Don’t jump to rash conclusions

Marijuana for pain relief: don't jump to conclusions.

Under what circumstances do patients with schizophrenia jump to conclusions? A liberal acceptance account.

BACKGROUND A consistent body of studies suggests that schizophrenia patients are extremely hasty when making decisions, and generally opt for the strongest response alternative. This pattern of results is primarily based on studies conducted with the beads task, which requires participants to determine from which of two possible jars a series of beads has been drawn. We have recently proposed a...

Do not jump to easy conclusions! Lessons from pitfall in the molecular diagnosis of ARSACS.

To the Editor : We present our recent experience concerning an initial pitfall in the molecular characterization of two distant relatives affected by Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS) (1, 2) (Fig. 1), and corrected after extending the analyses to informative family members. In particular, we underscore the need for caution in interpreting molecular findings when...

Decision making, impulsivity, and addictions: do Parkinson's disease patients jump to conclusions?

Links between impulsive-compulsive behaviors (ICBs) in treated Parkinson's disease (PD), behavioral addictions, and substance abuse have been postulated, but no direct comparisons have been carried out so far. We directly compared patients with PD with and without ICBs with illicit drug abusers, pathological gamblers, and age-matched healthy controls using the beads task, a test of reflection i...

Postoperative rash to ceftriaxone.

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