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Talking to God in the Walls: Prolonged Psychosis Associated with Left Insular Stroke
We describe a 74-year old Caucasian man with a medical history of ESRD status post renal transplant, admitted for a 4-month history of worsening, abrupt-onset psychosis. Initial treatment with several different antipsychotics was unsuccessful. An extensive medical evaluation including multiple Neurology consultations was unrevealing. Cerebrospinal fluid and paraneoplastic panel were negative. No malignancy was identified. Head MRI revealed an area of T2 hyperintensity in the left insular region.
Source: Psychosomatics - March 22, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nuria Thusius, Magdalena Romanowicz, Karolina Mlynek, Christopher Sola Source Type: research

Understanding kidney transplant patients' treatment choices: The interaction of emotion with medical and social influences on risk preferences
Publication date: April 2016 Source:Social Science & Medicine, Volume 155 Author(s): Jean Harrington, Myfanwy Morgan Following renal transplantation patients experience on-going immunosuppressant medication to reduce the risk of graft rejection. Over the long term the side effects of immunosuppressive drugs may affect graft survival and significantly increase risks of cancers, stroke and cardiovascular disease. To reduce these risks research is underway to develop a biomarker test to identify those patients who are likely to be ‘tolerant’ to their graft and therefore able to reduce immunosuppression. Biomar...
Source: Social Science and Medicine - March 15, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Understanding kidney transplant patients’ treatment choices: the interaction of emotion with medical and social influences on risk preferences
Publication date: Available online 18 February 2016 Source:Social Science & Medicine Author(s): Jean Harrington, Myfanwy Morgan Following renal transplantation patients experience on-going immunosuppressant medication to reduce the risk of graft rejection. Over the long term the side effects of immunosuppressive drugs may affect graft survival and significantly increase risks of cancers, stroke and cardiovascular disease. To reduce these risks research is underway to develop a biomarker test to identify those patients who are likely to be ‘tolerant’ to their graft and therefore able to reduce immunosuppress...
Source: Social Science and Medicine - February 19, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research