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Diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders – a review of the scientific literature

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022
Introduction: Unambiguous definition of mental disorders is difficult, mainly because of          the heterogeneity of this group of diseases and the clarity of the line between pathology and normal.
Piotr Pawłowski, Wojciech Brodowski, Joanna Borowik, Aleksandra Swora, Oliwer Sygacz, Przemysław Żelazny, Joanna Filipczak, Sara Dankiewicz, Sebastian Bróż, Katarzyna Basta-Arciszewska   +9 more
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Evolution in the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders: From Psychosurgery to Psychopharmacology to Neuromodulation

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019
The treatment of psychiatric patients presents significant challenges to the clinical community, and a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and management is essential to facilitate optimal care.
Michael D. Staudt, Michael D. Staudt, Eric Z. Herring, Keming Gao, Jonathan P. Miller, Jennifer A. Sweet   +5 more
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Treatments used for obsessive-compulsive disorder-An international perspective [PDF]

, 2019
© 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to characterise international trends in the use of psychotropic medication, psychological therapies, and novel therapies used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Albert, Umberto, Arumugham, Shyam Sundar, Bailey, Brenda E, Belloch, Amparo, Borda, Tania, Brakoulias, Vlasios, Dell'Osso, Liliana, do Rosario, Maria Conceição, Elias, Jason A, Falkenstein, Martha J, Ferrao, Ygor A, Fineberg, Naomi A, Fontenelle, Leonardo F, Jelinek, Lena, Kalogeraki, Leto, Kay, Brian, Laurito, Luana D, Lochner, Christine, Maina, Giuseppe, Marazziti, Donatella, Martin, Andrew, Matsunaga, Hisato, Miguel, Euripedes C, Morgado, Pedro, Mourikis, Irakis, Pasquini, Massimo, Perez Rivera, Rodrigo, Potluri, Sriramya, Reddy, Janardhan Y C, Riemann, Brian C, Shavitt, Roseli G, Starcevic, Vladan, Stein, Dan J, Viswasam, Kirupumani, Wang, Zhen   +34 more
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Egas Moniz: 90 years (1927-2017) from cerebral angiography [PDF]

, 2017
In June 2017 we celebrate the 90th anniversary of the pioneer discovery of cerebral angiography, the seminal imaging technique used for visualizing cerebral blood vessels and vascular alterations as well as other intracranial disorders.
Alessandro Frati, Francesca Biagioni, Francesco Fornai, Francesco Fornai, Francesco Saverio Pastore, Larisa Ryskalin, Lorenzo Fumagalli, Marco Artico, Marialuisa Spoletini, Maurizio Salvati, Samanta Taurone   +10 more
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Phineas Gage's great legacy

Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2020
. The case of Phineas Gage is an integral part of medical folklore. His accident still causes astonishment and curiosity and can be considered as the case that most influenced and contributed to the nineteenth century's neuropsychiatric discussion on the
Ricardo Vieira Teles Filho
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On deciding to have a lobotomy:either lobotomies were justified or decisions under risk should not always seek to maximise expected utility [PDF]

, 2014
In the 1940s and 1950s thousands of lobotomies were performed on people with mental disorders. These operations were known to be dangerous, but thought to offer great hope. Nowadays, the lobotomies of the 1940s and 1950s are widely condemned.
A Deutsch, A Halter, A Robin, A Robin, A Schwartz, B Cohen, British Medical Journal Editorial, C Elliott, C Rupp, Canadian Medical Association Journal Editorial, D Bell, D Binder, D Curran, D Kahneman, D Resnik, E Moniz, E Moniz, E Valenstein, G Burckhardt, G Fleming, G Loomes, G Rao, H Barahal, H Dully, H Sox, I Kirsch, J El-Hai, J Johnson, J Oltman, J Pressman, JS Mill, K Jones, K McKenzie, L Penrose, L Savage, L Ziegler, M Angell, M Greenblatt, M Hunink, M O’Callaghan, M Partridge, M Silbermann, N Kopeloff, P Appelbaum, P Polatin, R Luce, R Semelaigne, R Smith, Rachel Cooper, S Friedman, S Goldbeck-Wood, T Tymstra, W Freeman, W Freeman, W Freeman, W Freeman, W Freeman, W Sargant, W Sargant, W Seabrook   +59 more
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Depression as a Neuroendocrine Disorder: Emerging Neuropsychopharmacological Approaches beyond Monoamines

Advances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019
Depression is currently recognized as a crucial problem in everyday clinical practice, in light of ever‐increasing rates of prevalence, as well as disability, morbidity, and mortality related to this disorder. Currently available antidepressant drugs are notoriously problematic, with suboptimal remission rates and troubling side‐effect profiles.
Mervin Chávez-Castillo, Victoria Núñez, Manuel Nava, Ángel Ortega, Milagros Rojas, Valmore Bermúdez, Joselyn Rojas-Quintero, Masahiro Oike   +7 more
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Deep Brain Stimulation for Obesity: From a Theoretical Framework to Practical Application

Neural Plasticity, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016
Obesity remains a pervasive global health problem. While there are a number of nonsurgical and surgical options for treatment, the incidence of obesity continues to increase at an alarming rate. The inability to curtail the growing rise of the obesity epidemic may be related to a combination of increased food availability and palatability.
Raj K. Nangunoori, Nestor D. Tomycz, Michael Y. Oh, Donald M. Whiting, Mauricio Arcos-Burgos   +4 more
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Connectome‐Scale Assessments of Functional Connectivity in Children with Primary Monosymptomatic Nocturnal Enuresis

BioMed Research International, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015
Primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (PMNE) is a common developmental disorder in children. Previous literature has suggested that PMNE not only is a micturition disorder but also is characterized by cerebral structure abnormalities and dysfunction. However, the biological mechanisms underlying the disease are not thoroughly understood.
Du Lei, Jun Ma, Jilei Zhang, Mengxing Wang, Kaihua Zhang, Fuqin Chen, Xueling Suo, Qiyong Gong, Xiaoxia Du, Xi-Nian Zuo   +9 more
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Psychosurgery [PDF]

, 1958
The following is another chapter of the revised Medico-Moral Problems book of Father Gerald Kelly, S.J., being published by The Catholic Hospital Association.
Kelly, Gerald
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