MELAS can be psychiatric and neurological

Neurological syndromes which can be mistaken for psychiatric conditions.

Correspondence to: Dr A Z J Zeman, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK; [email protected]. ac.uk _________________________ A ll illness has both psychological and physical dimensions. This may seem a startling claim, but on reflection it is uncontroversial. Diseases don’t come to doctors, patients do—and the processes by which patients...

Chronic dizziness: can this be psychiatric?

To the Editor—In a recent article ‘Diagnosing the cause of vertigo: a practical approach’,1 Dr Lee has outlined a sound and practical approach to dealing with dizziness and vertigo. However, I would like to point out that dizziness is actually a much more common symptom than true vertigo. About 80% of complainants referring to dizziness do not have a ‘spinning’ sensation. In Chinese, ‘dizziness...

Psychiatric Disorders and Polyphenols: Can They Be Helpful in Therapy?

The prevalence of psychiatric disorders permanently increases. Polyphenolic compounds can be involved in modulation of mental health including brain plasticity, behaviour, mood, depression, and cognition. In addition to their antioxidant ability other biomodulating properties have been observed. In the pathogenesis of depression disturbance in neurotransmitters, increased inflammatory processes...

Rhabdomyolysis in MELAS may be multifactorial.

neurological finding of mitochondrial syndromes (merrf and melas)

pls see pdf.