What is this diagnosis of LATE and how does it related to #Alzheimers and other dementia diagnoses? Well LATE stands for limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE). It appears in the brain tissue of a staggering 1/4 of older adults. The memory issues look

In the largest study of CTE to date: concussion does not cause CTE The predicted total force to the head that athletes experienced over their lifetime was the best predictor of who had CTE, and how severe it was

Does anybody have opinions about which adult cases are the best type of case to submit for oral board examination? #neuropsychtwitter

What some resources/books you found helpful in preparing for the oral board examination? #NeuroPsych Cady Block, PhD, ABPP-CN

Wow! New paper NEJM showing that biomarkers are changing in Alzheimer's 6-18 years before clinical symptoms appear and a diagnosis is made. Key Points: - 648 participants and 648 controls. - Median follow-up was ~20 years and here is what the authors detected BEFORE SYMPTOMS

My practice samples were accepted and I was offered to take the oral exam in April. Does #neuropsychtwitter think this is too soon? How much prep did yall do for the orals?

🚨🚨🚨 New FND Treatment 🧵 This patient’s FND was triggered by a dog bite to her R thigh. She developed R leg heaviness that progressed to a severe tremor during a soccer game & intermittent head/trunk movements when walking. /1 #PTtwitter #medtwitter #neurotwitter #FNDaware

Long covid is not the only chronic condition triggered by infection economist.com/science-and-te… from ⁦The Economist⁩

This is a map of repetition among all symptoms in the DSM-5. 🧵1/10

Here is a data-driven reorganization of the symptoms in the DSM-5. 🧵1/10

Many mental-health conditions have bodily triggers economist.com/science-and-te… from The Economist

Happy to share that our work applying precision mapping to individuals with depression sampled longitudinally over an extended period has been published this week in @nature. Brief recap of the main findings and their potential implications below. nature.com/articles/s4158…

🚨Interesting article alert🚨 Schretlen, Finley, Del Bene, and Varvaris just published a paper reviewing meta-analysis of #cognitive functioning across 94 health conditions (CNS and non-CNS). academic.oup.com/acn/advance-ar…

Happy to become a board certified neuropsychologist today. Thank you to all my mentors and colleagues including the great Cady Block, PhD, ABPP-CN !

Systematic review and meta-analysis: Stopping antidepressants leads to slight symptom increases compared to placebo, but these symptoms are not clinically significant and do not include mood changes. ja.ma/4lNdBIu

In older adults, discontinuing antipsychotic medications after hospitalization was associated with reduced risks of rehospitalization, falls, infections, delirium, and mortality compared to continuation. ja.ma/40y37nO

Most viewed this week from JAMA Psychiatry: ADHD medications are consistently associated with reduced risks of self-harm, unintentional injury, traffic crashes, and crime, but these protective effects weakened as prescription rates increased. ja.ma/3ISDpV5

In patients with treatment-resistant #depression, combining esketamine with an SNRI results in lower rates of mortality, hospitalization, and depression relapse. ja.ma/45HBnQW