Active improvised music therapy may offer an adjuvant from of treatment in the early rehabilitation of severe brain-injured patients. Active music therapy consists of musical improvisation between patient and therapist by singing or by playing different musical instruments, according to the vital functions, the neurological conditions and the motor abilities of the patients. We studied 34 sever...

BACKGROUND Previous reports have shown a significant relationship between suicide ideation and mixed depression. The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence and clinical characteristics of mixed depression among non-violent suicide attempters. METHODS Using a structured interview (modified Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview) and assessing all the symptoms of 16 psychiatric ...

Schizencephaly is a rare malformation of the central nervous system defined as a gray matter-lined cleft filled with cerebrospinal fluid that extends from the pial surface to the ventricle. Few cases of association with psychosis were reported in the scientific literature. We present a case of a 46-year-old woman, admitted into a psychiatric hospital with crises of psychomotor agitation, disorg...

M e t h o d s Data sources: MEDLINE (1966 to July 2004), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and reference lists of retrieved studies and reviews. Study selection and assessment: English-language, randomized, double-blind, placebocontrolled trials (RCTs) or meta-analyses of RCTs that evaluated any drug therapy in patients with dementia, including Alzheimer disease, vascular dementia, mixed...

Introduction: Depression has multifactorial characters including brain-behavioral disorders, alteration in cognitive psychomotor and emotional process. Millions of people are worldwide suffering from this illness. This disease happens in all ages of men and women. This research tries to introduce a traditional medication in comparison with common chemical anti-depressant drugs. This experimen...

introduction: depression has multifactorial characters including brain-behavioral disorders, alteration in cognitive psychomotor and emotional process. millions of people are worldwide suffering from this illness. this disease happens in all ages of men and women. this research tries to introduce a traditional medication in comparison with common chemical anti-depressant drugs. this experiment ...

Case presentation: H.C.D.M., 6 years old, female, white, single, student. Patient born by cesarean section, at term, with adequate weight. Fruit of the 2nd pregnancy, from non-consanguineous parents. Gestation, childbirth and post without complications. Father an epileptic history. The patient started condition 1 year age, in 2017, recurrent spasms that were difficult-to-control. In July/2020, ...

In South Florida, there has been a highly addictive new synthetic drug flooding the streets for people looking for a cheap high. Alpha-PVP, better known as Flakka, is an illegal substance that sells on the streets for as little as $5 a hit and delivers an instant high that can last from hours to days with lingering effects for weeks after it has been ingested. Although people use Flakka for its...