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Clinical Strategies on Prescribing Long-acting Injectable Antipsychotics in Managing Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a psychiatric syndrome of delusions, disorganised speech, hallucinations, and impaired executive functioning1. Despite affecting approximately 1% of the global population, poor treatment adherence remains as an unmet need associated...

Aug 20, 2024
Controlling Major Depressive Disorder without Tuning Down Emotions

When Emotions Are Fading Out Currently, there is no consensus on the actual definition of emotional blunting, and the condition is prevalent among MDD patients. “Patients experiencing emotional blunting may appear desensitised to emotions. For...

Aug 11, 2023
The Latest Updates on Guideline and Research of ADHD Treatment – From Australia and Hong Kong Perspectives

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in children, with an estimated global prevalence of 5–7% in school-aged children. It is characterised by hyperactivity and impulsivity with ...

Aug 11, 2023
Update in the Management of Mood Disorders

The Clinical Challenges in Mood Disorders Prof. McIntyre reminded us of the complexity of BD disorders and how they can be subclassified into BD-1, which is defined by the presence of a syndromal and manic episode, and BD-2, which is characterised b...

Aug 11, 2023
Esketamine: A New Potent Weapon Against Refractory Depression

Treatment-resistant depression (TRD), a subset of major depressive disorder (MDD), presents a significant challenge to both the patients for its disabling impairment and physicians for undermined treatment effect. 1 Even though several definitions a...

Jun 13, 2023