Yearly Archives: 2014

New Book Alert: Panic Disorder: Neurobiological and Treatment Aspects

Panic Disorder/Psychiatry Home > Medicine > Psychiatry SUBDISCIPLINES JOURNALS BOOKS SERIES TEXTBOOKS REFERENCE WORKS Panic Disorder Neurobiological and Treatment Aspects Nardi, Antonio Egidio, Freire, Rafael Christophe R (Eds.) 2015, Approx. 300 p. 20 illus., 5 illus. in color. Available Formats: eBook Information Hardcover Information approx. $189.00 … Continue reading

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Clinical benefit of a ketogenic diet is in preventing an increase in appetite, despite weight loss.

Obes Rev. 2014 Nov 17. doi: 10.1111/obr.12230. [Epub ahead of print] Do ketogenic diets really suppress appetite? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Gibson AA1, Seimon RV, Lee CM, Ayre J, Franklin J, Markovic TP, Caterson ID, Sainsbury A. Author information Abstract Very-low-energy diets (VLEDs) and ketogenic low-carbohydrate diets … Continue reading

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Special issue on panic disorder: Actual separations and losses during childhood, such parental death, parental separation or divorce (CPL), effect lifelong alterations in the physiological reactivity of the endogenous opioid system of healthy adults.

This is the final, published version of our paper, published in the special issue of Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews Volume 46, Part 3, October 2014, Pages 345–351 Translational approaches to panic disorder http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763414000827 PDF: Preter Klein 2014 final journal version Nov … Continue reading

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Autoimmune disease, inflammation and the brain

Went to a fabulous lecture by  Dr. Souhel Najjar on autoimmune encephalitis this morning. As a reminder, bad relationships (including with one’s self-image etc.) can also cause/contribute to inflammatory burden. Below is a well-informed and written piece on Anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis … Continue reading

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The relationship between childhood parental loss and metabolic syndrome in obese subjects.

Pro-inflammatory effects of CPL? [M]ultivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that both childhood loss of a parent and a body mass index (BMI) value greater than 50 were significant predictors of metabolic syndrome. This study provides preliminary evidence linking childhood parental loss to risk factors for the development of metabolic syndrome. Continue reading

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Maurice Preter, MD

Maurice Preter, MD is a European and U.S. educated psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psychopharmacologist, neurologist, and medical-legal expert in private practice in Manhattan. He is also the principal of Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, PLLC, a medical concierge service and health advisory for select individuals and families.