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. 2021 Jan 25;19(1):71–72. doi: 10.1176/appi.focus.19106

Perspectives in Psychopharmacology

PMCID: PMC8412152  PMID: 34483772

This section contains a compilation of recent publications that have shaped the thinking in the field as well as classic works that remain important to the subject reviewed in this issue. This bibliography has been compiled by experts in the field and members of the editorial and advisory boards. Entries are listed chronologically by first author. Articles from the bibliography that are reprinted in this issue are in bold type.

2020

  1. Anderson KN , Lind JN , Simeone RM , et al. : Maternal use of specific antidepressant medications during early pregnancy and the risk of selected birth defects . JAMA Psychiatry 2020. ; e202453 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
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  9. Leone FT , Zhang Y , Evers-Casey S , et al. : Initiating Pharmacologic Treatment in Tobacco-Dependent Adults: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline . Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020. ; 202 : e5 – e31 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
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2019

  1. Chang Z , Ghirardi L , Quinn PD , et al. : Risks and benefits of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder medication on behavioral and neuropsychiatric outcomes: a qualitative review of pharmacoepidemiology studies using linked prescription databases . Biol Psychiatry 2019. ; 86 : 335 – 343 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
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  7. Kingsberg SA , Clayton AH , Portman D , et al. : Bremelanotide for the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder: two randomized phase 3 trials . Obstet Gynecol 2019. ; 134 : 899 – 908 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
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  10. Waxmonsky JG , Pelham WE III , Campa A , et al. : A randomized controlled trial of interventions for growth suppression in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder treated with central nervous system stimulants . J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2020. ; 59 : 1330 – 1341 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
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2018

  1. Clayton AH , Goldstein I , Kim NN , et al. : The International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health process of care for management of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in women . Mayo Clin Proc 2018. ; 93 : 467 – 487 [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
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  3. Mentzel TQ , van der Snoek R , Lieverse R , et al. : Clozapine monotherapy as a treatment for antipsychotic-induced tardive dyskinesia: a meta-analysis . J Clin Psychiatry 2018. ; 79 : 17r11852 [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Solmi M , Pigato G , Kane JM , et al. : Treatment of tardive dyskinesia with VMAT-2 inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials . Drug Des Devel Ther 2018. ; 12 : 1215 – 1238 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Walshaw PD , Gyulai L , Bauer M , et al. : Adjunctive thyroid hormone treatment in rapid cycling bipolar disorder: a double-blind placebo-controlled trial of levothyroxine (L-T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) . Bipolar Disord 2018. ; 20 : 594 – 603 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Further Reading

  1. Carbon M , Hsieh CH , Kane JM , et al. : Tardive dyskinesia prevalence in the period of second-generation antipsychotic use: a meta-analysis . J Clin Psychiatry 2017. ; 78 : e264 – e278 [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Fernandez HH , Factor SA , Hauser RA , et al. : Randomized controlled trial of deutetrabenazine for tardive dyskinesia: the ARM-TD study . Neurology 2017. ; 88 : 2003 – 2010 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Hauser RA , Factor SA , Marder SR , et al. : KINECT 3: a phase 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of valbenazine for tardive dyskinesia . Am J Psychiatry 2017. ; 174 : 476 – 484 [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Kanes S , Colquhoun H , Gunduz-Bruce H , et al. : Brexanolone (SAGE-547 injection) in post-partum depression: a randomised controlled trial . Lancet 2017. ; 390 : 480 – 489 [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Liu B , Zhang Y , Fang H , et al. : Efficacy and safety of long-term antidepressant treatment for bipolar disorders: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials . J Affect Disord 2017. ; 223 : 41 – 48 [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. McGirr A , Vöhringer PA , Ghaemi SN , et al. : Safety and efficacy of adjunctive second-generation antidepressant therapy with a mood stabiliser or an atypical antipsychotic in acute bipolar depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised placebo-controlled trials . Lancet Psychiatry 2016. ; 3 : 1138 – 1146 [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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