{"title":"American Neuropsychiatric Association 2024 Annual Meeting Abstracts","authors":"","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20243601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20243601","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141706251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Melissa B. Jones, Juliann Tea, Matthew Meyers, Ruosha Li, Audri Villalon, Ritwick Agrawal, Ricardo E Jorge
{"title":"Rates and Predictors of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder Symptoms Among Post-9/11 Veterans.","authors":"Melissa B. Jones, Juliann Tea, Matthew Meyers, Ruosha Li, Audri Villalon, Ritwick Agrawal, Ricardo E Jorge","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20230106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20230106","url":null,"abstract":"OBJECTIVE\u0000Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), which are prevalent conditions among post-9/11 veterans, increase risks of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) and degenerative synucleinopathy. Rates and predictors of RBD symptoms were investigated by screening post-9/11 veterans for RBD with a validated questionnaire.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHODS\u0000In this cross-sectional analysis, consecutive patients in the Houston Translational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders (TRACTS) were screened with the English translation of the RBD Questionnaire-Hong Kong (RBDQ-HK). In addition to data from the standard TRACTS battery, systematic chart review was used to identify known sleep disorders mimicking or manifesting RBD.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000Of the 119 patients with available RBDQ-HK scores, 71 (60%) and 65 (55%) screened positive for RBD, when a total score ≥21 and a factor 2 score ≥8 were used as cutoff scores, respectively. Univariable analyses with both cutoffs showed consistent associations between a positive RBDQ-HK screen and global sleep quality, number of TBI exposures, and PTSD severity. Multivariable logistic regression with total score ≥21 as a cutoff indicated that PTSD severity (odds ratio=1.06, 95% CI=1.02-1.10) and number of TBIs (odds ratio=1.63, 95% CI=1.16-2.41) were independent predictors of a positive screen, whereas global sleep quality was no longer significant. Multivariable logistic regression with factor 2 score ≥8 as a cutoff showed similar results.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSIONS\u0000Interdisciplinary parasomnia assessment, further validation of RBD screens, and standardized reporting of REM sleep without atonia could provide necessary information on the pathophysiological relationships linking PTSD, TBI, RBD symptoms, and ultimately synucleinopathy risk among post-9/11 veterans.","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":"46 3","pages":"appineuropsych20230106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140667214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Talmasov, Sean Kelly, Sarah Ecker, A. Olivera, Aaron S Lord, Lindsey Gurin, Koto Ishida, K. Melmed, Jose Torres, Cen Zhang, Jennifer A Frontera, Ariane Lewis
{"title":"Relationship Between Hemorrhage Type and Development of Emotional and Behavioral Dyscontrol After Hemorrhagic Stroke.","authors":"Daniel Talmasov, Sean Kelly, Sarah Ecker, A. Olivera, Aaron S Lord, Lindsey Gurin, Koto Ishida, K. Melmed, Jose Torres, Cen Zhang, Jennifer A Frontera, Ariane Lewis","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20230114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20230114","url":null,"abstract":"OBJECTIVE\u0000Emotional and behavioral dyscontrol (EBD), a neuropsychiatric complication of stroke, leads to patient and caregiver distress and challenges to rehabilitation. Studies of neuropsychiatric sequelae in stroke are heavily weighted toward ischemic stroke. This study was designed to compare risk of EBD following intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and to identify risk factors for EBD following hemorrhagic stroke.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHODS\u0000The authors conducted a prospective cohort study of patients hospitalized for nontraumatic hemorrhagic stroke between 2015 and 2021. Patients or legally authorized representatives completed the Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders (Neuro-QOL) EBD short-form inventory 3 months after hospitalization. Univariable and multivariable analyses identified risk factors for EBD after hemorrhagic stroke.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000The incidence of EBD was 21% (N=15 of 72 patients) at 3 months after hemorrhagic stroke. Patients with ICH were more likely to develop EBD; 93% of patients with EBD (N=14 of 15) had ICH compared with 56% of patients without EBD (N=32 of 57). The median Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score at hospital admission was lower among patients who developed EBD (13 vs. 15 among those without EBD). Similarly, admission scores on the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) were higher among patients with EBD (median NIHSS score: 7 vs. 2; median APACHE II score: 17 vs. 11). Multivariable analyses identified hemorrhage type (ICH) and poor admission GCS score as predictors of EBD 3 months after hemorrhagic stroke.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSIONS\u0000Patients with ICH and a low GCS score at admission are at increased risk of developing EBD 3 months after hemorrhagic stroke and may benefit from early intervention.","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":"28 42","pages":"appineuropsych20230114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140672091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Glucagon-Like Peptide 1: An Introduction and Possible Implications for Neuropsychiatry.","authors":"W. López-Ojeda, R. Hurley","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20230226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20230226","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":"72 10","pages":"A4-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140769701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Concise Guide to Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology, Third Edition","authors":"James R. Bateman","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20230162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20230162","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":"120 15","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140381175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mario F Mendez, Golnoush Akhlaghipour, Elvira E Jimenez
{"title":"Empathy and Impaired Socioemotional Self-Perception in Frontotemporal Dementia.","authors":"Mario F Mendez, Golnoush Akhlaghipour, Elvira E Jimenez","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.21040099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.21040099","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Impaired empathy is a core feature of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD). Patients with bvFTD are also prominently impaired in experiencing self-conscious emotions. The investigators explored whether impaired empathy in bvFTD, such as self-conscious emotions, may result from impaired self-consciousness in social situations (socioemotional self-perception).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This pilot study evaluated 25 patients with bvFTD and compared them with 25 patients with Alzheimer's disease who had comparable dementia severity. Their caregivers completed the Social Dysfunction Scale (SDS), which quantifies empathy, and an extensive intake interview that included questions regarding self-consciousness and insight. The patients completed two measures of self-perception in social situations, the Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT) scale and the Embarrassability Scale (EMB).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Caregivers of patients with bvFTD, but not of patients with Alzheimer's disease, reported a high correlation between significantly decreased empathy (SDS) and decreased self-consciousness (intake interview questions). Consistent with lack of insight, the patients with bvFTD, unlike the patients with Alzheimer's disease, did not report decreases on the SSEIT and EMB measures.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These preliminary findings suggest that impaired socioemotional self-perception plays a role in the loss of empathy among patients with bvFTD. A lack of self-consciousness in social situations may contribute to a loss of empathy resulting from an inability to co-represent another's emotion in relation to oneself.</p>","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"177-181"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39881123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Apathy and Huntington's Disease: A Literature Review Based on PRISMA.","authors":"Jihene Matmati, Christophe Verny, Philippe Allain","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.21060154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.21060154","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Although apathy is commonly reported among patients with Huntington's disease (HD), this psychiatric symptom has not yet been clearly defined or extensively studied in HD. Most researchers have adopted descriptive approaches, showing that apathy is a multidimensional entity but leaving the processes underlying its different dimensions relatively unexplored.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic review of the literature on apathy in HD, focusing on current approaches and measurement tools, was conducted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Searches in PubMed and PubMed Central yielded 368 articles, 25 of which were included in the present review.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This systematic review suggests that more comprehensive research is needed to help shed light on apathy in HD, especially regarding its multidimensional aspect and underlying mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"100-112"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39881122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paraskevi Tsoukra, Dennis Velakoulis, Pierre Wibawa, Charles B Malpas, Mark Walterfang, Andrew Evans, Sarah Farrand, Wendy Kelso, Dhamidhu Eratne, Samantha M Loi
{"title":"The Diagnostic Challenge of Young-Onset Dementia Syndromes and Primary Psychiatric Diseases: Results From a Retrospective 20-Year Cross-Sectional Study.","authors":"Paraskevi Tsoukra, Dennis Velakoulis, Pierre Wibawa, Charles B Malpas, Mark Walterfang, Andrew Evans, Sarah Farrand, Wendy Kelso, Dhamidhu Eratne, Samantha M Loi","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20100266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20100266","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Distinguishing a dementia syndrome from a primary psychiatric disease in younger patients can be challenging and may lead to diagnostic change over time. The investigators aimed to examine diagnostic stability in a cohort of patients with younger-onset neurocognitive disorders.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective review of records was conducted for patients who were admitted to an inpatient neuropsychiatry service unit between 2000 and 2019, who were followed up for at least 12 months, and who received a diagnosis of young-onset dementia at any time point. Initial diagnosis included Alzheimer's disease-type dementia (N=30), frontotemporal dementia (FTD) syndromes (N=44), vascular dementia (N=7), mild cognitive impairment (N=10), primary psychiatric diseases (N=6), and other conditions, such as Lewy body dementia (N=30).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 127 patients, 49 (39%) had a change in their initial diagnoses during the follow-up period. Behavioral variant FTD (bvFTD) was the least stable diagnosis, followed by dementia not otherwise specified and mild cognitive impairment. Compared with patients with a stable diagnosis, those who changed exhibited a higher cognitive score at baseline, a longer follow-up period, greater delay to final diagnosis, and no family history of dementia. Patients whose diagnosis changed from a neurodegenerative to a psychiatric diagnosis were more likely to have a long psychiatric history, while those whose diagnosis changed from a psychiatric to a neurodegenerative one had a recent manifestation of psychiatric symptoms.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Misdiagnosis of younger patients with neurocognitive disorders is not uncommon, especially in cases of bvFTD. Late-onset psychiatric symptoms may be the harbinger to a neurodegenerative disease. Close follow-up and monitoring of these patients are necessary.</p>","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"44-52"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39430171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical Features, Immunotherapy, and Outcomes of Anti-Leucine-Rich Glioma-Inactivated-1 Encephalitis.","authors":"Xiaoqin Huang, Chunqiu Fan, Lehong Gao, Liping Li, Jing Ye, Huixin Shen","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20120303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20120303","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The investigators aimed to explore the clinical characteristics, immunotherapy, and outcomes of patients with antileucine-rich glioma-inactivated-1 (anti-LGI1) encephalitis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data on participants' clinical characteristics, laboratory findings, radiological and electroencephalogram (EEG) features, treatment, and outcomes from January 2012 to December 2016 were collected. Statistical analysis was conducted to assess the factors associated with patient functional outcome. Forty-three patients were enrolled in the study, with a predominance of males (65.1%). The median age at onset was 57 years (interquartile range [IQR]: 44.0-65.0). The median time from onset to diagnosis was 60 days (IQR: 37.0-127.0).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The main clinical manifestations included epilepsy (100%), faciobrachial dystonic seizures (FBDS; 44.2%), cognitive dysfunction (95.3%), neuropsychiatric disturbances (76.7%), sleep disorders (58.1%), and disturbance of consciousness (48.8%). Twenty-two patients (51.2%) had hyponatremia, 31 (72.1%) had abnormal EEG results, and 30 (69.8%) had abnormal brain MRI scans, mainly involving the hippocampus (76.7%) or temporal lobe (40%). Twenty of 34 patients (58.8%) in a follow-up MRI examination exhibited hippocampal atrophy. Twenty-five patients (58.2%) were administered corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulin, whereas 17 patients were treated only with corticosteroids. Forty-one patients (95.3%) had favorable outcomes after a median of 21.5 months (IQR: 7-43) of follow-up. Serum sodium level was a factor associated with a disabled status (odds ratio=0.81, 95% CI=0.66, 0.98, p=0.03). Anti-LGI1 encephalitis patients were characterized by seizures, FBDS, cognitive deficits, neuropsychiatric disturbances, and hyponatremia.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Most patients with anti-LGI1 encephalitis are nonparaneoplastic, have low recurrence rates, and have favorable prognostic outcomes. Rapid evaluation, prompt immunotherapy, and long-term follow-up are essential in the care of anti-LGI1 encephalitis patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"141-148"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39636719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kisspeptin in the Limbic System: New Insights Into Its Neuromodulatory Roles.","authors":"Wilfredo López-Ojeda, Robin A Hurley","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20220087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20220087","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"190-195"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40597067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}