Cognitive and behavioral outcomes among seizure-controlled children with partial epilepsy on antiepileptic drug monotherapy.

The objective of this study was to assess cognitive performance and behavioral symptoms in a sample of children diagnosed with partial epilepsy who were seizure controlled on AED monotherapy for one year. Ninety-eight seizure-controlled children on AED monotherapy were included in this study. Specific AEDs examined included topiramate, divalproex sodium, lamotrigine, levetiracetam, and oxcarbazepine.

Stimulus-Stimulus Pairing to Increase Vocalizations in Children with Language Delays: a Review.

Stimulus-stimulus pairing (SSP) is a procedure used to increase vocalizations in children with significant language delays. However, results from studies that have examined the effectiveness of SSP have been discrepant. The following review of the literature summarizes the results from 13 experiments published between 1996 and 2014 that used this procedure with children with language delays.

ERP correlates of error processing during performance on the Halstead Category Test.

The Halstead Category Test (HCT) is a neuropsychological test that measures a person's ability to formulate and apply abstract principles. Performance must be adjusted based on feedback after each trial and errors are common until the underlying rules are discovered. Event-related potential (ERP) studies associated with the HCT are lacking.

Effectiveness of individualized, integrative outpatient treatment for females with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.

The effectiveness of an individualized outpatient program was investigated in the treatment of bulimia nervosa (BN) and anorexia nervosa (AN). Participants included 151 females who received outpatient eating disorder treatment in the partial hospitalization program, the intensive outpatient program, or a combination of the two programs. Outcome measures included the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-2), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), frequency of binge eating and purging, and mean body weight.

Concurrent Validity of New Subscale Scores for the Booklet Category Test.

The Booklet Category Test (BCT) is a neuropsychological test of cognitive dysfunction that provides only one overall error score indicative of global impairment. It does not, however, delineate specific domains that might be impaired. The aim of this study is to concurrently validate 13 new BCT subscales using legacy instruments in patients with nonpenetrating traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Essential activities in a session of brief dynamic/interpersonal psychotherapy.

Therapeutic discourse combines inquiry and dialogue strategies, which correspond, respectively, to the construction and deconstruction of a patient's maladaptive personal story line. This story line refers to a pattern of dysfunctional thinking/emotional management and a corresponding maladaptive interpersonal pattern that has been identified as the root cause of the patient's presenting problems. Identifying and critically examining a patient's personal story line is the superordinate technical strategy that guides our work each session.

Reliability of the Clinical Dementia Rating with a traumatic brain injury population: a preliminary study.

This study examined the inter-rater reliability (IRR) of the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) for patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The CDR is a commonly used rating of impairment, but there has been no research examining its utility in patients with TBI. It was hypothesized that the CDR would have good IRR when used with patients with TBI.

Perspectives of an Iranian psychologist practicing in America.

My experience as a male psychologist who was born and raised in Iran has had a tremendous impact on my professional practice in the United States. After providing a brief history of Iran to put this article in context, I explore 5 elements of that impact: Description of my diversity status, key practice issues raised for me as an Iranian therapist, my background and its impact on case formulation, key clinical issues raised for my clients given my diversity status, and effective strategies for addressing my diversity status and its impact on the treatment.

Mind or brain? Where does therapeutic change originate? A reaction to "The reunion process: A new focus in short-term dynamic psychotherapy.".

In "The Reunion Process: A New Focus in Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy," by Dr. Sandler (see record 2007-09422-001), addresses posttreatment relapse by a new therapeutic strategy based on attachment theory and recent research findings concerning the neurobiology of memory. This strategy involves the discovery or creation of positive childhood maternal attachment memories as a method of overcoming the dominance of negative memories.

The neurometric-quantitative electroencephalogram as a predictor for psychopharmacological treatment: an investigation of clinical utility.

A retrospective validation study of the Neurometric method of the Quantitative Electroencephalogram (QEEG) in predicting response to psychotropic medication was conducted. The clinical outcomes of 2 groups of patients were compared: those patients prescribed medication regimens that were concordant with the QEEG predictors vs. those whose medication regimens were discordant with the QEEG predictors.

Countertransference phenomena and personality pathology in clinical practice: an empirical investigation.

Objective: This study provides initial data on the reliability and factor structure of a measure of countertransference processes in clinical practice and examines the relation between these processes and patients' personality pathology.

Method: A national random sample of 181 psychiatrists and clinical psychologists in North America each completed a battery of instruments on a randomly selected patient in their care, including measures of axis II symptoms and the Countertransference Questionnaire, an instrument designed to assess clinicians' cognitive, affective, and behavioral responses in interacting with a particular patient.

Results: Factor analysis of the Countertransference Questionnaire yielded eight clinically and conceptually coherent factors that were independent of clinicians' theoretical orientation: 1) overwhelmed/disorganized, 2) helpless/inadequate, 3) positive, 4) special/overinvolved, 5) sexualized, 6) disengaged, 7) parental/protective, and 8) criticized/mistreated.

Short forms of the Benton Judgment of Line Orientation Test: development and psychometric properties.

The Benton Judgment of Line Orientation Test (BJLOT) is a widely used neuropsychological test measuring visuospatial judgment. The present study developed two 15-item short forms using data from 100 neurologic patients. The new short forms are equivalent in test construction and retain the stimulus properties of the original test.

E-learning. A practical solution for training and tracking in patient-care settings.

E-learning, online computer (Web)-based educational training, may be the solution to keeping health care staff abreast of new technologies, information, and regulations. Compared with traditional classroom teaching, e-learning can deliver content faster to the entire staff, be individualized to meet pace, language, and reading level. Additionally, an e-learning system provides accurate and automatic tracking.

Botulinum toxin A for the treatment of chronic neck pain.

A clinical study tested the therapeutic efficacy of Botulinum toxin A (BTXA) when injected into symptomatic neck muscles after one injection session. Patients with chronic neck pain were randomly assigned to receive either a high dose of an active treatment or an injection of the same volume of normal saline. Patients were compared for 4 months using a comprehensive set of outcome measures that included the Neck Pain and Disability Scale (Spine 24 (1999) 1290) and pressure algometry (Arch Phys Med Rehabil 67 (1986) 406; Pain 30 (1987) 115; Clin J Pain 2 (1987) 207).

Addiction as an attachment disorder: implications for group therapy.

This article presents a perspective on addiction that not only substantiates why group therapy is the treatment of choice for addiction, but also integrates diverse perspectives from 12-step abstinence-based models, self psychology, and attachment theory into a complementary integrative formula. Attachment theory, self psychology, and affect regulation theory characterize addiction as an attachment disorder induced by a person's misguided attempt at self-repair because of deficits in psychic structure. Vulnerability of the self is the consequence of developmental failures and early environmental deprivation leading to ineffective attachment styles.

Psychological adjustment and coping in a population of children with recurrent syncope.

The authors examined the association of psychological adjustment, styles of coping, and disease severity for children with recurrent syncope. Participants were 44 children and adolescents with a history of recurrent syncope and 40 healthy comparison control children. Dependent variables were measures of internalizing adjustment (e.

Proposed schedule of usual and customary test administration times.

A survey was sent to 500 members of the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN) in order to tally clinical test evaluation times. A return of 118 useable responses resulted in the table of "clinical times" (e.g.

Issues in teaching and learning time-limited psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Psychodynamic psychotherapy training is briefly reviewed, with particular attention to short-term forms of treatment and to empirical investigations of therapy training. There have been relatively few investigations of actual psychotherapy training, and the prospect is for even fewer in the future. The traditional pedagogic strategy for conceptualizing and developing psychodynamic training programs has been to adapt psychoanalytic clinical theory for instructional purposes.

The effects of time of exposure on tactual performance test memory and location scores.

This study investigated the effects of length of exposure on Tactual Performance Test (TPT) memory and location scores. Forty-five normal, non-brain-injured adults 18 to 45 years old were administered the TPT. Results indicated a significant effect of TPT time on TPT memory and TPT location scores, suggesting that time to completion may be a significant predictor of outcome.