The incidence of dementia is increasing dramatically with the ageing population. Increasing evidence indicates that vascular disease is associated with cognitive decline and with the most common form of dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD). Cardiovascular risk factors such as hyperlipidaemia, hypertension and type 2 diabetes have attracted attention as potential targets in the prevention of demen...

The article discusses step by step the drug-prescription process from the assessment of a patient's medical history to the administration or intake. Practical examples illustrate common errors which could lead to complications in the inpatient as well as outpatient setting.

Tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable diseases in the United States. Smoking accounts for more than 400,000 deaths yearly and 30% of all cancer deaths. Primary care physicians have access to 70% of smokers, approximately 60% of whom are perceived to be in excellent health. Recent advances in the pharmacotherapy of nicotine addiction, including nicotine nasal spray, nicotine inhaler...

The hypothesis of each individual being special and different leading to heterogenity of diseases sets the ground for the concept of personalized medicine. Personalized psychiatry follows the principles of personalized medicine. A constituent part of an individually adapted approach towards the psychiatric patient presents itself thorough personalized psychiatry. The development of pharmacogeno...

Since each us has previously published reviews of medication treat ment for adults and children with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD),[1 ] we approach the subject somewhat differently in this arti cle. We ask and answer 11 questions that we believe encompass major con cerns of prescribing psychiatrists about medication treatment for adults or children with PTSD. We hope that this presentati...

When developing a new pharmacotherapy for a given indication one has to differentiate between de novo developments and drug repurposing. The practice of drug repurposing can be based on 2 core concepts: (1) the Known compound-new target and (2) the Known target-new indication approach. Concerning cyberaddictions, the known targetnew indication approach becomes the most promising in consideratio...