[The role of vaping in smoking cessation].

The electronic cigarette, or vape, has emerged over the last ten years as an alternative way of helping people give up smoking. Tobacco-free, they produce vapor and deliver only minute levels of toxic substances and carcinogens. Several studies confirm the effectiveness of nicotine vaping products in helping people to stop smoking.

[The shared educational assessment in the smoking cessation process].

In the context of smoking cessation, the shared educational assessment (BEP) enables us to assess the smoker's needs, define specific objectives and set up appropriate educational workshops. This multidisciplinary approach helps smokers to maintain their smoking cessation. The BEP is the first step in the educational process, exploring the various classic dimensions of therapeutic patient education (TPE) and then defining an action plan based on the priorities identified.

Common transdiagnostic cognitive deficits among people with psychiatric disorders exposed to childhood maltreatment: a meta-analysis.

Introduction: Previous meta-analyses have shown a moderate negative impact of maltreatment on the neuropsychological functioning of people with or without psychiatric disorders compared to healthy groups. The objectives of the present meta-analysis were to (1) investigate the impact of maltreatment on neuropsychological functioning of people with psychiatric disorders and to (2) evaluate the moderating effect of age, at the time of the cognitive assessment, on neuropsychological functioning.

Methods: Seventeen studies published between 1970 and July 2017 were included.

A meta-analysis on the impact of psychiatric disorders and maltreatment on cognition.

Objective: Few studies have attempted to describe the range of cognitive impairments in individuals with psychiatric disorders who experienced maltreatment as children. The aims of this meta-analysis were to establish the impact of maltreatment and psychiatric disorders on cognition, and to examine the change in impact from childhood to adulthood.

Method: Twelve publications from 1970 to 2013 were included, with the following inclusion criteria: (a) individuals with a psychiatric disorder who experienced maltreatment, (b) use of at least 1 standardized neuropsychological measure, and (c) use of a control group without any psychiatric disorder or mistreatment.

Neuropsychological Profile of Children, Adolescents and Adults Experiencing Maltreatment: A Meta-analysis.

Objective: Few studies have attempted to describe the range of cognitive impairments affecting people who have experienced child maltreatment. The aim of this meta-analysis was to examine the neuropsychological profile of these people and to determine the cognitive impacts of maltreatment from childhood to adulthood.

Method: Fifty-two publications from 1970 to 2013 were included.

Top-down computerized cognitive remediation in schizophrenia: a case study of an individual with impairment in verbal fluency.

The objective of this case study was to assess the specific effect of cognitive remediation for schizophrenia on the pattern of cognitive impairments. Case A is a 33-year-old man with a schizophrenia diagnosis and impairments in visual memory, inhibition, problem solving, and verbal fluency. He was provided with a therapist delivered cognitive remediation program involving practice and strategy which was designed to train attention, memory, executive functioning, visual-perceptual processing, and metacognitive skills.

Specific attention disorders in drivers with traumatic brain injury.

Objective: To highlight the impact of the increasing attentional load on performance of both normal drivers and drivers with traumatic brain injury.

Background: Patients with brain injury have a higher accident risk than people with no brain injury [1], probably as a result of persistent attention disorders.

Method: Ten patients and 10 paired controls took part in a computerized selective attention task involving specific attentional processes.