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Aripiprazole in the treatment of deliriumAdekola O Alao
Division of Consulation Liaison Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 35:429-33. 2005..Traditionally, haloperidol has been used to treat agitation as it may occur in delirium. However, atypical antipsychotics are being increasingly used to treat delirium...
Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus presenting as bipolar I disorder with catatonic featuresAdekola O Alao
Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate, NY 13210, USA
Psychosomatics 50:543-7. 2009..Neuropsychiatric manifestations of lupus (NPSLE) have been shown to occur in up to 95% of pediatric patients with SLE...
Foreign body ingestions in a schizophrenic patientA O Alao
Division of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
West Afr J Med 25:239-41. 2006..Interestingly, the patient in the present case reported auditory hallucinations commanding him not to swallow the can lid...
Aripiprazole and deliriumAdekola O Alao
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
Ann Clin Psychiatry 18:267-9. 2006..Traditionally, haloperidol has been used to treat delirium-associated agitation. However, atypical antipsychotics are being increasingly used to treat delirium...
Cybersuicide: review of the role of the internet on suicideAdekola O Alao
Division of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA
Cyberpsychol Behav 9:489-93. 2006..If used appropriately, the internet is a powerful communication tool that can be used to benefit suicidal patients...
An unusual foreign body ingestion in a schizophrenic patient: case reportBenjamin Abraham
Division of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 35:313-8. 2005..Early identification of inmates with this proclivity has important implications for treatment and prevention...
Agitation in the medically ill elderlyA O Alao
Division of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse 13210, USA
West Afr J Med 24:171-4. 2005..The major emphasis will be placed on discussing prompt, correct diagnosis of the underlying cause of agitation and effective treatment of both the cause of agitation and the symptoms of agitation itself...
Charles Bonnet syndrome: visual hallucination and multiple sclerosisAdekola O Alao
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 33:195-9. 2003..The patient was successfully treated with the atypical antipsychotic olanzapine...
Drug addiction in sickle cell disease: case reportAdekola O Alao
Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse NY 13210, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 33:97-101. 2003..In this article, we describe a 38-year-old African American woman who became addicted to cocaine due to self-medication of her sickle cell pain with cocaine...
Comparing the side effect profile of the atypical antipsychoticsAdekola O Alao
Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
West Afr J Med 21:313-5. 2002..The results are then presented in an easy to read table. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first comparison study involving these four newer antipsychotic agents...
Sickle cell disease and posttraumatic stress disorderAdekola O Alao
Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210 2375, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 32:97-101. 2002..Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a condition increasingly being recognized. In this article we discuss, to our knowledge, the first case of a patient with comorbid sickle cell disease and post-traumatic stress disorder...
Valacyclovir-induced psychosis and manic symptoms in an adolescent young woman with genital herpes simplexSunny P Aslam
Division of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate University, 1702 University Hospital, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
Psychosomatics 50:293-6. 2009..Its prevalence within the United States is estimated to be 40 million to 60 million people. Three medications, acyclovir, valacyclovir, and famciclovir, have been shown to reduce the duration and severity of the disease...
Psychiatric complications of hydrocephalusA O Alao
Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 31:337-40. 2001..We are reporting a case of a 30-year-old female with a history of congenital hydrocephalus, is used to illustrate this association. Such patients may benefit from treatment with ventriculoperitoneal or ventriculoatrial shunt procedures...
Psychopathology in sickle cell diseaseA O Alao
Division of Consultation Liaison, Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
West Afr J Med 22:334-7. 2003..We reviewed the existing literature regarding the psychological sequelae among patients with SCD. We then recommend how to better identify and treat psychopathology associated with this condition...
Serum sickness induced by bupropionJ C Yolles
Inpatient Psychiatry, SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
Ann Pharmacother 33:931-3. 1999..To describe the first reported case of serum sickness induced by exposure to bupropion...
