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Book review: Movies and mental illness: Using films to understand psychopathology
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bhugra, D. Tags: Book reviews Source Type: research

Gender differences in referral pathways and admissions to a psychiatric intensive care unit in a county psychiatric hospital in the UK
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mustafa, F. A., Bayatti, Z., Faruqui, R. A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

The uncut jade: Differing views of the potential of expert users on staff training and rehabilitation programmes for service users in Hong Kong
Conclusion: It is encouraging is that, for those psychiatric nurses who worked with volunteer service users in the pilot scheme of ‘expert user participation’, there was a change in view towards positive acceptance about peer specialist involvement in service delivery. The study provides some insight into the potential obstacles to and opportunities in the implementation of peer specialist services in routine psychiatric services in Hong Kong.
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ng, R. M. K., Pearson, V., Pang, Y. W., Wong, N. S., Wong, N. C., Chan, F. M. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Depression and the medicalization of sadness: Conceptualization and recommended help-seeking
Conclusions: This study emphasizes the importance of taking into account the context in which depressive symptoms occur as it seems that the absence of an appropriate context is what makes people conceptualize them as abnormal. It also raises questions about the lack of face validity of the current diagnostic classification for depressive disorder that exclusively uses descriptive criteria.
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dura-Vila, G., Littlewood, R., Leavey, G. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

A study of acculturation in psychotic and non-psychotic immigrants living in Athens
Conclusion: Acculturation in immigrants suffering from psychosis could be seen as a process that does not correlate strongly with the severity of the symptomatology but is probably influenced by different set of factors.
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gonidakis, F., Lembesi, E., Kontaxakis, V. P., Havaki-Kontaxaki, B. J., Ploumpidis, D., Madianos, M., Papadimitriou, G. N. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Sources of parental burden in a UK sample of first-generation North Indian Punjabi Sikhs and their white British counterparts
Conclusion: The similarities in sources of burden between the groups could be explained by a commonality of sociocultural and economic experience, resulting from the successful acculturation and affluence of this British Sikh group. The differences between the groups may be related to enduring cultural factors such as kin support, since larger family groups were associated with low burden in the British Sikh group. The nature of EE in this British Sikh group may explain why it was not associated with burden in this sample.
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Lloyd, H., Singh, P., Merritt, R., Shetty, A., Singh, S., Burns, T. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Burden of informal care giving to patients with psychoses: A descriptive and methodological study
Conclusion: Despite a substantial amount of time and money spent on care giving, the informal caregivers perceived the mental aspects of burden as the most troublesome. The informal caregiver burden is considerable and should be taken into account when evaluating effects of health care provided to patients with psychoses.
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Flyckt, L., Lothman, A., Jorgensen, L., Rylander, A., Koernig, T. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Gender differences in the psychological impact of tsunami
Conclusions: Displacement was a significant factor in the manifestations of observed pathology. Displaced women had greater psychiatric morbidity. In addition, the fact that adjustment disorder (a self-limiting disorder form of psychopathology) was more prevalent in the non-displaced group may be a reflection of the findings of overall lesser morbidity in non-displaced women. Hence, women may have to be rehabilitated in their own habitats after major disasters.
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Viswanath, B., Maroky, A. S., Math, S. B., John, J. P., Cherian, A. V., Girimaji, S. C., Benegal, V., Hamza, A., Chaturvedi, S. K. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Lessons from the 2004 Asian tsunami: Epidemiological and nosological debates in the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder in non-Western post-disaster communities
Conclusions: Although PTSS were common in this population, elevating them to a psychiatric construct of PTSD is questionable, when functional impairment and avoidance behaviours were absent. Grief reactions, socio-economic burden, and poor support systems contribute towards PTSS. We highlight the important issues regarding the nosological validity and epidemiology of PTSD in non-Western communities.
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rajkumar, A. P., Mohan, T. S. P., Tharyan, P. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

A comparison of female migrant workers' mental health in four cities in China
Conclusion: Recommendations for policy change and service initiatives targeted at improving the mental health of female migrant workers are discussed.
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: He, X., Wong, D. F. K. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Patient participation in mental healthcare: When is it difficult? A qualitative study of users and providers in a mental health hospital in Norway
Conclusions: In poor phases of mental illness, patient participation was redefined and weighed against what was perceived to be the patient’s best interest.
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Solbjor, M., Rise, M. B., Westerlund, H., Steinsbekk, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Public mental health is about social psychiatry
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bhugra, D., Till, A. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Unilateral carpal tunnel syndrome secondary to lipomatosis of the median nerve
An otherwise healthy 54-year-old right-handed woman referred to our clinic for a 6-year long history of untreated unilateral right carpal tunnel syndrome. No additional comorbidities, syndromes or a significant medical history were reported and no previous traumas to the affected forearm/hand could be recalled: in addition, anamnestic data showed no familial history or carpal tunnel syndrome or of other relevant neuropathies. The patient reported progressive deteriorating painful paresthesia (numbness, burning pain, gradual sensory loss) in the area innervated by median nerve and homolateral decreased grip strength. The sy...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Giatsidis, G., Giatsidis, F., Bassetto, F. Tags: Neuromuscular disease, Pain (neurology), Peripheral nerve disease, Stroke, Neuropathology, Radiology, Surgical oncology, Trauma, Injury Neurological pictures Source Type: research

Feasibility, safety and cost of outpatient management of acute minor ischaemic stroke: a population-based study
Conclusion Outpatient management of clinic-referred minor stroke is feasible and may be as safe as inpatient care. Rates of early hospital admission and recurrent stroke were low and uptake and maintenance of secondary prevention was high.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Paul, N. L. M., Koton, S., Simoni, M., Geraghty, O. C., Luengo-Fernandez, R., Rothwell, P. M. Tags: Stroke Cerebrovascular disease Source Type: research

Idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis: a rare but treatable cause of headache and facial pain
Introduction Idiopathic Hypertrophic Cranial Pachymeningitis (IHCP) is a rare disease with pain and compression related cranial nerve dysfunction as main clinical features. The leading diagnostic finding of IHCP consists of diffuse or localised thickening of the dura, which demands appropriate imaging and image interpretation. This case description aims at increasing the awareness for the clinical symptoms and imaging findings of this rare disease to allow prompt diagnosis and treatment initiation. Case description An 82-year-old man presented with recurrent left sided headache and worsening facial pain, which had begun mo...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Khalil, M., Ebner, F., Fazekas, F., Enzinger, C. Tags: Immunology (including allergy), Meningitis, Brain stem / cerebellum, Cranial nerves, Headache (including migraine), Infection (neurology), Multiple sclerosis, Pain (neurology), Stroke, Hypertension, Ophthalmology, Radiology, Surgical diagnostic tests, Ear Source Type: research

Secondary prevention in patients with vascular disease. A population based study on the underuse of recommended medications
Conclusions Our findings underline the fact that the underuse of secondary preventive therapies is common in patients with recurrent vascular events, especially those with previous cerebral ischaemia. This underuse could be targeted to reduce recurrent vascular events.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Bejot, Y., Zeller, M., Lorgis, L., Troisgros, O., Aboa-Eboule, C., Osseby, G.-V., Giroud, M., Cottin, Y. Tags: Stroke, Ischaemic heart disease Cerebrovascular disease Source Type: research

Effect of the neutral CLOTS 1 trial on the use of graduated compression stockings in the Efficacy of Nitric Oxide Stroke (ENOS) trial
Conclusions GCS use declined dramatically following the reporting of the CLOTS-1 trial. The results support the notion that a neutral trial of a device can influence clinical practice rapidly, which is important with a widely used and moderately expensive (time and finance) intervention.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Ankolekar, S., Renton, C., Bereczki, D., Sprigg, N., Payne, T., Gommans, J., Berge, E., Wardlaw, J., Dennis, M. S., Bath, P. M. W., for the ENOS Trial Investigators, Amarenco, Bath, Lees, Muir, Pocock, Shone, Sinclair, Venables, Wardlaw, Whynes, Bladin, C Tags: Drugs: CNS (not psychiatric), Stroke Cerebrovascular disease Source Type: research

Ischaemic stroke: the ocular motor system as a sensitive marker for motor and cognitive recovery
Conclusions Standard neurological assessments of stroke patients are weighted significantly towards motor and sensory function, underestimating cognitive deficits. Ocular motor assessment demonstrates cognitive effects of even mild stroke and may provide improved quantifiable measurements of cognitive recovery post stroke. We demonstrated abnormality in patients just after onset, extending beyond 3 months, when there was apparent full recovery of motor and sensory function, implying more widespread disruption of cognitive mechanisms, consistent with the subjective complaints received from patients. This may provide in...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Dong, W., Yan, B., Johnson, B. P., Millist, L., Davis, S., Fielding, J., White, O. B. Tags: Open access, Editor's choice, Stroke, Ophthalmology, Memory disorders (psychiatry) Cognitive neurology Source Type: research

Abnormal sensorimotor plasticity in CADASIL correlates with neuropsychological impairment
Conclusions These results suggest that acetylcholine and glutamate could be involved in the dementia process in CADASIL and that abnormal sensorimotor plasticity correlates with the neuropsychological profile in CADASIL patients.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Palomar, F. J., Suarez, A., Franco, E., Carrillo, F., Gil-Neciga, E., Mir, P. Tags: Dementia, Drugs: CNS (not psychiatric), Stroke, Memory disorders (psychiatry) Cerebrovascular disease Source Type: research

Polymorphisms of the serotonin transporter gene and post-stroke depression: a meta-analysis
Conclusions The 5-HTTLPR SS genotype may be a risk factor for PSD. The 5-HTTLPR LL genotype showed a significant negative association with PSD. Further research to assess the sensitivity and specificity of predicting the risk of developing PSD by screening for the 5-HTTLPR genotype in stroke patients is required.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Mak, K. K., Kong, W. Y., Mak, A., Sharma, V. K., Ho, R. C. M. Tags: Genetics, Long term care, Drugs: CNS (not psychiatric), Stroke Cerebrovascular disease Source Type: research

The severity of cognitive deficits predicts return to work after a first-ever ischaemic stroke
Conclusions The initial cognitive severity of stroke predicts the later inability to return to work. The benefits of neuropsychological assessments within the first weeks after stroke are emphasised.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Kauranen, T., Turunen, K., Laari, S., Mustanoja, S., Baumann, P., Poutiainen, E. Tags: JNNP Patients' choice, Stroke Cerebrovascular disease Source Type: research

Long-term prognosis of aphasia after stroke
Conclusions The outcome of aphasia at 1 year after stroke can be predicted in the first week by the phonology score, the Barthel Index score, age, educational level and stroke subtype, with phonology being the strongest predictor.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: El Hachioui, H., Lingsma, H. F., van de Sandt-Koenderman, M. W. M. E., Dippel, D. W. J., Koudstaal, P. J., Visch-Brink, E. G. Tags: Stroke Cerebrovascular disease Source Type: research

Factors associated with early outcome in patients with large-vessel carotid strokes
Conclusions Strokes due to large vessel disease in the carotid artery are in general of mild severity and have a high rate of END. The degree of stenosis has a clear association with higher severity and END risk.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Cuadrado-Godia, E., Jimena, S., Ois, A., Rodriguez-Campello, A., Giralt-Steinhauer, E., Soriano-Tarraga, C., Jimenez-Conde, J., Martinez-Rodriguez, J. E., Capellades, J., Roquer, J. Tags: Stroke, Hypertension Cerebrovascular disease Source Type: research

Impact of stroke-associated infection on long-term survival: a cohort study
Conclusions SAIs have long-lasting effects on patient survival. This serves to emphasise the importance of immediate access to organised stroke unit care for people with acute stroke, with active physiological monitoring and protocols for early detection and treatment of SAIs.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Kwan, J., Pickering, R. M., Kunkel, D., Fitton, C., Jenkinson, D., Perry, V. H., Ashburn, A. M., on behalf of the Stroke Association Rehabilitation Research Centre Tags: Stroke Cerebrovascular disease Source Type: research

Predicting independent survival after stroke: a European study for the development and validation of standardised stroke scales and prediction models of outcome
Conclusions Living alone before the stroke was not significantly associated with independent survival after the stroke. Five variables (excluding living alone, from the SSV) provided good prediction for all populations and subgroups. Further external validation for our estimates is recommended before utilisation of the model in practice and research.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Ayis, S. A., Coker, B., Rudd, A. G., Dennis, M. S., Wolfe, C. D. A. Tags: Coma and raised intracranial pressure, Stroke Cerebrovascular disease Source Type: research

Rates and predictors of risk of stroke and its subtypes in diabetes: a prospective observational study
Conclusions Older people with a history of stroke were at highest risk of stroke, but the prognosis and prognostic factors of subtypes were heterogeneous. The results will help clinicians quantify the absolute risk of stroke and its subtypes for typical diabetes patients.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Hankey, G. J., Anderson, N. E., Ting, R.-D., Veillard, A.-S., Romo, M., Wosik, M., Sullivan, D. R., O'Connell, R. L., Hunt, D., Keech, A. C. Tags: Stroke, Hypertension, Ophthalmology, Ischaemic heart disease Cerebrovascular disease Source Type: research

Cerebral microbleeds and the risk of intracerebral haemorrhage after thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis
Conclusions The available evidence does not demonstrate a statistically significant increased risk of symptomatic ICH after thrombolysis for ischaemic stroke in patients with CMBs. However, in view of the methodological limitations of the studies included, the clinical relevance of any potential hazard associated with CMBs remains uncertain. Further studies are warranted to evaluate whether the risk of ICH might outweigh the benefit of thrombolysis, especially in patients with multiple lobar CMBs suggestive of cerebral amyloid angiopathy.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Charidimou, A., Kakar, P., Fox, Z., Werring, D. J. Tags: Genetics, Stroke, Radiology, Radiology (diagnostics) Cerebrovascular disease Source Type: research

Interaction of age with the ischaemic penumbra, leptomeningeal collateral circulation and haemodynamic variables in acute stroke: a pilot study
Conclusions These findings, described for the first time in a clinical cohort using whole brain CT perfusion and concomitant vascular imaging, suggest that age has a differential effect on acute tissue compartments in the wake of a preserved collateral vascular response and haemodynamic parameters. In agreement with the preclinical literature, the results point to a distinct tissue response to acute ischaemia in the ageing brain and merit validation studies in larger cohorts, particularly in relation to clinical outcomes.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Agarwal, S., Scoffings, D. J., Jones, P. S., Marrapu, S. T., Barry, P. J., O'Brien, E. W., Baron, J.-C., Warburton, E. A. Tags: Stroke, Radiology, Radiology (diagnostics) Cerebrovascular disease Source Type: research

Early neurological deterioration after subarachnoid haemorrhage: risk factors and impact on outcome
Conclusions Early worsening after SAH occurs in 35% of patients, is predicted by clot burden and is associated with mortality and poor functional outcome at 1 year.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Helbok, R., Kurtz, P., Vibbert, M., Schmidt, M. J., Fernandez, L., Lantigua, H., Ostapkovich, N. D., Connolly, S. E., Lee, K., Claassen, J., Mayer, S. A., Badjatia, N. Tags: Open access, Radiology, Radiology (diagnostics) Cerebrovascular disease Source Type: research

Long term outcome after conservative and surgical treatment of haemorrhagic moyamoya disease
Conclusions There is a high risk of rebleeding after the first haemorrhagic episode in Chinese patients with haemorrhagic moyamoya disease. Revascularisation surgery can improve regional blood flow and have greater efficacy at preventing rebleeding than conservative treatment.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Liu, X., Zhang, D., Shuo, W., Zhao, Y., Wang, R., Zhao, J. Tags: Hypertension Cerebrovascular disease Source Type: research

Prognosis of acute subdural haematoma from intracranial aneurysm rupture
Conclusions The presence of aSDH in patients with aneurysmal SAH is an independent risk factor for poor outcome at 3 months.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Biesbroek, J. M., van der Sprenkel, J. W. B., Algra, A., Rinkel, G. J. E. Tags: Hydrocephalus, Neurological injury, Trauma CNS / PNS, Radiology, Radiology (diagnostics), Trauma, Injury Cerebrovascular disease Source Type: research

Stent usage in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms: past, present and future
As endovascular approaches to intracranial aneurysm (IA) treatment continue to evolve, the use of intracranial stents has advanced from an infrequent adjunct to potential curative monotherapy. Early results of endovascular therapy for IAs have clearly underscored large aneurysm size, low coil packing density and wide aneurysm neck as factors limiting successful long term obliteration. Intracranial stents were originally introduced as adjuncts to mitigate these limitations by facilitating tighter coil packing and preventing coil herniation. As evidence of their utility as flow diversion devices and as catalysts for aneurysm...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Gross, B. A., Frerichs, K. U. Tags: Cerebrovascular disease Source Type: research

Is the outpatient management of acute minor stroke feasible and safe?
Paul et al1 have assessed the clinical outcomes, early hospital admission rates and hospital care costs in clinic referred and hospital referred minor stroke patients in a prospective population based study. They did not find significant differences in the 30 day admission rate in clinic patients compared with the 30 day readmission rate after discharge in hospital treated patients (16/237 vs 9/150). The 30 day recurrent stroke risk in patients with minor ischaemic stroke was also similar in those discharged from clinic compared with hospital patients (3.8% vs 5.3%; p=0.61). The recurrent stroke risk remained similar in pa...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Csiba, L. Tags: Epilepsy and seizures, Stroke, Hypertension Editorial commentaries Source Type: research

Could saccadic function be a useful marker of stroke recovery?
There is no pharmacological therapy presently available to improve the long-term recovery from acute ischaemic stroke. Either there hasn't yet been a suitable treatment trialled, or the tools for measuring recovery have not been sensitive enough. It is critical therefore to continue to search for robust objective markers of stroke recovery in parallel with the push for drug discovery. Can saccade measures provide such a marker? Dong et al report that in a limited number of mild stroke patients, saccadic parameters that probe cognitive function, especially errors of inhibition during antisaccade and memory-guided paradigms,...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Anderson, T. Tags: Other rehabilitative therapies, Genetics, Immunology (including allergy), Brain stem / cerebellum, Drugs: CNS (not psychiatric), Movement disorders (other than Parkinsons), Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Spinal cord, Stroke, Ophthalmology, Memor Source Type: research

In vivo assessment of cortical circuitry in CADASIL - a novel biomarker?
Non-invasive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the human cerebral cortex, particularly the motor areas, has now been developed to the stage at which it is possible to evaluate in vivo glutamatergic, cholinergic and GABAergic circuits of the human brain.1 In addition, repetitive stimulation with TMS produces long-lasting changes in the excitability of central motor circuits that are thought to be caused by early stages of synaptic long-term potentiation/depression, thus providing for the first time the opportunity to explore plasticity in the conscious human brain.2 3 The TMS paradigm termed short latency afferent ...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Di Lazzaro, V. Tags: Dementia, Drugs: CNS (not psychiatric), Stroke, Memory disorders (psychiatry), Psychiatry of old age Editorial commentaries Source Type: research

Return to work after stroke: the role of cognitive deficits
Stroke is recognised as a leading cause of the global disease burden. In high-income countries, 20% of strokes occur in people of working age, many of whom are in paid employment.1 This figure is probably much higher in low-to middle-income countries where the average age of onset of stroke is lower. Employment is one of the most important social roles that a person fulfills and not working has negative impacts on one's overall quality of life, health, finances, social isolation and self-efficacy. Because younger adults are responsible for generating income and supporting family members, returning to work is a key goal in ...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Arauz, A. Tags: Stroke, Ischaemic heart disease Editorial commentaries Source Type: research

Why, for once, is the UK leading the way in implementing evidence?
One of the major factors influencing the quality of healthcare is the responsiveness of clinicians to new evidence and their willingness to implement findings into routine clinical practice in a timely way.1 The factors that affect the efficiency of getting evidence into practice are complex; a good example of this is illustrated in the paper by Ankolekar et al.2 The Clots in Legs or sTockings after Stroke (CLOTS) 1 trial definitively showed that compression stockings after stroke did not prevent venous thromboembolism. The trial was well conducted and adequately powered for the primary outcome, so there was little room fo...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Fraser, A., Rudd, A. Tags: Drugs: CNS (not psychiatric), Stroke, Radiology Editorial commentaries Source Type: research

Stroke: mechanisms, stratification and implementation
This issue of JNNP has been given over to considering current directions in stroke research. It was not so long ago that neurologists were unsure whether to embrace the specialty of stroke as one of their own. Whichever way you look at it though, stroke is a disease that starts in the vascular system but leads to focal brain damage with behavioural consequences. There is enough to keep neurologists, neurosurgeons and indeed psychiatrists involved. The incidence of stroke has decreased over recent decades1 2 largely driven by improvements in the management of risk factors but stroke is still, and perhaps always will be, a m...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 15, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Ward, N. S. Tags: Long term care, Drugs: CNS (not psychiatric), Stroke, Ophthalmology, Memory disorders (psychiatry) Editorial commentaries Source Type: research

Major grant for research on healthy aging
(Concordia University) Carsten Wrosch, a professor in the Department of Psychology at Concordia University and member of the Centre for Research in Human Development, was recently awarded a major grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, worth $757,722. Wrosch leads an interdisciplinary research team consisting of lifespan, personality, health, psychiatry and kinesiology researchers from across North America.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 15, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Treatment of presumed hypotension in very low birthweight neonates: effects on regional cerebral oxygenation
Conclusion These results suggest that treating hypotension in VLBW neonates based solely on a blood pressure measurement of less than 30 mm Hg, while increasing blood pressure, may not increase cerebral oxygenation, possibly because many of these patients are in the autoregulatory zone for cerebral blood flow.
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - February 15, 2013 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Garner, R. S., Burchfield, D. J. Tags: Drugs: CNS (not psychiatric), Hypertension Original articles Source Type: research

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in OCDMindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in OCD
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy may prove to be a feasible and effective treatment option for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder who have not responded to traditional CBT. BMC Psychiatry
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry Journal Article Source Type: news

UAMS Opens Women's Psychiatric Unit
The University of Arkansas for Medical Science is opening a new in-patient unit devoted to women with serious mental health issues that accompany pregnancy or giving birth.
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - February 14, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Forthcoming Article: The Challenge and the Promise of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Adulthood and Aging: A Systematic Review of the Literature (1990-2013)
Source: Autism Insights - February 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Science News » Science/AAAS Webinar on Translational Neuroscience Research Featuring NIMH’s Carlos A. Zarate, M.D.
Want to know how the latest findings in neuroscience research go from bench to bedside? NIMH and Science/AAAS partnered to produce an informative webinar on translating neurobiological research into treatments.
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - February 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jackie Oberst Source Type: news

Substance use common in young mental health patients
Young people using mental healthcare services have a high frequency of alcohol, nicotine, and cannabis use, Australian study results show.
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - February 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Effectiveness of Internet‐based cognitive behaviour therapy for panic disorder in routine psychiatric care
ConclusionThis study suggests that ICBT for panic disorder is as effective when delivered in a routine care context as in the previously published randomized controlled trials.
Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica - February 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: E. Hedman, B. Ljótsson, C. Rück, J. Bergström, G. Andersson, V. Kaldo, L. Jansson, E. Andersson, E. Andersson, K. Blom, S. El Alaoui, L. Falk, J. Ivarsson, B. Nasri, S. Rydh, N. Lindefors Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Depression reduces efficacy of shingles vaccine
Research suggests that the varicella zoster, or shingles, vaccine is less effective in older people with untreated depression.
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - February 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Manic symptoms similar for children and adolescents
The nature of mania symptoms appears to be similar in young people with bipolar disorder, irrespective of whether they occur in childhood or adolescence, say researchers.
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - February 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news