Withdrawal states and their clinical management

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 11 Withdrawal states and their clinical management Many individuals who have sustained serious problems as a result of their drinking have not developed dependence and…

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Assessment of patients with drinking problems

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Figure 10.1: William Sealy Gosset. Courtesy of Guinness/Diageo. History of and current reasons for help-seeking Enquiry should be made both about help sought by the patient in the past and…

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Surgical placement of deep brain stimulating leads for the treatment of movement disorders – intraoperative aspects: physiological mapping, test stimulation, and patient evaluation

Jan 29, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Surgical placement of deep brain stimulating leads for the treatment of movement disorders – intraoperative aspects: physiological mapping, test stimulation, and patient evaluation

Figure 3.1 Schematic diagram of the nuclei and pathways of the basal ganglia. The nigrostriatal pathway from the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) to the striatum is dopaminergic. In PD…

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Fundamentals of deep brain stimulation programming

Jan 29, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Fundamentals of deep brain stimulation programming

Figure 6.1 Deep brain stimulation (DBS) system, including a neurostimulator, extension, and DBS lead. Figure courtesy of Medtronic, Inc.; used with permission. Figure 6.2 Patient and clinician programmers. Figure courtesy…

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Principles of neurostimulation

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Figure 5.1 Schematic representation of the lines of electrical force that radiate from the negative electrode (cathode) for various configurations. In the case of unipolar configuration (a), where there is…

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