Academy Post Summary: Feb 2022
In February 2022, Psychiatry Education Forum Academy added the following 6 clinically relevant chapters. Please let me know if you found them clinically relevant.
(1) Chronic Benzodiazepine Discontinuation: Pharmacological Options
In this chapter, you will learn the five pharmacological options for the management of chronic benzodiazepine discontinuation in terms of:
- Benzodiazepine Discontinuation
- Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
- Benzodiazepine Relapse
- Anxiety Reduction
(2) Chronic Insomnia Pharmacological Treatment: Practice Guideline
This video discussion will answer the following clinically relevant questions:
- Medications indicated for Sleep Onset Insomnia.
- Medications indicated for Sleep Maintenance Insomnia.
- Medications indicated for both Sleep Onset & Maintenance Insomnia.
- Which medications should be avoided for chronic insomnia.
(3) Antidepressant use during Lactation?
This chapter will answer the following clinically relevant questions:
- Preferred Antidepressants with Breastfeeding?
- Antidepressants with Highest Infant Plasma Level?
- Antidepressants with undetectable Infant Plasma Level?
- Antidepressants with extremely low Infant Plasma Level?
(4) Journal Club 14: Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Antipsychotics for Acute Schizophrenia
This 45 min video discussion will attempt to answer the following questions:
- Why was this meta-analysis conducted?
- Impact of animal studies on the antipsychotics licensed doses ranges.
- Identify the maximum effective dose for each antipsychotic medication.
- Can the current approved licensed doses for antipsychotics be higher or lower than the maximum effective doses?
- Which antipsychotics may not show efficacy with an increase in doses?
- Which antipsychotics may show more efficacy with an increase in doses?
- What is the likely reason for the reduction in certain medications’ efficacy with an increase in doses?
- Learning the risperidone, olanzapine, and haloperidol equivalences for each antipsychotic medication.
(5) Antidepressant Induced Excessive Sweating
This chapter will summarize antidepressants-induced excessive sweating in the following sections:
- Common body locations for excessive sweating from antidepressants?
- Likely mechanism behind antidepressants causing excessive sweating?
- Management: six medication options.
(6) Can NAC help with Cannabis Use Disorder?
This 15 min video discussion will be summarized in the following sections:
- Mechanism behind NAC efficacy for addiction?
- NAC: Dosing and Duration of treatment for cannabis use disorder.
- Which population group can get more benefit from NAC treatment?
- Adverse events with NAC treatment for cannabis use disorder.
- Can NAC alone help with cannabis use disorder?
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