Neuro-regulators and Psychiatric Disorders

Coeliac Disease and Neuro-Psychiatric Disorders

The Presentation and Treatment Options of Neuro- psychiatric Disorders

Correspondence: Prem Kumar Chandrasekaran, Consultant Psychiatrist, NeuroBehavioural Medicine, Penang Adventist Hospital, 465 Jalan Burma, Georgetown, 10350 Penang. E-mail : [email protected] Prem Kumar C*, Stephen TJ**, Nor Zuraida Z** * NeuroBehavioural Medicine, Penang Adventist Hospital, 465 Burmah Road, Georgetown, 10350 Penang, Malaysia ** Department of Psychological Medicine, Universi...

Ulster Neuro-Psychiatric Society

O5: Stigma in Psychiatric Disorders

Social stigma is a major challenge among the patients with mental illness, their families and the health care providers. Not only the patient with psychological disorders, but also who has an infectious disease suffer social stigma. Stigma refers to an extreme and unusual disapproval of a person from the other members of society. Stigma is a Greek word that in its origins referred to a type of ...

Astroglia as a cellular target for neuroprotection and treatment of neuro‐psychiatric disorders

Astrocytes are key homeostatic cells of the central nervous system. They cooperate with neurons at several levels, including ion and water homeostasis, chemical signal transmission, blood flow regulation, immune and oxidative stress defense, supply of metabolites and neurogenesis. Astroglia is also important for viability and maturation of stem-cell derived neurons. Neurons critically depend on...