Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM)

Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM) is new psychiatric therapy; involving just a few 15-minute sessions and no drugs, discussion of feelings, or even a psychiatrist, it is described as a cognitive vac...

Minimizing cognitive errors

Types of cognitive error

Sniff test

Schilling test

Addenbrooke's nurse wins national award

A nurse from Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridgeshire has been given a national NHS award for his mentoring and teaching skills.

Cognitive Test In Alzheimer's Drug Trial May Be Flawed

New research led by Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry suggests that the cognitive test used in Alzheimer's drug trials is flawed. The current standard cognitive test for...

Receiver operating characteristic curves

Researchers evaluated the performance of a cognitive test called “test your memory” as a screening test for Alzheimer’s disease. The screening test is designed to use minimal operator time and t...

Cognitive Therapy Feasible for Patients in the ICU

Most intensive care unit patients are able to participate in cognitive therapy, researchers say. Medscape Medical News

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in OCD

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy may prove to be a feasible and effective treatment option for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder who have not responded to traditional CBT. BMC Psychiatr...

Cognitive Behavior Therapy May Be Useful for Tinnitus

In a randomized controlled trial, a stepped-care approach based on cognitive behavior therapy appeared to be suitable for widespread implementation for patients with tinnitus. Medscape Medical News

Cognitive test used in Alzheimer's drug trials is flawed: Study

New research led by Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry suggests that the cognitive test used in Alzheimer's drug trials is flawed.

Cognitive behavioral therapy helpful in depressed elderly

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pooled data indicate that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is helpful in the elderly with major or minor depression, dysthymia, or depressive symptoms, but so are oth...

Validation of Addenbrooke's cognitive examination for detecting early dementia in a Japanese population.

There is a clear need for brief, but sensitive and specific, cognitive screening instruments for dementia. We assessed the diagnostic accuracy of the Japanese version of Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examin...

Screening for Cognitive Dysfunction in Corticobasal Syndrome: Utility of Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination.

Introduction: The motor features of corticobasal syndrome (CBS) are well recognized but the fact that many, if not all, affected patients develop cognitive impairment is still underrecognized. The dem...

A comparison of screening tools for the assessment of Mild Cognitive Impairment: Preliminary findings.

We report a pilot investigation into the utility of screening tools in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). The Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACE-R), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) an...

Cognitive function in postmenopausal breast cancer patients one year after completing adjuvant endocrine therapy with letrozole and/or tamoxifen in the BIG 1-98 trial.

Endocrine therapy for breast cancer may affect cognition. The purpose of this study was to examine whether cognitive function improves after cessation of adjuvant endocrine therapy. Change in cognitiv...

Adaptation of Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised for the Greek population.

Background/Purpose: Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised [1] is a highly sensitive and specific bedside test for the diagnosis of dementia. The aim of this study was to validate a Greek version...