Robert G. Bota

 

Older adults with complicated illnesses often require specialized treatment in geriatric facilities when inpatient psychiatric hospitalization is needed. However, given the shortage of available beds in these facilities, patients...

Aripiprazole is a partial agonist at several receptor sites, one of which is 5-HT2C, which has been associated with increased food intake. The authors of this study theorize that...

How would you help the patient with schizophrenia who believes that suicide is the only way to save his family? What about when he tries to starve himself? Read...

To date, little has been written on the effect of rumors and gossip in psychiatric hospitals.  This article presents four case vignettes of rumors spread in psychiatric hospitals and...

Why would a person drink 3 gallons of water a day? This case of psychogenic polydipsia describes the tightrope of electrolyte and mental health balancing walked by this woman...

Here, review the case of a 43-year-old man, who was taking dietary supplements, with a 6-month history of psychotic symptoms that increasingly caused impairment in functioning and eventually led...

Sensorineural hearing loss is an infrequently recognized side effect of pain medication abuse. This report describes Ms A, a 44-year-old patient who experienced hearing loss from hydrocodone/acetaminophen abuse. Despite...

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy is a valuable treatment modality for depression, which has a high relapse rate. Here, Bota and colleagues discuss this manualized group type of psychotherapy that is...