Epilepsy in patients with schizophrenia: Pathophysiology and basic treatments

N Adachi, M Ito - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
Schizophrenia is a chronic psychiatric disorder that may lead to epilepsy. However, there
are limited findings on the issues. This narrative review aimed to provide a practical …

Psychiatric and non-psychiatric polypharmacy among older adults with schizophrenia: Trends from a population-based study between 2000 and 2016

C Lunghi, L Rochette, V Massamba, I Tardif… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background: Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder associated with multiple
psychiatric and non-psychiatric comorbidities. As adults with schizophrenia age, they may …

Smokers versus snorters: do treatment outcomes differ according to route of cocaine administration?

BD Kiluk, TA Babuscio, C Nich… - Experimental and Clinical …, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
Smoking cocaine achieves maximal concentration and effect far more rapidly than through
the intranasal (“snorting”) route, and it is associated with greater propensity for dependence …

Comorbidity of alcohol use disorders with substance use disorders and psychiatric disorders

J Zaorska, M Wojnar - Alcohol and alcohol-related diseases, 2023 - Springer
Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) is
significantly higher than in individuals without AUD diagnosis. For this reason, it is important …

Somatic problems and dual disorder patients

M De Hert, D Vancampfort, J Detraux - … : A practice-based handbook from a …, 2014 - Springer
Individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) are prone to many different physical health
problems. While these diseases are, compared with the general population, more prevalent …

Mortality and guideline-concordant care for older patients with schizophrenia: a retrospective longitudinal study

JY Tsan, EM Stock, JM Gonzalez, DS Greenawalt… - BMC medicine, 2012 - Springer
Background Schizophrenia is associated with excess mortality and multimorbidity, which is
possibly associated with difficulty in coordinating care for multiple mental and physical …

The Physical Health of People with Co-occurring Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders

MR Hawes - 2023 - search.proquest.com
People with serious mental illness (SMI; eg, schizophrenia) die 10–25 years earlier than
people in the general population largely due to chronic medical conditions (eg …

Comorbid alcohol disorder intensifies patterns of psychological symptoms among women

P Newland, S Meshberg-Cohen, L Flick… - The Journal for Nurse …, 2015 - Elsevier
This secondary analysis describes the additional psychological symptoms experienced by
women in substance abuse treatment who have an alcohol use disorder (AUD) in addition to …

Rehabilitation of a Patient with an Elusive Medical History and Loss of Occlusal Vertical Dimension.

ATT Wong, CT Nguyen - Journal of the Canadian Dental …, 2013 - search.ebscohost.com
In this clinical report, we describe the medical history, diagnosis and prosthodontic treatment
of a 61-year-old man with a previous history of oral cancer. Loss of a full upper denture and …

Managerial challenges of employees with mental illnesses: best practices.

M LaVan, H LaVan, WM Martin - SAM Advanced …, 2016 - search.ebscohost.com
The article discusses the ways for employers and managers in the US to deal with
employees with mental illnesses to ensure that the outcomes are beneficial to all concerned …