Category Archives: Psychiatry/Neurology
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.
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
Stronger effect of amyloid load than APOE genotype on cognitive decline in healthy older adults
Good news. Time to start a proper curcumin trial. Stronger effect of amyloid load than APOE genotype on cognitive decline in healthy older adults Yen Ying Lim, MPsych, Kathryn A. Ellis, PhD, Robert H. Pietrzak, PhD, MPH, David Ames, MD, … Continue reading
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.