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While it has been argued that panic disorder is essentially the result of biochemical abnormalities associated with genetic predisposition (Sheehan, 1982), a recent literature review by Rapee (1987) concluded that psychological theories have been better supported by recent empirical research in this area. A central cognitive component of panic disorder is catastrophic misinterpretation of physi...

OBJECTIVE To explore the efficacy of remotely-supervised transcranial direct current stimulation (RS-tDCS) paired with cognitive training (CT) exercise in participants with multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS In a feasibility study of RS-tDCS in MS, participants completed ten sessions of tDCS paired with CT (1.5 mA × 20 min, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex montage). RS-tDCS participants were comp...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on cognition. METHOD We compared the performance of 17 patients with polysomnographic diagnosis of OSA in brief cognitive tests to that of 20 healthy controls, matched for age and education. The testing battery included the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Brief Cognitive Screening Battery (BCSB), Digit-Symbol (DS) and Pho...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of teaching general practitioners skills in brief cognitive behaviour therapy. DESIGN Parallel group, cluster randomised, controlled trial of an educational package on cognitive behaviour therapy. SETTING General practices in north London. PARTICIPANTS 84 general practitioner principals and 272 patients attending their practices who scored above the t...

PURPOSE This study investigated the influence of suggestive signs of depression (SSD) in right-hemisphere brain-damaged (RHD) patients following a stroke on their cognitive performance measured by a brief neuropsychological assessment battery. METHODS Forty-two adults with RHD after a single episode of stroke and 84 matched controls participated in this study. They were assessed by means of t...