Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Wesley Ely, MD, MPH, co-director of the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center at VUMC and senior author.
Newswise Delirium, a form of acute brain dysfunction, is widespread in critically ill patients in lower resourced hospitals, and the duration of delirium predicted both mortality and disability at six months after discharge, according to a study published in PLOS ONE.
Working with partners in Zambia, Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers evaluated 711 hospitalized critically ill patients; delirium occurred in 48.5%. The findings shed light on the impact of delirium on a patient’s recovery and even whether a patient is likely to live or die.
Jill Nickens â The Akathisia Alliance for Education and Research
This week on the Mad in America podcast we turn our attention to prescription-drug-induced akathisia and joining me to discuss this is Jill Nickens. Jill is the president and founder of the Akathisia Alliance for Education and Research, a nonprofit organization formed by people who have personal experience of akathisia.
The group includes biochemists, psychologists, nurses, attorneys, business owners, and others who have survived akathisia, suicidality and devastating personal losses due, in part, to a lack of awareness by medical professionals. They have come together to inform and raise awareness to help minimize the risk of developing akathisia.
Smit operating his mobile phone with his nose tip
RAJKOT: Smooth seas do not make skilful sailors, goes an African proverb. Smit Changela, 18, is no stranger to adversity. For he has been suffering from neuropathy since he was just three months old. Yet, he has taken life in his stride.
At a time when teens of his age face severe psychological issues after remaining hooked on their cell phones for hours together, Smit used the Covid-19 induced lockdown to turn financially independent. This even as he belongs to a well to do family with his father Chetan owning a ceramic factory in Morbi.
Psychologists at the University of Bath, Cardiff, and London have developed the first ever mind-reading questionnaire to assess how well people understand what others are really thinking.