Category Archives: Forensic Neuropsychiatry

A timely reminder: The Great Recession and Mental Health in the United States

Socioeconomic distress and decline of emotional health. Narrow focus but worth reading. Public source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7413622/ “This study provides the first comprehensive look at how Americans’ mental health changed as a function of hardships during The Great Recession. While population-level mental … Continue reading

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Metformin Use Is Associated With Slowed Cognitive Decline and Reduced Incident Dementia in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

Metformin Use Is Associated With Slowed Cognitive Decline and Reduced Incident Dementia in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study Katherine Samaras, Steve Makkar, John D. Crawford, Nicole A. Kochan, Wei Wen, Brian Draper, Julian … Continue reading

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Vitamin-D and COVID-19: do deficient risk a poorer outcome?

Source: DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(20)30183-2 “Despite difficulties in comparing data across nations, mortality from COVID-19 is clearly higher in some countries than in others. Many factors could have a role in this disparity, including differences in proportion of elderly people in a population, … Continue reading

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Alzheimer’s Drug Linked to Potentially Serious Muscle Condition

  Megan Brooks September 19, 2019 The Alzheimer’s drug donepezil (multiple brands) is associated with a twofold higher risk for hospital admission for rhabdomyolysis, a rare but potentially life-threatening condition in which muscle cells break down. It can lead to kidney damage. … Continue reading

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Coupled electrophysiological, hemodynamic, and cerebrospinal fluid oscillations in human sleep.

Science. 2019 Nov 1;366(6465):628-631. doi: 10.1126/science.aax5440. Coupled electrophysiological, hemodynamic, and cerebrospinal fluid oscillations in human sleep. Fultz NE1,2, Bonmassar G2,3, Setsompop K2,3, Stickgold RA4,5, Rosen BR2,3, Polimeni JR2,3, Lewis LD6,2. Author information 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, … 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.