2013
Polypharmacy Reduction in Youth in a Residential Treatment Center Leads to Positive Treatment Outcomes and Significant Cost Savings
van Wattum PJ, Fabius C, Roos C, Smith C, Johnson T. Polypharmacy Reduction in Youth in a Residential Treatment Center Leads to Positive Treatment Outcomes and Significant Cost Savings. Journal Of Child And Adolescent Psychopharmacology 2013, 23: 620-627. PMID: 24251644, DOI: 10.1089/cap.2013.0014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedication reductionTreatment centersResidential treatment centerTreatment outcomesLong-term treatment outcomesUse of antipsychoticsNumber of antipsychoticsPlace of dischargePositive treatment outcomesAdmission medicationsAntipsychotic combinationsPolypharmacy reductionPostdischarge dataDischarge medicationsMore medicationsAvailable followMonths postdischargeMood stabilizersPolypharmacy regimensMedicationsAdmissionYouth ages 11Mean numberHealthcare systemAntipsychotics
2006
STUTTERING IMPROVED WITH RISPERIDONE
van Wattum PJ. STUTTERING IMPROVED WITH RISPERIDONE. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2006, 45: 133. PMID: 16429082, DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000190465.55329.b0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Pleural Fluid Eosinophilia With Combined Pharmacotherapy
Chiles C, van Wattum PJ. Pleural Fluid Eosinophilia With Combined Pharmacotherapy. Journal Of The Academy Of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2003, 44: 436-437. PMID: 12954922, DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.44.5.436.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2001
VALPROIC ACID AND RISPERIDONE
van Wattum P. VALPROIC ACID AND RISPERIDONE. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2001, 40: 866-867. PMID: 11501681, DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200108000-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRapid response to low dose citalopram in pathological crying
van Wattum P, Chiles C. Rapid response to low dose citalopram in pathological crying. General Hospital Psychiatry 2001, 23: 167-168. PMID: 11447987, DOI: 10.1016/s0163-8343(01)00133-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThermal Sensitivity in Tourette Syndrome: Preliminary Report
Scahill L, Lombroso P, Mack G, Van Wattum P, Zhang H, Vitale A, Leckman J. Thermal Sensitivity in Tourette Syndrome: Preliminary Report. Perceptual And Motor Skills 2001, 92: 419-432. PMID: 11361302, DOI: 10.2466/pms.2001.92.2.419.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTourette syndromeSubgroup of patientsAge of onsetAdult male subjectsCurrent ageTic symptomsDopaminergic pathwaysSex distributionCurrent severityMale subjectsMean differenceSyndromeControl periodPreliminary reportSweat rateAgeSymptomsSubjectsOverall courseDegrees COnsetPatientsIllnessSeverityCourse
2000
Patterns of response to acute naloxone infusion in Tourette's syndrome
van Wattum P, Chappell P, Zelterman D, Scahill L, Leckman J. Patterns of response to acute naloxone infusion in Tourette's syndrome. Movement Disorders 2000, 15: 1252-1254. PMID: 11104215, DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(200011)15:6<1252::aid-mds1030>3.0.co;2-i.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTourette syndromeTic behaviorsOpioid antagonist naloxoneDose-related effectsDose-response effectExpression of TSRandomized dosesAntagonist naloxoneNaloxone infusionOpioid receptorsLow doseHigh doseEarlier pilot studyPattern of responseSyndromeNaloxoneTS subjectsPilot studySignificant decreaseSignificant increaseDoseDifferent dosagesOpposite effectSubjectsVideotaped recordings