Matthew J Kilroe, Reagan L Dehnbostel, Tyler R Webb, Alyssa K Soules, Mark L Riddle
{"title":"Severe Mirtazapine Overdose in a 4-Year-Old Girl.","authors":"Matthew J Kilroe, Reagan L Dehnbostel, Tyler R Webb, Alyssa K Soules, Mark L Riddle","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JCP.0000000000002208","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":"46 5","pages":"639-641"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148840297","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":"Use of a Combination of Clozapine With a Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotic: A Retrospective Study.","authors":"Sandeep Grover, Jyotika Kanwar, Subho Chakrabarti","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002177","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002177","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>About one-third of patients fail to respond to clozapine and require augmentation. Among the various augmentation strategies, the use of long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotics has been evaluated in a few studies, but the data remain inconclusive. Furthermore, there is a lack of data on the use of a combination of clozapine and LAI from developed countries. This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the impact of clozapine and LAI combination on symptom profile, rehospitalization rate, and functioning in the Indian setting.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>For this study, treatment records of patients on clozapine were reviewed for the use of a combination of clozapine and an LAI antipsychotic. Patients who had received a combination of clozapine and LAI were included in this study. The information available in the treatment records was used to rate the patients on the clinical global improvement (CGI) scale retrospectively to evaluate the beneficial effect of the combination.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of the 1102 patients who received clozapine while in contact with our services, 13 patients had received a combination of clozapine and an LAI. In 8 patients, LAI was started after an adequate clozapine trial, and in 5 patients, clozapine was added to the ongoing LAI antipsychotic medication. At 3 months, 12 patients were rated as \"much improved,\" and 1 patient was rated as \"very much improved\" on the CGI. At the last follow-up assessment, at 6 months to 6 years, the improvement was rated as \"very much improved\" for 9 patients, and \"much improved\" for 3 patients. While on the combination, only 2 patients required further inpatient care. The combination also led to a reduction in the number of relapses and an improvement in functioning.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The present study suggests that combining LAI with clozapine leads to improvement in psychopathology and functioning.</p>","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"603-607"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147609029","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":"Sugarless Candy in Treatment-Resistant Clozapine-Induced Sialorrhea.","authors":"Felipe S Camelo, Mark P Sullivan","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002204","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002204","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"638-639"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148470919","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}
Samela Mariano Brown, Vania Modesto Lowe, Margaret Chaplin
{"title":"Reading the Signal: What Psychedelic Trials in Depression Still Can't Tell Us.","authors":"Samela Mariano Brown, Vania Modesto Lowe, Margaret Chaplin","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002239","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002239","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"655-656"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148592011","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}
Helena K Kim, Xiaoyu Men, Samar S M Elsheikh, Daniel J Müller, Daniel M Blumberger, Jordan F Karp, Eric J Lenze, Laura B Ramsey, Charles F Reynolds, Zachary L Taylor, Benoit H Mulsant
{"title":"Toward Precision Psychiatry: Using Clinical and Pharmacokinetic Data to Increase Antidepressant Dose or Change Treatment in Late-Life Depression.","authors":"Helena K Kim, Xiaoyu Men, Samar S M Elsheikh, Daniel J Müller, Daniel M Blumberger, Jordan F Karp, Eric J Lenze, Laura B Ramsey, Charles F Reynolds, Zachary L Taylor, Benoit H Mulsant","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002182","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002182","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Decision trees can use clinical predictors to determine whether to continue the same antidepressant or switch to a different treatment in older patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). We examined whether pharmacogenetic and pharmacokinetic variables could improve their performance.</p><p><strong>Procedures: </strong>We analyzed 191 participants from the Incomplete Response in Late-Life Depression: Getting to Remission (IRL-Grey) trial who had not responded fully after 4 weeks of venlafaxine XR (150 mg/d) and for whom venlafaxine up to 300 mg/d was continued for 8 additional weeks. CYP2D6 genotypes were determined; venlafaxine, o-desmethylvenlafaxine (ODV), and active moiety (AM) exposures at week 4 were calculated using population pharmacokinetic modeling. Decision tree analysis was performed using 5 early clinical predictors of eventual nonresponse identified in previous research and 4 pharmacogenetic and pharmacokinetic potential predictors. One decision tree was designed to optimize specificity (k=0.3), and another to optimize sensitivity (k=0.7).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Longer episode duration and lack of partial response at week 4 were retained as clinical predictors, and lower AM and ODV exposures were identified as additional predictors. Negative predictive values (NPVs) of the high-specificity and high-sensitivity trees (77.7% and 73.0%, respectively) were similar to NPVs in trees based solely on clinical predictors.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>Our methods can guide future studies combining clinical and biomarker data to address applied pharmacological questions relevant to day-to-day practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"556-563"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147772757","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":"Memantine Augmentation for Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in Bipolar Disorder: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.","authors":"Hamzeh Rostami, Zahra Dorafshan, Neda Sadrizadeh Irani, Sedighe Mofradnejad, Shahin Norouzi","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002188","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002188","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Obsessive-compulsive symptoms are frequently observed in patients with bipolar disorder and present a significant therapeutic challenge. This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of memantine as an adjunctive therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder in patients with bipolar disorder.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 46 patients with bipolar disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder, stabilized on quetiapine and lithium, were randomly assigned to receive either memantine (n = 23) or placebo (n = 23) for 6 weeks.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The memantine group showed a significant reduction in Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale scores compared with the placebo group (Cohen d = 1.57 vs 0.42, P < 0.001). Nausea was the most common side effect, but overall adverse effects were minimal.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Memantine appears to be a safe and effective adjunctive treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder in patients with bipolar disorder, warranting further investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"564-570"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148720555","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}
Noori Dhaliwal, Sid Kaladharan, Jana Waldmann, Dan Siskind, Stephen Parker
{"title":"Intramuscular Clozapine: A Systematic Scoping Review of Clinical Feasibility, Safety, and Efficacy.","authors":"Noori Dhaliwal, Sid Kaladharan, Jana Waldmann, Dan Siskind, Stephen Parker","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002198","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002198","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The use of oral clozapine for treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) is often limited by acute psychotic symptoms and medical instability. Intramuscular (IMI) clozapine has been infrequently used as a bridge to oral therapy. This literature review considers the available evidence regarding IMI clozapine's feasibility, effectiveness, and safety.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic scoping review with a protocol preregistered on the OSF Registry. Records extracted from Ovid MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, PsycInfo, Web of Science Core Collection, Scopus, CENTRAL, ClinicalTrials.gov, WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, and Google Scholar. Risk of bias and quality assessments were conducted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty records met the inclusion criteria, primarily consisting of case reports or series; no randomized trials were identified. Half of the included studies were rated as either \"fair\" or \"good\" quality (n=11/20). Most records addressed the initiation of clozapine in the context of oral (PO) refusal, with services describing IMI clozapine as feasible within strict governance guidelines and pharmacy support. IMI clozapine was reported to provide a bridge to PO administration, with transitions commonly occurring within days, and the use of coercive measures decreasing over time. Patient-reported data were limited; however, safety profiles mirrored those of oral clozapine; route-specific adverse effects were localized, and serious events were infrequently reported.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The existing literature suggests that IMI clozapine may be used as a time-limited intervention to support continued PO administration. Further prospective studies with standardized procedures, patient-centered outcomes, and extended follow-up periods are necessary to inform clinical practice and policy development.</p>","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"625-635"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148015706","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}
Xiaoyuan Han, Yixuan Song, Junxi Wen, Ningning Liu, Ming Cha
{"title":"Breaking the Cycle: Intravenous Dexmedetomidine for Refractory Agitation and Impending Rhabdomyolysis to Prevent Acute Kidney Injury.","authors":"Xiaoyuan Han, Yixuan Song, Junxi Wen, Ningning Liu, Ming Cha","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002212","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002212","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"648-651"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148204807","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":"Intermediate Steps in the Practice of Psychopharmacology: The Role of Clinical Judgment.","authors":"Giovanni A Fava, Steven L Dubovsky, Richard Balon","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002206","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002206","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"521-524"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148163373","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}