April 25th 2024
The current system of extrajudicial medical holds does not protect the rights of those who lack capacity to care for themselves due a medical condition.
The Complex Interaction of Cognitive Issues
March 1st 2004Cognitive impairment is a common symptom in many psychiatric and neurologic conditions. The articles selected for this Psychiatric Times special report provide a sampling of some important and topical issues regarding the influence of various factors on cognition in individuals with neuropsychiatric conditions.
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10-Point Clock Test Screens for Cognitive Impairment in Clinic and Hospital Settings
October 12th 1998The obvious sometimes bears repeating: Sick people have trouble thinking. They may be suffering from a delirium, a dementia or a more subtle disturbance of cognition caused by fever, drugs, infection, inflammation, trauma, hypoxemia, metabolic derangement, hypotension, tumor, intracranial pathology, pain and so forth.
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