Theodore A. Stern, MD

Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

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Management of Functional Neurological Disorder
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August 19, 2025

Patients with functional neurological symptoms present to clinicians in a variety of clinical settings, although they are often seen in primary care settings before referral to specialty clinics.
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Gastrointestinal Complications of Clozapine
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August 12, 2025

Clozapine-induced gastrointestinal hypomotility is common, and it can progress to severe and potentially life-threatening complications;
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Managing Psychotropic Medication–Induced Priapism
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July 31, 2025

A 30-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder presented to the ED with a prolonged, painful erection of spontaneous onset. His current medications included long-acting injectable paliperidone palmitate, valproic acid, and...
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FND in Active-Duty Military Personnel and Veterans
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July 24, 2025

The most common presentations of functional neurologic disorder are functional seizures and functional movement disorders, including paresis. Other common manifestations are somatosensory or visual symptoms and speech disorders.
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Serious Suicide Attempt Management
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July 8, 2025

Approximately half of the individuals who take their own life have had contact with their primary care provider within the month before their death.
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Time-Limited Teaching of Psychiatry to Medical Students
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June 17, 2025

Educational practices such as a “flipped classroom” or “layered learning” can allow the educational experience to be better tailored to the needs of learners.
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Facing Intensive Care: A Guide for PCPs
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June 17, 2025

Critically ill patients develop complex problems that involve affective, behavioral, cognitive, and motor manifestations, and failure to attend to these signs and symptoms can jeopardize the safety of both...
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Multimodal Approaches to Pain Management
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June 3, 2025

Although the primary objective of managing acute pain is to provide effective pain relief, it is also important to minimize medication side effects, improve patient function, and reduce the...
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Managing Psychotic Illnesses in Primary Care
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May 22, 2025

Symptoms of psychosis, while often nonspecific, may involve complaints of physical ailments and lead to primary care visits.
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Sequelae of Adverse Childhood Experiences
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May 6, 2025

Long-term complications of ACEs involve psychiatric and medical conditions, such as mood and substance use disorders, chronic heart and lung diseases, obesity, diabetes, cancer, and PTSD.
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Managing Anxiety, Agitation, and Pain in Critically Ill Patients
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April 1, 2025

Pain, fear, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and agitation are common symptoms among critically ill patients, causing distress, interfering with medical care, and contributing to morbidity post discharge.
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