The Mind in Modern Medicine

Blog Post by Ennapadam S. Krishnamoorthy, (ESK) MBBS, MD, DCN (Lond), PhD (Lond), FRCP (Lond, Edin & Glas), MAMS (India), FIMSA, FIPS, an internationally recognized as a leader in the brain-mind interface, the field of Neuropsychiatry. Founder Director of The Neuropsychiatry Group
It is curious that the mind, so important at the turn of the 20th century, is experiencing today a reawakening in scientific and societal consciousness. The founders of modern medical science in the 18th and 19th centuries had clearly conceived the mind to be a representation of the brain; people like Alois Alzheimer demonstrated pathological abnormalities in the brain of people affected with dementia. Indeed, centuries earlier, the father of modern medicine, Hippocrates, had firmly placed “our joys, sorrows, desires and feelings” in the brain.

Dementia Awareness Week: Conversations with an Alzheimer’s Patient, and other books from Cambridge Medicine

Blog Post by Nisha Doshi, Editorial, Cambridge University Press

4^th-10^th July 2010 is Dementia Awareness Week in the UK, and this year the Alzheimer’s Society have been asking us to think about people we know living with dementia, and how their lives can be made more enjoyable.

From an in-depth study of communication with an elderly female Alzheimer’s patient over four-and-half-years, to a unique collection of dementia case studies from around the world, Cambridge Medicine’s mental health list offers a wide range of resources to help clinicians and family members caring for dementia patients across the globe.

CAM-ICU Delirium Test

Blog Post and YouTube video by Valerie Page, UK national clinical lead in ICU delirium

Watch the YouTube video now on CAM-ICU Delirium Test

ICU delirium is associated with adverse outcomes particularly long-term cognitive impairment, effectively at the very least a mild dementia and second that it will usually go undiagnosed unless we screen for it.  To diagnose and manage delirium does not require equipment, money or a great deal of training.  If we can modify the incidence or duration of delirium “delirium dose” there is the potential for improving patient’s outcomes, particularly brain function.

A Global Approach to Dementia: Filling the Knowledge Gap

Blog Post by Nisha Doshi, Editorial, Cambridge University Press

More than 35 million people worldwide will have dementia in 2010, and dementia prevalence will double every 20 years to more than 115 million in 2050, according to the 2009 World Alzheimer’s Report. In particular, the report showed that much of this increase will be attributable to low and middle income countries. The research predicted that 57.7% of people with dementia in 2010 live in low and middle income countries, but this percentage is expected to rise to 70.5% by 2050.

A Meeting of Minds – Cambridge Clinical Neuroscience and Mental Health Symposium

Blog Post by Jenny Ridge, Academic & Professional Marketing, Medicine

The Cambridge Clinical Neuroscience and Mental Health Symposium starts today, with Press authors ready to speak on the most up-to-date research.

Organised by Cambridge Neuroscience, whose mission is to increase our fundamental understanding of brain function and enhance quality of life, the Symposium is a highly significant event for all neuroscientists. The Symposium connects the varied and vast areas of neuroscience research and teaching that takes place across the University of Cambridge and affiliated institutions and is vital to furthering the aims of Cambridge Neuroscience.