3 results match your criteria: "St. John's Episcopal Hospital Far Rockaway[Affiliation]"
Meningioma and psychiatric symptoms: A case report and brief review.
Ann Clin Psychiatry
May 2015
Department of Psychiatry, St. John's Episcopal Hospital Far Rockaway, NY, USA, Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA. E-mail:
Article Synopsis
- Atypical psychiatric symptoms can lead to misdiagnoses, and organic causes like brain tumors should be investigated as potential factors.
- A case report details an 84-year-old woman displaying aggressive and delusional behavior, previously diagnosed with multiple mental health issues, but a brain tumor was suspected.
- CT scans revealed two calcified meningiomas; treatment with risperidone improved her symptoms, highlighting the importance of brain imaging and thorough medical history in diagnosing unusual psychiatric cases.
Management of psychosis in patients with Alzheimer's disease: focus on aripiprazole.
Clin Interv Aging
December 2008
St John's Episcopal Hospital Far Rockaway, NY 11691, USA.
Psychosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by delusions or hallucinations and may be associated with agitation, negative symptoms or depression. There are no psychotropic medications that are approved by the US FDA for the treatment of psychosis of AD. However, atypical antipsychotics have been widely used and recommended by geriatric experts in the management of psychosis of AD in view of the modest efficacy and relative safety until FDA warnings were issued in 2005 and meta-analytic studies showed no significant difference to placebo.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF