Cynthia A. Fontanella, PhD

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Cynthia A. Fontanella, PhD, has published research on topics in child and adolescent psychiatry and schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorders. Her work includes studies on antidepressant exposure and fracture risk in Medicaid-covered youth, as well as benzodiazepine use and mortality risk among patients with schizophrenia. Her publications appeared in 2016 in Psychiatrist.com (The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders).

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Antidepressants and Risk of Fracture in Youth

July 27, 2016

Could treating your pediatric patients with antidepressants increase their risk of bone fracture? This study used a large body of Medicaid data to examine the possible association and the...
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Benzodiazepine Use and Mortality in Schizophrenia

May 25, 2016

Do you prescribe benzodiazepines to your patients with schizophrenia? Learn more about the risk-benefit profile of this strategy by reading this journal CME study. The findings on mortality risk...
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