Background: Growing attention is paid to transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as a novel neuromodulation method in the treatment of psychiatric illnesses. In spite of its simple procedure, electrophysiological influence of tDCS is complex and not fully understood. Therefore, its procedure and clinical application is yet to be established. To address this issue, we reviewed and summari...

Large numbers of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery patients have psychiatric illnesses that are in part treated with medication preoperatively, but there are no objective data to guide psychiatric drug dosing postoperatively. An in vitro drug dissolution model was developed to approximate the gastrointestinal environment of the preoperative (control) and post-RYGB states. Medication table...

The development of psychopharmacolgy has reached a considerable progress in the treatment of mental illnesses, although patients have an ambivalent opinion regarding its use. It is generally believed that psychoactive drugs produce secondary effects, such as the potential capacity to create addiction. Little is known about the health professionals’ attitude towards the risks or benefits of psyc...

Wolfram syndrome is a relatively unexplored entity in clinical psychiatry. Historically, the discovery of a specific WFS1 gene had generated huge fanfare regarding specific genetic causations of psychiatric disorders. While the initial enthusiasm has faded now, association of Wolfram syndrome with psychiatric illnesses like schizophrenia, psychosis and suicidal behavior still remain important f...

Rational and logical answers have been the basis of all the sciences. Many questions in the understanding of psychiatric psychopathology and symptoms are rationally understood and a lot more are revealing due to the development of modern investigative techniques. Genetic factors are under active and extensive research for better understanding of psychiatric illnesses. And these approaches have ...

Wilson's disease, a disorder of copper metabolism, is known to be associated with psychiatric symptoms. Psychiatrists see about 20% of these cases before they are labeled as Wilson's disease. Reports of these patients treated mistakenly as primary psychiatric illnesses exist in literature. This report thus emphasizes a thorough underpinning in this disease on the part of psychiatrists in order ...

Stigmatization of individuals with mental illnesses is widespread and serves as a major barrier to treatment. In a survey of 116 undergraduates, the authors examined the impact of diagnosis, attitudes about treatment, and psychiatric terminology on stigma associated with mental illness. Stigmatization of schizophrenia was significantly higher than stigmatization of depression. More positive att...

An exhaustive review on the organic illnesses presenting with psychiatric manifestations, properly defined pseudopsychiatric emergencies, is presented. A systematic classification of the numerous organic causes of psychiatric disorders, based on authors' experience and literature revision, is carefully analysed, and their suitable diagnostic management in emergency setting is proposed. Moreover...

Neurological and psychiatric illnesses are among the most common and most serious health problems in developed societies. The most promising advances in neurological and psychiatric diseases will require advances in neuroscience for their elucidation, prevention, and treatment. Technical advances have improved methods for identifying brain regions involved during various types of cognitive acti...