2020
Electroconvulsive Therapy: a Video-Based Educational Resource Using Standardized Patients
Kitay B, Martin A, Chilton J, Amsalem D, Duvivier R, Goldenberg M. Electroconvulsive Therapy: a Video-Based Educational Resource Using Standardized Patients. Academic Psychiatry 2020, 44: 531-537. PMID: 32754879, PMCID: PMC7402389, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-020-01292-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectroconvulsive therapyModern electroconvulsive therapyTreatment-resistant depressionPrimary outcome measureKnowledge of ECTResultsFifty-threeOutcome measuresVideo-based educational materialsHealth professionalsSynchronous videoconferencingPatientsStandardized patientsBaselineSecond-year medical studentsInterventionEducational moduleMedical studentsMeasurable changesEducational materialsTherapy
2002
Risperidone in Children with Autism and Serious Behavioral Problems
McCracken JT, McGough J, Shah B, Cronin P, Hong D, Aman MG, Arnold LE, Lindsay R, Nash P, Hollway J, McDougle CJ, Posey D, Swiezy N, Kohn A, Scahill L, Martin A, Koenig K, Volkmar F, Carroll D, Lancor A, Tierney E, Ghuman J, Gonzalez NM, Grados M, Vitiello B, Ritz L, Davies M, Robinson J, McMahon D. Risperidone in Children with Autism and Serious Behavioral Problems. New England Journal Of Medicine 2002, 347: 314-321. PMID: 12151468, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa013171.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical Global Impression-ImprovementAtypical antipsychotic agentsPlacebo groupSelf-injurious behaviorRisperidone groupAntipsychotic agentsAutistic disorderIrritability scoresDouble-blind trialPrimary outcome measureTreatment of adultsTraditional antipsychotic medicationsPercent decreaseSerious behavioral disturbancesAberrant Behavior ChecklistRisperidone therapyTardive dyskinesiaAntipsychotic medicationAverage weight gainOutcome measuresPositive responsePostsynaptic dopamineSerotonin receptorsBehavioral disturbancesSevere tantrums