{"title":"Use of Risperidone Long-Acting Injection in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa: A Case Report.","authors":"Ash Moradi, Emma Gill","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001984","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001984","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"395-397"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144012956","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":"The Role of Methylphenidate and Aripiprazole in the Treatment of Emotion Dysregulation in Children With ADHD.","authors":"Pei-Yin Pan, Chin-Bin Yeh","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002002","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>In this study, we examined the effectiveness of methylphenidate on emotion dysregulation among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and the strategy of switching to or adding aripiprazole for nonresponders.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a 3-step, 10-week, open-label trial including children (6-18 years old) with ADHD and emotion dysregulation, defined according to the Child Behavior Checklist-Dysregulation Profile. In step 1, patients received methylphenidate treatment for 4 weeks. In step 2, nonresponders were started on aripiprazole treatment for 4 weeks. Nonresponders in step 2 entered step 3, receiving a combination of methylphenidate and aripiprazole for 2 weeks. The primary outcome was the change from baseline in emotion dysregulation, assessed using the irritability subscale of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist. Secondary outcomes included the change from baseline in ADHD symptoms, cross-domain-associated symptoms, adaptive functioning, and neurocognitive profiles.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the 30 enrolled patients, 22 (73.3%) responded to methylphenidate (group MR), while 8 entered step 2 (aripiprazole treatment for methylphenidate nonresponders; group MN). In step 2, 5 patients responded to aripiprazole, while 2 patients entered step 3 and received methylphenidate plus aripiprazole. Patients who responded to methylphenidate or aripiprazole exhibited significant improvements in emotion dysregulation (Hedges' g: 2.62 and 1.30, respectively) and school adaptation. Emotion dysregulation severity was correlated with oppositional defiant disorder symptoms, but not with core symptoms of ADHD.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The nature of emotion dysregulation in ADHD is heterogeneous regarding the response to methylphenidate. For most patients, methylphenidate significantly improved emotion dysregulation. Aripiprazole could be effective and safe for methylphenidate nonresponders.</p>","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"356-363"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143994405","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":"Clozapine Use Among Individuals With Schizophrenia Occurring on the Background of Intellectual Disability and Rare Genetic Variation: A Retrospective Chart Review.","authors":"Mark A Colijn","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002000","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002000","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Treatment resistance in schizophrenia is associated with both intellectual disability and rare genetic variation. Information pertaining to the use of clozapine in this context has primarily come from case reports and small case series. Given the frequent occurrence of comorbid medical issues in various genetic disorders and the heightened sensitivity to antipsychotic medications among intellectually disabled individuals, additional information regarding the effectiveness and tolerability of clozapine in this population is needed, particularly in light of its unique side effect profile.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective review of 1200 charts, which took place at a subspecialty psychiatry clinic, sought to characterize the use of clozapine in individuals with schizophrenia (or psychotic symptoms, generally speaking) and intellectual disability occurring on the background of rare genetic variation, a difficult to study and underserved patient population.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twelve hundred charts were reviewed and 10 eligible individuals were identified, all of whom had been prescribed clozapine and carried a diagnosis of schizophrenia on the background of intellectual disability and rare genetic variation. Six of these 10 individuals harbored presumed pathogenic variants.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>This study affirms what is known about clozapine treatment in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, adds to the scarce literature on Usher syndrome in this context, and provides the first accounts of clozapine use in 22q11.2 microduplication syndrome and DCX variant-related heterotopia.</p>","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"329-335"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143784377","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}
Jeffrey J Rakofsky, Michael J Lucido, Boadie W Dunlop
{"title":"A Systematic Review to Determine if Family History of Response to Medication Predicts Outcome in Mood Disorders.","authors":"Jeffrey J Rakofsky, Michael J Lucido, Boadie W Dunlop","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002011","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose/background: </strong>Examining a patient's family history of medication response is a commonly used method to inform treatment selection. Though widely recommended, there are no published reviews that assess the validity of this approach when treating patients with affective disorders.</p><p><strong>Methods/procedures: </strong>All published studies in the form of case-control or randomized controlled trials that enrolled probands with either bipolar I or II depression or major depression and were written in English were included. Studies must have also included biological relatives and must have included at least 2 families. The authors compared the methodology of each trial to a hierarchy of study designs best suited to demonstrate the predictive ability of a family history of response to a medication.</p><p><strong>Findings/results: </strong>All studies involved only a small number of participants and none of the publications included in this review used a study design that reached the highest level of study quality needed to prove the link between 2 family members' likelihood of response to a medicine. Two studies had some elements of a level I study while the remaining studies were classified at level II or III of the study hierarchy.</p><p><strong>Implications/conclusions: </strong>Although small studies suggest that a family history of drug response can predict outcome in mood disorder patients, the designs of these studies do not confirm this in a definitive manner.</p>","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"364-371"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144009155","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}
Emre Mutlu, Elçin Özçelik Eroğlu, M İrem Yildiz, Doğukan Koçyiğit, Aygün Ertuğrul, A Elif Anil Yağcioğlu
{"title":"Developing a Clozapine Titration Monitoring Algorithm: Integration of Evidence and Clinical Experience at a University Hospital.","authors":"Emre Mutlu, Elçin Özçelik Eroğlu, M İrem Yildiz, Doğukan Koçyiğit, Aygün Ertuğrul, A Elif Anil Yağcioğlu","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002033","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002033","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"388-390"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144248096","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}
Livia Beraldo de Lima, Laura Fernandes Berto, Victor Hugo Spitz, João P De Aquino, Rodolfo Furlan Damiano
{"title":"Exploring the Addictive Potential of Tranylcypromine: A Case Report.","authors":"Livia Beraldo de Lima, Laura Fernandes Berto, Victor Hugo Spitz, João P De Aquino, Rodolfo Furlan Damiano","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001998","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000001998","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"404-406"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143784381","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":"Question: Is it safe for people with cancer and other serious conditions to combine cannabidiol with melatonin when neither has worked well enough for insomnia when used alone?","authors":"Richard I Shader","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002024","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"411-412"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144234294","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":"Childhood Bruxism Associated With Sertraline Dose Increase: A Case Report.","authors":"Öznur Adigüzel Akman, Ceyda Biyikli","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002016","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":"45 4","pages":"406-408"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144484502","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":"How Does Drug Company Marketing Affect Physician Prescribing?","authors":"Jeffrey A Mattes","doi":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002030","DOIUrl":"10.1097/JCP.0000000000002030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15455,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology","volume":"45 4","pages":"305-309"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144484503","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}