August 25, 2006 | Dementia [1], Geriatric Psychiatry [2], Munchausen Syndrome [3], Sleep Deprivation [4], Vascular Dementia [5], Psychotic Affective Disorders [6], Mania [7], Psychiatric Emergencies [8], Major Depressive Disorder [9], Neuropsychiatry [10], Addiction [11], Alcohol Abuse [12], Amnesia [13] While dementia is marked by such cognitive deficits as disorientation, memory loss and chan...

The effect of extracorporeal circulation during open heart surgery on changes in intellectual function was studied in 18 children. A group of patients undergoing such surgery was compared to a control group undergoing cardiac surgery without extracorporeal circulation. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children was used to evaluate the patients. No significant differences were found in either...

In recent years, supporting intellectual property right has gained more significance. Intellectual property rights could be considered as legal rights resulting from intellectual activities in industrial, scientific, literary and artistic fields. Today, many countries are seeking practical information about using intellectual property to improve economic growth. Intellectual property rights hav...

BACKGROUND Migration has been implicated as a risk factor for autism, but evidence is limited and inconsistent. AIMS To investigate the relationship between parental migration status and risk of autism spectrum disorder, taking into consideration the importance of region of origin, timing of migration and possible discrepancies in associations between autism subtypes. METHOD Record-linkage ...

Children with intellectual disability (ID) were given a comprehensive range of executive functioning measures which systematically varied in terms of verbal and non-verbal demands. Their performance was compared to the performance of groups matched on mental age (MA) and chronological age (CA), respectively. 22 children were included in each group. Children with ID performed on par with the MA ...

The World Health Organization [2] notes that intellectual disability is a condition with “a significantly reduced ability to understand new or complex information and to learn and apply new skills (impaired intelligence). This results in a reduced ability to cope independently (impaired social functioning), and begins before adulthood, with a lasting effect on development.” In the United States...