2008 overview: Developments in dementia diagnosis and treatment |
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Professor Serge Gauthier, Canada, discusses some of the issues in the diagnosis and treatment of dementia that attracted special interest in 2008.
(18.12.2008)
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2007 overview: Are treatments combining pharmacotherapy and cognitive-behavioural therapy for anxiety disorders more efficient than either treatment alone? |
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Dr David Christmas, Dr Sean Hood and Prof David Nutt, discusses some of the issues in the treatment of anxiety disorders that attracted special interest in 2007.
(22.12.2007)
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2007 overview: Developments in dementia diagnosis and treatment |
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Professor Serge Gauthier, Canada, discusses some of the issues in the diagnosis and treatment of dementia that attracted special interest in 2007.
(20.12.2007)
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2006 overview: Are treatments combining pharmacotherapy and cognitive-behavioural therapy for anxiety disorders more efficient than either treatment alone? |
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Professor Charles Pull, Luxemburg, discusses some of the issues in the treatment of anxiety disorders that attracted special interest in 2006.
(22.12.2006)
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2006 overview: Developments in dementia diagnosis and treatment |
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Professor Serge Gauthier, Canada, discusses some of the issues in the diagnosis and treatment of dementia that attracted special interest in 2006.
(22.12.2006)
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2006 overview: Developments in clinical MS research |
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Dr Morten Blinkenberg, Denmark, discusses some of the issues in MS that attracted special interest in 2006.
(22.12.2006)
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2006 overview: Key learning points in old age psychiatry |
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Dr Jerry Seymour, England, discusses some of the issues in old age psychiatry that attracted special interest in 2006.
(22.12.2005)
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2006 overview: Key messages from the epilepsy literature |
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Professor Emilio Perucca, Italy, discusses some of the issues in epilepsy that attracted special interest in 2006.
(22.12.2006)
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2006 overview: What was new in the psychopharmacological treatment of schizophrenia in 2006 |
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Dr Stefan Leucht, Germany, discusses some of the issues in the pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia that attracted special interest in 2006.
(22.12.2006)
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2006 overview: Highlights from Parkinson's research |
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Professor Murat Emre, Turkey, discusses some of the issues in Parkinson's disease that attracted special interest in 2006.
(22.12.2006)
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2005 overview: Key developments in the understanding and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder |
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Professor Charles Pull, Luxemburg, discusses some of the issues in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) that attracted special interest in 2005.
(20.12.2005)
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2005 overview: Developments in dementia treatment |
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Professor Serge Gauthier, Canada, discusses some of the issues in the treatment of dementia that attracted special interest in 2005.
(20.12.2005)
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2005 overview: Significant clinical developments within affective disorders |
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Professor Lars Kessing, Denmark, discusses some of the issues in affective disorders that attracted special interest in 2005.
(20.12.2005)
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2005 overview: Developments in clinical MS research |
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Dr Morten Blinkenberg, Denmark, discusses some of the issues in MS that attracted special interest in 2005.
(20.12.2005)
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2005 overview: Key learning points in old age psychiatry |
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Dr Jerry Seymour, England, discusses some of the issues in old age psychiatry that attracted special interest in 2005.
(20.12.2005)
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2005 overview: Key messages from the epilepsy literature |
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Professor Emilio Perucca, Italy, discusses some of the issues in epilepsy that attracted special interest in 2005.
(20.12.2005)
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2005 overview: Developments in the pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia |
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Dr Stefan Leucht, Germany, discusses some of the issues in the pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia that attracted special interest in 2005.
(20.12.2005)
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2005 overview: Highlights from Parkinson's research |
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Professor Murat Emre, Turkey, discusses some of the issues in Parkinson's disease that attracted special interest in 2005.
(20.12.2005)
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Imaging Markers in Dementia |
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It is increasingly recognized that both structural and functional imaging may help the clinician in the diagnosis of dementia disorders. Dr Steen Hasselbalch, Denmark, discusses such markers for the disease process in dementia.
(17.08.2005)
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Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease: Are We Ready or Not? |
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Biomarkers should be reliable, relatively non-invasive, simple to perform and inexpensive, but these criteria are currently not met by any single marker. Dr Trey Sunderland, USA, discusses the last decade's tremendous growth of candidate biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease.
(03.08.2005)
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CBDE factsheets |
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These fact sheets present the accumulated European cost and prevalence of 12 specific brain disorders, based on the European Brain Council's study Cost of Brain Disorders in Europe.
(09.06.2005)
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Cost of Brain Disorders in Europe |
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These 13 articles - edited by Patrik Andlin-Sobocki, Sweden, Professor Bengt Jönsson, Sweden, Professor Hans-Ulrich Wittchen, Germany, and Professor Jes Olesen, Denmark - report the findings of large study conducted by the European Brain Council on the economic burden of brain disorders - both in general and individual disorders - in European countries. Please note: As opposed to the other articles in this section, these articles are not written specifically for CNSforum, but was first published in European Journal of Neurology 2005, vol. 12, supplement 1.
(25.05.2005)
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How Antidepressants Work |
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Dr Thomas Mayze, Australia, provides a brief review of our rapidly expanding knowledge of the mode of action of antidepressants.
(27.04.2005)
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Depression: Evolutionary Approaches |
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In the third of four articles on evolutionary aspects of psychiatry Senior Lecturer Debra Kaminer and Professor Dan Stein, South Africa, discuss depression.
(11.03.2005)
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An Evolutionary Perspective on Social Anxiety Disorder |
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In the second of four articles on evolutionary aspects of psychiatry Senior Lecturer Debra Kaminer and Professor Dan Stein, South Africa, discuss SAD.
(14.02.2005)
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Rivastigmine for Dementia Associated with Parkinson's Disease |
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In his first article for CNSforum, Editorial Board member Murat Emre, Turkey, summarizes a study of treatment of dementia associated with Parkinson's disease.
(18.01.2005)
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2004 overview: Developments in clinical MS research |
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In this overview Dr Morten Blinkenberg, Denmark, discusses some of the issues in multiple sclerosis that attracted special interest in 2004.
(31.12.2004)
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2004 overview: Key messages from the epilepsy literature |
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In this overview Professor Emilio Perucca, Italy, discusses some of the issues in epilepsy that attracted special interest in 2004.
(31.12.2004)
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2004 overview: Developments in the treatment of dementia |
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In this overview Professor Serge Gauthier, Canada, discusses some of the issues in dementia treatment that attracted special interest in 2004.
(31.12.2004)
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2004 overview: Combined pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy for depression |
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In this overview Professor Lars Kessing, Denmark, discusses one of the issues in the treatment of depression that attracted special interest in 2004.
(31.12.2004)
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2004 overview: Developments in pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia |
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In this overview Dr Stefan Leucht, Germany, discusses some of the issues in the treatment of schizophrenia that attracted special interest in 2004.
(31.12.2004)
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2004 overview: Key Learning Messages in Old Age Psychiatry |
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In this overview Dr Jeremy Seymour, England, discusses some of the issues in Old Age Psychiatry that attracted special interest in 2004.
(31.12.2004)
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2004 overview: Developments in the treatment of anxiety disorders |
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In this overview Professor Charles Pull, Luxemburg, discusses some of the issues in anxiety disorders that attracted special interest in 2004.
(31.12.2004)
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An Evolutionary Perspective on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder |
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Senior Lecturer Debra Kaminer and Professor Dan Stein, South Africa, look at obsessive-compulsive disorder from an evolutionary perspective.
(13.12.2004)
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A Clinically Relevant Update on Recent Developments in Bipolar Illness |
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Dr Martina Ruzickova and Professor Stan Kutcher, Canada, discuss treatment options and pitfalls in the bipolar world.
(12.11.2004)
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Depression and Stroke Disease |
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Dr Alan Thomas, England, discusses post-stroke depression.
(08.10.2004)
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Depression in Parkinson's Disease |
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In the third of four articles on comorbid depression, Dr Zoltan Rihmer, Hungary, discusses the relationship between depression and Parkinson's disease.
(13.09.2004)
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German Study on Medical Decision Making in Schizophrenia |
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Dr Stefan Leucht, Germany, summarizes a German study to explore psychiatrists’ psychiatrists' decision making process in schizophrenia.
(30.07.2004)
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Dementia Conference Highlights |
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Professor Serge Gauthier presents the clinical highlights from two scientific meetings on dementia.
(29.07.2004)
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Cancer and Depression |
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Professor David Spiegel discusses the interaction between depression and cancer in the second of four articles on comorbid depression.
(30.06.2004)
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The Effect of Antipsychotics on Cognition in Schizophrenia |
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Cognitive dysfunction is recognized as a primary deficit independent of the positive symptoms of schizophrenia. In this article, Professor Mosolov and Dr Kabanov, Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry, Russia, discuss the cognitive benefit of the new generation antipsychotics.
(24.05.2004)
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Depression and Epilepsy |
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Patients with epilepsy are at increased risk for depression. In this article, Dr Björn Theander, Sweden, discusses the relationship between the two disorders.
(19.05.2004)
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Chronic Disease and Grief |
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by Svend Andersen, psychologist and Parkinson patient, Denmark
(12.11.2003)
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Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry - Impact on Medical Practice |
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Dr Kayhan Ghatavi, Canada, describes major developments in consultation-liaison psychiatry and their impact on medical practice.
(17.01.2003)
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The 21st Century Physician and the Internet |
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Professor Charles Pull, Luxembourg - member of the CNSforum Editorial Board - reflects on the Internet's growing impact on physicians.
(17.08.2002)
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The Future |
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Professor Arvid Carlsson, Sweden - Nobel Prize Laureat 2000 - shares some of his thoughts on the future of antidepressant and antipsychotic research.
(14.07.2002)
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