Article topic: Cerebral Venous Thrombosis (CVT) Author: Mira Hasan Editors: Noor Qasem, Ethar Hazaimeh Keywords: Stroke, emboli, anticoagulation, thrombophilia, antiphospholipid syndrome. Introduction and epidemiology Dural venous sinus thrombosis or thrombosis of cerebral veins is considered a special type of stroke [1], distinct from arterial stokes. Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT)  is less frequent than arterial stokes, and they target younger populations predominantly affecting females, rarely present as stroke syndrome, associated with a wider spectrum of clinical presentations which make the diagnosis even harder, and often delayed or missed, risk factors are also different from the ones known to be associated with […]

Topic: Persistent depressive Disorder (PDD) Author: Noor Qasem Keywords: persistent depressive disorder, PDD, chronic depression, dysthymic disorder. Editor: Hala Qaryouti Linguistic editor: Aroob Awwad.   Overview Persistent depressive disorder (PDD), newly introduced by the DSM-5, is a common mood disorder with a chronic course encompassing both dysthymic disorder and chronic major depressive disorder (MDD) (2). It is defined as a depressed mood for most of the day, for most days, indicated either subjectively by the individual or by observation from others, continuing for at least 2 years in adults, or 1 year in children and adolescents (2). As compared to […]