Impulse Control Disorders
“I’m Your Number One Fan”— A Clinical Look at Celebrity Worship
by Randy A. Sansone, MD, and Lori A. Sansone, MD R. Sansone is a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, OH, and Director of Psychiatry Education at Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, OH. L. Sansone is a civilian family medicine physician and Medical […]
Adderall-induced Trichotillomania: A Case Report
by Chiranjir Narine, MD; Sajjad R. Sarwar, MD; and Theodor B. Rais, MD Dr. Narine is a resident of psychiatry, Dr. Sarwar is fellow of child and adolescent psychiatry, and Dr. Rais is the associate professor and program director of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry—All from the University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio. Innov […]
Disruptive Office Behaviors in the Medical Setting: Associations with Other Clinical Phenomena
by Randy A. Sansone, MD, and Lori A. Sansone, MD R. Sansone is a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, OH, and Director of Psychiatry Education at Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, OH. L. Sansone is a civilian family medicine physician and Medical […]
Patient Violence Against Clinicians: Managing the Risk
by Holly Taylor, RN-BC, BSN, JD Ms. Taylor is Risk Manager at PRMS, Inc., Arlington, VA. QUESTION I have heard about physicians and nurses being subjected to violence by patients in the workplace. Is this really a problem and, if so, is there anything that can or should be done to reduce the risk? Innov […]
Aggressive Behaviors and Past Mental Healthcare Utilization Among Internal Medicine Outpatients
Randy A. Sansone, MD; Justin S. Leung, BA; and Michael W. Wiederman, PhD Dr. Sansone is a Professor in Psychiatry and Internal Medicine at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio, and Director of Psychiatry Education at Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, Ohio; Mr. Leung is a medical student at Wright State University […]
Suprathreshold Duloxetine for Treatment-Resistant Depression, Anorexia Nervosa Binge-Purging type, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Case Report
by Debra L. Safer, md, and Katherine D. Arnow, BA Both from Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California Innov Clin Neurosci. 2012;9(3):13–16
Borderline Personality and Externalized Aggression
by Randy A. Sansone, MD, and Lori A. Sansone, MD Dr. R. Sansone is a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio, and Director of Psychiatry Education at Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, Ohio; Dr. L. Sansone is a family medicine physician (civilian) […]
Histories of Rages and Disruptive Behaviors in the Medical Setting
Dear Editor: Aggressive patient behaviors may manifest in a number of different ways. However, beyond studies examining verbal and/or physical threats to clinicians, we did not locate any studies in the PsycINFO or PubMed databases that report general disruptive behaviors in the medical setting as they relate to patients’ past histories of rage (either rage […]
Kleptomania and Potential Exacerbating Factors: A Review and Case Report
by Farid Ramzi Talih, MD Dr. Talih is the Director of Psychiatry and Co-Director of Sleep Medicine at the Ashtabula County Medical Center (an affiliate hospital of the Cleveland Clinic), Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry and Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Sleep Medicine […]
The Despotic Habit of Gambling
by Assad Meymandi, MD, PhD, DLFAPA Dr. Meymandi is in private practice as a psychiatrist and neurologist and serves as an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a noted physician, editor, and philanthropist who frequently speaks and writes on diverse topics that relate to his interests […]
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