Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience articles from November 2006

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience archives from November 2006

Is the thyroid still important in major depression?(Editorial)
November 1, 2006... For more than a century, there have been rich descriptions in the clinical literature of prominent depressive symptoms in patients with thyroid disease, particularly clinical hypothyroidism. (1-2) This link between the thyroid and depression...

Cognitive dysfunctions in schizophrenia: potential benefits of cholinesterase inhibitor adjunctive therapy.(Clinical report)
November 1, 2006... Objective: In schizophrenia, cognitive dysfunctions commonly affect attention, memory and executive function, interfere with functional outcome and remain difficult to treat. Previous studies have implicated the cholinergic system in cognitive...

Correction.(Correction notice)
November 1, 2006... The following note should have accompanied Dr. Selby's article "Psychopharmacology of smoking cessation in patients with mental illness" in the last issue of the Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (2006;31[5]:360). Competing interests:...

Depression in acute stroke.(Research Paper/Article de recherce)(Clinical report)
November 1, 2006... Objective: Depression is one of the most frequent neuropsychiatric disturbances in stroke patients. The clinical aspects and correlations of depression in the first days after acute stroke are less known. This study aimed to 1) assess the...

Differential effects of naltrexone on cardiac, subjective and behavioural reactions to acute ethanol intoxication. (Research Paper/Article de recherce.
November 1, 2006... Objective: Alcohol may have psychomotor stimulant properties during the rising limb of the blood alcohol curve at commonly self-administered doses. Increased heart rate (HR) immediately after alcohol consumption may serve as an indicator or...

About the mechanisms of auditory verbal hallucinations: a study. (Research Paper/Article de recherce.(Clinical report)
November 1, 2006... Objective: Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) likely result from disorders, as yet unspecified, of the neural mechanisms of language. Here we examine the functional neuroanatomy of single-word reading in patients with and without a history...

The relation between peripheral and central glutamate and glutamine in healthy male volunteers.(Clinical report)
November 1, 2006... Objective: High-field strength proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ([sup.1]H-MRS) and peripheral blood analyses reported in the literature reveal glutamate (Glu) and glutamine (Gln) abnormalities in schizophrenia. Given the relative ease and...

Concerns regarding antidepressant drug use during pregnancy.(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2006... I have several concerns with the recent editorial by Dr. Blier regarding antidepressant drugs and pregnancy. (1) In his editorial, Dr. Blier failed to adequately discuss the association of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)...

Reply: practicing medicine on the basis of the unconfirmed and omitting the established facts.(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2006... I read with attention the concerns of Dr. Urato regarding my peer-reviewed editorial on depression, the use of antidepressant medications in pregnancy and breast feeding (1) recently published in the Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience....

The 29th annual meeting of the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology: Chicago, Illinois, USA, July 9-13, 2006.(CCNP News and views/Nouvelles et opinions de CCNP)
November 1, 2006... Some highlights of the 29th Annual Meeting of the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CCNP) are briefly described here. A full report is available online. Award lectures The 2006 CCNP Heinz Lehmann Award lecture was given by...

Metabolic syndrome: relevance to antidepressant treatment.(Psychopharmacology for the Clinician/Psychopharmacologie pratique)(Clinical report)
November 1, 2006... Antidepressant medications are often associated with weight gain and metabolic abnormalities in vulnerable patients. It is well known that obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes are associated with a large number of deaths all over the world....