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Ali Amad

2 papers in the library · 133 citations · publishing 2014-2022

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Catatonia Psychopathology and Phenomenology in a Large Dataset.

Frontiers in Psychiatry 2022 Eleanor Dawkins, Leola Cruden-Smith, Ben Carter et al. 37 citations

The external clinical manifestations (psychopathology) and internal subjective experience (phenomenology) of catatonia are of clinical importance but have received little attention. This study aimed to use a large dataset to describe the clinical signs of catatonia; to assess whether these signs are associated with underlying diagnosis and prognosis; and to describe the phenomenology of...

Pharmacology of Hallucinations: Several Mechanisms for One Single Symptom?

BioMed Research International 2014 Benjamin Rolland, Renaud Jardri, Ali Amad et al. 96 citations

Hallucinations are complex misperceptions, that principally occur in schizophrenia or after intoxication induced by three main classes of drugs: psychostimulants, psychedelics, and dissociative anesthetics. There are at least three different pharmacological ways to induce hallucinations: (1) activation of dopamine D2 receptors (D2Rs) with psychostimulants, (2) activation of serotonin 5HT2A...