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Introduction: Paediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) is a neuroimmune condition characterised by episodic exacerbations and remissions. This study investigates the impact of PANS on children's occupational performance during these phases, using the Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scale (VABS). Understanding these variations is crucial for developing tailored interventions and managing the condition effectively.

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Background: Psychotic symptoms (hallucinations and delusions) are a type of neuropsychiatric symptom found during Alzheimer's Disease (AD).

Objective: This systematic review aims to comprehensively capture, analyse, and evaluate the body of evidence that has investigated associations between brain regions/networks and psychotic symptoms in AD.

Methods: The protocol, created according to the PRISMA guidelines, was pre-registered on OSF (https://osf.

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Introduction: Prescribing cascade is a condition in which a drug administered to a patient causes an adverse reaction that is misinterpreted as a new condition, resulting in the addition of a new drug.

Case Presentation: Here, we report the case of an elderly female patient who suffered from metabolic, neurologic, and urinary consequences of a prescribing cascade of antiemetic, antiepileptic, and dopaminergic drugs. While levosulpiride caused Parkinsonian symptoms, the dopaminergic drugs and valproate caused refractory hyponatremia followed by altered sensorium, and clidinium contributed to urinary retention.

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Background: Neuropsychiatric side effects of cardiac drugs such as nervousness, mood swings and agitation may be misinterpreted as symptoms of anxiety. Anxiety in cardiac patients is highly prevalent and associated with poor outcomes, thus an accurate identification is essential. The objectives were to: (I) describe the possible neuropsychiatric side effects of common cardiac drug therapies, (II) describe the use of cardiac drug therapy in cardiac patients with self-reported symptoms of anxiety compared to those with no symptoms of anxiety, and (III) investigate the association between the use of cardiac drug therapy and self-reported symptoms of anxiety.

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Background: Facial emotion recognition (FER) is primarily and severely impaired in individuals with the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) and is often mildy impaired in individuals with Alzheimer disease (AD) or Parkinson disease (PD). Such impairment is associated with inappropriate social behaviors.

Objective: To determine whether FER impairment is linked to the use of inappropriate eye-gaze strategies to decode facial emotions, leading to misinterpretation of others' intentions and then to behavioral disorders.

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