Should neurologists diagnose and manage functional neurologic disorders? It is complicated

How should we diagnose and manage photosensitivity?

Training non-neurologists to diagnose epilepsy

PURPOSE Narrowing the epilepsy treatment gap in the world's poorest countries is one of the greatest challenges that the epilepsy community faces. The reliable diagnosis of epilepsy is the first step in this. In well-off countries, doctors, often neurologists, carry this out but this is unrealistic in the developing world where there are often no neurologists, particularly in the rural areas wh...

When is cough functional, and how should it be treated?

KEY POINTS Habit cough is most commonly characterised by a repetitive loud barking cough that persists for prolonged periods.The cough interferes with normal activity and substantially decreases the quality of life.The sine qua non is the total absence of this troublesome cough once asleep.The age distribution ranges from 4 years to late adolescence, with 85% of cases occurring from 8 to 14 yea...

Enterprise Information Security: Who Should Manage it and How?

In the recent past, Information Security has received a lot of attention in the business and trade press. Much of this can be attributed to an increase in security breaches leading to major losses to the affected enterprises. The CSI/FBI 2005 [4] security survey reports 13 different attack types, ranging from website defacement to financial fraud to Internet worms and viruses. There are several...

The Link between Mood Disorders and Epilepsy: Why Is It Important to Diagnose and Treat?*

Depression commonly is comorbid with epilepsy and, of the depressive disorders, major depression is most common. Depression is often comorbid with an anxiety disorder (eg, generalized anxiety, social phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder, or obsessive-compulsive disorder), in the general public and in persons with epilepsy (PWE). This discussion will focus on mood disorders in ...