Jacob M. Appel, M.D., J.D. Nearly a year has elapsed since the University of Toronto established the world’s first anti-psychiatry scholarship in November 2016, and now that the dust has settled, the moment seems opportune to consider the merit of the fellowship and the state of antipsychiatry more generally. The fellowship itself, a grant of […]
Sohaib Khaleel Mohammed, M.D., Angeline Prabhu, M.D., Samreen Fathima, M.D., Bilal Abaid, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Introduction Misuse of prescription opioids is a public health issue. In the United States (US), over two million adults annually abuse such drugs (1). By 2008, approximately 14 million people aged 12 years or older used oxycodone in their […]
Jyothi Chitekela, M.D., Angeline Prabhu, M.D., Bilal Abaid, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. “Is my patient really sick?”; you might have asked yourself this question! Such a circumstance may occur while assessing patients who present with Munchausen’s Syndrome. This illness is often a difficult diagnosis and/or a vexing differential. The condition was identified during the 1700s, […]
Shivani Naik, M.D., Murali K.Kolikonda, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is well known by its cardinal motor symptoms of tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, and postural or gait instability. Parkinsonism without tremor is frequently misdiagnosed. That PD can also induce a pain syndrome is less widely recognized. Parkinsonian pain is prevalent in 40-85% of PD […]
Angeline Prabhu, M.D., Bilal Abaid, M.D., Shivani Naik, M.D., Sohaib Khaleel Mohammed, M.D., Melanie Lippmann, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Opioid overdoses are an emerging crisis in the United States. There is a dramatic increase in the number of deaths due to narcotic overdoses recently. Overdoses can induce obtundation, impaired cognition, and difficulty in breathing. Opioids […]
Shanti Pittampalli, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Affective illness is a devastating cause of suffering, morbidity, disability, and mortality. Even though there are many different interventions available, a significant number of depressed people initially fail to respond well to conventional therapies. Despite much research, the precise mechanism which results in depression remains unknown. There is recent […]
Devina Singh, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. The legal and medicinal utilization of marijuana is rising. Similarly, there are efforts at expanding legal markets and a lot of social or recreational use (1). Currently, there is growing popularity at the inhalation of aerosolized marijuana from electronic devices, especially by younger people (2). This means of cannabis […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Mental Health America declared June Men’s Health Month (1). The Mental Health America website states that “Mental Health America (MHA) – founded in 1909 – is the nation’s leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and to promoting the overall mental health of all Americans. […]
Sándor Kalmár, M.D., Ph.D. According to the different assessments, the prevalence of the child and youths depression (below 19 year) are about 18-20%, namely about 385 928 children in Hungary. (2015) It is to be regretted that we do not have exact epidemiological data about the children depression. Number of registered patients by mood disorders at […]
Hema Madhuri Mekala, M.D., Priyanga Jayakumar, M.D., Rajashekar Reddy Yeruva, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. INTRODUCTION Zika is an alarming viral infection that is spreading around our planet. The World Health Organization recently declared Zika to be an international public health crisis (1). The first known article about Zika virus was published in 1952, and its […]
