Brain Motor Region Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Patients with Catatonic Schizophrenia: A Case-Control Study.

Background: Only a small proportion of schizophrenia patients present with catatonic symptoms. Imaging studies suggest that brain motor circuits are involved in the underlying pathology of catatonia. However, data about diffusivity dysregulation of these circuits in catatonic schizophrenia are scarce.

Reducing Stigma Toward Psychiatry Among Medical Students: A Multicenter Controlled Trial.

Objective: To examine the effect of a novel antistigma intervention curriculum (ASIC) in reducing stigma toward psychiatry among medical students.

Methods: Medical students from 8 hospitals in central Israel were divided into intervention (n = 57) and control (n = 163) arms. The students completed the 30-item Attitudes Toward Psychiatry (ATP-30) and the Attitudes Toward Mental Illness (AMI) scales at psychiatry rotation onset and conclusion.

[THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT: THE RATE OF CLOZAPINE USE AMONG PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA IN ISRAEL].

Background: About a third of schizophrenia patients would not have sufficient clinical response to antipsychotic treatment. The only drug approved for this population is clozapine, yet worldwide reports suggest underuse of clozapine and significant delay in initiating treatment.

Objectives: To assess, for the first time in Israel, the rate of clozapine use in patients with schizophrenia.

Randomised, blinded and controlled comparative study of chemical and radiofrequency-based renal denervation in a porcine model.

Aims: The blood pressure-lowering effect of percutaneous renal denervation (RDN) is controversial. The success of RDN may be device-dependent. We sought to compare the efficacy of RDN by chemical neurolysis using alcohol (Peregrine System Infusion Catheter; Ablative Solutions, Inc.