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This study provided the first published case reports of alopecia associated with the use of quetiapine.

This study reviewed 78 childhood trichotillomania cases and found the scalp was the primary site for hair pulling, with comorbid psychiatric disorders present in many cases.

This review discusses various psychiatric treatments including antipsychotics, insomnia medication, and mood stabilizers, but reports no new clinical results; the authors comment on existing findings and approvals.

This study observed that certain medications, including antipsychotics, non-sedating antidepressants, and finasteride, were associated with a higher risk of inpatient falls among older adults at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center compared to matched controls.

This study found that Romanian men with schizophrenia had better mental functioning than women, and atypical antipsychotics were associated with improved quality of life across various dimensions for all patients.

In this study, the authors propose that drugs like trazodone and antipsychotics such as chlorpromazine, which can induce priapism, may help restore libido synaptic circuits, offering potential treatment for post-finasteride syndrome and post-SSRI sexual dysfunction.

In this survey of dermatologists, pimozide was most commonly identified as the preferred first-line antipsychotic for treating delusions of parasitosis, followed by risperidone.

This report describes five cases where sudden akathisia occurred in female patients with bipolar disorder after a ziprasidone dose reduction, emphasizing potential unexpected side effects of second-generation antipsychotics.

This case report suggests that long-acting injectable risperidone may induce hirsutism in some patients, and clinicians should monitor for this potential side effect when prescribing this antipsychotic.

This meta-analysis reports that male sex, hypertension, tamsulosin, finasteride, benzodiazepines, and antipsychotics are significantly associated with increased risk of developing intraoperative floppy-iris syndrome during cataract surgery.

This case report documented an elderly woman with delusional parasitosis, a belief of being infested by parasites, which was associated with severe anemia and resolved significantly after anemia treatment and antipsychotic medication.

This study found that adequate vitamin D status is necessary for metformin to effectively reduce prolactin levels in men with iatrogenic hyperprolactinemia, while improvements in glycemic control were observed across all vitamin D groups.

This review discusses the challenges of diagnosing and treating pediatric bipolar disorder and highlights the potential benefits of combined psychopharmacological treatments, noting no long-term efficacy from mood stabilizer monotherapy.

This review discusses the off-label use of SSRIs to manage inappropriate sexual behavior in elderly dementia patients and highlights the unclear risk of post-SSRI sexual dysfunction, noting a need for high-quality clinical trials.

Metformin helps manage diabetes, PCOS, and weight in kids but needs more research for long-term safety.

Haloperidol decanoate can cause alopecia areata.

This review discusses various drugs and their uses across multiple therapeutic categories but reports no new clinical results.

This review discusses psychocutaneous syndromes, detailing their classifications and management strategies, but reports no new clinical findings; it underscores dermatologists' role in these cases.

This article discusses intraoperative floppy iris syndrome during cataract surgery and highlights the importance of awareness and preoperative documentation of its risk factors, emphasizing a multidisciplinary approach to management.

This study found that acute sleep deprivation enhanced 5α-reductase expression and activity in the rat prefrontal cortex, and finasteride treatment reduced associated psychosis- and mania-like behaviors.

This review discusses treatment options for tics in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, highlighting existing therapies and potential future advancements, but reports no new clinical findings.

This review examines drug repositioning as a strategy for combating bacterial infections, highlighting its potential to address multidrug-resistant strains and antibiotic resistance by analyzing safety profiles, synergistic combinations, and promising results for drugs initially used for other conditions.

This review discusses the characteristics, prevalence, and treatment challenges of trichotillomania and provides no new clinical findings.

This study found that off-label drug use was prevalent in Saudi Arabia, particularly among adults and geriatrics for depression and diabetes mellitus, with antidepressants and antidiabetics most commonly prescribed.

Olanzapine helped a man who thought he had bugs on his skin.

This study underscores the use of hair analysis in forensic toxicology, highlighting its ability to detect drugs such as opioids and amphetamines, while noting limitations related to hair growth cycles, result interpretation, and cost of techniques.

This study reports that a 15-year-old with trichotillomania showed improvement with aripiprazole treatment, though no consensus on treatment exists in the literature.

This study detected insomnia risk signals associated with various medications, primarily nervous system drugs, using the FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System data from 2004 to 2024.

In this review, researchers explored hair as a promising tool for identifying biomarkers in schizophrenia, highlighting its potential for supporting personalized medicine through ease of sampling, though acknowledging challenges like individual variability and methodological inconsistencies.

Psychiatrists are crucial in pain management teams because they help treat severe pain and related mental health issues.