Drugs in Context Psychiatry welcomes a broad range of article types including original research, study protocols and review articles.
In line with the principle of providing context for healthcare professionals (HCPs) to properly inform and improve disease management in real world medicine, we especially encourage the submission of articles that provide context for trials of drug interventions in order to motivate improvements in disease management by HCPs practising medicine in the front line.
Review
This article reviews the epidemiology of antibiotic-induced neuropsychiatric toxicity, explores potential mechanisms of this adverse event, investigates variations in frequency and clinical presentations between different antibiotic classes causing neuropsychiatric toxicity, and discusses management strategies.
Original Research
The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of Brivera when used as an adjunctive therapy for individuals diagnosed with epilepsy.
Corrigendum
The authors wish to make the following corrections to their article: Mannaioni G, Lugoboni F. Precautions in the management of opioid agonist therapy: from target population characteristics to new formulations and post-marketing monitoring – a focus on the Italian system. Drugs Context. 2023;12:2023-2-6. https://doi.org/10.7573/dic.2023-2-6
Review
This articles aims is to provide useful information and insights for the management of opioid agonist therapy by providing an overview that ranges from the characteristics of opioid use disorder patients to the macroscopic phenomena of social-health significance on a national scale, with a particular focus on the Italian territory.
Review
In this review, the lurasidone development programme for adult and paediatric patients is described. In addition, the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics of lurasidone are revisited, pivotal clinical studies conducted on both adults and children are summarized, and several clinical cases are also presented.
