Category Archives: Psychiatry/Neurology

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and brain hemorrhage

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and brain hemorrhage A meta-analysis Daniel G. Hackam, MD, PhD, FRCPC and Marko Mrkobrada, MD, FRCPC + Author Affiliations From the Stroke Prevention and Atherosclerosis Research Centre (SPARC) (D.G.H.) and Clinical Trials Unit (M.M.), Robarts Research … Continue reading

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Findings reveal brain mechanisms at work during sleep, and other sleep news from the SFN Annual meeting

Sleepiness disrupts the coordinated activity of an important network of brain regions; the impaired function of this network is also implicated in Alzheimer’s disease (Andrew Ward, abstract 909.05). via Findings reveal brain mechanisms at work during sleep.

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“Clock-watching” and insomnia are linked to posttraumatic stress symptoms – packaged with a zolpidem ad!

Just got this mass email. The ad next to it is for zolpidem – just the kind of stuff that might NOT benefit post-traumatic states. What’s the message here? OCTOBER 2012 Advertisement Editor’s note Approximately 50% of chronic insomnia patients … Continue reading

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Fresh off the press: Angst – Origins of Anxiety and Depression by Jeffrey P. Kahn, MD

My friend and colleague Dr. Kahn just published his book on Anxiety. Thorough coverage of our work on panic disorder is gratefully acknowledged.   Angst Origins of Anxiety and Depression Jeffrey P. Kahn, MD Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry Weill … Continue reading

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Role of DaTSCAN and clinical diagnosis in Parkinson disease.

Important discussion, especially with an estimated cancer incidence of 1 on 7500 DaTSCANs. Neurology. 2012 Mar 6;78(10):696-701. Epub 2012 Feb 8. Role of DaTSCAN and clinical diagnosis in Parkinson disease. de la Fuente-Fernández R. Source Section of Neurology, Hospital A. … 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.