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Antidepressants appear safe in patients with carcinoid tumor: Results of a retrospective review.
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Biperiden Dependence: Case Report and Literature Review
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The case of a patient who presented with hypoactive delirium as a consequence of biperiden dependence is reported, and the clinician must pay special attention to detect anticholinergic misuse in patients presenting withDelirium of unknown cause.
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Antipsychotic-induced akathisia in delirium: A systematic review
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A systematic review of the medical literature found that some populations, such as patients with cancer or terminally ill patients in palliative care settings taking antipsychotics for the treatment of delirium, could be at higher risk for development of akathisia as a side effect.
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Anorexia mirabilis: the practice of fasting by Saint Catherine of Siena in the late Middle Ages.
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Demonic possessions and mental illness: discussion of selected cases in late medieval hagiographical literature.
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Some cases of demonic possession from thirteenth-century hagiographical literature are selected and analyzed and in the description of demoniacs the authors have been able to find traits of psychotic, mood, neurotic, personality disorders and epilepsy.
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Antipsychotic‐induced akathisia in cancer settings
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Patients with terminal illnesses may be at higher risk for development of this extrapyramidal adverse effect, and the prevalence, phenomenology, and management of antipsychotic‐induced akathisia in delirium and palliative care settings have not been vigorously studied.
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The Practice of Holy Fasting in the Late Middle Ages: A Psychiatric Approach.
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Three cases of medieval religious women are described with a particular attention to the figure of St Catherine of Siena, her life, popularity, and iconography to elucidate and understand the practice of fasting among religious people in the Late Middle Ages.
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Ars Moriendi: Coping with death in the Late Middle Ages
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Analyzed from a modern psychiatric perspective, the Ars Moriendi offers descriptions of behavioral manifestations compatible with delirium, mood and anxiety disorders that characterize people with terminal illnesses.
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Casas de Locos: The Treatment of the Mentally Ill in the Hispanic World Before the Enlightenment.
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The circumstances leading to the foundation of a number of specific hospitals for the mentally ill in the Hispanic territories as well as the kind of care that these patients received at the so-called casas de locos are explained.
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Catatonia in the medically ill: Differences and parallels in etiology, phenomenology and management
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Bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, metabolic abnormalities, anti NMDAR encephalitis were the most frequent causes of catatonia in medically ill patients.
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