10.4172/Neuropsychiatry.1000233 © 2017 pISSN 1758-2008 eISSN 1758-2016 Neuropsychiatry (London) (2017) 7(4), 433–437 433 1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tao-Yuan General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan 2Institute of Gerontology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan,Taiwan 3Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA 4Dep...

j Abstract The recent developments of psychiatry getting better insight into the biological basis of psychiatric disorders questions the old division between psychiatry and neurology. The present paper focus on the concept of neuropsychiatry, its historical antecedents and closely associated disciplines like biological psychiatry, behavioral neurology and neuropsychology. A special emphasis is ...

10.4172/Neuropsychiatry.1000147 © 2016 pISSN 1758-2008 eISSN 1758-2016 Neuropsychiatry (London) (2016) 6(5), 251–263 251 1Programa de Doctorat de Psiquiatria, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain 2Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit, Hospital Universitari Mutua Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain 3Clinical Research Group of Brain, Cognition, and Behavior, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Spain 4Ne...

10.4172/Neuropsychiatry.1000135 © 2016 pISSN 1758-2008 eISSN 1758-2016 Neuropsychiatry (London) (2016) 6(4), 161–166 161 1Department of Addiction Psychiatry, Taoyuan Psychiatric Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan 2Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Taoyuan Psychiatric Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan 3Department of Psychiatry, National Tai...

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined whether attributional style (an individual's explanation of why events happen) is a genetically influenced vulnerability factor for depression. AIMS To investigate whether attributional style is an enduring vulnerability trait for recurrent depression. METHOD As part of the Cardiff Depression Study, we interviewed 108 people with depression and their sib...

10.4172/Neuropsychiatry.1000239 © 2017 pISSN 1758-2008 eISSN 1758-2016 Neuropsychiatry (London) (2017) 7(5), 478–486 478 1Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, No.110, Sec.1, Jianguo N. Rd., Taichung 40201, Taiwan 2Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 162 Sec.1 He-Ping East Road, Taipei 10610, Taiwan 3Department of Fam...

AIM The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) as a screening tool for emotional and behavioral problems in three different populations at risk. METHODS The SDQ is a brief screening questionnaire that investigates the presence of emotional and behavioural problems in children and adolescents. We have analyzed 497 questionnaires c...

Aims and method Previous studies have shown variations in commissioning of neuropsychiatry services and this makes access to neuropsychiatric services a post-code lottery. In this survey, we approached all mental health and neuropsychiatric service commissioners within London to map current funding and commissioning arrangements, and explored perceived barriers to neuropsychiatric service commi...