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Outcomes in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) at 6 months post-infection Part 1: Cognitive functioning
CONCLUSIONS: The results were noteworthy for infrequent Impaired scores, and significant correlations between cognition and mood/anxiety measures, but not between cognitive performance and premorbid vascular risk factors, psychiatric diagnoses, or COVID-19 disease severity. Results suggest that psychological distress was prominent in PASC and related to objective cognitive performance, but objective cognitive performance was unrelated to cognitive complaints. Other contributing factors may include fatigue/sleep issues. Neurologically based cognitive deficits were not suggested by the results.During the COVID-19 pandemic, r...
Source: The Clinical Neuropsychologist - February 8, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Douglas M Whiteside Michael R Basso Savana M Naini James Porter Erin Holker Eric J Waldron Tanya E Melnik Natalie Niskanen Sarah E Taylor Source Type: research

Mary Brown Parlee (1943–2018).
Mary Brown Parlee was a pioneer feminist scholar who made noteworthy and enduring contributions to the study of the menstrual cycle. Parlee died in Somerville, Massachusetts, on June 27, 2018, following a hemorrhagic stroke. Throughout her career, Parlee devoted considerable energy to educating the public about psychology and to correcting misapprehensions about women that the discipline had promulgated. In the late 1970s, she served as an associate editor for Psychology Today, which was then a well-regarded popular scientific publication. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: American Psychologist - July 15, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Thrombolytic Therapy in Cocaine Users with Ischemic Stroke: A Review of Current Practice.
Authors: Siniscalchi A, De Sarro G, Pacifici R, Pisani E, Sanguigni S, Gallelli L Abstract Alteplase is the main pharmacological treatment available for intravenous thrombolysis in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Endovascular treatment alone or add-on to intravenous thrombolysis is a valid approach in acute ischemic stroke with cerebral large vessel disease. The most common serious adverse reaction related to alteplase is the development of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage and the presence of cerebral small vessel disease may increase this risk, particularly in cocaine users, even if only few data have bee...
Source: Psychopharmacology Bulletin - March 15, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Psychopharmacol Bull Source Type: research

Functional Stroke Mimics: Incidence and Characteristics at a Primary Stroke Center in the Middle East
Conclusions FSM frequencies varied by nationality, with Arab and African nationals being twice as prevalent. Stress, vulnerable status as expats, sociopolitical instability, and exposure to trauma are proposed as potential factors contributing to FSM.
Source: Psychosomatic Medicine - May 31, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

The Role of Apathy and Depression on Verbal Learning and Memory Performance After Stroke.
Conclusions: These results suggest that apathy, not depression, is related to verbal memory performance in stroke patients. Future research should explore whether treatment of apathy (e.g., improving motivation) could be a novel target for improving cognition after stroke. Researchers should also examine whether this model can be applied to other aspects of cognition, including executive function and other areas of memory including autobiographical and working memory. PMID: 29788381 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - May 18, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Fishman KN, Ashbaugh AR, Lanctôt KL, Cayley ML, Herrmann N, Murray BJ, Sicard M, Lien K, Sahlas DJ, Swartz RH Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: research

Upper Alpha Based Neurofeedback Training in Chronic Stroke: Brain Plasticity Processes and Cognitive Effects.
Abstract In the present study, we investigated the effects of upper alpha based neurofeedback (NF) training on electrical brain activity and cognitive functions in stroke survivors. Therefore, two single chronic stroke patients with memory deficits (subject A with a bilateral subarachnoid hemorrhage; subject B with an ischemic stroke in the left arteria cerebri media) and a healthy elderly control group (N = 24) received up to ten NF training sessions. To evaluate NF training effects, all participants performed multichannel electroencephalogram (EEG) resting measurements and a neuropsychological test battery a...
Source: Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback - February 13, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kober SE, Schweiger D, Reichert JL, Neuper C, Wood G Tags: Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback Source Type: research

Special Interest Groups - Updates in Psychosomatics (SIG-UPs): Alcohol Use Disorders in Women
While low to moderate alcohol use has shown to yield cardiovascular benefit, heavy alcohol intake has been associated with many adverse effects including increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke, alcoholic liver disease, pancreatitis, as well as overall morbidity and mortality. Recent studies show a clear gender difference; women have an increased risk for all-cause mortality with moderate to heavy alcohol use.1 Worldwide statistics indicate 45% of women consume alcohol,1 stressing the need for careful screening and dual diagnosis treatment to decrease use and improve overall health outcomes.
Source: Psychosomatics - August 20, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Neeta Shenai, Jody Glance, Patrick Marshalek Source Type: research

Special Interest Groups —Updates in Psychosomatics (SIG-UPs): Alcohol Use Disorders in Women
Although low to moderate alcohol use has been shown to yield cardiovascular benefit, heavy alcohol intake has been associated with many adverse effects, including increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke, alcoholic liver disease, pancreatitis, as well as overall morbidity and mortality. Recent studies show a clear sex difference; women have an increased risk for all-cause mortality with moderate to heavy alcohol use.1 Worldwide statistics indicate that 45% of women consume alcohol,1 stressing the need for careful screening and dual diagnosis treatment to decrease use and improve overall health outcomes.
Source: Psychosomatics - August 20, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Neeta Shenai, Jody Glance, Patrick Marshalek Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

Alzheimer's disease is associated with increased risk of haemorrhagic stroke
Question Question: Are community-dwelling people with Alzheimer's disease at increased risk of stroke, and is there a difference by type of stroke? People: All 28 093 community-dwelling adults with Alzheimer's disease living in Finland on 31 December 2005, who were each matched to a person without Alzheimer's disease by age, sex and region of residence (total n=56 186; mean age 79.6 years; 67.8% were female; age range 42–101). People with strokes prior to 1 January 2006 or to their Alzheimer's diagnosis were excluded along with their matched controls, as were pairs where the matched controls had been e...
Source: Evidence-Based Mental Health - July 9, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stone, J., Torre, J. C. D. L. Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Neurology, Dementia, Alzheimer's type, Psychiatry of old age, Epidemiology Aetiology Source Type: research

SSRIs associated with increased risk of brain haemorrhage, but absolute risks low
Question Question: Is there an association between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and the incidence of brain haemorrhage? Outcomes: Incidence of intracerebral haemorrhage, intracranial haemorrhage, subarachnoid haemorrhage or haemorrhagic stroke (subarachnoid haemorrhage plus intracerebral haemorrhage). Methods Design: Systematic review with meta-analysis. Data sources: MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science Conference Proceedings, SCOPUS, ProQuest and dissertations were searched for controlled observational studies (search dates not stated). Reference lists of identified studies were hand searched. Study selecti...
Source: Evidence-Based Mental Health - April 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ramasubbu, R. Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Neurology, Epidemiology Aetiology Source Type: research