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06
Sep
2024
Amphetamine-Linked Priapism Risks
Posted On September 6, 2024  By [email protected]  And has No Comment

Emergency for amphetamine users Priapism, a persistent and painful erection lasting more than 4 hours, has been linked to amphetamine misuse. This condition is often associated with the use of stimulant medications, including amphetamines, for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. Crystal methamphetamine (crystal meth) can indeed induce […]

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02
Aug
2024
Esketamine nasal spray: New hope for resistant depression
Posted On August 2, 2024  By [email protected]  And has No Comment

On March 05, 2019 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Spravato (esketamine) nasal spray, in conjunction with an oral antidepresant, for the treatment of depression in adults who have tried other antidepressant medicines but have not benefited from them (treatment-resistant depression). Because of the risk […]

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02
Aug
2024
Buvidal : a new hope for opiate addiction?
Posted On August 2, 2024  By [email protected]  And has No Comment

What is Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT)? Here’s a general medical protocol for using Buvidal (long-acting buprenorphine) in a day case hospitalization setting for an opioid-dependent patient. Please note that this should be adapted based on specific institutional guidelines and individual patient needs. Suggested Protocol for Buvidal […]

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13
Jul
2024
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus:
Posted On July 13, 2024  By [email protected]  And has No Comment

Etiology and Course of illness : What causes normal pressure hydrocephalus? NPH occurs if the normal flow of CSF throughout the brain and spinal cord is blocked in some way. This may be due to past injury, bleeding, infection, brain tumor, or surgery on the brain, […]

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06
Jun
2024
Lewy Body Dementia
Posted On June 6, 2024  By [email protected]  And has No Comment

The Dementia with Lewy Bodies Consortium released in 2017 a refined set of diagnostic criteria (McKeith et al, 2017). Whereas like other neurodegenerative diseases, the “definite” diagnostic category can only be used after posthumous pathological examination, the “probable” category can be readily used in clinical practice. […]

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23
May
2024
The Story of ECT
Posted On May 23, 2024  By [email protected]  And has No Comment

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), formerly known as electroshock therapy, is a psychiatric treatment that involves inducing a brief seizure in the patient by passing electric currents through the brain. It has a long and controversial history, with both proponents and critics. The origins of ECT can be […]

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12
May
2024
The story of discovery of aripiprazole molecule?
Posted On May 12, 2024  By [email protected]  And has No Comment

Aripiprazole is an atypical antipsychotic medication that was discovered and developed by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company, a Japanese pharmaceutical company, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The story of the discovery of the aripiprazole molecule began with the search for a new antipsychotic drug that would […]

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03
May
2024
Motivating students to learn
Posted On May 3, 2024  By [email protected]  And has No Comment

Parents and teachers all around the globe are pulling their hair out trying to understand why students seem less and less interested in school and school work. It used to be that the parent’s job was simply to outfit the child for school and get him […]

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26
Apr
2024
What is the default brain network?
Posted On April 26, 2024  By [email protected]  And has No Comment

the default mode network (DMN) The default brain network, also known as the default mode network (DMN), is a group of brain regions that are active during wakeful rest periods when an individual is not engaged in any specific task or external stimuli. This network was […]

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24
Apr
2024
Psychiatry And AI: will continue or disappear?
Posted On April 24, 2024  By [email protected]  And has No Comment

The advancement of AI in the field of psychiatry is likely to have a significant impact on the job of psychiatrists, though it is unlikely to completely replace them. Here’s how AI might shape the future of psychiatry as a profession: However, despite these potential applications, […]

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