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Arranjos assistenciais em uma rede atenção psicossocial no sul do Brasil

RESUMO. A implementação da reforma psiquiátrica é tema de recorrentes discussões no campo da saúde mental. Essa implementação não é padrão para todas as localidades brasileiras, uma vez que depende dos recursos materiais, humanos e aspectos culturais de cada região. A esta singularidade retom...

Impulsivity in migraine and in medication overuse headache: A literature review

Introduction: Psychiatric symptoms and analgesic overuse may contribute to migraine chronification. Impulsivity is a common symptom in several psychiatric disorders that can potentiate substance overuse, including analgesics. Dopamine has been associated with migraine pathophysiology and impulsivity. Obj...

Aspirin and poetry: Did João Cabral de Melo Neto suffer from acetylsalicylic acid-overuse headache?

Introduction: João Cabral de Melo Neto is considered one of the most important Brazilian poets of all time. He suffered from severe headaches for the longest part of his life, being diagnosed with migraine. He took a significant amount of acetylsalicylic acid pills every day for many years. Objective: T...

State-of-the-art in the acute and preventive treatment of migraine from children to adults - a Special Collection

Pain is a companion of human beings and is part of a system of protection and alarm of possible failures or risks to the organism's normal functioning. In some situations, there is a failure in this system, and pain arises inappropriately, causing great suffering. This occurs in cases of primary headache...

The state of the art in treating patients with a dual diagnosis of chronic migraine and medication-overuse headache

Migraine is a common, highly prevalent genetic neurological disorder. Its most burdensome form is the chronic migraine, which is clinically defined by the presence of headache on ≥15 days/month for longer than three months, with eight or more typical migraine days. Medication-overuse headache (MOH) is ...

Colitis eosinofílica asociada a enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal
Eosinophilic colitis associated with inflammatory bowel disease

Cambios rev. méd; 21 (1), 2022
INTRODUCCIÓN: La colitis eosinofílica y la colitis de la enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal, son dos entidades que pueden compartir similares características clínicas, endoscópicas y terapéuticas pero diferentes criterios diagnósticos. OBJETIVOS: Describir el caso clínico de un niño preescolar c...

Evaluation of structural changes in orbitofrontal cortex in relation to medication overuse in migraine patients: a diffusion tensor imaging study

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 79 (6), 2021
Abstract Background: Migraine is a prevalent neurological disease that leads to severe headaches. Moreover, it is the commonest among the primary headaches that cause medication overuse headache (MOH). The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is one of the structures most associated with medication overuse. Obje...

Impulsivity prevalence in migraine patients without and with medication overuse

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 78 (12), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: Migraine is one of the most common disorders in neurological clinical practice and is part of the group of primary headaches. It often affects individuals in the age group of 25-55 years, when people are at their peak of economic productivity. Many patients ultimately overuse analg...

Promoção do uso racional de medicamentos no contexto dos 3º e 4º ciclos da educação de jovens e adultos

Rev. Ciênc. Plur; 6 (2), 2020
Introdução: O alto consumo de medicamentos no Brasil impulsiona o desenvolvimento de estratégias para promoção do uso racional dos mesmos, especialmente em população mais vulneráveis. Objetivo: Traçar o perfil socioeconômico, demográfico e...