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The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

  • Volume 23
  • Number 2
  • April 2011

Letters

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Windows to the Brain

Special Article

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Pages126–131

Primary “cognitive” disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease) often have behavioral features, just as primary behavioral disorders (e.g., schizophrenia) often have cognitive features. Drug research in recent years has expanded into targeting the full range of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp126

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Regular Articles

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Pages132–140

Although well-known from head trauma and acute strokes, sociopathic behavior from dementia is less known and understood. This study reviewed 33 dementia patients who had been in trouble with the law. They were divided into two groups: 22 who committed ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp132

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Pages141–148

Psychogenic movement disorders (PMDs) often result in disability and diminished quality of life, yet medical therapies are presently limited and largely ineffective. On the basis of previous reports that transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp141

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Pages155–162

The corpus callosum (CC), has been hypothesized to be implicated in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia; however, the findings from magnetic resonance imaging studies are conflicting. Moreover, the relationship between first-rank-symptoms (FRS) and CC ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp155

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Pages163–167

Endocrine changes are reported in both epilepsy and depression. The interrelationships between mood, epilepsy, and endocrine changes are not well characterized. The authors included 40 epileptic patients (20 depressed, 20 nondepressed) and 20 healthy ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp163

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Pages168–172

Few studies have reported neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in primary progressive aphasia (PPA), a neurodegenerative disorder that primarily affects the left hemisphere. Depression is associated with left-sided stroke, but it remains unclear whether ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp168

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Pages173–179

Suicide is common among individuals with psychiatric illness; executive functioning may be associated with suicide risk. The authors examined demographic, clinical, and executive-functioning variables in suicide ideators and suicide attempters, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp173

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Pages180–188

Studies using composite measurement of cognition suggest that cognitive performance is similar across motor variants of delirium. The authors assessed neuropsychological and symptom profiles in 100 consecutive cases of DSM-IV delirium allocated to motor ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp180

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Pages189–193

Individuals with schizophrenia have difficulties in recognizing facial emotions in others. This study investigated whether this impairment also exists for self-generated expressions. Nineteen patients with schizophrenia and 19 comparison subjects were ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp189

Clinical Research Reports

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Pages194–197

The safety of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in patients with deep brain stimulation (DBS) has not been established. Cases reported had no adverse events, but DBS was withheld throughout the weeks of the ECT course. The authors report the first case of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp194

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Pages198–200

The authors' findings suggest that major depressive disorder (MDD) may occur as a prodrome to and may delay diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS). Lifetime prevalence of MDD was 59%; 14% of subjects reported MDD as a prodrome to MS, and 10% reported a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp198

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Pages201–205

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a complex entity with no known objective diagnostic markers. To test the hypothesis that sleep disturbances in the acute mTBI period can serve as an indicator of brain injury, the authors compared sleep polysomnograms ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp201

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Pages206–210

In this open-label pilot study, the authors evaluated the effect of memantine on the distribution of brain glucose metabolism in four Huntington's disease (HD) patients as determined by serial 18-fluoro-deoxyglucose [F18]FDG-PET scans over a period of 3–4 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp206

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Pages211–214

The performance of 15 participants with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (SCZ) on an inferential-reasoning task was compared with that of 15 healthy-control participants (HC). The SCZ group showed poorer inferential reasoning than HCs, independent of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp211

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Pages215–218

The authors did a preliminary examination asking whether plasma ceramides were elevated in depression, and whether the elevation was more pronounced in Alzheimer's disease patients than in control subjects. Results suggest that plasma ceramides are ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp215

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Pages219–222

This study examined the influence of thyroid markers (TSH and FT4) on cognition in a sample of rural-dwelling women. Data were analyzed from 81 women who were enrolled in an ongoing study of rural health, Project FRONTIER. Cognition was assessed with the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp219

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Pages223–226

The authors report clinical features and treatment response in 25 patients with catatonia admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit specializing in psychotic disorders. Electroconvulsive therapy, benzodiazepines, and clozapine had beneficial effects on ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.23.2.jnp223

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