The appropriateness of treating psychopathic disorders

The appropriateness of treating psychopathic disorders.

The received wisdom is that there is no known effective treatment for psychopathic disorders. Although outcome studies have not identified an effective programmatic treatment for psychopathic disorders, such studies tend to leave the question open. If behavioral science has not established that psychopathic disorders respond to a particular programmatic approach, neither are psychopathic disord...

The Treatment of Psychopathic and Antisocial Personality Disorders: A Review

There is a considerable amount of controversy surrounding the treatment of psychopathic and antisocial personality disorders. Different methods of treatment have been tried with those diagnosed with the condition, but the lack of controlled follow-up research in this area has made it difficult to evaluate their effectiveness. What has emerged, however, is that the core elements of psychopathy m...

ACR Appropriateness Criteria Dementia and Movement Disorders.

Neurodegenerative disease, including dementia, extrapyramidal degeneration, and motor system degeneration, is a growing public health concern and is quickly becoming one of the top health care priorities of developed nations. The primary function of anatomic neuroimaging studies in evaluating patients with dementia or movement disorders is to rule out structural causes that may be reversible. L...

LIPID DISORDERS The review of medicines for treating lipid disorders

Treating Habit Disorders

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