Are sleep attacks due to dopamine agonists ‘narcolepsy.’ NOPE. These 8 folks reported by Frucht and Fahn (on pramipexole or ropinerole) back in 1999 set off ‘alarm bells’ that you could suddenly fall asleep at the wheel. This was the beginning of an appreciation of the adverse… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pic.twitter.com/IuZ2ri19Cm
Clock drawing. It remains one of the easiest and cheapest ways to identify patients with mental/behavioral disorders who require further neurological & neuropsychological workup
Do the delusions (psychosis) in #Alzheimers derive from the ‘forgetfulness and misremembering?’ This study says NO. Volumetric neuroimaging; no overlap in brain regions associated with delusions and those associated with false recognition in AD. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…pic.twitter.com/cm0eC7dwzi
The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate of any industrialized country. The majority of these deaths occur after delivery and a full 30% occur between 6 weeks to one year postpartum – the baby’s first birthday.
Study of a novel concept to treat an underlying metabolic disorder (insulin resistance) to improve a psychiatric one (bipolar depression) receives @ASCPorg Wender Award. bit.ly/3N0pHiw#Metformin#PsychTwitter