Leo Sher, M.D. The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) has announced that it invites National Societies to host the 12th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry in 2015 or the 13th Congress of Biological Psychiatry in 2017. The 10th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, on May […]
Diana Zambrano-Enríquez, M.D. Suicide is a major public health problem, one of the leading causes of death and one of the first causes of years of life lost. It is a voluntary act that can be carried out by men and women, children and adults, rich and poor, people of every race and religion. For […]
Hristina K. Koleva, M.D. and Jess G. Fiedorowicz, M.D., M.S. Over the last decade, online shopping has rapidly grown in popularity and continues to grow with the global base of online shoppers increasing 40% over a recent two year period (1). Convenience, selection, and ease of use may facilitate further growth. However, the availability and […]
When we two partedIn silence and tears,Half broken-hearted,To sever for years,Pale grew thy cheek and cold,Colder thy kiss;Truly that hour foretoldSorrow to this. The dew of the morningSank chill on my browIt felt like the warningOf what I feel now.Thy vows are all broken,And light is thy fame:I hear thy name spoken,And share in its […]
TURNING and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worstAre full of passionate intensity. Surely some revelation is at hand;Surely the Second Coming […]
On September 22, 2009, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a ban on cigarettes with flavors characterizing fruit, candy, or clove. The ban, authorized by the new Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, is part of a national effort by the FDA to reduce smoking in the U.S. The FDA’s ban on […]
Eduardo Jesús Aguilar García-Iturrospe, M.D., Ph.D., was born in 1965 in Sagunto (Valencia, Spain). He graduated from high school in Clarkston, WA (USA), and from Medical School in Valencia (Spain). He completed his residency in Psychiatry at Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia (Spain) including an elective in Pittsburgh where he met two outstanding researchers […]
David N, Aumann C, Bewernick BH, Santos NS, Lehnhardt FG, Vogeley K. University of Cologne, Koeln, Germany.J Autism Dev Disord. 2009 Sep 10. Mentalizing refers to making inferences about other people’s mental states, whereas visuospatial perspective taking refers to inferring other people’s viewpoints. Both abilities seem vital for social functioning; yet, their exact relationship is […]
Maria Dolores Braquehais Conesa, M.D., Ph.D. Impulsivity is a relatively new concept used mainly since the nineteenth century in the Occidental realm to refer to the old idea of control of passions. Nowadays, impulsivity is studied as a personality dimension as well as a diagnostic category (“Impulse Control Disorders”). From another point of view, neurobiologists […]
Dr. Jess G. Fiedorowicz is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Epidemiology, and Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. He graduated summa cum laude from Marquette University and with Honors in Research from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed a medicine (transitional year) internship at St. Luke’s Hospital in Milwaukee, […]
