Leo Sher, M.D. The VI Baltic Symposium of Biological Psychiatry will be held in Palanga, Lithuania, on April 23, 2010. The topic of the symposium is “Paraphilias and Sexual Abuse.” Professor Florence Thibout, the President of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP), and Professor Robertas Bunevicius, a Vice-President of the WFSBP will […]
Leo Sher, M.D. February 13, 2010. Amy Bishop, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, opened fire during a biology faculty meeting at the University of Alabama’s Huntsville campus yesterday, killing three biology faculty members, including the Chairman of the Department of Biological Sciences, and injuring three other employees at the school (1-7). Dr. Amy […]
Mayers P, Keet N, Winkler G, Flisher AJ.Division of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa.Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2010 Jan;56(1):60-73. BACKGROUND: Sedation, seclusion or restraint are recognized methods of containing a person experiencing an acute psychotic episode with behavioural disturbance which has […]
Professor and Director of a Clinical Neuroscience oriented Section of the Lund Department of Clinical Sciences, Medical Faculty, Lund University. Consultant psychiatrist, Division of Psychiatry, University Hospitals, Lund. Basic education:Graduated from Medical School, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 1971.Specialist in Psychiatry, 1978. Clinical psychiatry duties:Resident in psychiatry, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, 1974-1979. Head of Solna psychiatry, Karolinska, 1984-1986.Head […]
Yuval Neria, Ph.D is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at Columbia University, Departments of Psychiatry and Epidemiology, and Director of Trauma and PTSD at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He received his PhD in Psychology from Haifa University, Israel (1994), and was on faculty of Tel Aviv University until his recruitment to Columbia University […]
Steel Z, Bateman Steel CR, Silove D.Centre for Population Mental Health Research and Psychiatry Research and Teaching Unit, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia.J Trauma Stress. 2009 Sep 9. Since World War II, a comprehensive body of international law has developed to protect and promote human rights. Three generations of rights can […]
Jacobson N.Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Department of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Qual Health Res. 2009 Nov;19(11):1536-47. In this grounded theory analysis I sought to understand dignity violation in health care and to explore the context in which such violations take place. I found that dignity violation in health care occurs through processes of […]
Black BS, Rabins PV, Sugarman J, Karlawish JH.Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2010 Jan;18(1):77-85. OBJECTIVES: Obtaining assent and respecting dissent are widely adopted safeguards when conducting dementia research involving individuals who lack consent capacity, but there is no consensus on how assent and dissent […]
Corsentino EA, Collins N, Sachs-Ericsson N, Blazer DG.Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2009 Dec;64(12):1283-9. BACKGROUND: There is growing evidence that regular attendance at religious functions is associated with less cognitive decline (CD). However, little research has investigated factors that may moderate the religious attendance-CD relationship. […]
Ellison CG, Flannelly KJ.Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.J Nerv Ment Dis. 2009 Aug;197(8):568-73. This study investigated the association between religious involvement and major depression in 607 African American adults, using longitudinal data from the National Survey of Black Americans. Logistic regression found that survey participants who reported receiving “a […]
