Abnormal cerebellar volume in somatic vs. non-somatic delusional disorders

Psychotic disorders and comorbidity: somatic illness vs. side effect.

BACKGROUND Schizophrenia often co-occurs with chronic medical illnesses. Beside comorbid somatic illness, somatic symptoms appear as a result of side effects of antipsychotics during treatment of psychotic disorders, which may lead to certain diagnostic problems in deciding regarding the origin of such symptoms (somatic illness vs. side effects). The aim of this article is to review literature ...

Depressive disorders and comorbidity: somatic illness vs. side effect.

BACKGROUND The rate of comorbid depression and medical illness varies from 10 to 40%. Patients with depressive disorder compared to general population more often have cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disorders, diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome, and some types of tumor. Side effects of mental health medications may appear in a form that is very similar to clinical presentation of somatic ill...

Disorders with Somatic Presentation

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by disabling fatigue that significantly interferes with a person’s ability to carry out their normal daily activities. The core symptoms of CFS are: • physical and mental fatigue exacerbated by physical and mental exertion • cognitive impairment • disturbed sleep patterns • musculoskeletal pain • headaches. Levels of fatigue may fluctuate excessiv...

Contribution of Somatic and Dendritic SK Channels in the Firing Rate of Deep Cerebellar Nuclei: Implication in Cerebellar Ataxia

Introduction: Loss of inhibitory output from Purkinje cells leads to hyperexcitability of the Deep Cerebellar Nuclei (DCN), which results in cerebellar ataxia. Also, inhibition of small-conductancecalcium-activated potassium (SK) channel increases firing rate  f DCN, which could cause cerebellar ataxia. Therefore, SK channel activators can be effective in reducing the symptoms of this disease, ...

Psychiatric disorders in somatic medicine