Frequency of reporting of adverse events in randomized controlled trials of psychotherapy vs. psychopharmacotherapy.

Background: Psychopharmacology and psychotherapy are the two main therapies in mental health. It is common practice to consider adverse events (AEs) of medications, but it's not clear this occurs with psychotherapy.

Aim: This study investigates the frequency with which reports of AEs occur in clinical trials using either psychopharmacology alone, psychotherapy alone, or combined approaches.

Musical hallucinations associated with pontine lacunar lesions.

Three elderly patients experienced musical hallucinations (MH) in the context of hearing loss. In at least two of the cases, the onset was sudden. All three patients had pontine T2/FLAIR hyperintense foci on MR scan after the onset of the MH.

Treatment of memory loss with herbal remedies.

Increased rates of dementia throughout the world are creating an emergent need for successful preventive and treatment strategies. Despite a lack of any significant scientific basis, herbal remedies and other types of "complementary and alternative medicine" (CAM) are being aggressively marketed for both prophylactic and therapeutic effects in regard to memory disorders. In the past few years, a small number of controlled studies have explored the effectiveness of some of the more popular herbal and CAM remedies, including gingko biloba, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylserine, and omega-3 fatty acids.

A study of herbal remedies for memory complaints.

This study explored the approach to marketing herbal substances and the specific remedies being sold for the treatment of memory complaints. Gingko and phosphatidylcholine/phosphatidylserine were most frequently recommended, often in combinations with many other substances. Counseling regarding toxicity is nil.

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and electroconvulsive treatments: a case study and review.

A 90-year-old woman who had received more than 100 electroconvulsive treatments (ECT) over many years requested another course for depression. After the third ECT, an electrocardiogram showed new T-wave inversion (V2-V6) and ST elevation (V2). Catheterization revealed severe left ventricular dysfunction but no coronary obstruction, leading to a diagnosis of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (stress-related).

Weekend prescribing practices and subsequent seclusion and restraint in a psychiatric inpatient setting.

Objective: This case-control study examined the role of early medication management in preventing seclusion and restraint.

Methods: Data were extracted from the medical records, including whether standing medication was increased, decreased, or left unchanged during the first 48 hours of hospitalization.

Results: Compared with inpatients who did not experience seclusion or restraint (N=39), those who did (N=39) were younger (p=.

The effects of testosterone on cognition in elderly men: a review.

In this article, the literature examining the relationship between testosterone and various cognitive domains in elderly men is reviewed. The review focuses on the role of endogenous testosterone levels and the effects of androgen depletion and replacement. The cognitive domains most commonly linked to testosterone include memory and visuospatial function.