Publications by authors named "A O Atolagbe"
Clozapine is an effective medication for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, and it has been associated with well-documented side effects that limit its use. Clozapine-induced hepatotoxicity is a less-known complication of clozapine therapy. The literature is unclear about the psychopharmacologic options available following clozapine cessation on account of liver toxicity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Methamphetamine use disorder (MUD) is becoming more of a public health issue in Georgia State, with health and social effects affecting both people and communities. This study aimed to investigate attributes that may affect the accessibility of treatment among the methamphetamine-use population in the state of Georgia.
Methods: We utilized the Treatment Episode Data Set - Discharges (TEDS-D) for 2016-2020 in Georgia, comprising participants with MUD (175,270).
Background: Trials of cholinergic and glutamatergic agents have improved cognition and memory for the geriatric schizophrenic population. Donepezil is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor that improves cognition by preventing postsynaptic degradation of hippocampal acetylcholine in patients with mild-to-moderate dementia. Donepezil has been attributed to some adverse effects, especially gastrointestinal symptoms.
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- Capgras syndrome is a mental disorder where a person believes that a close family member has been replaced by an imposter, despite no evidence to support this belief.
- A case study focused on a 68-year-old white woman who developed Capgras syndrome due to her chronic multiple sclerosis after experiencing an acute COVID-19 infection.
- The patient's symptoms were completely resolved after treatment with the medication quetiapine.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) related mental disorder has been hypothesized in the literature before 1969 as the etiology of schizophrenia. TBI has been described as a complex of multiple genetic factors and interacting non-genetic factor influence. Most research on non-genetic factors has focused on the period from conception through childhood.
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