therefore increasingly understood as, at least partially, independent from major depressive disorder. Specific and individualized treatments including pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies are progressively being introduced in the routine clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":13698,"journal":{"name":"International Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"127-137"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141467739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}