JNNP podcast

This month, how to safely and ethically carry out stereotactic surgery for psychiatric illness. Bart Nuttin, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Leuven, has put together pragmatic guidelines, with the input of international psychiatric and neurosurgical societies.Here he gives us an overview. Read the guidelines in full: http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/85/9/1003.full

Does emotional stress trigger Parkinson's disease? Andrew Lees, Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies, talks us through the evidence so far.And Glenda Halliday, Neuroscience Research Australia, and colleagues, have examined the clinical and pathological diagnostic implications of new criteria for frontotemporal dementia syndromes. She discusses the highlights.Read both the papers, for free:New criteria for frontotemporal dementia syndromes: clinical and pathological diagnostic implications http://goo.gl/87At72Can stress trigger Parkinson's disease? http://goo.gl/bS8igNListen to the PN podcast reviewing Michael J Fox's memoir, Lucky Man http://goo.gl/1XCpDP

Does emotional stress trigger Parkinson's disease? Andrew Lees, Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies, talks us through the evidence so far.And Glenda Halliday, Neuroscience Research Australia, and colleagues, have examined the clinical and pathological diagnostic implications of new criteria for frontotemporal dementia syndromes. She discusses the highlights.Read both the papers, for free:New criteria for frontotemporal dementia syndromes: clinical and pathological diagnostic implications http://goo.gl/87At72Can stress trigger Parkinson's disease? http://goo.gl/bS8igNListen to the PN podcast reviewing Michael J Fox's memoir, Lucky Man http://goo.gl/1XCpDP

Julian Gold, professor in the department of neuroscience and trauma, Queen Mary, University of London, and senior staff specialist, Albion Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, discusses his paper which investigates whether or not HIV protects against developing MS.Read the paper, for free: HIV and lower risk of multiple sclerosis: beginning to unravel a mystery using a record-linked database study http://goo.gl/j0G3SR

Julian Gold, professor in the department of neuroscience and trauma, Queen Mary, University of London, and senior staff specialist, Albion Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, discusses his paper which investigates whether or not HIV protects against developing MS.Read the paper, for free: HIV and lower risk of multiple sclerosis: beginning to unravel a mystery using a record-linked database study http://goo.gl/j0G3SR

JNNP editor Alan Carson asks Roland Zahn, senior clinical lecturer, King's College London, about the neuroanatomy of moral behaviour, particularly his work into the neural mechanism of moral emotion in depression.This podcast was recorded at the 2014 British NeuroPsychiatry Association AGM.

JNNP editor Alan Carson asks Roland Zahn, senior clinical lecturer, King's College London, about the neuroanatomy of moral behaviour, particularly his work into the neural mechanism of moral emotion in depression.This podcast was recorded at the 2014 British NeuroPsychiatry Association AGM.

This month, genetic counselling for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Adriano Chiò, Turin ALS Expert Center, ‘Rita Levi Montalcini’ University of Turin, tells us what it can and can't do, who should have it, and how to go about it.And deep brain stimulation for essential tremor. Joseph Jankovic, Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine, explains what his study on long-term outcomes reveals.Read the papers:Genetic counselling in ALS: facts, uncertainties and clinical suggestions http://goo.gl/bYaqtQThe safety and efficacy of thalamic deep brain stimulation in essential tremor: 10 years and beyond http://goo.gl/OhCsIh

This month, genetic counselling for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Adriano Chiò, Turin ALS Expert Center, ‘Rita Levi Montalcini’ University of Turin, tells us what it can and can't do, who should have it, and how to go about it.And deep brain stimulation for essential tremor. Joseph Jankovic, Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine, explains what his study on long-term outcomes reveals.Read the papers:Genetic counselling in ALS: facts, uncertainties and clinical suggestions http://goo.gl/bYaqtQThe safety and efficacy of thalamic deep brain stimulation in essential tremor: 10 years and beyond http://goo.gl/OhCsIh

Head injury is very common, and we know those admitted to hospital with a severe head injury have a high mortality rate in the proceeding year. However less is known about later mortality, and even less about late survival after mild head injury, which accounts for 95% of all head injuries.Tom McMillan, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, MVLS, University of Glasgow, and colleagues, have followed up patients 15 years after admission with a mild head injury, and recently published the results in JNNP.In this podcast, Alan Carson, JNNP associate editor, asks him what they found.Read the full paper:Mortality and morbidity 15 years after hospital admission with mild head injury: a prospective case-controlled population study http://goo.gl/9aTU4Z

Head injury is very common, and we know those admitted to hospital with a severe head injury have a high mortality rate in the proceeding year. However less is known about later mortality, and even less about late survival after mild head injury, which accounts for 95% of all head injuries.Tom McMillan, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, MVLS, University of Glasgow, and colleagues, have followed up patients 15 years after admission with a mild head injury, and recently published the results in JNNP.In this podcast, Alan Carson, JNNP associate editor, asks him what they found.Read the full paper:Mortality and morbidity 15 years after hospital admission with mild head injury: a prospective case-controlled population study http://goo.gl/9aTU4Z

What's the role of the striatum, in changes in cognition and behaviour in neurodegeneration? Michael Hornberger, University of Cambridge, explains why it may be more pivotal than we currently think.And how best to support patients just diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, who are facing difficult decisions around their treatment? Sascha Köpke, University of Lübeck, discusses the results of his trial comparing two programmes.Read the papers, for free:Beyond and below the cortex: the contribution of striatal dysfunction to cognition and behaviour in neurodegeneration http://goo.gl/IZJi2oEvidence-based patient information programme in early multiple sclerosis: a randomised controlled trial http://goo.gl/nQdJ15

What's the role of the striatum, in changes in cognition and behaviour in neurodegeneration? Michael Hornberger, University of Cambridge, explains why it may be more pivotal than we currently think.And how best to support patients just diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, who are facing difficult decisions around their treatment? Sascha Köpke, University of Lübeck, discusses the results of his trial comparing two programmes.Read the papers, for free:Beyond and below the cortex: the contribution of striatal dysfunction to cognition and behaviour in neurodegeneration http://goo.gl/IZJi2oEvidence-based patient information programme in early multiple sclerosis: a randomised controlled trial http://goo.gl/nQdJ15

Angela Vincent, emeritus professor of neuroimmunology at the University of Oxford, gives Adam Zeman, professor of cognitive and behavioural neurology, University of Exeter, an overview of autoimmune disorders of the central nervous system.This podcast is one of several recorded with the British Neuropsychiatry Association, more of which will be published over the next few months. For all the podcasts in this series, see: soundcloud.com/tags/bnpa%202014

Angela Vincent, emeritus professor of neuroimmunology at the University of Oxford, gives Adam Zeman, professor of cognitive and behavioural neurology, University of Exeter, an overview of autoimmune disorders of the central nervous system.This podcast is one of several recorded with the British Neuropsychiatry Association, more of which will be published over the next few months. For all the podcasts in this series, see: soundcloud.com/tags/bnpa%202014