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Editorial Message and Issue Highlights–Vol. 17, No. 10–12, October–December 2020
Dear Colleagues: Welcome to the October–December 2020 edition of Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience (ICNS). For 2020’s fourth and final quarterly issue of ICNS, we start with a letter to the editor from Josef Finsterer, MD, PhD. Here, Dr. Finsterer addresses the potential shortcomings of a case report by Diaz-Abad et al, which was previously published […]
Letters to the Editor: Nonresponsive myasthenia is suspicious for congenital myasthenic syndrome or myopathy
Dear Editor: We read the excellent article by Diaz-Abad et al1 about a 54-year-old male patient with double seronegative myasthenia gravis. In the article, Diaz et al1 explained the patient did not tolerate pyridostigmine or steroids and did not respond sufficiently to immunoglobulins or plasmapheresis. However, respiratory failure (due to involvement of the respiratory muscles), […]
Intellectual Disability in Morocco: A Pilot Study
by Yousra BENMAKHLOUF, PhD; Zeineb ZIAN, PhD; Kaoutar BEN MAKHLOUF; Naima GHAILANI NOUROUTI, PR; Amina BARAKAT, PR; and Mohcine BENNANI MECHITA PR Drs. Benmakhlouf, Zian, Ghailani Nourouti, Barakat, and Bennani Mechita are with Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics Research Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques of Tangier, at Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco, in Tétouan, Morocco. Dr. […]
Pilot Mental Health Survey, Nepal: Lessons Learned for Survey Design and Instrumentation
by Sushma Dahal, MPH; Meghnath Dhimal, PhD; Sagun Ballav Pant, MD; Pawan Sharma, MD; Kedar Marahatta, MD; Nagendra Luitel, MA; Suraj Shakya, PhD; Sweta Labh, BSc Nursing; Saroj Prasad Ojha, MD; Anjani Kumar Jha, MD; and David V Sheehan, MD, MBA, DLFAPA Drs. Dhimal and Jha and Ms. Dahal and Ms. Labh are with […]
Ethical Challenges Posed by Big Data
by Edmund G. Howe, III, MD, JD, and Falicia Elenberg, BS Dr. Howe is a Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, Director of Medical School Programs in Ethics, and Senior Scientist at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. FUNDING: No funding was provided for this study. DISCLOSURES: The opinions or assertions contained […]
Multiple Cellular Therapies Along with Neurorehabilitation in Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy: A Case Report
by Alok Sharma, MCh; Nandini Gokulchandran, MD; Pooja Kulkarni, MSc; Sandhya Kiran Mullangi, MPT; Khushboo Bhagawanani, BPT; Vishal Ganar, MPhil; Hemangi Sane, MD; and Prerna Badhe, MD Drs. Sharma and Gokulchandran are with the Department of Medical Services and Clinical Research at NeuroGen Brain and Spine Institute in Navi Mumbai, India. Ms. Kulkani and Drs. […]
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: Can Be an Unrecognized Chronic Fatal Disease
by Kulwant Buttar, MD; Eileen Trigoboff, RN, DNS; and Jeffery J Grace, MD Dr. Buttar is with the Buffalo Psychiatric Center in Buffalo New York. Dr. Trigoboff is with the School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and in […]
Risk Management: Telepsychiatry and COVID-19: Preparing for What’s Next
by Donna Vanderpool, MBA, JD Ms. Vanderpool is Director of Risk Management at Professional Risk Management Services (PRMS) FUNDING: No funding was provided for the preparation of this article. DISCLOSURES: The author is an employee of PRMS. PRMS manages a professional liability insurance program for psychiatrists. This ongoing column is dedicated to providing information to […]
Who Will Pay for Robotic Rehabilitation? The Growing Need for a Cost-effectiveness Analysis
by Rocco Salvatore Calabrò, MD, PhD; Claudia Müller-Eising, Dr. jur.; Maria Letizia Diliberti; Alfredo Manuli, MSc; Francesca Parrinello, MD; Giuseppe Rao, MD; Vincenzo Barone, Dr. jur.; and Tamara Civello Drs. Calabrò, Manuli, Rao, Barone, Parrinello, and Ms. Civello are with IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo in Messina, Italy. Dr. Müller-Eising is with neuroneum in Bad […]
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