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Paul Ballas

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posted 01/22/2008, comments (2)

Psychosis, Depression and Medication Compliance

One of the difficulties in long-term management of psychotic illnesses is that of compliance with medications used for the treatment of psychosis and depression. In a previous entry I discussed the issue of taking medication regularly in terms of psychiatric illness in general, but this can be a particular problem in treating depression in... Read more Chevron

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posted 01/21/2008, comments (5)

Choices #12: Stigma and Fear

When our family moved to the New England area, we bought a house at the entrance to a cul-de-sac in a respectable suburban housing development just outside a large city. The development was populated primarily by upper-middle income families with young children. Fathers left for work en mass around 8:00 a.m., a veritable parade of... Read more Chevron

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posted 03/19/2007, comments (0)

What are the Cardiac Side Effects of Medications for Schizophrenia?

My relative was doing well on seroquel (quetiapine) but he took himself off it because of heart palpitations. He is now on olanzapine, and although he is calmer, he is not what he was, in many respects. Do you know of a drug similar to seroquel – which was the most normalizing medication he's had – that doesn’t affect the... Read more Chevron

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