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Additional confusion exists between the episodic and usually brief patterns often called ‘nervous habits’, repetitive motor behaviors, or just ‘stereotypies’ on the one hand, and SMD, the focus of this paper, on the other SMD involves more prolonged bouts or runs that may last for up to many minutes, such as hand-flapping and pacing The distinction is not always clear, and the
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The area of psychopathology related to somatic illness in general, and cerebral disease in particular, presents a conceptual and semantic muddle The meaning of the various terms found in the literature is unclear and often overlapping Unless some order is brought into the language of this area of psychiatry, little progress can be made in the elucidation of relevant etiological factors and
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Wernicke-Korsakoff (WK) syndrome is a serious brain condition that is usually, but not exclusively, associated with chronic alcohol misuse and severe alcohol use disorder (AUD)
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Editorial The terms psychopathy, sociopathy, and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) are commonly used interchangeably in clinical and research literature as well as the popular media Further complicating matters, the diagnostic features section of ASPD in the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5)1 indicates
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