EXPANDED TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME 9, NUMBER 2 FEBRUARY 2006
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| TREATMENT HIGHLIGHTS |
| TREATMENT OF NOCTURNAL PANIC |
| Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is found to be effective in the treatment of nocturnal panic.
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| IMPACT OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS ON THE OUTCOME OF PSYCHOSIS TREATMENT |
| For patients with first-episode psychosis who have a substance use disorder, cessation or decrease of substance use during treatment for the psychosis is found to be associated with a greater likelihood of remission of positive psychotic symptoms.
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| DEPRESSION AMONG THE VERY OLD
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| Among those who are 85 to 89 years of age, depression is found to be common and persistent.
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| COURSE OF TOURETTE’S SYNDROME
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| In children with Tourette’s syndrome, tics are usually found to diminish in severity during adolescence/early adulthood. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms often accompany Tourette’s syndrome symptoms and are found to peak in severity at a later age than that at which the highest severity of tics occurs.
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| QUICKSTATS |
| Tobacco Use Among Adolescents |
| FDA NEWS AND REVIEW |
| In the Pipeline: Approvable: Emsam (selegiline transdermal system) Proposed Indication: treatment of major depressive disorder.
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| In the Pipeline: Approvable: Sparlon (modafinil) tablets. Proposed Indication: treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents (ages 6 to 17).
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| Approval (new indication): Effexor XR Extended-Release Capsules (venlafaxine hydrochloride). New Indication: treatment of panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia.
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| PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY NOTE |
| TREATMENT OF OPIOID DEPENDENCE AMONG ADOLESCENTS |
| Combining buprenorphine with behavioral intervention is found to be beneficial in the treatment of opioid-dependent adolescents.
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| ASSESSMENT |
| Anger Management Scale (AMS) |
| RESOURCES |
| Each issue presents descriptions of clinical resources (eg, professional materials, patient handouts) and information on how to receive those materials. |
