Problems in teaching psychopharmacology.
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Education, Medical↗
Biomedical subjects
T A Petti
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Fluoxetine-induced memory impairment in an adolescent.
This paper describes a 14-year-old male patient who complained of memory problems during treatment with fluoxetine for major depression. The patient showed impairments on all five scales of the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised during fluoxetine treatment. Three of the scales, Verbal Memory, Visual Memory, and General Memory, showed statistically significant improvements after fluoxetine was discontinued. This case represents the first time memory deficits related to fluoxetine were quantitated with a standardized memory test. It points to cognitive side effects that need to be understood.
Adolescent↗
Perceptions of seclusion and restraint by patients and staff in an intermediate-term care facility.
PROBLEM: Little of clinical relevance has been derived from research studies conducted on seclusion and restraint. Most studies elicit staff, as opposed to patient, views of the restraint event. METHODS: Content analysis, descriptive statistics of debriefing incidents (N = 81) following the initiation of seclusion and restraint from both patient and staff perspectives. FINDINGS: Patients and staff had varied views of the restraint incidents, but overall they were closer in their perceptions of precipitants and what could have been done to prevent the incident. CONCLUSIONS: Debriefing incidents can be used as learning tools for staff and patients, to track staff and patient progress, and as a way to change the culture of psychiatric settings.
Adolescent↗