Smoking increases the metabolism of clonidine through the CYP1A2, which may require the dose to be doubled to have the same plasma concentration as a non-smoker.
Researchers evaluated a case study and treatment of a patient who was diagnosed with schizophreniform disorder who presented at an emergency department testing positive for COVID-19.
Several clinical practice guidelines on the treatment of schizophrenia have recently been updated in the United States. In order to understand the recommendations of current clinical practice guidelines, the study authors conducted a systematic literature review.
Researchers compared standard cardiovascular autonomic reflex tests results among patients with schizophrenia and psychiatrically healthy controls at a university hospital in Denmark.
In this study, the effects on paranoia and mechanisms of action of SlowMo, a digitally supported reasoning intervention, plus usual care compared with usual care only were investigated.
The researchers sought to estimate the age-specific incidence and prevalence of dementia diagnoses among older adults with schizophrenia in the United States compared to those without serious mental illness.
