… Sattar has been a paid consultant to Astra-Zeneca, Eli Lilly and Abbott Laboratories and
has received honoraria, speaker fees and research funding from AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Bristol-…

BACKGROUND Over 1000 medications contain pork- and/or beef-derived gelatin and stearic
acid as inert ingredients. Use of these medications in patients with religious beliefs against …

OBJECTIVE To report 4 cases of medication nonadherence due to presence of inert ingredients
forbidden by the patients’ religion. CASE SUMMARIES We describe 4 cases in which …

Aripirazole is a novel antipsychotic that functions as a partial agonist at the dopamine D 2
receptor and, thus, might theoretically worsen psychosis. We report a series of four clinical …

Background Alcohol abuse and dependence are major problems afflicting older adults.
Even though the concept of alcohol or drug abuse as a distinct phenomenon in older adults …

Objective To report a case of somnambulism due to a probable interaction between valproic
acid and zolpidem in a patient with no prior personal or family history of somnambulism. …

Objective To study whether psychiatry residents’ personalvariables (such as age, gender,
level of training, previous experience with patient suicide or lawsuits) and their temperamental …

Aripiprazole Reduces Alcohol Use Page 1 cognitive score when an acetylcholinesterase
inhibitor was added to their treatment regimen (8,10). Rivastigmine significantly improved …

Forensic psychiatry involves an adaptation to a role that is very different from the psychiatrist’s
previous clinical experiences. To render an unbiased forensic opinion, psychiatrists have …

Countertransference is a clinical term introduced by Freud in 1909. For years, despite mounting
criticism, forensic psychiatrists borrowed this clinical concept to explain their emotional …