Case Studies: Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Volume 6

Carolina A. Klein is the Associate Medical Director and Lead Psychiatrist in Advancement & Innovation at California Department of State Hospitals in Sacramento, California. Stephen M. Stahl is Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the University of California, Riverside, and Honorary Visiting Senior Fellow in Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge.

• Part I. Aggression and Violence in the Forensic Setting: 1. Psychotic Aggression – The Magic Combo Seth Judd and Jongseung Baek; 2. Impulsive affective aggression – action in a second Manasi Chandarana; 3. Predatory violence – the wolf in sheep's clothing Manasi Chandarana; Part II. Self-Injurious Behaviors (SIB): 4. SIB and violence – inwards and outwards Jennifer O'Day; 5. Non-Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI) – death by a thousand cuts Manasi Chandarana; 6. Prolonged fasting – starved for care Amanie Salem and Carolina A. Klein; 7. Severe suicidality – to die at any cost Amanie Salem and Carolina A. Klein; Part III. Severe Associated Syndromes Of SMI: 8. Who's who?? – misidentification syndromes in SMI Amanie Salem and Carolina A. Klein; 9. Primary polydipsia – unquenchable thirsts Seth Judd and Shrey Patel; 10. Catatonia – turning into stone Carolina A. Klein and Amanie Salem; 11. Negative syndrome – nothing and nobody Michael McGee; 12. Post-psychotic depression – too good to be true, so it's blue Manasi Chandarana; Part IV. Iatrogenic Syndromes and Drug-Associated Side Effects: 13. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome – altered and rigid Ajay Nair, Carolina A. Klein and Amanie Salem; 14. Constipation – the full stop Seth Judd; Part V. Complex Comorbidities: 15. TBI and CTE – bruised brains Hunter Neely; 16. Addictions – everyone, everywhere, everything Seth Judd and Long Hoang; 17. Personality disorders – fixing the foundation Seth Judd and Emilia Laing; 18. Schizo-obsessive disorder – repeatedly compelling Ajay Nair, Amanie Salem and Carolina A. Klein; 19. Anxiety disorders – constant worries Manasi Chandarana; 20. COVID – the new player in town and here to stay Manasi Chandarana; 21. Neurological Disorders – Near and Fa(h)r Manasi Chandarana; Part VI. Specialty Forensic Populations: 22. IST MurCON – conserved or convicted? Manasi Chandarana; 23. Sexually Violent Predators (SVPs) – interrupting the circuit Rachel Powers and Carolina A. Klein; 24. Pregnancy – treating for two Imran Hassan; 25. SCZ- OCD, addictions, paraphilia – the collision Hunter Neely.