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Dr. Warren Blume Dr. Warren Blume has been appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada for his long and distinguished service to Canadian citizens who suffer from epilepsy. The award recognizes his lifelong dedication to improving the lives of people with epilepsy, especially in […]
Read MoreDr. Warren Blume Elected to Order of Canada Dr. Warren Blume Dr. Warren Blume has been appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada for his long and distinguished service to Canadian citizens who suffer from epilepsy. The award recognizes his lifelong dedication to improving […]
Read MoreProfessor Tarek Asaad, professor of psychiatry , ain shams university, faculty of medicine. Here are several briefs of the same lecture about the updates in clinical and pharmacological research in bipolar and unipolar mood disorders,given in madinah , saudi arabia , FEB 2015.
Read MoreGyri and Sulci – which is the ridge, and which the trough? Asulcus sounds like sulk which is what you do when you’re feelinglow – sulci are the troughs. Dorsal and ventral – which is lower? Ventral, because the V in ventral is an arrow pointing […]
Read MoreProf. Koen Demyttenare MD, PhD University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven Leuvene, Belgium He is academic Chair of the Universiy of psychaitric Center KU leuven and head of the research group of psychiaty in the is the the University Psychiatric Center Leuven. He has written numerous articles, particularly […]
Read MoreSharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH, a study author and a researcher from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Massachusetts, developed the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) in 1990. In this study, she and her co-authors found the three-minute diagnostic interview for CAM-defined delirium (3D-CAM) was particularly […]
Read MoreThe atypical antipsychotics quetiapine (Seroquel), risperidone (Risperdal), and olanzapine (Zyprexa)—commonly prescribed off-label to help manage behavioral symptoms of dementia—are associated with increased risk of acute kidney injury in older adults, suggests a study published last week in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers found that participants prescribed […]
Read MoreCT by Andrew Penn, RN, MS, NP, CNS, APRN-BC When Robin Williams committed suicide this week, he shocked a nation who had delighted for years in the bright light of his rapid-fire, witty humor [1]. Many were left asking: “How could this funny man be suffering so profoundly?” […]
Read MoreAntidepressant augmentation with lithium seems effective for both tricyclic antidepressants and second generation antidepressants, according to a recent systematic review and meta-analysis published in the online Journal of Affective Disorders. While previous research on lithium augmentation focused mostly on tricyclic antidepressants, this meta-analysis covered lithium augmentation with […]
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