2024
The European psychiatric association (EPA) – early career psychiatrists committee survey on trainees’ and early-career psychiatrists’ attitudes towards therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) use and utility during antipsychotic treatment
Schoretsanitis G, Correll C, Agorastos A, Sanchez A, Erzin G, Grigoras R, Benussi M, Gondek T, Guloksuz S, Højlund M, Jerotic S, Kilic O, Metaj E, Sidhu D, Skandali N, Skuhareuski A, Tveito M, Wolthusen R, Communication and Publications E, Chumakov E, de Filippis R. The European psychiatric association (EPA) – early career psychiatrists committee survey on trainees’ and early-career psychiatrists’ attitudes towards therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) use and utility during antipsychotic treatment. The World Journal Of Biological Psychiatry 2024, 25: 342-351. PMID: 38905131, DOI: 10.1080/15622975.2024.2367138.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEuropean Psychiatric AssociationAntipsychotic treatmentPsychiatrists' attitudesTherapeutic drug monitoringEarly-career psychiatristsExploratory factor analysisBenefit of therapeutic drug monitoringPsychiatric AssociationAntipsychoticsNegative expectationsAssociated with frequencyTDM useDrug monitoringTherapeutic drug monitoring useFactor analysisBeliefs of patientsHigh-income countriesLow-/middle-income countriesResponse varianceClinical benefitClozapineOutpatient settingLinear regression analysisClinical settingPsychiatrists
2023
Associations Between Polygenic Risk Score Loading, Psychosis Liability, and Clozapine Use Among Individuals With Schizophrenia
Lin B, Pinzón-Espinosa J, Blouzard E, van der Horst M, Okhuijsen-Pfeifer C, van Eijk K, Guloksuz S, Peyrot W, Luykx J, Hasan A, Wagner E, Pantelis C, Everall I, Ayhan Y, Babaoğlu M, Bak M, Alink W, Beld E, Bouhuis A, Edlinger M, Erdoğan I, Gutwinski S, Hallikainen T, Jeger-land E, Lähteenvuo M, de Koning M, Morgenroth C, Müderrisoğlu A, Oviedo-Salcedo T, Schreiter S, Repo-Tiihonen E, Tuppurainen H, Veereschild M, Veerman S, de Vos M, Cohen D, Bogers J, Anıl Yağcıoğlu A, Tiihonen J, Ripke S, Bousman C, Van Beek H, Okhuijsen-Pfeifer C, van der Horst M, van Eijk K, Ertuğrul A, Yoca G, Görlitz T, Grootens K, Leucht S, Narang A, Schneider-Thoma J, Kahn R, Bekema E, Kleymann P, Luykx J, Alizadeh B, van Amelsvoort T, Cahn W, de Haan L, Schirmbeck F, Simons C, van Os J, Rutten B, van Winkel R. Associations Between Polygenic Risk Score Loading, Psychosis Liability, and Clozapine Use Among Individuals With Schizophrenia. JAMA Psychiatry 2023, 80: 181-185. PMID: 36542388, PMCID: PMC9857760, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.4234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchizophrenia spectrum disordersRisk ratioPolygenic risk scoresUnrelated healthy controlsRisk scorePRS-SCZClozapine useHealthy controlsOdds ratioCourse of illnessHigher likelihoodPsychosis liabilityClozapine prescribingClozapine prescriptionPharmacotherapy choicesClozapine treatmentObservational cohortMedication useAntipsychotic useAntipsychotic treatmentMAIN OUTCOMEMultinomial logistic regressionPrognostic studiesAntipsychoticsEarly intervention
2021
Antipsychotics result in more weight gain in antipsychotic naive patients than in patients after antipsychotic switch and weight gain is irrespective of psychiatric diagnosis: A meta-analysis
Bak M, Drukker M, Cortenraad S, Vandenberk E, Guloksuz S. Antipsychotics result in more weight gain in antipsychotic naive patients than in patients after antipsychotic switch and weight gain is irrespective of psychiatric diagnosis: A meta-analysis. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0244944. PMID: 33596211, PMCID: PMC7888647, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244944.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntipsychotic-naive patientsBody weight changesBody weight gainWeight gainPsychiatric diagnosisNaive patientsWeight changeAntipsychotic useBodyweight gainAntipsychotic-naive groupMore weight gainDiagnosis of schizophreniaAntipsychotic switchMost antipsychoticsShort followSwitch studyMetabolic disturbancesClinical trialsOutcome measuresAntipsychoticsPatientsBody weightNaive groupSwitch groupDiagnosis
2012
Choice of antipsychotic treatment by European psychiatry trainees: are decisions based on evidence?
Jauhar S, Guloksuz S, Andlauer O, Lydall G, Marques J, Mendonca L, Dumitrescu I, Roventa C, De Vriendt N, Van Zanten J, Riese F, Nwachukwu I, Nawka A, Psaras R, Masson N, Krishnadas R, Volpe U, European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees' Research Group. Choice of antipsychotic treatment by European psychiatry trainees: are decisions based on evidence? BMC Psychiatry 2012, 12: 27. PMID: 22463055, PMCID: PMC3337226, DOI: 10.1186/1471-244x-12-27.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecond-generation antipsychoticsCognitive behavioral therapyUse of SGAsSecond-generation antipsychotic medicationsKnowledge of trialQuestionnaire-based studyAntipsychotic medicationAntipsychotic treatmentTreatment choicePatientsBehavioral therapyForms of psychotherapyOwn treatmentAntipsychoticsTreatmentPsychosisTrialsPsychiatry traineesEfficacyTrainees
2010
PW01-264 - How would European trainees treat bipolar disorder for their patients and themselves, and what influences decision-making?
Jauhar S, Lydall G, Riese F, Marques J, Bendix M, Andlauer O, Gerber S, De Vriendt N, Dumitrescu I, Nawka A, Guloksuz S, Mendonca L, Nwachukw I, Psaras R, Roventa C, Giacco D, Mufic A, Dobrzynska E, Nazaraliev A, Van Zanten J, Group E. PW01-264 - How would European trainees treat bipolar disorder for their patients and themselves, and what influences decision-making? European Psychiatry 2010, 25: 1596-1597. DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(10)71577-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchP03-343 - Treatment choice in psychiatry? How would European trainees treat psychosis for their patients and themselves, and what influences decision-making?
Jauhar S, Guloksuz S, Marques J, Bendix M, Lydall G, Andlauer O, Gerber S, Roventa C, Van Zanten J, De Vriendt N, Nawka A, Nwachukw I, Dobrzynska E, Mufic A, Nazaraliev A, Dumitrescu I, Mendonca L, Riese F, Group E. P03-343 - Treatment choice in psychiatry? How would European trainees treat psychosis for their patients and themselves, and what influences decision-making? European Psychiatry 2010, 25: 958. DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(10)70949-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFirst-line therapySide effect profileTreatment choiceClinical practicePsychiatric clinical practiceEuropean traineesCATIE trialAntipsychotic medicationAntipsychoticsResponse ratePatientsEvidence baseMinimum response ratePsychosisRecent evidenceClozapineTherapyEfficacySample sizeTraineesPsychiatryMedicationsPrescribingFactorsResponders