by Ket Patel | Apr 22, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Sleep Disorders
Proposed DSM-5 criteria for sleep-wake disorders include dropping the DSM-IV’s “primary insomnia” diagnosis in favor of “insomnia disorder,” and decreasing use of the term “not otherwise specified.” The changes reflect a move away...
by Ket Patel | Apr 21, 2012 | Psychiatry
Proposed DSM-5 criteria for sleep-wake disorders include dropping the DSM-IV’s “primary insomnia” diagnosis in favor of “insomnia disorder,” and decreasing use of the term “not otherwise specified.” The changes reflect a move away...
by Ket Patel | Apr 20, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis
Patients with an apparent first demyelinating event who are treated early with subcutaneous interferon beta-1a experience a significantly longer time until progression to multiple sclerosis, compared with those whose treatment is initiated after diagnosis with...
by Ket Patel | Apr 18, 2012 | Psychiatry
Direct structured interviews are reliable for assessing negative schizophrenia symptoms, but combining information from both direct interviews and medical records will reduce the risk of missing important positive symptoms, findings from the Irish Case-Control Study...
by Ket Patel | Apr 17, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Schizophrenia
High-functioning patients with schizophrenia experienced “mind-pops” significantly more often than did two control groups in a preliminary study exploring a possible connection between these benign cognitive phenomena and hallucinations, according to a...
