Leo Sher, M.D. Forensic psychiatric evaluations fundamentally differ from routine provision of clinical care, despite significant overlap in how they are performed (1-9). The opinion generated by the interview could be helpful, harmful, or neutral to the person being evaluated. These points distinguish a clinical psychiatric interview from a forensic evaluation. A proposal has been […]
Burkle FM. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2014 Oct 7:1-3. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract. Sustainable approaches to crises, especially non-trauma-related public health emergencies, are severely lacking. At present, the Ebola crisis is defining the operational public health skill sets for infectious disease epidemics that are not widely known or appreciated. Indigenous and foreign medical […]
Kanapathipillai R, Restrepo AM, Fast P, Wood D, Dye C, Kieny MP, Moorthy V. N Engl J Med. 2014 Oct 7. [Epub ahead of print] With the Ebola epidemic in West Africa continuing to grow, the World Health Organization (WHO) convened an urgent meeting on September 29 and 30 to assess the efforts under way […]
Stock I. Med Monatsschr Pharm. 2014 Sep;37(9):324-30. Abstract. Marburg and Ebola hemorrhagic fevers are severe, systemic viral diseases affecting humans and non-human primates. They are characterized by multiple symptoms such as hemorrhages, fever, headache, muscle and abdominal pain, chills, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Elevated liver-associated enzyme levels and coagulopathy are also associated with […]
Juste Buneviciute Dr. Robertas Bunevicius was always inquisitive and uncertain truths attracted his attention. While studying at Kaunas University of Medicine in late 1970’s he had difficulty connecting Freudian philosophy with a Soviet definition of “sluggish schizophrenia.” Even though both schools of thought had similarities: both systems erased a line between psychiatric disorder and health. […]
Gurpreet Singh, M.D., Vivek C. Shah, M.D., Murali K. Kolikonda, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Introduction When determining a patient’s right and ability to accept or to refuse treatment, understanding decisional capacity and competence is important. Do you know the difference? When can your patient agree to or decline a recommended treatment? What should you do […]
Cody J. Connor, BS While many cultures strongly endorse the cosmetic effect of tan skin, the dangers of attaining it often evade the minds of those who seek that “beautiful” status. In fact, for many of those that do consider these dangers, the remote consequences do not seem to outweigh the immediate benefits. Thus, the […]
Jose de Leon, M.D. This editorial proposes that 2013 may someday be known as the year psychiatry was at a crossroad. Practicing psychiatrists were pressured with paradoxical messages including (1) assurances from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) that better psychiatric medications are forthcoming, which would decrease the impact of mental illness, even as […]
Vivek C. Shah, M.D., Murali K. Kolikonda, M.D., Suneela Cherlopalle, M.D., Steven Lippmann M.D. Okay, marijuana is being legalized in many places across this country. Lots of people smoke pot. Some of them may have the impression that governmental legalization of this drug implies safety. What should you tell your adolescent patients? Cannabis is one […]
Yulin Chu, N.P. The metaparadigm of nursing distinguishes nursing from any other discipline such as biology, sociology, or psychology (Jonson et al., 2012). Initial consensus on the metaparadigm concepts in nursing was proposed by Fawcett in 1984. According to Fawcett (1984), metaparadigm, as the central concepts of nursing, contains person, environment, health, and nursing. These […]
