{"title":"Neural evidence for compromised mental imagery in individuals with chronic schizophrenia.","authors":"Shahrzad Mazhari, Yousef Moghadas Tabrizi, Alireza Ghaffari Nejad","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.13120392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.13120392","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mental imagery impairment has been reported in schizophrenia. The present study aimed to investigate the neural evidence for mental imagery impairment in patients with schizophrenia. The study participants included 20 patients with chronic schizophrenia and 18 healthy control subjects. Event-related potentials were recorded during a mental hand rotation task, in which participants were instructed to judge the laterality of hands displayed in different orientations. The performances of patients were significantly less accurate and slower than control subjects on hand rotation task. Moreover, the patients showed significantly reduced rotation-related negativity amplitude for mental rotation effect. The results demonstrate mental imagery impairment in patients with schizophrenia at both the behavioral and neural levels. </p>","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"127-32"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.13120392","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33113256","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":"Higher-dose uses of zolpidem will increase the subsequent risk of developing benign brain tumors.","authors":"Tomor Harnod, Yu-Fen Li, Cheng-Li Lin, Shih-Ni Chang, Fung-Chang Sung, Chia-Hung Kao","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14010006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14010006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study identified 37,810 patients with anxiety or sleep disorder (mean age=53.2 years, SD=16.0 years) who had zolpidem prescribed for at least 2 months from January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2009. Another non-zolpidem cohort was selected by 1:1 matching with the zolpidem cohort on the estimated probability (propensity score) of being treated. The zolpidem cohort had a higher incidence of benign brain tumors compared with the non-zolpidem cohort, particularly for elderly patients. The matched propensity score analysis showed that the highest risk of benign brain tumors occurred in participants with zolpidem exposure ≥520 mg/year (hazard ratio=1.85, 95% confidence interval=1.21-2.82) compared with those not taking zolpidem. </p>","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"e107-11"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14010006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33135183","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":"Man in the Mirror: Delusion of Misidentification in Down's Syndrome With Alzheimer's Disease.","authors":"Latha Velayudhan, Amala Jesu","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14020032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14020032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"e151"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14020032","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33135192","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}
Sofia Rocha, José Manuel Amorim, Álvaro Alexandre Machado, Carla Maria Ferreira
{"title":"Phonagnosia and inability to perceive time passage in right parietal lobe epilepsy.","authors":"Sofia Rocha, José Manuel Amorim, Álvaro Alexandre Machado, Carla Maria Ferreira","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14040073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14040073","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"e154-5"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14040073","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33135194","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}
Simon Ducharme, Bradford C Dickerson, Bruce H Price
{"title":"Improvement in athletic performance as an early symptom of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia.","authors":"Simon Ducharme, Bradford C Dickerson, Bruce H Price","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14060136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14060136","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"e163-4"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14060136","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33135199","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}
Jeremy Coplan, Deepan Singh, Srinath Gopinath, Sanjay J Mathew, Antonio Bulbena
{"title":"A Novel Anxiety and Affective Spectrum Disorder of Mind and Body-The ALPIM (Anxiety-Laxity-Pain-Immune-Mood) Syndrome: A Preliminary Report.","authors":"Jeremy Coplan, Deepan Singh, Srinath Gopinath, Sanjay J Mathew, Antonio Bulbena","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14060132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14060132","url":null,"abstract":"The authors describe a spectrum disorder comprising a core anxiety (A) disorder and four domains: joint laxity (L), chronic pain syndromes (P), immune disorders (I), and mood disorders (M)-dubbed the ALPIM syndrome. This study examined 76 consecutive outpatients with an anxiety disorder plus at least one somatic condition from three domains. More than 80% of the patients had panic attacks, fibromyalgia, and major depressive episodes. Associations were found between joint laxity and bipolar III, headache with bipolar II, and bipolar II with chronic fatigue syndrome. Significant relationships were demonstrated within and between domains, validating ALPIM as a syndrome.","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"93-103"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14060132","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33261871","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":"ON-OFF Effects of Dopaminergic Therapy on Psychiatric Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease.","authors":"Hooman Ganjavi, Penny A MacDonald","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14030055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14030055","url":null,"abstract":"Psychiatric manifestations of Parkinson's disease (PD) are a cause of significant disability and the impact of dopaminergic medications is unclear. Using standardized rating scales, the authors tested the hypothesis that anxiety, depression, and apathy vary in the ON versus OFF states in PD in 33 PD patients and 29 healthy age- and education-matched controls. PD patients had significantly higher anxiety, depression, and apathy scores than control participants, regardless of ON-OFF state. Anxiety scores were higher in PD patients on relative to off dopaminergic medication. The ON-OFF difference in anxiety related to degree of improvement in motor function but not illness duration.","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"e134-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14030055","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33135186","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}
Laurence Lalanne, Camille Jantzi, Audrey Gorse, Marie-Agathe Zimmermann, Jean-Marie Danion, Jack Foucher
{"title":"Melancholia Associated With Severe Cognitive Disorders as the Expression of Late-Onset Postpartum Anti-N-Methyl-d-Aspartic Acid Receptor Limbic Encephalitis.","authors":"Laurence Lalanne, Camille Jantzi, Audrey Gorse, Marie-Agathe Zimmermann, Jean-Marie Danion, Jack Foucher","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14040079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14040079","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"e168-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14040079","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33140920","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}
Simon Ducharme, Bradford C Dickerson, Mykol Larvie, Bruce H Price
{"title":"Differentiating frontotemporal dementia from catatonia: a complex neuropsychiatric challenge.","authors":"Simon Ducharme, Bradford C Dickerson, Mykol Larvie, Bruce H Price","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14070157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14070157","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"e174-6"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14070157","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33140923","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":"Priming rTMS for Treatment Resistant Auditory Hallucinations in Schizophrenia.","authors":"Nishant Goyal, Vidya K L, Vinod Kumar Sinha","doi":"10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14080191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14080191","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":514751,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"e177-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14080191","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33140924","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}