abstract：:The relapse rate for many psychiatric disorders is staggeringly high, indicating that treatment methods combining psychotherapy with neuropharmacological interventions are not entirely effective. Therefore, in psychiatry, there is a current push to develop alternatives to psychotherapy and medication-based approaches....

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Campanella S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last two decades, a growing body of evidence has shown that lithium has several neuroprotective effects. Several neurobiological mechanisms have been proposed to underlie these clinical effects. Evidence from preclinical studies suggests that neuroprotection induced by lithium is mainly related to its potent in...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Diniz BS,Machado-Vieira R,Forlenza OV

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims to verify the main psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Impact of Event Scale - Revised (IES-R) in a sample of flood victims. METHODS:The sample was composed of 262 subjects involved in the natural disaster of 2009 in the city of Messina (Italy). All participants completed t...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Craparo G,Faraci P,Rotondo G,Gori A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capgras syndrome consists of the delusional belief that a person or persons have been replaced by doubles or impostors. It can occur in the context of both psychiatric and organic illness, and seems to be related to lesions of the bifrontal and right limbic and temporal regions. Indeed, magnetic resonance imaging has ...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Luca M,Bordone A,Luca A,Patti A,Sortino G,Calandra C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, great attention has been given to the presence of psychological problems and psychiatric comorbidity that are also present in children affected by primary headaches. The relationship between pain and attachment has been identified, and it may be that pain perception may change in relation wi...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Esposito M,Parisi L,Gallai B,Marotta R,Di Dona A,Lavano SM,Roccella M,Carotenuto M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this paper is to report maternal and neonatal outcomes in pregnant women treated with escitalopram during pregnancy and breastfeeding. METHODS:Women enrolled in the DEGRA Database at the Clinic of Affective Disorders in Pregnancy and Postpartum in Italy, treated during pregnancy with escitalopram...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Bellantuono C,Bozzi F,Orsolini L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hemostasis is affected by interactions between physiological processes, including those connected with the coagulation system, whose essence is converting fibrinogen into fibrin. The role of factor VIII (FVIII) consists in activating factor X, which directly participates in the generation of thrombin, whic...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Lasek-Bal A,Puz P,Kazibutowska Z

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:This study investigated the effects of sleep deprivation on total and partial (early and late) declarative memory and activation in the areas of the brain involved in these activities. The study included two experiments. Experiment 1 included 40 male residents of an orphanage aged 16-19 years, wh...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Tantawy AO,Tallawy HN,Farghaly HR,Farghaly WM,Hussein AS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gerstmann's syndrome encompasses the tetrad of finger agnosia, agraphia, acalculia, and right-left confusion. An elderly man with a history of several cardiovascular diseases was initially brought to the psychiatric outpatient department by his family because of worsening of recent memory, executive function, and mixe...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Chen TY,Chen CY,Yen CH,Kuo SC,Yeh YW,Chang S,Huang SY

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal treatment of oncologic pain is a challenge to all professionals who deal with cancer and its complications. The management of upper abdominal pain is usually difficult and it is often refractory to conservative therapies. In this context, celiac plexus neurolysis (CPN) appears to be an important and indispensa...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Teixeira MJ,Neto ER,da Nóbrega JC,Dos Ângelos JS,Martin MS,de Monaco BA,Fonoff ET

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, the sigma-1 receptor has been shown to play a significant role in the neural transmission of mood by regulating N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors. Additionally, the sigma-1 receptor has been reported to influence cognitive functions including learning and memory. In this study, we measured plasma sigm...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Shimizu H,Takebayashi M,Tani M,Tanaka H,Yamagata B,Kurosawa K,Yamada H,Hachisu M,Hisaoka-Nakashima K,Okada-Tsuchioka M,Mimura M,Iwanami A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dystonia is a rare manifestation of multiple sclerosis (MS), but it always interferes with the functional performance and quality of life. We report a rare case of long-lasting paroxysmal dystonia associated with MS. The patient was a 40-year-old woman with relapsing- remitting MS for 6 years. During the latest attack...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Hsieh PC,Chen SM,Guo YH,Kuan TS,Yen WJ,Chang WC,Lin YC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the study reported here was to examine the safety and effectiveness of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in elderly patients with depression. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Sixty-five depressed elderly patients received rTMS over their left prefrontal cortex for 6 days per wee...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Hizli Sayar G,Ozten E,Tan O,Tarhan N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Articulation disorders in young children are due to defects occurring at a certain stage in sensory and motor development. Some children with functional articulation disorders may also have sensory integration dysfunction (SID). We hypothesized that speech therapy would be less efficacious in children with S...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Tung LC,Lin CK,Hsieh CL,Chen CC,Huang CT,Wang CH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most frequent neurological diseases. Despite the modern imaging and nuclear techniques which help to diagnose it in a very early stage and lead to a better discrimination of similar diseases, PD has remained a clinical diagnosis. The increasing number of available treatment optio...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Pedrosa DJ,Timmermann L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Visual-motor skills are the basis for a great number of daily activities. To define a correct rehabilitation program for neurological patients who have impairment in these skills, there is a need for simple and cost-effective tools to determine which of the visual-motor system levels of organization are co...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Chiappedi M,Toraldo A,Mandrini S,Scarpina F,Aquino M,Magnani FG,Bejor M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is commonly used to treat depression in older adults. Despite its efficacy in this regard, an associated increase in the risk of falls in this population is a downside of treatment. ECT research has focused on the incidence of falls, but its effect on balance and gait - intrin...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Plakiotis C,Barson F,Vengadasalam B,Haines TP,O'Connor DW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Decreased relapse rate and slower disease progression have been reported with long-term use of immunomodulatory treatments (IMTs, interferon beta or glatiramer acetate) in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. There are, however, patients who do not respond to such treatments, and they can be potential can...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Mezei Z,Bereczki D,Racz L,Csiba L,Csepany T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral cholinesterase inhibitors at doses efficacious for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are often prematurely discontinued due to gastrointestinal side effects. In controlled clinical trials, transdermal rivastigmine demonstrated less such effects at similar efficacy. The current study aimed to ver...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Seibert J,Tracik F,Articus K,Spittler S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The primary objective of this prospective observational study was to evaluate changes in self-reported disability in patients with anxiety or mood disorders 3 months after initiating antidepressant treatment. METHODS:This study included 8396 patients consulting 2433 general practitioners in France for a maj...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Gérard A,Liard F,Crochard A,Goni S,Millet B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bipolar disorder (BD) is a chronic, relapsing, episodic mental illness associated with other psychiatric comorbidities. There is a substantial economic burden with BD, which makes it challenging to treat. The aim of this review is to evaluate the pharmacology, clinical efficacy, and safety data related to pa...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Marino J,English C,Caballero J,Harrington C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder with typical onset in childhood and characterized by chronic occurrence of motor and vocal tics. The disorder can lead to serious impairments of both quality of life and psychosocial functioning, particularly for those individuals displaying complex tics. In such p...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Huys D,Hardenacke K,Poppe P,Bartsch C,Baskin B,Kuhn J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to understand the complex relationship between the major reproductive life events in women with Alzheimer's disease. In a retrospective, case-control study, 275 women with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 276 control patients from a hospital population were enrolled from July 2007 to December 2010...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Zucchella C,Sinforiani E,Citterio A,Giarracca V,Bono G,Mauri M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This article addresses the clinical role for ziprasidone used adjunctively with a mood stabilizer in maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder. This review also addresses the strengths and limitations of design features in adjunctive studies of second-generation antipsychotic drugs added to mood stabilizers....

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Bowden CL

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this research was to determine the prevalence and etiology of acquired ataxia in Al-Kharga district, New Valley, Egypt. METHODS:A population-based study of acquired ataxia was conducted in a defined geographical region with a total population of 62,583. A door-to-door survey was used to identify ...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Farghaly WM,El-Tallawy HN,Shehata GA,Rageh TA,Hakeem NA,Abo-Elfetoh NM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Progressive cognitive decline develops in a nontrivial minority of stroke survivors. Although commonly used to identify cognitive decline in older stroke survivors, the usefulness of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) as a screening tool for post-stroke cognitive decline across a wider range of ages is...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Arciniegas DB,Kellermeyer GF,Bonifer NM,Anderson-Salvi KM,Anderson CA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral autosomal-dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is the most common monogenic form of hereditary cerebral microangiopathy, and is caused by over 170 different mutations in the NOTCH3 gene at locus 19p13.1-13.26. We report the first study of familial CADASIL in a 39-y...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Shahien R,Bianchi S,Bowirrat A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Radioelectric asymmetric brain stimulation technology with its treatment protocols has shown efficacy in various psychiatric disorders. The aim of this work was to highlight the mechanisms by which these positive effects are achieved. The current study was conducted to determine whether a single 500-millisecond...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Rinaldi S,Fontani V,Castagna A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ekbom disease (EKD), formerly known as restless legs syndrome (RLS) has affected and bothered many people over the centuries. It is one of the most prevalent neurological disorders in Europe and North-America, affecting about 10% of the population. The main characteristics are the strong urge to move, accompanied or c...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Mitchell UH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic anxiety disorder. While medication and psychotherapy advances have been very helpful to patients, many patients do not respond adequately to initial trials of serotonergic medication or cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and require multiple treatment trials or combinat...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Walsh KH,McDougle CJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Insomnia can be broadly defined as difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, or sleep that is not refreshing or of poor quality with negative effect on daytime function. Insomnia can be a primary condition or comorbid to an underlying disorder. Subjective measures of insomnia used in population studies, usu...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Wade AG

更新日期：2010-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Isotretinoin, a drug used for moderate to severe acne, has been repeatedly associated with various psychiatric complications, although a definitive causal relationship has not been established to date. This case report describes a 25-year-old male who developed obsessive-compulsive disorder at the age of 23 years foll...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Fornaro M

更新日期：2010-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the US Food and Drug Administration issued an alert about an increased risk for suicidality during treatment with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) for different indications, including epilepsy. We discuss the issue of suicide in epilepsy with special attention to AEDs and the assessment of suicide in people with e...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Mula M,Bell GS,Sander JW

更新日期：2010-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：CLINICAL QUESTION:What is the best current disease-modifying therapy for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis? RESULTS:The evidence shows that the most effective disease-modifying therapy for delaying short- to medium-term disability progression, prevention of relapses, reducing the area and activity of lesions on m...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： González-Andrade F,Alcaraz-Alvarez JL

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Lacosamide is a newly registered antiepileptic drug with dual mechanisms of action. It selectively enhances slow inactivation of voltage-gated sodium channels, resulting in stabilization of hyperexcitable neuronal membranes and inhibition of repetitive neuronal firing. It also binds to a collapsing-response mediator p...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Kelemen A,Halász P

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders in youth are still problematic because in this age the clinical presentation is atypical, and the diagnostic tools and the therapies are the same as that used for the adults. Mood disorders are categorically divided into unipolar disorders (major depressive disorder ...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Presicci A,Lecce P,Ventura P,Margari F,Tafuri S,Margari L

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Olanzapine long-acting injection (OLAI) is a crystalline salt composed of olanzapine and pamoic acid, which permits a depot intramuscular formulation of olanzapine. The half-life of olanzapine pamoate is 30 days, and its steady state is reached approximately at 12 weeks. Oral supplementation of olanzapine is not requi...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Di Lorenzo R,Brogli A

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:During treatment of acute-phase schizophrenia, attention needs to be given to physical as well as psychological symptoms. It is often difficult, however, to obtain information on physical symptoms from patients with psychomotor excitation, and only laboratory examinations can provide objective data. The results of lab...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Nagamine T

更新日期：2010-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of complex partial epilepsy is based on the clinical history, and laboratory tests, including EEG and neuroimaging studies, corroborate the diagnosis. The goal of epilepsy management is to make the patient completely seizure-free without drug-induced side effects, even in the patient with refractory complex ...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Treiman DM

更新日期：2010-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment guidelines from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the American Academy of Pediatrics state that stimulant medications have the most evidence for safety and efficacy in the treatment of childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Longer-acting stimulants are thus consi...

journal_title：Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

authors： Domnitei D,Madaan V

更新日期：2010-05-25 00:00:00