On nihilistic delusions, interoception and autoimmune psychosis...

Amazing effort led by Christopher Hahn and Jennifer McCombe to develop Canadian guidelines for diagnosis and management of #autoimmuneencephalitis . Enjoyed working with colleagues across the country on this, and looking forward to future collaborations!

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🚲 ABSTRACT DEADLINE 🚲
You have 6 more weeks to submit your abstract for the #ISFTD 2024 Conference in Amsterdam September 19-22nd 2024! More info: isftd2024.org

#endFTD #FTD #ISFTD

NIC-FTD directors Simon Ducharme and Yolande Pijnenburg, together with Daniela Galimberti, Timo Grimmer, Glens Halliday and Olivier Piguet have published the rationale and aim of their DIPPA-FTD study! Check out the paper 👇🏽

This study is dear to me. The title says it all: Assessing cortical excitability with electroencephalography sciencedirect.com/science/articl… with Anna-Lisa Schuler Zhengchen Cai daniele marinazzo Mario Tombini Lorenzo Ricci and more #WesternU CNS WesternU Epilepsy

Pleased to announce number 2 has been released: led by the tireless Sophie Binks and Dr Michele V

tinyurl.com/4ncmcac2

Bottom lines:
> despite low mRS, LGI1 patients have multiple residual deficits
> there is high carer burden
> fatigue best correlates with QoL

Biogen has officially announced its decision to discontinue all development and sales of aducanumab (Aduhelm) for Alzheimer disease. psychiatrictimes.com/view/biogen-di…

Very thrilled to see this landmark study come out and so proud that our team played an important role. Acetyl-L-leucine shows significant benefits in patients with Niemann Pick type C across the disease spectrum.

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Our paper on suicidal thoughts & behaviors in anti-NMDA receptor #encephalitis was among the top 5 most discussed articles in Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences 🙌🏼

Thanks to
Beto Tellez
Miguel Restrepo-Martínez
Tom Pollak
Dr Ava Easton, CEO - Encephalitis International
Francisco Martínez et al 😉

Socioeconomic disparities harm cognition, yet their impact on social skills is debated. At Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Sol Fittipaldi, Joaquín Migeot and I discuss when and how socioeconomic disparities reduces social cognition and prosociality 👉doi.org/10.1016/j.tics…

Neuroscience in pictures:1. History of psychiatric neuroscience sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A new research paper from our #neuropsychiatry group! 🧠🧵

We made a systematic study of 100 patients with definite anti-NMDAR #encephalitis to clarify the

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC PHENOTYPES OF ANTI-NMDAR ENCEPHALTIS: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY bit.ly/39dR3AE

Patients with FTD often present with repetitive behaviours, including compulsivity, stereotypy, and hoarding. Restrepo-Martínez et al. review established definitions of repetitive behaviours and propose operational definitions applicable to FTD. tinyurl.com/rwu3dj7x

Ash Paul Dr Sanil Rege FRANZCP | MRCPsych Berker Duman Sorry to be pedantic again, but our full guideline can be found here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37039129/. It references >500 articles and the grade of evidence supporting each recommendation is given, as you rightly point out it should be. I think the screenshot was from the abstract.

Major neurocognitive #psychosis : a novel #schizophrenia endophenotype class that is based on machine learning and resembles Kraepelin’s and Bleuler’s conceptions |
Acta Neuropsychiatrica | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3Rq595T

A day in my life as a consultant.

Obligatory reference: doi.org/10.1176/appi.n…

'La figura del mundo propone una negociación con el tiempo perdido. ¿Pero cómo trabajar la pérdida de un padre ausente?', escribe Jesus Ramirez-Bermudez razon.com.mx/el-cultural/co…

Routine brain scans for people with psychosis could identify underlying physical conditions causing their symptoms.

New paper Graham Blackman found 6% of 1,600 psychosis patients had a scan abnormality leading to a different diagnosis or change in care.

psych.ox.ac.uk/news/routine-b…

🌳🧠Las condiciones de vida urbana en América Latina impactan la salud cerebral y mental, la falta de espacios verdes y la exposición a la contaminación y al estrés son factores clave. Discutimos estos factores con excelentes profesionales en la Voz de América
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Acá el enlace de la reunión:

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