Theodore A. Stern, MD

Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

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Choosing a Pharmacologic Strategy for Psychosis
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October 28, 2025

If you have ever wondered which antipsychotic agent to prescribe to your patient with psychosis or struggled to balance the concepts of efficacy, tolerability, and cost, then this case...
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Impact of Hypotension on Cognitive Function
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October 23, 2025

Hypotension acts synergistically to affect mental status by compounding problems with gas exchange, neurovascular dynamics, neuronal metabolism, and neurotoxicity.
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Managing Somatic Delusions
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October 16, 2025

Management of somatic delusions involves a multimodal treatment approach incorporating pharmacotherapy, somatic treatments, and psychotherapy.
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Talking to Your Patients About HSCT
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September 30, 2025

If you have been unsure about what you should discuss with your patients who might undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, then this case and discussion should prove useful.
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Diagnosing and Treating Dizziness
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September 18, 2025

Psychiatric treatment of dizziness includes behavioral therapy aimed at decreasing arousal to the identified stimulus, as well as pharmacologic interventions that decrease acute anxiety and prevent onset of downstream...
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Antihistamines: Indications, Interactions, and Adverse Effects
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September 16, 2025

Many antihistamines share a propensity for muscarinic receptor antagonism at higher doses, leading to symptoms of anticholinergic toxicity.
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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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Expert Consensus on Aripiprazole LAIs in Clinical Practice

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