Monthly Archives: August 2023

Ian Kremer ⁦‪@LEAD_Coalition‬⁩ Please re-Tweet these 10 tips to improve communication with people who are living with #dementia #Alzheimers #caregiving pic.twitter.com/CA7j5yva1D 8/8/23, 1:34 PM Joseph Thornton

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022399923003045 Joseph Thornton

Samantha Weber ⁦‪@SamWeb29‬⁩ Take-home message: 1. #FND is a positive Dx with rule-in signs 2. Explain the symptoms to your patients to make them see&understand FND 3. Talk&listen to your patient! There are other FNDs (..PPPD) and other problems can be present (..pain), & include them in the treatment plan 8/4/23, 11:24 AM Joseph Thornton

Michael Okun ⁦‪@MichaelOkun‬⁩ Catatonia: can you recognize it? Great video and discussion on terminology and how psychiatrists and neurologists do not always clearly communicate. Dystonia, waxy flexibility, treat with benzos. The experts ⁦‪@movedisorder‬⁩ agreed we need to rethink this d/o. pic.twitter.com/aeKlKs2cgm 8/3/23, 10:00 AM Joseph Thornton

https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.20220537 Joseph Thornton

https://www.psychiatrist.com/jcp/trauma/ptsd/antihypertensive-medications-and-ptsd/ Joseph Thornton

Michael Okun ⁦‪@MichaelOkun‬⁩ Do you know the 4 steps for ‘diagnostic debriefing’ to engage folks in a treatment program for functional movement disorders. ⁦‪@AlbertoEspay‬⁩ talks us through his approach: state, validate, de-emphasize but don’t ignore, stress reversibility and re-training. ⁦‪@movedisorder‬⁩ Aspen. twitter.com/i/web/status/1… pic.twitter.com/ENDBSNoJ0k 8/2/23, 1:01 PM Joseph Thornton

Michael Okun ⁦‪@MichaelOkun‬⁩ Serotonin syndrome and ‘movement disorders emergencies.’ We under-appreciate and sometimes we over-diagnose (I know hard to believe) so ⁦‪@AlbertoEspay‬⁩ teaching us the basics again; super helpful review today in our movement disorder emergencies session. ⁦‪@movedisorder‬⁩ Aspen twitter.com/i/web/status/1… pic.twitter.com/AkVsNZu5AC 8/2/23, 3:29 PM Joseph Thornton

FSI Stanford ⁦‪@FSIStanford‬⁩ Are vaccine mandates worth defending? In their latest article for ⁦‪@JAMA_current‬⁩, ⁦‪@StanfordHP‬⁩‘s ⁦‪@MichelleM_Mello‬⁩ and colleagues examine the legal challenges of this vetted public health practice, and what the future may hold. ow.ly/mvyv50PqwYr 8/2/23, 7:30 PM Joseph Thornton

https://www.psychiatry.org/news-room/apa-blogs/power-of-music-in-mental-well-being Joseph Thornton