Dr. Amra Zalihic was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has worked as a specialist in Family Medicine from 2000. Dr. Zalihic works in a Primary Care Center and as an Assistant in the Medical University of Mostar. She is involved in education of family medicine of physicians and nurses. Dr. Zalihic has investigated […]
Masahito Fushimi, M.D., Ph.D. Escalating sharply in 1998, the suicide rate in Japan increased steadily during the 1990s and has remained high ever since. Presently, Japan has one of the highest suicide rates among developed countries (1). To address this grave situation, the Japanese government announced its resolve to tackle the rise in suicides and […]
Dr. Philipp Kuwert is a senior physician at the Department of Psychiatry, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald, Germany. He is specialized in psychological trauma research, particularly in the effects of collective mass trauma such as war on the individual and societies. His main interests are the epidemiological effects of different aspects of war trauma, e.g. displacement, wartime rape […]
Freeman MP.Center for Women’s Mental Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.J Clin Psychiatry. 2009;70 Suppl 5:7-11. Patients with major depressive disorder have high rates of cardiovascular disease and other medical comorbidity. Omega-3 fatty acids, particularly those found in fish and seafood, have cardiovascular health benefits and may play an adjunctive role in the treatment […]
Harrison FE, May JM.Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.Free Radic Biol Med. 2009 Mar 15;46(6):719-30. Ascorbate (vitamin C) is a vital antioxidant molecule in the brain. However, it also has a number of other important functions, participating as a cofactor in several enzyme reactions, including catecholamine synthesis, collagen production, and […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The book, “War and Suicide” edited by Leo Sher and Alexander Vilens has just been published by Nova Science Publishers in New York. The contributors to “War and Suicide” are the leading international experts in psychiatry, psychology and sociology. This is the first book on this subject and, as such, it is […]
Wilbertz G, Brakemeier EL, Zobel I, Härter M, Schramm E.Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany.J Affect Disord. 2010 Jan 18. BACKGROUND: The Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) by James McCullough is the first psychotherapeutical approach specifically designed for chronic depression. Whereas its efficacy has recently been studied, empirical investigations […]
Roy A, Gorodetsky E, Yuan Q, Goldman D, Enoch MA. Psychiatry Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, New Jersey VA Health Care System, East Orange, NJ, USA. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2010 Jan 20. Childhood trauma is associated with hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis dysregulation and is a known risk factor for suicidal behavior. In this study we sought to determine […]
Uutela A.National Institute for Health and Welfare THL, Helsinki, Finland.Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2010 Jan 16. PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Literature from the past year was examined to learn whether economic recessions have an effect on mental disorders including depression and suicides.RECENT FINDINGS: Economic recessions and crises have a context-dependent negative impact on mental health disorders. These […]
Coin A, Perissinotto E, Najjar M, Girardi A, Inelmen EM, Enzi G, Manzato E, Sergi G.Geriatric Clinics, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Padova. Italy.Curr Alzheimer Res. 2010 Jan 21. BACKGROUND: several studies have shown that religiosity has beneficial effects on health, mortality and pathological conditions; little is known about religiosity in Alzheimer’s […]
