2024
Vitamin B12 Supplementation in Psychiatric Practice
Kennedy K, Alexander J, Garakani A, Gross L, Mintz D, Parikh T, Pine J, Sumner C, Baron D. Vitamin B12 Supplementation in Psychiatric Practice. Current Psychiatry Reports 2024, 26: 265-272. PMID: 38696105, DOI: 10.1007/s11920-024-01505-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychiatric disordersB12 deficiencyB12 supplementationPsychiatric symptomsB12 levelsPharmacological treatment of psychiatric disordersTreatment of psychiatric disordersRisk factorsAssociated with neuropsychiatric symptomsSevere psychiatric presentationsManifestations of B12 deficiencyMild depressive symptomsVitamin B12 supplementationDepressive symptomsPsychiatric practicePsychiatric presentationsMedical workupNeuropsychiatric symptomsSymptoms of B12 deficiencyAugmentation strategiesPrevent depressionPharmacological treatmentCardinal symptomsDisordersSymptoms
2022
Commentary: Psychiatric Symptoms Related to Somatic Illness
Garakani A. Commentary: Psychiatric Symptoms Related to Somatic Illness. Journal Of Psychiatric Practice 2022, 28: 514-515. PMID: 36355593, DOI: 10.1097/pra.0000000000000674.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersConceptsAuditory hallucinationsVisual hallucinationsPsychiatric historySomatic illnessPatient's psychiatric historySemicircular canal dehiscencePsychosis presentPsychiatric consultation serviceCharles Bonnet syndromeCanal dehiscenceHypertensive episodesCases of hallucinationsPsychiatric symptomsPsychotic symptomsPsychotic disordersProper diagnosisMedical providersPatientsMedical teamSymptomsConsultation serviceHallucinationsThought disorderIllnessDisorders
2021
Commentary: Psychiatric Presentations of Nonpsychiatric Illness or Treatment
Garakani A. Commentary: Psychiatric Presentations of Nonpsychiatric Illness or Treatment. Journal Of Psychiatric Practice 2021, 27: 404-405. PMID: 34529609, DOI: 10.1097/pra.0000000000000577.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersConceptsManic symptomsPsychiatric historyPerinatal brain injuryOff-label useExamples of patientsPsychogenic nauseaRefractory nauseaGastroesophageal refluxAtypical presentationMood stabilizersSubdural hematomaCertain patientsMedical historyPsychiatric presentationsBrain injuryVisual hallucinationsMedical disordersPsychiatric symptomsPatientsNonpsychiatric illnessCognitive deficitsSuicidal thinkingSymptomsTraditional treatmentBrain imaging
2020
Commentary on “A New Onset of Mania in a 49-Year-Old Man: An Interesting Case of Wilson Disease”
Garakani A. Commentary on “A New Onset of Mania in a 49-Year-Old Man: An Interesting Case of Wilson Disease”. Journal Of Psychiatric Practice 2020, 26: 510-517. PMID: 33275389, DOI: 10.1097/pra.0000000000000507.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersConceptsPrimary psychiatric disordersYears of ageWilson's diseasePsychiatric disordersNew onsetDiagnostic workupAcute cognitive declineFormal psychiatric historyCommon clinical manifestationsNeurological side effectsFurther diagnostic workupLow serum ceruloplasminMagnetic resonance imagingSecondary maniaAtypical presentationClinical manifestationsHepatic abnormalitiesPsychiatric providersPatient presentationMetabolism disordersBrain abnormalitiesPsychiatric symptomsTreatment considerationsCorrect diagnosisPsychiatric history
2015
New‐Onset Panic, Depression with Suicidal Thoughts, and Somatic Symptoms in a Patient with a History of Lyme Disease
Garakani A, Mitton AG. New‐Onset Panic, Depression with Suicidal Thoughts, and Somatic Symptoms in a Patient with a History of Lyme Disease. Case Reports In Psychiatry 2015, 2015: 457947. PMID: 25922779, PMCID: PMC4397473, DOI: 10.1155/2015/457947.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesChronic Lyme diseasePanic attacksLyme diseaseDepressive symptomsPhysical symptomsLong-term antibioticsSevere depressive symptomsInpatient psychiatric hospitalizationSubsyndromal depressive symptomsComorbid psychiatric diagnosesChronic physical symptomsBack spasmsLyme titersNeuromuscular complaintsCLD patientsNeuropathic painJoint painTick bitePsychiatric hospitalizationAnxiolytic treatmentPsychiatric symptomsPsychiatric historyPsychiatric diagnosisNeurological disordersSuicidal ideation