The total population of 11,865 children of compulsory school age resident on the Isle of Wight was studied to determine the prevalence of epilepsy, cerebral palsy, and other neurological disorders. With the use of reliable methods, children selected from screening of the total population were individually studied by means of parental interviews and questionaries, neurological examination and ps...

9 February Dementia – from Local to Global Plenary Lecture 10 February The Neuropsychiatry of the Dementias Catatonia Guest Lecture 11 February Child Neuro-Psychiatric disorders in adult life Neuropsychiatry and Literature Keynote Speaker INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH, central London

BACKGROUND To address the impact of using multiple sources of data in the United States Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) compared to using only one source of data to identify those with neuropsychiatric diagnoses. METHODS Our data source was the 2010 MCBS with associated Medicare claims files (N = 14, 672 beneficiaries). The MCBS uses a stratified multistage probability sample desig...

In the past decade there has been renewed interest in psychiatric and movement dis-interest in psychiatric and movement disorders that develop in the context of orders that develop in the context of streptococcal infection. There is increasing streptococcal infection. There is increasing evidence that these disorders are auto-evidence that these disorders are auto-immune and are mediated by ant...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to characterize the prevalence and clinical features of kleptomania, an impulse control disorder, in patients with Behçet's disease involving the central nervous system. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Medical records of 350 patients with neuro-Behçet's disease were evaluated, and clinical and neuropsychological features of patients with kleptomania were noted. RESUL...

Mammals live in a co-evolutionary association with the plethora of microorganisms that reside at a variety of tissue microenvironments. The microbiome represents the collective genomes of these co-existing microorganisms, which is shaped by host factors such as genetics and nutrients but in turn is able to influence host biology in health and disease. Niche-specific microbiome, prominently the ...

hepatitis b, as a chronic disorder that may be associated with several psychiatric disorders, such as depression, and decrease quality of life of affected patients. one of the most important consequences of psychiatric problems is reduced patient compliance with prolonged therapeutic regimens. psychotherapy, such as solution– focused therapy, may help these patients to resolve psychiatric probl...