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Cognitive Behavior Therapy

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Learning Disability

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Behavioral And Psychological Symptoms In Dementia

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Abulia

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Delirium

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Absence Seizure	Absence seizures are brief seizures during which the patient is unresponsive. They are generally seen in children between 4 and 12 years of age. It ha ... Read the Article	1	10	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Abulia	Abulia, also known as apathy, psychic akinesia, and athymia, refers to a lack of will, drive, or initiative for action, speech and thought, and is fel ... Read the Article	0.75	4	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Acute Porphyria	Acute porphyrias are a group of rare disorders characterized by an enzymatic defect in the heme biosynthetic pathway. Patients present with acute, deb ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Addiction	The laymen's definition of addiction is a "fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity." Medically it is a "chro ... Read the Article	1	8	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Adrenergic Drugs	Adrenergic drugs are a broad class of medications that bind to adrenergic receptors throughout the body. These receptors include: alpha-1, alpha-2, be ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Aggression	Aggression has been treated by both medications and psychotherapy, but relapses are common. Aggressive patients frequently run into legal problems bec ... Read the Article	1	9	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Aggression In Hypothalamic Hamartoma	Psychiatric symptoms are a common comorbid feature of hypothalamic hamartoma with epilepsy. They are most disabling and are a significant challenge fo ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Agnosia	Agnosia is a rare disorder whereby a patient is unable to recognize and identify objects, persons, or sounds using one or more of their senses despite ... Read the Article	1	10	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Agraphia	Agraphia is an impairment or loss of a previous ability to write and can result from a number of etiologies. When agraphia results from disruptions to ... Read the Article	1	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Akathisia	Akathisia is a neuropsychiatric syndrome that can occur as an adverse effect of antipsychotic medications and manifests as psychomotor restlessness. I ... Read the Article	1	11	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Akinesia	Akinesia or "absent movement" is a clinical sign that could be indicative of a number of disorders, depending on the age group of the patient. The var ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Alcohol Related Psychosis	Psychosis associated with alcohol can occur with acute intoxication, alcohol withdrawal, and chronic alcoholism. Alcohol-related psychosis is also kno ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Alexia	Alexia is a rare condition in which reading comprehension is nonexistent or significantly limited due to brain injury, damage, or trauma. It can be as ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Alzheimer Disease	Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common cause of a decline in cognitive ability. It is a neurodegenerative disorder that usually affects people over ... Read the Article	1.5	18	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Amantadine	Amantadine is an antiviral agent with mild antiparkinsonian activity. Amantadine was used in the early 2000s for Influenza A treatment. However, high ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Amitriptyline	Amitriptyline is FDA approved medication to treat depression in adults. The Non-FDA approved indications are anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Amoxapine	Amoxapine is an FDA approved drug belonging to the class of second-generation tricyclic dibenzoxazepine antidepressants. Generally, it is reserved for ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Amphetamine Related Psychiatric Disorders	Amphetamines belong to a class of compounds called phenethylamines which induce catecholaminergic effects in the CNS and peripheral circulation. Recre ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Amphetamine Toxicity	Amphetamine abuse is widespread, and overdose is associated with significant and negative impacts on the cardiovascular and neurological systems. Pati ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Angelman Syndrome	Angelman syndrome is a rare disorder caused by loss of function of the maternal UBE3A. It presents in childhood with psychomotor delay, absent speech, ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Anorexia Nervosa	Anorexia nervosa is defined by a restriction of energy intake relative to requirements, which leads to significantly low body weight. Patients with th ... Read the Article	1.25	15	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Anosognosia	Anosognosia is a neurological condition in which the patient is unaware of their neurological deficit or psychiatric condition. It is associated with ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis	Anti NMDAR encephalitis is a relatively common autoimmune encephalitis characterized by complex neuropsychiatric features and the presence of Immunogl ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis In Children	Anti NMDA receptor encephalitis is commonly confused with schizophrenia. Most of the available data on this illness is through published case reports. ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Antipsychotic Medications	First-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists (DRA) and are known as typical antipsychotics. Second-generation antipsychotics are ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Art Therapy	Creative art therapy is a complementary therapy used to assist patients with serious illness to ameliorate symptom burden and adapt to the stressful l ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Astereognosis	Astereognosis is the inability to identify objects by feel only, in the absence of input from the visual system. It may also be defined as the impairm ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Ataxia	Ataxia is a neurological sign that manifests in a lack of coordination in the movement of different muscles in the body. It is a clinical finding and ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Atomoxetine	Atomoxetine is indicated for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults and children over the age of 6. Although atomo ... Read the Article	1	9	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	The diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been surrounded by controversy over the last century. Over the past 30 years, how ... Read the Article	1.5	22	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Auditory Hallucinations	Auditory hallucinations are the sensory perceptions of hearing voices without an external stimulus. This symptom is particularly associated with schiz ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Behavioral And Psychological Symptoms In Dementia	Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) include a range of neuropsychiatric disturbances such as agitation, aggression, depression, a ... Read the Article	1	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Benzodiazepines	Benzodiazepines are especially important in the cessation of seizure activity, as 1% to 2% of emergency department visits annually in the United State ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Benztropine	Benztropine is FDA approved as adjunctive therapy of all forms of parkinsonism. It is also used for drug-induced extrapyramidal symptoms and the preve ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Binge Eating Disorder	Binge eating disorder is an eating disorder associated with various psychological and non-psychological issues with some degree of impairment of daily ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Biofeedback	Biofeedback is a technique to augment the normal sensory feedback and allow better control of body functions that are usually considered involuntary. ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Brain Metastasis	Brain metastases are a common complication of cancer and the most common type of brain tumor. Anywhere from 10% to 26% of patients who die from their ... Read the Article	1	8	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Brain Trauma	Brain trauma or traumatic brain injury (TBI) results from a blow, bump, jolt, or penetrating injury to the head that disrupts the normal function of t ... Read the Article	1.5	20	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Brexanolone	Brexanolone is a medication used in the treatment of postpartum depression in adult women. It is in the GABA-A modulator class of medications. This ac ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Brief Psychotic Disorder	Brief psychotic disorder (BPD) according to DSM-5 is the sudden onset of psychotic behavior that lasts less than 1 month followed by complete remissio ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Bupropion	Bupropion is an antidepressant medication that is now also used in smoking cessation. Bupropion has been FDA-approved since 1985. The drug is FDA-appr ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Cannabidiol (CBD)	CBD is a medication used in the management and treatment of the seizure disorders Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome. This activity describes ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Cannabinoid Toxicity	Cannabinoids are a collective group of compounds that act on cannabinoid receptors. They include plant-derived phytocannabinoids, synthetic cannabinoi ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Cannabinoids	Cannabinoids are biologically active compounds used in the management and treatment of appetite/weight loss from HIV/AIDS and chemotherapy in addition ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Cataplexy	Cataplexy, a physical feature of narcolepsy, is characterized by transient episodes of voluntary muscle weakness precipitated by intense emotion. Subj ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Catatonia	Catatonia, a neuropsychiatric syndrome characterized by abnormal movements, behaviors, and withdrawal, is a condition that is most often seen in mood ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Central Pain Syndrome	Central sensitization of pain occurs when the patient's nervous system is persistently in a state of high activity. This state decreases sensitivity t ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Chlorpromazine	Chlorpromazine is a medication used in the management and treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and acute psychosis. It is in the category of ... Read the Article	1	8	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Chorea	According to the Committee on Classification of the World Federation of Neurology, chorea is defined as "a state of excessive, spontaneous movements, ... Read the Article	0.75	4	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	Chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, is a complex multisystem disease commonly characterized by severe fatigue, cognitiv ... Read the Article	1	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Chronic Pain Syndrome	Chronic pain is a leading chief complaint in an adult ambulatory care setting. Unfortunately, chronic non-cancer pain is often poorly understood by ... Read the Article	1	8	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Chronic Suppurative Otitis	Chronic suppurative otitis media continues to be an important disease in the pediatric population and a significant cause of hearing problems leading ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy	Sports-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) has become increasingly popular in the scientific literature over the past few decades. However, the first ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Clomipramine	The only FDA approved use for clomipramine is for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in ages 10 and older. For the treatment of OCD, ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Clozapine	Clozapine is an FDA-approved atypical antipsychotic medication for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Clozapine is not the first-line drug of choice d ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Cognitive Behavior Therapy	In the 1960s, Aaron Beck developed cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) or cognitive therapy. Since then, it has been extensively researched and found to ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Cognitive Deficits	Cognition is the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses. It encompasses various ... Read the Article	1	9	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Complex Partial Seizure	Complex partial seizures, also known as focal impaired awareness seizures or focal onset impaired awareness seizures, refers to focal seizures that st ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Conduct Disorder	Conduct disorder (CD) lies on a spectrum of disruptive behavioral disorders which also includes oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). In some cases, OD ... Read the Article	0.75	2	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Conversion Disorder	Conversion disorder is a psychiatric disorder characterized by signs and symptoms affecting sensory or motor function that are inconsistent with patte ... Read the Article	1	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Coprolalia	Coprolalia comes from the greek "kopros," which means "dung, feces" and "lalein," which means "to babble." It's a tic-like occurrence that involves no ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome	Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) was initially described in 1933. CdLS is a genetic disorder that affects many organs, leading to various clinical pr ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Cortical Blindness	Cortical blindness is an important cause of blindness due to damage to the occipital cortex. It is commonly associated with posterior circulation stro ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, fatal degenerative brain disorder caused by prion proteins. It belongs to a group of transmissible spongifo ... Read the Article	1	9	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Deep Brain Stimulation	Deep brain stimulation (DBS) was first approved in the 1990s for the treatment of movement disorders. DBS has the potential to offer symptom resolutio ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Defense Mechanisms	Anna Freud defined defense mechanisms as "unconscious resources used by the ego" to ultimately decrease internal stress. Patients often devise these u ... Read the Article	1	9	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Delirium	Delirium, also known as the acute confusional state, is a clinical syndrome that usually develops in the elderly. It is characterized by an alteration ... Read the Article	1.25	12	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Delusional Disorder	A delusion is a fixed false belief based on an inaccurate interpretation of an external reality despite evidence to the contrary. The diagnosis of a d ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Delusions	Delusions can precipitate in isolation or as psychiatric sequelae of ongoing disease. Delusions must be appropriately identified and managed as they c ... Read the Article	1	8	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Delusions Of Parasitosis	This activity reviews delusions of parasitosis, a rare psychiatric disorder. Communicating and evaluating patients with this condition can be complex ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Dementia	Dementia describes an overall decline in memory and other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person's ability to perform everyday activities. I ... Read the Article	1.25	15	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Dentatorubral Pallidoluysian Atrophy	Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) is a progressive, autosomal dominant disorder with symptoms and severity that vary with the age of onset. ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Depressive Cognitive Disorders	Depressive cognitive disorders, also called pseudodementia (a term founded by Kiloh in the year 1961), is defined as the cognitive and functional impa ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Desipramine	Desipramine is a secondary amine tricyclic antidepressant that is FDA approved for the treatment of depression. This drug has off-label use to treat b ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Desvenlafaxine	Desvenlafaxine is an antidepressant that is an FDA-approved drug to treat major depressive disorder in adults. For healthy women who have contraindica ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Diffusion Tensor Imaging	Diffusion tensor imaging is an advanced magnetic resonance imaging modality that uses the Brownian motion of water molecules to provide data for image ... Read the Article	1	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Donepezil	Donepezil hydrochloride is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor most commonly used for the treatment of Alzheimer disease. Donepezil is FDA approved for ... Read the Article	1	9	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Dystonic Reactions	An acute dystonic reaction is characterized by involuntary contractions of muscles of the extremities, face, neck, abdomen, pelvis, or larynx in eithe ... Read the Article	1	10	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Enflurane	Enflurane is a medication used in the induction and maintenance of general anesthetics. It is in the inhaled anesthetics class of drugs. This activit ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Epidural Hematoma	An epidural hematoma (EDH) is an extra-axial collection of blood within the potential space between the outer layer of the dura mater and the inner ta ... Read the Article	1	11	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Factitious Disorder	Factitious disorder is a condition in which a patient intentionally falsifies medical or psychiatric symptoms. Symptoms can be self-induced or fabric ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Fahr Syndrome	Fahr disease is a rare neurological condition characterized by abnormal idiopathic calcification of basal ganglia and commonly has an autosomal domina ... Read the Article	1	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Fragile X Syndrome	Fragile X syndrome (FXS), also called Martin-Bell syndrome, is a non-Mendelian trinucleotide repeat disorder. FXS is the most prevalent inherited caus ... Read the Article	1	9	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Frontal Lobe Syndrome	Frontal lobe syndrome, in general, refers to a clinical syndrome resulting from damage, and impaired function of the prefrontal cortex, which is a lar ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Frontotemporal Lobe Dementia	Frontotemporal dementia is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by loss of intellectual functions, such as memory problems, impaired abstract th ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Hallervorden Spatz Disease	Hallervorden-Spatz disease now known as pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) is a rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disord ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Herpes Simplex Encephalitis	Herpes simplex encephalitis is caused by Herpes Simplex Virus type 1(HSV-1) or type 2 (HSV-2). HSV-1 causes encephalitis in children beyond the neonat ... Read the Article	1.5	17	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Histrionic Personality Disorder	A histrionic personality disorder, or commonly known as a dramatic personality disorder, is a psychiatric disorder distinguished by a pattern of exagg ... Read the Article	0.75	4	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
HIV Encephalitis	HIV encephalitis is a complication of HIV infection, which presents with neurocognitive dysfunction of varying severity. Almost half of HIV-infected p ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
HIV Neurocognitive Disorders	Patients with Human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV infection) have been noted to have various forms of neuropsychiatric illnesses. Notably, neu ... Read the Article	1	11	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
HIV-1 Encephalopathy And Aids Dementia Complex	Neurocognitive deficits are the presenting complaint in 4 to 15 percent of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV-associated neurocogni ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Huntington Disease	Huntington disease (HD), a neurodegenerative autosomal dominant disorder, is characterized by involuntary choreatic movements with cognitive and behav ... Read the Article	1.25	15	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Hyperhomocysteinemia	Hyperhomocysteinemia refers to the condition where there is greater than 15 micromol/L of homocysteine in the blood. This condition is present in a wi ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
ICU Delirium	Delirium is defined by DSM-5 criteria as an impairment in attention and awareness that develops over a relatively short time interval that is associat ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Imipramine	Imipramine is a medication used in the treatment of depression and anxiety. It is a tertiary amine tricyclic antidepressant. This activity reviews the ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Intellectual Disability	Individuals with an intellectual disability have neurodevelopmental deficits characterized by limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive beh ... Read the Article	1.5	21	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Japanese Encephalitis	Japanese encephalitis is the most common preventable cause of mosquito-borne encephalitis in Asia, Australia, and the western Pacific. The Culex spec ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy	Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME), otherwise known as Janz syndrome and impulsive petit mal, is an idiopathic, hereditary, and generalized form of epi ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Kayser-Fleischer Ring	Kayser–Fleischer (KF) rings are a common ophthalmologic finding in patients with Wilson disease. Initially thought to be due to the accumulation of si ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Kearns Sayre Syndrome	Kearns-Sayre syndrome (KSS) is a subtype of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO). KSS is defined by the following triad: Onset before t ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Kluver Bucy Syndrome	Kluver-Bucy syndrome (KBS) is a rare neuropsychiatric disorder due to lesions affecting bilateral temporal lobes, especially the hippocampus and amygd ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Kuru	Kuru disease is an infectious, acquired, non-immunogenic, fatal neurodegenerative prion disease. It progresses rapidly with cerebellar and extrapyrami ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Lacunar Stroke	Lacunar stroke is a common stroke with significant morbidity and mortality. Advancement in knowledge about modifying risk factors and early diagnosis ... Read the Article	1	11	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Late Onset Depression	In the older population, one of the serious health concerns that are associated with comorbidity, impaired functioning, excessive use of health care ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Learning Disability	Learning disabilities (LDs) refer to a number of disorders that may affect the acquisition, organization, retention, comprehension, or the use of both ... Read the Article	1	9	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Levetiracetam	Levetiracetam is a novel, antiepileptic drug used in the treatment of partial seizures, myoclonic seizures, and tonic-clonic seizures. In 2000, the FD ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Lewy Body Dementia	Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) encompasses two clinical entities, namely dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson disease dementia. It is a progressive degen ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Major Depressive Disorder	Major depressive disorder (MDD) has been ranked as the third cause of the burden of disease worldwide in 2008 by WHO, which has projected that this di ... Read the Article	1	11	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Meige Syndrome	Meige syndrome is a focal dystonic movement disorder involving blepharospasm, or involuntary eyelid spasm, and oromandibular dystonia, or involuntary ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Memantine	Memantine is an antagonist of the NMDA (N-Methyl-D-Aspartate)-receptor subtype of glutamate receptor. It is used to slow the neurotoxicity thought to ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Mental Status Examination	The mental status examination is the physical examination for psychiatry. It is the defining status of the current state of the patient during evaluat ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Methylphenidate	Methylphenidate is FDA-approved for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adults and as a second-line treat ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Muscarinic Agonists	Muscarinic agonists are parasympathomimetic drugs and are indicated for ileus, urinary retention, glaucoma, Alzheimer disease, and other symptoms. Thi ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Neuroacanthocytosis	Neuroacanthocytosis refers to a group of inherited genetic disorders resulting in a combination of misshapen red blood cells (acanthocytes) and progre ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome	Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a life-threatening syndrome associated with the use of dopamine-receptor antagonist medications or with rapid ... Read the Article	1	11	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Neurosarcoidosis	Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease that results in the formation of granulomas which classically are non-caseating granulomas, that may be found throug ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis	Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis is thought to be caused by an onconeural antibody to cancer that cross-reacts with self-antigen in the neurons and ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Parasomnias	Parasomnias encompass a spectrum of behavioral sleep abnormalities. The manifestations of these disorders can be distressing for both the individual e ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Parkinson Disease	Parkinson disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that mostly presents in later life with generalized slowing of movements (bradykinesia) and at least ... Read the Article	1.75	28	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Paroxetine	Paroxetine is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). It is used to treat several diseases, including major depressive disorder, obsessive-co ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Phenothiazine	Phenothiazines are termed first-generation heterocyclic anti-psychotic medications which display antagonistic activity towards dopamine receptors as w ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Pick Disease	Pick disease, also known as frontotemporal dementia, is the most common cause of dementia in patients under 60 years of age and is the third most comm ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Pimavanserin	Pimavanserin is a medication used in the treatment and management of the hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson disease psychosis. It ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Postpartum Depression	Around one in seven women can develop postpartum depression (PPD). While women experiencing baby blues tend to recover quickly, PPD tends to last long ... Read the Article	1	8	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Pramipexole	Pramipexole is a medication used in the management and treatment of Parkinsonism and restless leg syndrome. It is in the anti-parkinsonian class of dr ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder	Premenstrual symptoms include a constellation of mood, behavioral, and physical indications that occur in a cyclic pattern prior to menstruation and t ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy	Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is a severe, progressive, fatal demyelinating disease that presents in immunocompromised states. Treatment ... Read the Article	1	8	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia	Aphasia is the inability to vocalize or understand the spoken or written language. Primary progressive aphasia refers to the group of neurodegenerativ ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy	Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a form of atypical parkinsonian syndrome, also known as a Parkinson-plus disorder. It is an uncommon neurologi ... Read the Article	1	10	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures	Pseudoseizures, psychogenic seizures, and hysterical seizures are older terms used to describe events that clinically resemble epileptic seizures but ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Repetitive Head Injury Syndrome	Repetitive head injury syndrome, which is now known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting individ ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Separation Anxiety	Separation anxiety disorder (SAD) refers to an exaggeration of otherwise developmentally normal anxiety manifested by excessive concern, worry, and ev ... Read the Article	0.75	3	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Serotonin Syndrome	Serotonin syndrome is a potentially life-threatening condition precipitated by the use of serotonergic drugs. It may be a consequence of therapeutic m ... Read the Article	1.25	15	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Sleep Disorder	Sleep disorders are one of the most common clinical problems encountered in outpatient settings. Sleep disorders can be primary such as parasomnias an ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Sleep Paralysis	Sleep paralysis refers to the phenomenon in which resumption of consciousness occurs while muscle atonia of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep is maintain ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Sleeplessness And Circadian Disorder	Proper sleep is vital to maintain health and optimize overall functioning during periods of wakefulness. Sleeplessness has been linked with several he ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Substance Induced Mood Disorders	Substance-induced disorders include, among other disorders, substance/medication-induced mental disorders. Substance/medication-induced mental disorde ... Read the Article	1	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Substance Use In Pregnancy	Substance use disorder (SUD) in pregnancy is a growing concern in the United States. Patients with substance use disorders in the peripartum period fa ... Read the Article	1	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Suicide Risk	Suicide is the tenth most common cause of death in the United States, but it can often be prevented with appropriate intervention. This activity re ... Read the Article	1.25	13	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Syphilis	Syphilis is a systemic, bacterial infection caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum. Due to its many protean clinical manifestations, it has been ... Read the Article	2.5	46	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Temper Tantrums	Although temper tantrums are a normal part of development in toddlers, they can be distressing for caregivers and families. This activity describes ch ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Tourette Syndrome And Other Tic Disorders	Tourette syndrome, also referred to as Tourette disorder, is a common neurodevelopmental disorder affecting up to 1 percent of the population. It is c ... Read the Article	1.5	19	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Transient Global Amnesia	Transient global amnesia (TGA) is acute onset anterograde amnesia that is temporary and usually occurs in middle-aged and older individuals. It is oft ... Read the Article	0.75	4	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Traumatic Brain Injury	Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can result from trauma ranging from a simple blow to the head to a penetrating injury to the brain. In the United States, ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Tricyclic Antidepressants	Tricyclic antidepressants are a class of medications used in the management and treatment of major depressive disorder. This activity reviews the indi ... Read the Article	1	8	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Trinucleotide Repeat Disorders	Trinucleotide repeat disorders are neuropsychiatric disorders caused due to abnormal trinucleotide repeat expansions. Accurate diagnosis, with knowled ... Read the Article	1	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Venlafaxine	Venlafaxine is FDA approved to treat and manage symptoms of depression, social anxiety disorder, and cataplexy. Off-label, venlafaxine can be used f ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Violent Patients	Violence in healthcare is a worldwide and critical issue. In 2017, the Bureau of Labor and Statistics reported that healthcare workers are five times ... Read the Article	0.75	4	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Wernicke Encephalopathy	Wernicke encephalopathy is an acute neurological condition characterized by a clinical triad of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and confusion. This disease i ... Read the Article	1	9	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
White Matter Lesions	White matter lesions (WMLs) are areas of abnormal myelination in the brain. These lesions are best visualized as hyperintensities on T2 weighted and F ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO

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