Dinesh Sangroula, M.D., Muhammad Ovais, M.D., Fahad Waseem, M.B.B.S. AbstractBackground: Cocaine is a powerful stimulant that directly affects the brain. It is used by more than 14 million people worldwide. Cocaine accounts for about 13 % of all admissions related to drug abuse in the hospitals. Its use disorder is now a rational for the […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Timothy R. Rice has become a Co-Chair of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health. Timothy R. Rice was the Secretary of the WFSBP Task Force on Men’s Mental Health. The WFSBP Task Force on Men’s Mental Health welcomes 6 new Members:
Manasa Enja, M.D., Kavitha Srinivasan, M.D., Lee Smith, B.A., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Electronic cigarettes have risen in popularity in recent years. Known as e-cigarettes, they have been promoted as being safer than tobacco products and as a means for smoking cessation. Rather unregulated, they are easily available on the internet. These battery-operated electronic nicotine-delivery devices […]
Gurpreet Singh, M.D., Pramod Kayathi, M.D., Vivek C. Shah, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. LITHIUM Patient education and physician awareness during lithium pharmacotherapy can usually avoid lithium neurotoxicities. Careful prescribing with clinical monitoring facilitates safe practice. Serum lithium levels within therapeutic ranges provide evidence of appropriate treatment, and deviations from this regimen require explanatory documentation. Always consider renal, […]
Yulin Chu, N.P. Million years ago, walking on two legs was a key attribute to human being development that distinguished itself from animals. Since then, we have been getting many benefits from walking. Is walking also beneficial to human’s mood? Can one improve depressed mood by walking? Many evidences suggest that physical activity/walking is a […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our article, “Prevention and management of depression and suicidal behavior in men with prostate cancer” has been published in “Frontiers in Public Health” under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. Therefore, we can publish this article on the website, www.internetandpsychiatry.com Citation: Kiffel J and Sher L (2015) Prevention and management […]
Steven Lippmann, M.D. There are over 30,000 gun-related deaths annually, thus, safety has become a health-care issue. Since 66% of these are suicides, it is of vast protective importance to psychiatric practice. We should promote safety-related advise and information to our patients. Besides the plan to always store guns unloaded, locked-up, and apart from ammunition, emphasize […]
Gagandeep Kaur, M.D., Rif S. El-Mallakh, M.D., Ahmad S. Bashir, M.D., Paul Kensicki, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Abstract. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a promising therapeutic option in psychiatry, especially for patients with treatment resistant affective illnesses. Some depressed people who are refractory to conventional therapies improve with TMS. Complications or side effects are uncommon. […]
Yulin Chu, N.P. Addiction, overdoses and deaths involving nonmedical prescription drug use, especially narcotic pain relievers, have risen dramatically over the last decade (Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Center of Excellence at Brandeis [PDMPCE], 2014). In 2010, drug related poisonings were the leading cause of death due to unintentional injuries in the US. The number of […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Recently, four members of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health developed the statement on the future directions concerning the impact of childhood and adolescent adversities in the field of men’s mental health. The article, “Future directions concerning the impact of childhood and adolescent […]
