Chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc) is a rare hereditary disorder characterized by involuntary choreiform movements and erythrocytic acanthocytosis. Pharmacotherapy for control of involuntary movements has generally been of limited benefit. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has recently been used for treatment of some refractory cases of ChAc. We report here on the effect of bilateral high-frequency DBS of...

Background It is an important objective of the psychiatric services to keep the use of involuntary procedures to a minimum, as the use of coercion involves clinical, ethical, and legal issues. It has been claimed that Norway has a relatively high rate of involuntary admissions. We reviewed the peer-reviewed literature on the use of involuntary admission in Norway, with the purpose of identifyin...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to analyse the structure of involuntary psychiatric holds in Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw, throughout the year. Our research interests included socio-demographic profiles of the patients, time of admissions (time of a day/night/ season), type of diagnoses at admission and suicide attempts preceding the admission. We also analysed the normat...

Faecal incontinence has been previously defined as ‘the involuntary or inappropriate passage of faeces’. This definition, however, is considered to be incomplete as it does not include incontinence to flatus. Therefore many adopt the term anal incontinence to include flatus. The current recommended definition of anal incontinence is the involuntary loss of flatus, liquid or solid stool that is ...

The present paper contains some data on acoustic speech variations due to different speaking manners found in the VeriVox speech database. The database was recorded using special software aimed at getting both voluntary and involuntary speech variations. Some involuntary variations, speech in noise and speech when other tasks interfere, has been studied. Data on speaking rate, loudness, F0 and ...

Dystonia is defined as a “neurologic syndrome characterized by involuntary, sustained, patterned contractions of opposing muscles, causing twisting and repetitive movement or abnormal postures” may be associated with tremor (dystonia tremor) or myoclonus (myoclonic dystonia). 1 Hemifacial spasm is characterized by irregular, involuntary muscle contraction on one side of the face. This disease t...

In this article the author argues that involuntary psychiatric interventions are inherently dangerous and potentially harmful to their subjects, thus challenging the Hippocratic ethical principle of "first do no harm." Damages arising from coercion in common clinical situations are analyzed, as well as the motives of psychiatrists for persistently promoting an expansion of involuntary intervent...

Correspondence: Hilda Ho, MBChB, MPhil, FRCPsych, Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital Ministry of Health, Brunei Darussalam BA1710 Email: [email protected] INTRODUCTION Brunei Darussalam is a small country (population 406,000) in Southeast Asia, which scores highly in economic, health and aa social indicators. Mental health care services have undergone a period of expansion and developm...

INTRODUCTION There is little knowledge of predictors for involuntary hospitalizations in acute psychiatric units. METHOD The Multi-center study of Acute Psychiatry included all cases of acute consecutive psychiatric admissions in twenty acute psychiatric units in Norway, representing about 75% of the acute psychiatric units during 2005-2006. Data included admission process, rating of Global A...