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This week is Dementia Awareness Week (TM). This is timely point to review why Dementia research is so important. In the Department of Health video above Professor Alistair Burns interviews Professor Martin Rossor, director at DeNDRon (Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network) about Dementia Research. Index: There are indices for the TAWOP site here and […]
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Neurologist Professor Bruce Miller is director of the University of California San Francisco Department of Neurology Memory and Aging Centre. There are a series of educational videos about Dementia on the USCSF Memory and Aging YouTube Channel. In the video above, Professor Miller talks about how emotions can be affected in Frontotemporal Dementia with reference […]
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Recent research has clarified how Thioridazine one of the first antipsychotics to be used is also effective in the treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. There is a small case series (n=5) looking at Ramelteon in Delirium. Ramelteon is a Melatonin receptor agonist. Further studies will be needed to see if this effect is seen in large […]
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Dementia Awareness Week (TM) Dementia Awareness Week (TM) starts on May 19th and ends on May 25th 2013. This is the annual flagship event of the Alzheimer’s Society. This is an opportunity of organisations and individuals to get involved in raising awareness of Dementia. What is Dementia? Dementia is a degenerative disease which affects the […]
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The American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) is due out this month. In the period leading up the launch of DSM-5 there has been considerable debate. Professor David Kupfer, head of the DSM-5 taskforce responds to the NIMH statement here (with a write-up here). The Observer features a debate between psychiatrist Professor […]
