Click here for links to all Expanded Tables of Contents EXPANDED TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME 8, NUMBER 6    JUNE 2005 TREATMENT HIGHLIGHTS TREATMENT OF COMPLICATED GRIEF A new approach for treating complicated grief is found to be effective. DEPRESSION AND ALCOHOL USE Alcohol use, even at subclinical levels, is associated with a negative impact on depressive symptoms and depression treatment, according to a research review. SCHIZOPHRENIA AND SUICIDE Suicide risk among patients with schizophrenia is found to be highest during the early stages of the illness. OF NOTE Safety of Screening Adolescents for Suicide Risk ETCETERA Revised Estimate of Deaths Caused by Obesity PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY NOTE LAMOTRIGINE AS AN ADJUNCT TO ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATION Lamotrigine, used as an adjunct to either conventional or atypical antipsychotic medication, may improve positive symptoms and general psychopathology in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. FDA NEWS AND REVIEW Product Safety Information: (1) The abuse of dextromethorphan (DXM) is the subject of a warning issued by the FDA; (2) New warnings have been added to the labeling of Trileptal (oxcarbazepine); (3) Cylert (pemoline) has been discontinued; (4) Paxil CR (paroxetine hydrochloride controlled release) and Avandamet (rosiglitazone maleate / metformin hydrochloride) are expected to become available again by mid-2005. ASSESSMENT Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) RESOURCES Each issue presents descriptions of clinical resources (eg, professional materials, patient handouts) and information on how to receive those materials.