Suneela Cherlopalle, M.D., Murali K. Kolikonda, M.D., Manasa Enja, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. You are in your office evaluating a child with hyperactivity and inattention. The parents want quick intervention; the teacher suggests to “start medication” now. Under pressure, you are considering attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and the child appears to fit the criteria. […]
Said Shahtahmasebi, Ph.D. Human behaviour is dynamic. This means it changes over time. How does this change occur? To answer this question it is necessary to take a look at our own lives as individuals. We do not wake up one day to find out that we are smokers, a champion athlete, obese, have health […]
M. Dolores Braquehais, M.D., Ph.D. Specific programs to treat doctors who suffer from mental disorders and/or addictions (Physicians’ Health Programs, PHPs) seem to provide the best available measures for protecting patients, recovering physicians’ careers and their psychosocial wellbeing (1). First PHPs were developed in the USA since the late 1970s in order to identify and […]
Yulin Chu, N.P. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and depression associated with AD are two chronic and serious mental illnesses. Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disease that affects about 5.1 million Americans (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [HHS], 2013). Depression associated with AD, usually called Late life Depression (LLD), refers to late-onset depression […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The graduate medical education in the United States has a long and interesting history. In 1840s, there were about 30 medical schools in the US. Seven of them were located in New York (1). In 1847, the American Medical Association (AMA) was formed. The primary task of the AMA was to raise […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Profs. Zoltan Rihmer and Xenia Gonda have recently published the research article entitled, “Prevention of depression-related suicides in primary care.” This article was published in Psychiatria Hungarica. Most readers of our web site, www.internetandpsychiatry.com do not have access to articles published in this Journal. However, the Editors of Psychiatria Hungarica have graciously […]
Ross H, Kostova D, Stoklosa M, Leon M.Nicotine Tob Res. 2014 Jan;16 Suppl 1:S37-43. AbstractINTRODUCTION: We studied the impact of cigarette excise taxes on the rates of smoking cessation with data from 3 neighboring Eastern European countries (Russia, Poland, and Ukraine) during the post-transitional period of the 1990s and 2000s.METHODS: Using Global Adult Tobacco Survey […]
Cody J. Connor, Jess G. Fiedorowicz, M.D., Ph.D. Psoriasis vulgaris is a chronic, immune-mediated skin disorder characterized by well-defined, salmon-colored patches with a silvery scale. It’s believed to occur when T cells and dendritic cells migrate from the dermis to the epidermis and aberrantly release inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor a (TNF-a), interleukin […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Prof. Zoltan Rihmer and his colleagues have recently published an interesting Editorial entitled, “Hypomania and bipolar II disorder – diagnostic validity and clinical utility.” This article was published in Psychiatria Hungarica (2013; 28:345-348). Most readers of our web site, www.internetandpsychiatry.com do not have access to articles published in this Journal. The Editors […]
Leo Sher, M.D., Timothy R. Rice, M.D. The importance of men’s mental health requires special recognition. For example, more than 1 in 10 men between the ages of 20 and 44 in the United States take some form of prescription antidepressant, antipsychotic, ADHD drug, or anxiolytic. These numbers are up 43% from 2001. Men experience […]
