Estudantes e profissionais de saúde se mostram embaraçados ao se depararem com questões relativas às sexualidades de seus pacientes. Diante disso, não é incomum o estabelecimento de uma relação superficial, erros no diagnóstico e a impossibilidade de condução do tratamento. Pesquisas indicam que essa dificuldade decorre de uma formação inadequada dos profissionais, especialmente no que diz respeito ao cuidado d...
Introduction: Drug-induced dyskinesias arecommonside-effects of first-generation antipsychotics (FGAs) but are not usually related to second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs). Oculogyric crisis (OGC) is a disabling acute dystonia that affects extra-ocular muscles usually resulting in an upward deviation of the eyes, which lasts from minutes to hours. Case report:Wedescribe an adult patient, previously exposed to...
Prefrontal cortex dysfunction has been associated with a series of behavioral symptoms, such as impulsivity and affective instability, which are the defining features of several personality disorders, notably, borderline personality disorder. We report on a 27-year-old patient with schizencephaly in the right frontal lobe (cingulate cortex lesion and secondary orbitofrontal cortex dysfunction) presenting with p...
Introduction: Obesity is currently considered a global epidemic and its prevention and treatment is a major public health concern, demanding treatment which may combine a sociocultural approach, lifestyle modification, nutritional, pharmacological or surgical strategies. Rimonabant, an endocannabinoid antagonist, has been proposed as an agent for an average weight loss of 4 kg. However, the development of anxie...