2011
Long-Acting Risperidone and Oral Antipsychotics in Unstable Schizophrenia
Rosenheck RA, Krystal JH, Lew R, Barnett PG, Fiore L, Valley D, Thwin SS, Vertrees JE, Liang MH. Long-Acting Risperidone and Oral Antipsychotics in Unstable Schizophrenia. New England Journal Of Medicine 2011, 364: 842-851. PMID: 21366475, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1005987.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjectable risperidoneOral antipsychoticsQuality of lifeSchizoaffective disorderPsychiatrist's choiceSecond-generation antipsychotic agentsMore adverse eventsMore extrapyramidal symptomsPrimary end pointNeurologic side effectsExtrapyramidal adverse effectsRate of hospitalizationVeterans Affairs systemSocial Performance ScaleAdverse eventsExtrapyramidal symptomsOral treatmentAntipsychotic agentsUnstable diseasePsychiatric symptomsHigh riskHospitalizationSide effectsPatientsPsychiatric hospital
1996
Recurrent self-injurious behavior in forensic patients
Hillbrand M, Young J, Krystal J. Recurrent self-injurious behavior in forensic patients. Psychiatric Quarterly 1996, 67: 33-45. PMID: 8623037, DOI: 10.1007/bf02244273.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-injurious behaviorForensic patientsPsychiatric populationsSelf-injurious patientsGreat therapeutic challengeRecurrent self-injurious behaviorSelf-destructive patientsLonger hospitalizationTherapeutic challengeForensic psychiatric populationHigh prevalencePatientsVigorous interventionDiagnostic measuresPresent studyHospitalizationPopulationPrevalence
1993
Effects of Cocaine on Hospital Course in Schizophrenia
SEIBYL J, SATEL S, ANTHONY D, SOUTHWICK S, KRYSTAL J, CHARNEY D. Effects of Cocaine on Hospital Course in Schizophrenia. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 1993, 181: 31-37. PMID: 8093475, DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199301000-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance useSuicidal ideationCocaine useLifetime drug use historyAvailable hospital recordsHigher hospitalization ratesHigher neuroleptic dosesNon-using patientsEffects of cocainePoor illness courseDrug use historySubstance use patternsHigh rateSchizophrenia clinicHospital courseNeuroleptic doseHospital recordsHospitalization ratesIllness courseInpatient chartsNeuroleptic dosesPsychiatric hospitalizationNeuroleptic dosingHospitalizationSchizophrenic patients