Functional images of the brain and psychopharmacology Dr. Humberto Nicolini The various techniques of functional brain imaging have evolved surprisingly Ulti-mos in 15 years. Since the appearance of the skull radiography and electroencephalogram-techniques for over 100 years were the only tools for the brain, either in structure and function-until the [...]
Abstracts of the XII World Congress of Psychiatry of the World Association of Psychiatry in Yokohama, Japan Chosen by Drs. John E. Mezzich and Miguel R. Jorge Profile of cytokines in MDD subtypes F. Lotufo-Neto, A. Marques, W. Domingues, E. Prado Institute and Department of Psychiatry, University of São [...]
Abstracts of XVII Peruvian Congress of Psychiatry "Federico Sal y Rosas" Bolivarian II Regional Meeting of the Latin American Psychiatric Association and I Regional Meeting of the World Psychiatric Association Chosen by Drs. Juan Mezzich, Gabriela and Maria Isabel Zapata Kuroiwa Subjectivity in psychiatry and psychopathological phenomena Dr. Gastelumendi [...]
Summaries from the World Congress of Sexology held in Havana, Cuba, from 10 to 14 March Chosen by Dr. Carlos Berganza The role of hotlines in clinical sexology: the Portuguese experience Dra. Patricia Pascoal, Portugal The hotlines exist in the United States since the early twentieth century. Initially, they [...]
Keywords: bipolar disorder, drug treatment, mood disorders, mania, schizophrenia, depression mayorLineamientos consensus of experts for the pharmacological treatment of bipolar disorder: a new therapeutic tool Dr. David A. Kahn, Dr. Gary S. Sachs, Dr. David J. Printz, Prof. Daniel Carpenter, Dr. John P. Docherty, and Prof. Ruth Ross Introduction [...]
Therapeutic and diagnostic ADHD Guide - Part I Dr. Peter S. Jensen and Ms. Maura Crowe Background disorder attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common behavioral / emotional disorder among school-age children and adolescents. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (Diagnostic and Statistical [...]
Delirium Trihexyphenidyl Hydrochloride Dr. Andres and Dr. Jaime Solis Heerlein Summary For a patient of 17 years old, single, student, who is taken by her parents to consult the emergency service by behavioral problems, disorientation, paranoid and suicidal ideation, secondary use of trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride associated with consumption is presented [...]
Light therapy for seasonal depressive disorder Dr. Andrés Heerlein Introduction Since the work of Rosenthal and colleagues1 pioneers of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and phototherapy, many authors have stressed the need to include this kind of therapeutic tool in the treatment guidelines disorders ánimo.1-3 Light therapy was first introduced [...]