Factors affecting recruitment into psychiatry: a canadian experience.

Objective: There is a projected shortage of psychiatrists in Canada in forthcoming years. This study assessed factors in medical school education that are associated with students selecting psychiatry first and matching as a discipline.

Method: The Canadian Organization of Undergraduate Psychiatry Educators (COUPE) conducted telephone interviews and sent e-mail questionnaires to the 17 medical schools across Canada; all schools provided data for 2012.

St John's wort or sertraline? Randomized controlled trial in primary care.

Objective: To compare the change in severity of depressive symptoms and occurrence of side effects in primary care patients treated with St John's wort (SJW) and sertraline.

Design: Double-blind, randomized 12-week trial.

Setting: Community-based offices of 12 family physicians practising in greater Montreal, Que.

Risperidone-induced neuroleptic malignant syndrome: a case report and review.

Objectives: 1. To report the case of a 53-year-old patient who developed neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) - a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of neuroleptic therapy - 4 days after treatment with risperidone was initiated. 2.

Double-blind comparison of the effects of clonazepam and lorazepam in acute mania.

A double-blind comparison of clonazepam and lorazepam was conducted in 24 patients with acute mania. Patients received either clonazepam or lorazepam alone for 14 days. Treatment with lorazepam produced marked improvement in symptomatology, while treatment with clonazepam failed to demonstrate a significant therapeutic effect.