Neuropsychiatry

ECT has undoubtedly been foundational in the field of interventional psychiatry, yet controversy remains an underlying theme.

There is consistent evidence of benefits following state-of-the-art modified ECT.

No one has precise data about how many Americans receive ECT each year, let alone how many treatments each patients receives or how closely providers space treatments. This is a troubling dilemma, according to the authors.

In approximately half of patients with Huntington disease, symptoms of depression, irritability/aggression, executive dysfunction, psychosis, cognitive decline, and dementia present long before progressive motor symptoms.

If depression impairs the brain’s processes at a molecular level, would the same be true of stress more generally?

A myriad of neuropsychiatric symptoms result from folate deficiency, including cognitive impairment, insomnia, psychosis, depression, peripheral sensory deficits, and weakness. Treatment and prevention strategies are discussed.

Neuropsychiatric manifestations of Huntington disease can present decades before the motor symptoms become apparent, making the role of the psychiatrist all the more important.

Before starting to prescribe stimulants to every adult who cannot concentrate, it is important to take a closer look at the research.

How do defective neuro-glia interactions contribute to depression?

Nightmare disorder can produce emotional manifestations of fear, anger, and sadness. Here are 7 reasons parasomnias can challenge even the most astute diagnostician.

Our Editor in Chief addresses a question from our readers about caffeine.

Brain health disorders cost the global economy more than $3 trillion per year in lost productivity. What can we do about it?

Three new trials suggest a novel antidepressant hides inside the blue-skinned fruit.

Is it possible to use cognitive testing, which is brief, easily performed, reliable, and noninvasive, to identify individuals at risk for psychosis?

How do men versus women with schizophrenia fare clinically, functionally, and neuropsychologically over the long term?

Selfhood: a complex and continuously evolving identity that is anchored in the patient's history and dependent on language and memory. But there is so much more.

For decades, it was thought the brain was a fixed structure, and not able to be renewed or regenerated, but science has since proved otherwise.

Although the clinical symptoms of psychotic disorders are dramatic and are what most clinicians focus on as their treatment targets, impairments in a wide range of cognitive function are observed in these illnesses.

A meeting with the Dalai Lama sends a researcher on a new path.

A recent finding that ADHD can begin in adulthood has surprised researchers. Here are reasons why it may be wrong.

Be on the lookout for these novel psychoactive substances.

What are they key differences between ADHD and bipolar disorder? How can they be identified?

Our basic science knowledge of the brain continues to explode beyond what science fiction of the past has predicted.

Although normally associated with children, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder can also persist in adulthood, presenting challenges to both patients and clinicians.

The genome combined with experiences make a person who they are. 80 billion neurons connect to 1,000 to 10,000 synapses, and all of those minuscule connections form a person.

The authors make the case for national education mandates from accreditation organizations and congressional support to require enhanced education of all clinicians who care for older adults.

Learning from past disasters, psychiatrists are taking center staet in helping patients, family members, first responders, and other health care professionals affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fragile X syndrome is one of the most common inherited causes of intellectual disability, right below Down syndrome. How are basic science findings being translated into treatments for patients with neurodevelopment disorders, like Fragile X syndrome?

A recent study presents new findings on the connection between psychiatric disorders and Lyme.

Often misdiagnosed as other psychiatric disorders, FTD is the third most common type of dementia and the second most common among patients 65 years or younger. How to spot the signs.