Prognostic Value of Motor Timing in Treatment Outcome in Patients With Alcohol- and/or Cocaine Use Disorder in a Rehabilitation Program.

Individuals with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) often have cognitive deficits in multiple domains, including motor timing deficits, with recovery times of up to 1 year. Cognitive deficits influence treatment outcomes and abstinence. To our knowledge, timing deficits have not been investigated with regard to treatment outcome and relapse.

Basal cortisol and DHEA levels in women with borderline personality disorder.

Previous research suggests that in borderline personality disorder (BPD) normal stress regulation, with a main role for cortisol, is disturbed. However, most studies were confounded by their lack of attention to co-morbidity. Relevant patient characteristics such as depression, childhood abuse, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and copying styles were not systematically examined.

Movement planning deficits in schizophrenia: failure to inhibit automatic response tendencies.

Introduction: Explicit planning deficits have been reported frequently in patients with schizophrenia. This study addressed the question whether these patients would already encounter difficulties in a more "implicit" process of planning an optimal sequence of movements in simple actions.

Methods: Twenty patients with schizophrenia and 20 controls participated in the study.