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Antidepressant treatment in the primary care office: outcomes for adjustment disorder versus major depressionUsman Hameed
Department of Psychiatry, Upstate Medical University, 750 E Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
Ann Clin Psychiatry 17:77-81. 2005..CONCLUSION: Antidepressants are very effective in treating depression in the primary care setting and may even be an effective and efficient treatment for adjustment disorder with depressed mood...
Utilizing pharmacodynamic properties of second-generation antipsychotics to guide treatmentT Schwartz
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Psychiatry Department, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA
Drugs Today (Barc) 48:283-92. 2012..All SGAs share common properties; however, each individual SGA has a unique pharmacodynamic profile that may be utilized to guide and individualize treatment...
Genetic data supporting the NMDA glutamate receptor hypothesis for schizophreniaThomas L Schwartz
SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
Curr Pharm Des 18:1580-92. 2012..This paper seeks to describe and discuss the potential underlying genetic vulnerabilities of the NMDA receptor and how aberrant genes coding for this receptor may lead to schizophrenia symptoms...
Treatment strategies for dosing the second generation antipsychoticsThomas L Schwartz
Department of Psychiatry State, University of New York Upstate Medical University, NY, USA
CNS Neurosci Ther 17:110-7. 2011..Aims: To review relevant data regarding the second generation antipsychotics and their empirical dosing strategies. To further review and comment theoretically in these areas where substantial, definitive data are lacking...
Acamprosate calcium as augmentation therapy for anxiety disordersThomas L Schwartz
Psychiatry Department, State University of New York SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
Ann Pharmacother 44:1930-2. 2010..This GABA-glutamate imbalance is thought to play a role in the development of anxiety. Acamprosate calcium is thought to restore this chemical imbalance in alcohol withdrawal...
Obesity and psychotropicsNikhil Nihalani
SUNY Upstate Medical University, NY, USA
CNS Neurosci Ther 18:57-63. 2012..This article serves to provide a succinct review regarding the epidemiology, etiology, and treatment options for psychotropic-induced obesity...
Tiagabine in anxiety disordersThomas L Schwartz
Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY, USA
Expert Opin Pharmacother 7:1977-87. 2006..Tiagabine may be a useful addition to currently available drugs for anxiety; however, the data from small open-label investigations remain to be confirmed in larger controlled studies...
Obesity in adults with serious and persistent mental illness: a review of postulated mechanisms and current interventionsJames L Megna
Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
Ann Clin Psychiatry 23:131-40. 2011..However, these effects have been more widespread among adults with serious and persistent mental illness...
An open-label study to evaluate switching from an SSRI or SNRI to tiagabine to alleviate antidepressant-induced sexual dysfunction in generalized anxiety disorderThomas L Schwartz
Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
Ann Clin Psychiatry 19:25-30. 2007....
Mifepristone, a glucocorticoid antagonist for the potential treatment of psychotic major depressionNikhil D Nihalani
State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Department of Psychiatry, Syracuse, New York, NY 13210 2375, USA
Curr Opin Investig Drugs 8:563-9. 2007..In addition, in March 2005 a phase II study of mifepristone as a cognitive enhancer in AD was underway, and in May 2006 a proof-of-concept study in alleviating the weight gain associated with olanzapine had begun...
An open-label study of tiagabine as augmentation therapy for anxietyThomas L Schwartz
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Department of Psychiatry, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
Ann Clin Psychiatry 17:167-72. 2005..Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the CNS, and agents that modulate GABA neurotransmission have shown promise in the treatment of anxiety disorders and are often used as augmentation agents...
Glutamate neurocircuitry: theoretical underpinnings in schizophreniaThomas L Schwartz
Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Upstate Medical University Syracuse, NY, USA
Front Pharmacol 3:195. 2012..In conclusion, there is a brief review of potential schizophrenia treatments that rely on the etiologic theory provided in the body of the paper...
Gamma hydroxy butyric acid and sodium oxybate used to treat posttraumatic stress disorderThomas L Schwartz
Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA
CNS Spectr 12:884-6. 2007
Weight gain, obesity, and psychotropic prescribingNikhil Nihalani
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
J Obes 2011:893629. 2011..The authors undertook a comprehensive literature review in order to present epidemiology, etiology, and treatment options of weight gain associated with antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and antidepressants...
Psychiatric resident and attending diagnostic and prescribing practicesAdam C Tripp
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
Acad Psychiatry 32:214-7. 2008..This study investigates whether two patient population groups, under resident or attending treatment, are equivalent or different in the distribution of patient characteristics, diagnoses, or pharmacotherapy...
Use of atypical antipsychotics in a Veterans Affairs hospitalThomas L Schwartz
Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, New York, USA
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 26:1207-10. 2002....
The use of tiagabine augmentation for treatment-resistant anxiety disorders: a case seriesThomas L Schwartz
Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
Psychopharmacol Bull 36:53-7. 2002..Like other anticonvulsant agents, tiagabine has been explored for use as a mood stabilizer and in panic disorder. This article presents a case series of five patients who were prescribed tiagabine for treatment-resistant anxiety...
