A block rotation task: The application of multivariate and decision theory analysis for the prediction of organic brain disorder.

1966 ◽  
Vol 80 (21) ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Satz
Keyword(s):  
Decision Theory ◽  
Block Rotation ◽  
Theory Analysis ◽  
Brain Disorder ◽  
Organic Brain

Occurrence of mirtazapine-induced delirium in organic brain disorder

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Bailer ◽  
P. Fischer ◽  
B. Küfferle ◽  
J. Stastny ◽  
S. Kasper
Keyword(s):  
Brain Disorder ◽  
Organic Brain

EFFECTS OF MARIHUANA ON PAIN AND VERBAL MEMORY: A SENSORY DECISION THEORY ANALYSIS

1979 ◽  
pp. 665-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. CRAWFORD CLARK ◽  
RAYMOND R. GOETZ ◽  
RICHARD H. MCCARTHY ◽  
BRENDA BEMPORAD ◽  
PHILLIP ZEIDENBERG
Keyword(s):  
Decision Theory ◽  
Verbal Memory ◽  
Theory Analysis ◽  
Sensory Decision Theory

Cognitive disorders, epilepsy, ADHD, and offending

2012 ◽  
pp. 1928-1932
Author(s):  
Norbert Nedopil
Keyword(s):  
Forensic Psychiatry ◽  
Affective Disorders ◽  
Criminal Responsibility ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Diagnostic Category ◽  
Cognitive Disorders ◽  
Brain Disorder ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Organic Brain ◽  
Organic Disorder

‘Cognitive disorders’ is a broad and heterogeneous diagnostic category, which includes different disorders, each with a distinct aetiology. They affect individuals in different ways depending on the age in which they occur. The term may be applied to a child, who has experienced perinatal trauma as well as to an older person with a beginning dementia of the Alzheimer type. The scientific literature on offenders with cognitive disorders is sparse. Most authors in forensic psychiatry do not systematically differentiate between the diagnostic subcategories and tend to use broad terms, such as organic disorder, organic psychosis, organic brain syndrome, neuropsychological deficit, dementia, mental handicap, mental retardation to include a number of different disorders in their studies. The number of patients with any kind of brain disorder in forensic hospitals and institutions is comparatively small and ranges from 1 to 10 per cent of all forensic inpatients. The same numbers apply for individuals assessed for criminal responsibility or risk of reoffending. Compared to major mental disorders like schizophrenia or affective disorders or to personality disorders, patients with cognitive disorders account for only a small proportion of individuals seen by forensic psychiatrists. Subdividing this group any further would be statistically irrelevant. The way forensic psychiatry and the law deals with offenders suffering from organic brain disorders is rather derived from case reports and convention than from empirical knowledge.

Selective Mutism and Abnormal Electroencephalography (EEG) Tracings

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 1377-1382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keren Politi ◽  
Sara Kivity ◽  
Hadassa Goldberg-Stern ◽  
Ayelet Halevi ◽  
Avinoam Shuper
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Picture ◽  
Selective Mutism ◽  
Brain Disorder ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
Epileptic Discharges ◽  
History Of ◽  
Organic Brain ◽  
History Of Epilepsy ◽  
Work Up ◽  
Benign Epilepsy

Epileptic discharges are not considered a part of the clinical picture of selective mutism, and electroencephalography is generally not recommended in its work-up. This report describes 6 children with selective mutism who were found to have a history of epilepsy and abnormal interictal or subclinical electroencephalography recordings. Two of them had benign epilepsy of childhood with centro-temporal spikes. The mutism was not related in time to the presence of active seizures. While seizures could be controlled in all children by medications, the mutism resolved only in 1. Although the discharges could be coincidental, they might represent a co-morbidity of selective mutism or even play a role in its pathogenesis. Selective mutism should be listed among the psychiatric disorders that may be associated with electroencephalographic abnormalities. It can probably be regarded as a symptom of a more complicated organic brain disorder.

Psychiatric Hospital versus Community Treatment: The Results of a Randomised Trial

1983 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hoult ◽  
Ingrid Reynolds ◽  
Marie Charbonneau-Powis ◽  
Penelope Weekes ◽  
Jennifer Briggs
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Hospital Care ◽  
Standard Care ◽  
Randomised Trial ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitals ◽  
Primary Diagnosis ◽  
Community Treatment ◽  
Brain Disorder ◽  
After Care ◽  
Organic Brain

One hundred and twenty patients presenting for admission were randomly allocated into two groups. Controls received standard hospital care and after-care. Projects were not admitted if this could be avoided; instead they and their relatives were provided with comprehensive community treatment and a 24-hour crisis service. Patients with a primary diagnosis of alcohol or drug dependence, organic brain disorder or mental retardation were excluded. During the 12 months study period, 96% of controls were admitted, 51% more than once. Of the projects, 60% were not admitted at all and only 8% were admitted more than once. Controls spent an average of 53.5 days in psychiatric hospitals; projects spent an average of 8.4 days. Community treatment did not increase the burden upon the community, was considered to be significantly more satisfactory and helpful by patients and their relatives, achieved a clinically superior outcome, and cost less than standard care and after-care.

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