Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, 1st Symposium of EPSIG, 2016
Read MoreImage Source / Getty Images You’ve probably heard people talk about defense mechanisms, or ways that we protect ourselves from things that we don’t want to think about or deal with. The term got its start in psychoanalytic therapy, but it has slowly worked its way […]
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Full audio lectures for receptors, neuro-transmitters and mechanism of action of different psychoactive drugs Definitions: Agonist, antagonist, partial agonist, partial antagonist Partial Agonist Inverse Agonist Antagonist: Alleusteric: Imagine if we have baseline
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Diagnosing bipolar disorder Many patients with borderline personality disorder or other forms of moodiness are wrongly diagnosed as having bipolar disorder. On the other hand, it is simultaneously true that many patients with bipolar disorder (especially bipolar II disorder) continue to be misdiagnosed as having a […]
Read MoreModafinil (US brand name Provigil® and generic) is a wakefulness promoting agent. Here is key information about this medication. FDA-approved indications To improve wakefulness in adult patients with narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), or shift work disorder (SWD) Dosage 1. Adults Narcolepsy or OSA: 200 mg […]
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To screen for Obstructive Sleep Apnea, we need to check for multiple factors. The STOP-Bang questionnaire looks at these multiple factors. A link to information about the questionnaire is provided below. 1. Snoring Ask the patient and the person who sleeps […]
Read MoreThe FDA issued a warning on May 3, 2016 about aripiprazole stating that “compulsive or uncontrollable urges to gamble, binge eat, shop, and have sex have been reported with the use of aripiprazole (Abilify®, Abilify Maintena®, Aristada®, and generics). These uncontrollable urges were reported to have […]
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