Fibromyalgia
1. Widespread pain index (WPI): Note the number of areas in which the patient has had pain over the last week. In how many areas has the patient had pain?…
Eye Movement Behavior Analyses for Studying Cognitive Performance and Conversion to Pathologies
Fig. 21.1 Eye-movement registering process. The monitor can be seen, where the sentences are displayed, and the eye tracker (above the monitor), which consists of a 1,000 frames per second…
Deep Brain Stimulation: A Promising Therapeutic Approach to the Treatment of Severe Depressed Patients — Current Evidence and Intrinsic Mechanisms
Fig. 19.1 General schematic representation of the VC/VS and NAc as targets for refractory MDD The ventral striatum complex includes the NAc, another region that was proposed as a DBS…
Mechanisms Involved in Memory Processes: Alterations Induced by Psychostimulants—Targeting the Central AT1 Receptors
The psychostimulant administration was observed to either improve (+), interfere (−) or have no effect (=) in the performance of rodents and humans in several learning trials: PA passive avoidance,…
Work and Psychological Suffering: A Case Study on Customer Service Employees at an Electrical Services Company
Fig. 24.1 Job satisfaction (Source: based on own data) With regard to loyalty to the organization, we could say it is very high. An indicator that gives us this impression…
Utility of Magnetic Resonance Findings in Elucidating Structural and Functional Brain Impairment in Traumatic Brain Injury
Fig. 31.1 Patient is a 20-year-old male admitted to the hospital for 30 ft. fall from oil rig. Patient was helicoptered in from the field and intubated due to low…
A Brief Bioethical Perspective on Work in the Field of Health
Fig. 7.1 Areas of professional activity The Hippocratic tradition must not be lost. It is what safeguards professional identity and offers a core value such as trust, which is at…
Liaison Psychiatry: Playing “Hide and Seek” with Delirium
Correct consultation request 33 Confusional state 6 Psychomotor agitation 15 Sensory-perceptive alterations 5 Behavioral disorder 2 Sleep disturbances 1 Hypoprosexia 2 Central nervous system depression 1 Disorientation 1 Absence of…
Cognitive Impairment/Dementia in Chronic Renal Disease
Central nervous system Peripheral nervous system Uremic encephalopathy Seizures Cognitive Impairment/dementia/delirium Cerebrovascular disease Intracerebral hemorrhage Cerebral micro-bleeds Cerebral infarction Silent cerebral infarction White matter lesions Dialysis encephalopathy/dementia Dialysis-induced abnormalities Dialysis…
Metabolic Association Between the Gut–Brain Axis in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Fig. 33.1 Schematic representation of different mechanisms thought to be implicated in the pathogenesis of autism Metabolic Insights in ASD In 1966, Dohan postulated that schizophrenia is the cause of…
