Tarun Bastiampillai

This commentary explores the impact of major disasters on suicide rates, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This report presents a unique case of concurrent pneumonia and pancreatitis following clozapine initiation and recurrence of pancreatitis upon rechallenge.

This report describes a rare occurrence of catatonia following administration of quetiapine and a possible mechanism by which quetiapine-induced catatonia may have arisen.

There is a summer peak for many aspects of mental health activity, particularly in terms of acute hospital utilization and suicidality.

Psychiatric observation units are mainly described within large urban general or academic hospital centers. Patients present predominantly with acute mental health crises or suicidality and are typically treated < 72...

This study examined associations between patients with borderline personality disorder symptoms and their hospital presentations and explored effects of inpatient length of stay on time to hospital re-presentation.

There is a potential time-lag effect of worsening psychiatric health in winter months, leading to ED presentations in spring and summer, which may require specific intervention aimed at preventing...