Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia
David L. Fogelson, M.D. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA And The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA Adapted from a PowerPoint Presentation created by Stephen Marder, M.D., 2018, used with permission 19 year old mute college student responding to internal stimuli She was unable to give […]
Differential Diagnosis of Psychosis
David L. Fogelson, M.D. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA And The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA. Psychosis psychosis (n.) 1847, “mental derangement,” Modern Latin, from Greek psykhē “mind” (see psyche) + -osis”abnormal condition.” Greek psykhosis meant “a giving of life; animation; principle of life.“ In its modern lay form it means […]
Untreated Mental Illness Has Created a National Tragedy A Pandemic of Homelessness
Jonathan, a gifted artist, dropped out of college his freshman year. He was attacked by paranoid delusions that a former girlfriend was stalking him and was convinced his brain had become “unable toconnect thoughts.” Jonathan began smoking marijuana daily to “quiet the demons in his mind.” Nevera violent person, he struck his father and threw […]
Bipolar spectrum disorder masquerading as
treatment resistant unipolar depression
By David L. Fogelson and Bruce L. Kagan EditorialCite this article: Fogelson DL, and Kagan BL (2020). Bipolar spectrum disorder masquerading as treatment resistant unipolar depression. CNS Spectrumshttps://doi.org/10.1017/S1092852920002047 Received: 11 October 2020Accepted: 06 November 2020 We are frequently consulted by patients with treatment resistant depression (TRD). Many of thesepatients have never met criteria for a […]
The International Society for Bipolar Disorders
This lecture reviews the use of Antidepressants in Bipolar Disorder. How to prescribe them, the dangers, and other recommendations. The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) Task Force Report on Antidepressant Use in Bipolar Disorders November 2014 David L. Fogelson, M.D. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA And The Semel […]