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VOLUME 6, NUMBER 9 SEPTEMBER 2003
TREATMENT HIGHLIGHTS
WEIGHT-BASED TEASING IN ADOLESCENCE
Weight-based teasing is found to be associated with poorer emotional well-being in adolescents.

SUICIDE PREVENTION
Psychiatric services, social networks, and other factors are found to be perceived as helpful in preventing suicide by patients with serious psychiatric disorders.

THE ROLE OF CATASTROPHIC WORRY IN INSOMNIA
Compared to good sleepers, people with primary insomnia are found to catastrophize more about the consequences of not sleeping.

OF NOTE
Lunchtime Alcohol Consumption and Driving Impairment

ETCETERA
Hypertension Guidelines

Home Safety for People with Alzheimer’s Disease

TRACKING THE DATA
TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
The Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease Patients (ENRICHD) randomized trial sought to determine whether treating depression and/or low perceived social support (LPSS) soon after myocardial infarction (MI) would reduce the rates of dying or of having another MI.

PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY NOTE
ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATION AND QT INTERVAL
Patients who are prescribed antipsychotic medication that can prolong the QT interval are often prescribed other QT-prolonging medications, despite the potential for serious adverse effects due to concomitant use of these medications.

FDA NEWS AND REVIEW
Approval (new drug) of Pexeva (paroxetine mesylate). Indications: treatment of major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder.

Approval (new dosage form) of Wellbutrin XL (bupropion hydrochloride). Indication: treatment of major depressive disorder.

Approval (new drug) of Levitra (vardenafil hydrochloride). Indication: treatment of erectile dysfunction.

Approval (new indication) of Paxil CR (paroxetine hydrochloride). New indication: treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder.

ASSESSMENT
Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (Self-Report) (QIDS-SR16)

RESOURCES
Each issue presents descriptions of clinical resources (eg, professional materials, patient handouts) and information on how to receive those materials.