Common Presentations in Primary Care: Schizophrenia Y Pritham Raj, MD Medical Director, Emotional Wellness Center Adventist Health Portland (an OHSU Partner) Clinical Associate Professor Departments of Internal Medicine & Psychiatry Oregon Health & Science University Consulting Associate Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Duke University Medical Center OHSU
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Common Presentations in Primary Care: Schizophrenia OHSU
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• Delusions are defined as fixed false beliefs despite
obvious evidence to the contrary.
– HARDEST to treat.
• Hallucinations are problems of perception
(hearing or seeing things that are not present).
• Pearl: the “standard of care” for a non-psychiatrist
when screening for psychosis is to ask about A/V
hallucinations.
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Clinical Case: Palpitations
• A 51 yo Korean national experiencing palpitations
and near-syncope was sent by his PCP to
cardiology clinic for evaluation. While there, he
endorsed longstanding auditory hallucinations and
was sent to the ED for further assessment.OHSU
Quick Audience Poll
• Does this patient need hospital admission or can his
psychosis be handled in the outpatient setting
(provided there is a plan for a Holter monitor, etc.)?OHSU
Case 2 continued…
• He was eventually admitted to our inpatient
psychiatry service for a constellation of symptoms
including: AH, palpitations, and delusions
including feeling as though people were
“spraying” him with noxious substances which
would then lead to emesis. He wore a protective
mask to guard him from the sprays a la…
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The Plot Thickens...
• Again, the AH were not new. But historically, he described the ability to abolish the AH for a year at a time using electricity: either touching both car battery terminals or putting butter knives into electrical outlets.OHSU
• Again, the AH were not new. But historically, he described the ability to abolish the AH for a year at a time using electricity: either touching both car battery terminals or putting butter knives into electrical outlets.
• The lifetime prevalence of psychotic disorders in U.S. residents is about 3-5%.
• In one study involving over one thousand urban and academic centered primary care patients, roughly 20% reported some type of psychotic symptom, most commonly auditory hallucinations.
• Those who have psychotic symptoms are much more likely to experience comorbid depression, anxiety, suicidal thinking and alcohol abuse.
• Olfson M, Lewis-Fernandez R, Weissman M, et al. Psychotic symptoms in an urban general medicine practice.
Am J Psychiatry. 2002;159:1412–1419.
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Primary Psychiatric Causes
of Psychosis
• brief psychotic disorder
• schizophrenia and schizophreniform disorder
• delusional disorder
• schizoaffective disorder
• mood disorders (bipolar disorder or unipolar
depression) with psychotic features
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Schizophrenia
As Defined by Bleuler
• Autism (preoccupation with internal stimuli)
• Inappropriate Affect (external manifestations of mood
patients with dementia have comorbid psychosis.OHSU
Why is it Important NOT
to Miss Dementia?
• Elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis
treated with atypical or second-generation
antipsychotic drugs are at increased risk (1.6 to 1.7
times) of death, compared to placebo (4.5% to
2.6%, respectively).OHSU
Suicide rates in Psychosis
• Mortality in those with schizophrenia is about three times that of the general population.
• Approximately 30% of those with schizophrenia attempt suicide and 1/3 of all deaths are from suicide
» Auquier P, Lancon C, Rouillon F, et al. Mortality in schizophrenia. Pharamcoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2007;16(12):1308–1312.
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Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
Drives 25-Year Loss in Life Expectancy Among the Mentally Ill
• 50% to 80% of patients with diagnosable mental illness are smokers, as compared with approximately 25% of the US population as a whole
• The mentally ill are less likely to undergo revascularization procedures and are more likely to die following an MI
• People with severe mental illness are up to two times more likely to have diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, obesity, and/or metabolic syndrome
» Newcomer JW, Hennekens CH. Severe mental illness and risk of cardiovascular disease. JAMA 2007; 298:1794-1796.
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Pharmacotherapy
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Raging Debate In Psychiatry
Neuronal Viability/Toxicity of Haloperidol
Maldonado JR
• Scheduled IV haloperidol
use in treating
delirium/psychosis reduces
length of stay (15 vs 11
days), total duration of
delirium (13 vs 6 days),
and percentage time being
delirious
– Maldonado JR, Crit Care Clin
24(2008):657-722.
Nasrallah HA
• Haloperidol exerts
measurable neurotoxic
effects at all doses via
many molecular
mechanisms that lead to
neuronal death…but the
effect in SGAs was smaller
and mainly at high doses.
– Nasrallah HA. Ann Clin Psychiatry
29(3) 2017:195-202.
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Pharmacotherapy
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Asenapine (Saphris)
• Starting Dose: 5-10mg (sublingual) bid
• Target Dose in schizophrenia is the same as
starting dose: 5mg bid. No added benefit with
10mg bid dose in clinical trials (more akathisia).
• Side Effects (incidence ≥5% and at least twice that
for placebo): akathisia, oral hypoesthesia, and
somnolence.
» Psychopharmacology Bulletin. 2007;40(2):22-37.
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Lurasidone (Latuda)
• Starting Dose: 40mg qd taken with a meal (at
least 350 calories)
• Target Dose: 40-80mg qd
• Side Effects: some somnolence, akathisia, nausea,
and parkinsonism, especially early in treatment.
» Kane JM. J Clin Psychiatry 2011;72(suppl 1)
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Are SGAs Equal in Terms of Extra-
Pyramidal Side Effects?
• Cochrane Review suggests NO.• Risperidone was associated with more use of antiparkinson
medication than clozapine, olanzapine, quetiapine, and
ziprasidone.
• Ziprasidone showed more use of antiparkinson medication
than olanzapine and quetiapine.
• Quetiapine showed significantly less use of antiparkinson
medication than the 3 other SGAs it was compared with
(olanzapine, risperidone, and ziprasidone).
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How Long to Treat?
• The American Psychiatric Association (APA)
recommends indefinite antipsychotic medication
treatment against recurring psychosis in patients
with primary psychotic disorders, if two or more
episodes occur within 5 years.OHSU
CATIE Trial –NEJM 2005;353:1209-23
• 1493 pts with schizophrenia randomized to: olanzapine, perphenazine, quetiapine, or risperidone (later ziprasidone). TD patients were excluded from perphenazine arm.
• Primary aim: differences in effectiveness – judged by discontinuation of tx for any cause
• Olanzapine most effective in terms of rates of discontinuation but more weight gain/lipid & glucose issues and not significantly different from perphenazine group.