Neuropsychiatric Implications of Chronic Lead Exposure

Intracranial calcification in adults with chronic lead exposure.

Computed tomographic (CT) findings of cerebral and cerebellar calcification are described in three American adults with raised serum lead levels and known exposure to lead for 30 or more years. Calcification patterns were punctiform, curvilinear, speck-like, and diffuse and were found in the subcortical area, basal ganglia, vermis, and cerebellum. Admission serum lead levels ranged from 54 to 7...

Epilepsy and Seizures: Neuropsychiatric Implications

For a long time, the correlation between epilepsy, seizures, and emotions has been a matter of debate, fascinating generations of clinicians and neuroscientists. In his famous quotation, Hippocrates reported that “melancholics ordinarily become epileptics, and epileptics, melancholics: what determines the preference is the direction the malady takes; if it bears upon the body, epilepsy, if upon...

Epilepsy and Seizures: Neuropsychiatric Implications

For a long time, the correlation between epilepsy, seizures, and emotions has been a matter of debate, fascinating generations of clinicians and neuroscientists. In his famous quotation, Hippocrates reported that “melancholics ordinarily become epileptics, and epileptics, melancholics: what determines the preference is the direction the malady takes; if it bears upon the body, epilepsy, if upon...

Clinical implications of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an auto­ immune disorder mediated by the immune­ complex and characterised by its protean clinical mani festation and multisystemic involvement (Mak 2007a). Neuropsychiatric manifestation of SLE (NPSLE) is one of the major and most damag ing presentations. It comprises a wide range of neurological syndromes affecting the central, peripheral and autonomic ne...

Letter to Editor: Neuropsychiatric Consequences of Deep Brain Stimulation in Patients with Chronic Movement Disorders