The future of organ transplant psychiatry.

The future of organ transplant psychiatry depends less on immunologic and surgical advances than on 1) an increased supply of donor organs, 2) more sophisticated multicenter outcome studies, and 3) understanding of the subjective as well as objective aspects of compliance and quality of life for transplant recipients. From future studies, we may improve the selection process for candidates and discover which approaches are optimal for anxiety, depressive, organic mental, and personality disorders. Absolute contraindications to transplantation may become relative.

Neuropsychological testing in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a clinical review.

The role of neuropsychological testing in assessment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is examined by review of 8 case reports and 14 patient series. Investigators generally agreed on localization of dysfunctional areas (e.g.

A predictive study of obsessive-compulsive disorder response to clomipramine.

Studies on predictive factors of the obsessive-compulsive disorder response to pharmacologic treatment, specifically clomipramine, are relatively scarce. Forty-five patients treated for a mean period of 18.6 months were classified as having poor response, intermediate response and excellent response, defined by change scores on the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale.