Pseudobulbar affect: an under-recognized and under-treated neurological disorder

Pseudobulbar Affect – A Disabling but Under-recognised Consequence of Neurological Disease and Brain Injury

Pseudobulbar affect (PBA) is a condition associated with common neurological diseases or brain injury that manifests as uncontrollable and inappropriate outbursts of laughter or crying. PBA exacts a severe burden on the patient and care-givers in terms of reduced social functioning and often results in the patient’s isolation. The pathophysiology of PBA is incompletely understood, but symptoms ...

Writing problems in developmental dyslexia: under-recognized and under-treated.

The International Dyslexia Association defines dyslexia as unexpected problems of neurobiological origin in accuracy and rate of oral reading of single real words, single pseudowords, or text or of written spelling. However, prior research has focused more on the reading than the spelling problems of students with dyslexia. A test battery was administered to 122 children who met inclusion crite...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): is this disorder under-recognized?

Obsessive-Compulsive disorder is much more common than it was initially assumed. It can be a part of a major mental illness or can occur on its own. It was found that 1-year prevalence is in the range of 0.8-2.2 % in a study. 1 There are some interesting figures on this mental disorder: 2 1 in 200 young people at any time are suffering from OCD, boys are more likely to have an onset before pube...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder: Under-recognized and responsive to treatment.

Mood or anxiety concerns, when explored, may reveal associated OCD symptoms. Pharmacotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy have proven effective.

An under-recognized cause of polyarthritis: leprosy.