Functional neuroimaging in Tourette syndromeHugh Rickards
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Birmingham University and BSMHFT, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
J Psychosom Res 67:575-84. 2009
..The review will also examine the different methodologies employed and will suggest which methodologies are most likely to lead to elucidation of the pathophysiology of TS and related conditions...
- Discriminant analysis of Beck Depression Inventory and Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression in Huntington's disease
Hugh Rickards
Neuropsychiatry Department, The Barberry, West Midlands, UK
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 23:399-402. 2011
..quot; These findings highlight the limited usefulness of these scales within the area of Huntington's disease...
Republished review: Tourette's syndrome and other tic disordersHugh Rickards
Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, Barberry Building, 25 Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2FG, UK
Postgrad Med J 87:142-9. 2011
..The cause is unknown but there are strong genetic factors. Treatment should be aimed at minimising disability and includes social, psychological and biological approaches...
- Gilles de la Tourette: the man behind the syndrome
Hugh Rickards
Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Birmingham and BSMHFT, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
J Psychosom Res 67:469-74. 2009
..This article concentrates on his life and includes previously untranslated passages from authors of the time and, for the first time, a full English translation of his obituary written by Henry Meige...
- Factor analysis of behavioural symptoms in Huntington's disease
Hugh Rickards
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, Barberry Building, 25 Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2FG, UK
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 82:411-2. 2011
..This large data set confirmed previous reports of distinct behavioural patterns within Huntington's disease comprising a depressive factor, a dysexecutive factor, an irritability factor and a psychosis factor...
- Tourette's syndrome and other tic disorders
Hugh Rickards
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
Pract Neurol 10:252-9. 2010
..The cause is unknown but there are strong genetic factors. Treatment should be aimed at minimising disability and includes social, psychological and biological approaches...
- The role of impulse control disorders in Tourette syndrome: an exploratory study
Madeleine C Frank
Michael Trimble Neuropsychiatry Research Group, Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Birmingham and BSMHFT, Birmingham, UK
J Neurol Sci 310:276-8. 2011
..ICDs are expected to be common in patients with TS, as many problems reported in TS are related to difficulties in controlling impulsivity...
- Treatment practices in Tourette syndrome: the European perspective
Hugh Rickards
The Michael Trimble Neuropsychiatry Research Group, Department of Neuropsychiatry, BSMHFT, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Eur J Paediatr Neurol 16:361-4. 2012
..However, variability in prescribing practices has never been investigated. This study aims to systematically examine European prescribing practices in Tourette syndrome...
- Validation of self-report depression rating scales in Huntington's disease
Jennifer De Souza
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, Neuropsychiatry Service, Birmingham B15 2FG, United Kingdom
Mov Disord 25:91-6. 2010
..The HADS-D and DISCs are good screening measures for depression in the HD population and the DISCs may be particularly useful in those patients with more severe communicative and cognitive deficits...
- Impulse-control disorders in gilles de la tourette syndrome
Anna Wright
Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Birmingham and BSMHFT, Birmingham, UK
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 24:16-27. 2012
..The medical and legal community should be aware of the full spectrum of organically-based behaviors that may predispose patients with GTS to unwanted legal disciplinary action...
- Beneficial and adverse psychotropic effects of antiepileptic drugs in patients with epilepsy: a summary of prevalence, underlying mechanisms and data limitations
John Piedad
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
CNS Drugs 26:319-35. 2012
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- What makes a simple partial seizure complex?
Andrea E Cavanna
The Michael Trimble Neuropsychiatry Research Group, Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Birmingham and BSMHFT, Birmingham, UK
Epilepsy Behav 22:651-8. 2011
..These data, along with the localization information they provide, should be taken into account in the formulation of new criteria for the classification of seizures with focal onset...
- Consciousness: a neurological perspective
Andrea E Cavanna
Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Birmingham and BSMHFT, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Behav Neurol 24:107-16. 2011
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- Tolerability profile of aripiprazole in patients with Tourette syndrome
Andrea E Cavanna
Michael Trimble Neuropsychiatry Research Group, BSMHFT and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
J Psychopharmacol 26:891-5. 2012
..The discontinuation rate of 20.7% suggests that aripiprazole is safe and reasonably well tolerated for use in TS. The prevalence of adverse effects appears to increase with treatment duration...
- The assessment of consciousness during partial seizures
Fizzah Ali
The Michael Trimble Neuropsychiatry Research Group, Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Birmingham and BSMHFT, Birmingham, UK
Epilepsy Behav 23:98-102. 2012
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- The prevalence of psychiatric disorders in epilepsy: a critical review of the evidence
Ruth Jones
Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Funct Neurol 25:191-4. 2010
..Heterogeneity exists across the research methodologies, therefore further research, using less selected groups, should be undertaken to allow valid comparisons and the identification of more precise prevalence rates...
- The prevalence and clinical characteristics of punding in Parkinson's disease
Ashley H Spencer
Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Birmingham and BSMHFT, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Mov Disord 26:578-86. 2011
..Punding (the display of stereotyped, repetitive behaviors) is a relatively recently discovered feature of Parkinson's disease (PD). Little is known about the prevalence and clinical characteristics of punding in PD...
- An approach to deep brain stimulation for severe treatment-refractory Tourette syndrome: the UK perspective
Andrea E Cavanna
Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Birmingham and BSMHFT, Birmingham, UK
Br J Neurosurg 25:38-44. 2011
..The present article illustrates the UK perspective on DBS in TS and proposes consensus-based recommendations for double-blind controlled trials...
- Ictal consciousness in epilepsy and nonepileptic attack disorder
Fizzah Ali
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Epilepsy Behav 19:522-5. 2010
..The ICI is proposed as a potentially useful self-report instrument to supplement clinical and instrumental tests for the differential diagnosis of epilepsy and NEAD...
- "Trousseau's disease:" a description of the Gilles de la Tourette syndrome 12 years before 1885
Hugh Rickards
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Birmingham, United Kingdom
Mov Disord 25:2285-9. 2010
..We present the first English translation of Trousseau's description and argue that this description is more akin to modern conceptualization of GTS than the description of Gilles de la Tourette himself...
- The "imprisoned illness:" motor tic disorder in Rainer Maria Rilke's Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
Andrea Eugenio Cavanna
Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Birmingham and BSMHFT, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Mov Disord 25:1980-2. 2010
..In this article, we report his description of a Parisian character displaying multiple motor tic symptoms, along with a brief commentary...
- A pilot study using nabilone for symptomatic treatment in Huntington's disease
Adrienne Curtis
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Mov Disord 24:2254-9. 2009
..44 to 2.92) for chorea; 3.57 (95% CI: -3.41 to 10.55) for UHDRS cognition; 4.01 (95% CI: -0.11 to 8.13) for UHDRS behavior, and 6.43 (95% CI: 0.2 to 12.66) for the NPI. Larger longer RCT of nabilone in HD is feasible and warranted...
- The prevalence and clinical characteristics of pathological gambling in Parkinson's disease: an evidence-based review
M P Barns Neurauter
University of Birmingham Medical School, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Funct Neurol 25:9-13. 2010
..7% in patients with PD. Although the literature suggests a high incidence of psychiatric co-morbidity, particularly depression and other impulse control disorders, this is yet to be confirmed by case-control studies...
- Hassler and Dieckmann's seminal paper on stereotactic thalamotomy for Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: translation and critical reappraisal
Hugh Rickards
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Mov Disord 23:1966-72. 2008
..We present a translation of this paper and discussion in English...
- A controlled study of psychopathology and associated symptoms in Tourette syndrome
Hugh Rickards
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2QZ, UK
World J Biol Psychiatry 4:64-8. 2003
..This study was designed to describe symptomatology in GTS subjects. It describes the severity of depressive, anxiety and obsessional symptoms when compared to other samples of GTS patients, matched controls and normative data...
