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Neuropsychiatric Symptom Clusters and Brain Structure in Alzheimer’s Disease
March 16, 2026
Neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease separate into hyperactivity, psychosis, neurovegetative, and affective clusters, supporting a cluster-based paradigm linking behavioral symptoms with brain structure and functional decline.
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Autoimmune Diseases, Treatments, and Dementia Risk: A Population-Based Case-Control Study from Taiwan
October 15, 2025
Thirteen autoimmune diseases were linked with an elevated dementia risk, particularly Behçet's disease, multiple sclerosis, and lupus. Associations with vascular dementia were stronger than with Alzheimer's disease.
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Effects of Alcohol Use on Cognition in Individuals With Neurocognitive Disorders
August 6, 2025
In a memory clinic cohort of patients with neurocognitive disorders, alcohol related cognitive impairment resulted in specific deficits involving cognitive control during delayed recall task.
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THC for Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia
September 18, 2023
Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in dementia are challenging to manage, and available treatments have a significant side effect profile. This study evaluated the effectiveness of dispensary-obtained tetrahydrocannabinol for patients with...
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Muscarinic Approaches to Schizophrenia, Mechanism, EMERGENT Data, and Open Questions
October 28, 2026
In this video webinar, Ilan Melnick, MD, discusses muscarinic approaches to schizophrenia, including the proposed M1 and M4 mechanism, short-term and long-term EMERGENT trial findings, and the goal of...
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Older Adults Visiting Emergency Departments for Mental Health Issues:A CHIRPP Database Study
April 2, 2025
Suicidal ideations and neurocognitive disorders were the most frequent diagnostic impressions, with males at higher risk of neurocognitive and substance use disorders. Patients 85 or older were more likely...
