Editor’s Message and Issue Highlights—July–August 2015

In this study, the authors assessed the initial psychometric properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the CD-Quest, an instrument designed to enable cognitive behavioral therapy patients and their therapists to assess and monitor, over time, any errors in cognitive information processing (and the consequent emotional states and dysfunctional behaviors) the patients may exhibit. Based on their analysis of the data, the authors concluded that the psychometric indicators of the CD-Quest are adequate and promising measures of common cognitive distortions; however, the authors recognized that their sample, which comprised Brazilian undergraduate medical and psychology students, prevents the generalizability of the findings to other contexts, such as general and clinical populations. Future studies evaluating the psychometric aspects of this questionnaire in diversified samples, especially in the general population, will be needed before a final conclusion of validity and reliability of CD-Quest can be established. Steen et al follow with their review article “Electroconvulsive Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis.” The authors examined the literature (primarily case reports) regarding the safety and efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for use in the treatment of psychiatric issues (e.g., depression) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The authors found that, while no clinical recommendations can be drawn without further investigation, overall, patients with MS ...
Source: Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Tags: Editor's Message: Issue Highlights Neurology Psychiatry Amir H. Kalali Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience Source Type: research