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EXPANDED TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME 10, NUMBER 5    MAY 2007
TREATMENT HIGHLIGHTS
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER AND SHAME
In patients with borderline personality disorder, shame may be a core feature.

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.

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.

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.