On Saturday 22nd November, mental health professionals and members of the public who are affected by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) will all come together for the 2008 OCD Conference at Imperial College London.
This annual conference has been designed to inspire, invigorate and educate participants and provide an opportunity to share personal experiences of a condition [...]
Will My Next Child Be Born With Autism?
Although autism has become a fairly common disorder, there is still a lot that it not understood about it. One of the things that are the least clear is what causes autism. There has been a great deal of speculation about the reasons for its occurrence, but there [...]
Note: the jury is still out on this matter but it’s worth looking into now. Methylphenidate (Ritalin) and the Daytrana patch for ADHD is an approach to dealing with people who suffer from various issues that drive them to distraction. What’s notable is:
The means by which methylphenidate affects people diagnosed with ADHD are not well understood. Some [...]
Tami’s blog -the owls & the angels - has a terrific new posting about her diagnosis of Tourette’s Syndrome at age 17 and the now-problematic (and confusing) quasi-seizures she’s experiencing. I encourage you to read her story and give her your best thoughts.
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I’m not entirely sure what this website is trying to accomplish - it’s a sort of WebMD but with definitions only. Maybe it’s just in its infancy. No matter. I did come across the definition there of Haldol (halperidol), which hasn’t been controversial (lately) but is worth revisiting.
They write:
Definition
Haloperidol is a major tranquilizer. It is [...]
Great research on Tourette’s Syndrome - and its kin - fascinates me although often it ranks among the obvious. Grey matter abnormalities in trichotillomania: morphometric magnetic resonance imaging study from the British Journal of Psychiatry today released a fascinating article about trichotillomania. Trichotillomania is an impulse control disorder characterised by repetitive hair-pulling that leads [...]
Most cases of Tourette’s Syndrome involve motor tics or vocal tics and very few involve yelling obscenities. About one in every 1,000 people experience some level of TS (mostly males) and of those less than 1% experience some level of coprolalia, the yelling of obscenities. I state this (again and again) because there is so [...]
For better or for worse, I don’t watch much television, relatively speaking at least. So it’s no surprise to me that I missed ABC’s Primetime diary about Tourette’s Syndrome. You can, however, catch up with it online. It’s refreshingly accurate and humane and downright heartbreaking.
ABC’s slideshow about the program.
Also, here’s a vid from Jamie-Grace:
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A drunk driving case in Appleton, Wisconsin got me thinking, which isn’t necessarily a good thing as you’ll see.
In September 2005, Michael Nollenberg was drunk and killed James Weber who was walking along the road around 2:30am. Forgetting for the moment that I’ve driven up and down Wisconsin before the snowplows and there were plenty [...]
Without getting too far off topic, the US needs health care for all, needs to take the profit out of health care, needs to pay for the education of doctors, needs to ensure that illnesses are not incorrectly classified as mental disorders, and stop incarcerating but hospitalizing those in medical need for mental illnesses.
That said, [...]
This may seem a bit like a tempest in a teacup but there’s a good point here, even if the players are a bit unusual.
It seems Dear Abby (Jeanne Phillips) raised a bit of a stink when she referred to autism as a “mental illness.” Doctors, neurologists, and psychiatrists quickly chimed in that she was [...]
This has gotten a lot of press recently. Stimulating the basal ganglia has shown promising results in reducing tics substantially with no side effects. Since this location is such a hotbed for neurotransmitter activity in the brain, it rings far more true than other treatments currently being tested. The drop in dopamine in particular gives [...]
This is priceless. I’ve never been to Rapid City, South Dakota and I certainly never will unless I’m heavily medicated and got plenty of back up.
Some poor 27 year-old, Nicholas Breining, had the good sense to go to the hospital in Rapid City to get treatment for a throat and sinus infection but didn’t have [...]
Disclaimer: I’m all for holistic approaches to ailments. I’m a big fan of Dr. Weil and his work. I’m an even bigger fan of Dr. Sacks, who may not be “holistic” in the conventional sense although he is wide open to anything neurological.
That said, let me get on with this idiot who - as a [...]
For years now I’ve said that many skills such as language, mathematics, and sports are actually enhanced by Tourette Syndrome, not hindered. My eldest daughter, for example, was speaking in full sentences before she was one. Now, the Georgetown University has released findings in a study here in Science Central about the brain speed of [...]
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