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Psychodyn Psychiatry
January 2025
Psychologist, Transparant Centrum GGZ, Leiden, The Netherlands.
The impact of intense countertransference affects in working with patients experiencing complex trauma can have a critical effect on decisions about euthanasia, especially when such decisions are made solely on the grounds of a psychiatric condition. These countertransference dynamics become particularly significant in the context of the rising number of euthanasia requests by psychiatric patients in the Netherlands. We contend that for a subgroup of patients with complex trauma, attachment trauma, and personality disorders, the label "treatment-resistant" may be applied prematurely and incorrectly.
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December 2024
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
A key question for the scientific study of consciousness is whether it is possible to identify specific features in brain activity that are uniquely linked to conscious experience. This question has important implications for the development of markers to detect covert consciousness in unresponsive patients. In this regard, many studies have focused on investigating the neural response to complex auditory regularities.
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January 2025
Department of Emergency Medicine, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 10449, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan; Toxicology Division, Department of Emergency Medicine, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 10449, Taiwan; Department of Nursing, Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, Hsinchu, Taiwan; MacKay Junior College of Medicine Nursing and Management, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address:
Objective: Bongkrekic acid (BKA) is a life-threatening toxin linked to foodborne illnesses. Herein, we report two fatalities among 33 patients who ingested BKA in March 2024, East Taipei, Taiwan.
Case Report: Our first case involved a 40-year-old female who presented with nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea after consuming wet rice noodles.
Crit Care Med
January 2025
Department of Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Objectives: Rocking motion therapy has been shown to calm people with dementia but has never been investigated in delirious patients in the ICU. The aim of this clinical trial was to investigate the efficacy and safety of a rocking motion vs. nonrocking motion chair on the duration of delirium and intensity of agitation in ICU patients with delirium.
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December 2024
Critical Care Medicine, Springfield Clinic, Springfield, USA.
A 27-year-old male patient with chronic alcohol use disorder was diagnosed with Marchiafava-Bignami disease (MBD) after experiencing an episode of unconsciousness. MRI scans revealed lesions in the corpus callosum and adjacent white matter. Despite prompt initiation of intensive treatment with high-dose thiamine and corticosteroids, the patient only partially recovered, remaining disoriented and exhibiting persistent neurological deficits during follow-up.
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