EXPANDED TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME 10, NUMBER 5 MAY 2007
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| TREATMENT HIGHLIGHTS |
| BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER AND SHAME |
| In patients with borderline personality disorder, shame may be a core feature.
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| INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR PREVENTING RELAPSE OF DEPRESSION |
| Maintenance interpersonal psychotherapy as infrequent as once per month may be an effective strategy to prevent relapse of depression in women who had not required medication to initially achieve remission.
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| CHILDHOOD ONSET OF BIPOLAR DISORDER |
| Childhood onset of bipolar disorder is found to be common and is associated with long delays in receiving initial treatment and with a poorer prognosis.
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| QUICKSTATS |
| 2007 "Sleep in America" Poll |
| PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY NOTE |
| SSRIs AND FRACTURES |
| Daily use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) is found to be associated with increased risk of fragility fractures in people 50 years of age or older. |
| FDA NEWS AND REVIEW |
| Approvals (first-time generics): Zolpidem Tartrate Tablets and Tovalt ODT Orally Disintegrating Tablets (Equivalent to Ambien) |
| Product Safety Information: FDA finds that OxyContin was illegally promoted by The Purdue Frederick Company (its manufacturer), which misrepresented it to health care professionals. |
| Product Safety Information: The FDA has asked all manufacturers of antidepressant medications to update the black box warning to include new warnings about suicidal thinking and behavior in young adults. |
| ASSESSMENT |
| Addictive Disorders Screen-7 (ADS-7) |
| RESOURCES |
| Each issue presents descriptions of clinical resources (eg, professional materials, patient handouts) and information on how to receive those materials. |