This content is machine translated Video session at the three-country meeting on epilepsy Contribution from Zurich wins Video recording of seizures with and without EEG is considered essential in epileptology and is firmly established. Diagnostics, research and didactics would be unthinkable without the recording possibilities, Prof. Peter…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease An effective alternative to drug therapy Levodopa treatment in Prakinson’s disease often results in motor fluctuations and dyskinesias. For selected patients in advanced stages, deep brain stimulation, which works by applying high-frequency pulses to specific brain…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Guidelines in psychiatry Does psychiatry need more standardization? The discussion as to whether guidelines are necessary in medicine is controversial, especially for the field of psychiatry, in which the relationship between doctor and patient plays a significant role,…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Early detection and treatment of schizophrenic psychoses Setting the course early is crucial for a favorable outcome Risk states for schizophrenia are defined mainly by attenuated psychotic symptoms and subjectively perceived changes in perception and thinking. In a high-risk state, supportive care and monitoring, rather than antipsychotic…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Imaging in Parkinson's disease Do more than just rule out causes of secondary parkinsonism? The role of imaging in the diagnosis of PD currently lies mainly in the exclusion of causes of secondary parkinsonism. However, in the context of the clinic, it can also…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Suicide as a taboo subject How do you care for suicidal people? In his presentation at the KHM Congress in Lucerne, Dr. med. Jürg B. Zühlke, former chief physician of the Psychiatric Service, Emmental, referred to the many signs and statistical risks…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Interview on burnout and social security law Doctors and lawyers have much to gain from working together In conversation with Barbara Hochstrasser, MD, and Prof. Dr. iur. Ueli Kieser is concerned with the meaning of burnout from a medical and a legal point of view. Furthermore, the…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 4th Swiss Forum for Mood and Anxiety Disorders SGAD treatment recommendations for obsessive-compulsive disorder and PTSD. At this year’s Swiss Forum for Mood and Anxiety Disorders of the Swiss Society for Anxiety and Depression (SGAD), Prof. Martin E. Keck, MD, Oetwil am See, presented for the first…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Chronic pain Breaking the vicious circle On average, it takes seven years to consider multi-causality of chronic pain and appropriate multimodal therapy. This is often not done on the basis of positive findings, but according to…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Patient with depression Ejaculatory dysfunction as an adverse effect of trazodone. Case report: a 22-year-old patient with known recurrent depressive disorder and regular use of cannabis presented for increasing depressive symptoms. He was psychosocially burdened by prolonged unemployment, debt, and relationship…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Differential diagnosis dementia Genesis and differentiation of dementia from depression and delirium The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s dementia, which is chronically progressive and primarily shows memory impairment. After initial exclusion diagnosis by the primary care provider, differential diagnosis should…
