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Are we training psychiatrists to develop skills in intellectual disability psychiatry? Current European context and future directions.
Eur Psychiatry
November 2020
Department of General Internal and Psychosomatic Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Article Synopsis
- Many individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) and psychiatric disorders use regular mental health services in Europe.
- Only 56% of European countries offer specialized postgraduate training in psychiatry focused on intellectual disabilities.
- The article discusses the difficulties in training for ID and suggests recommendations for policymakers in education and health to improve the situation.
Perspective: Solving the Heterogeneity Conundrum of TSPO PET Imaging in Psychosis.
Front Psychiatry
May 2020
Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Positron emission tomography using ligands targeting translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO PET) is an innovative method to visualize and quantify glial inflammatory responses in the central nervous system . Compared to some other neuropsychiatric disorders, findings of TSPO PET in schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders have been considerably more heterogeneous. Two conflicting meta-analyses have been published on the topic within the last year: one asserting evidence for decreased TSPO uptake, while the other observed increased TSPO uptake in a selection of studies.
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