Alicia R. Ventresca, M.A. Marijuana is the most prolifically used illicit drug among adolescents in the United States. This elicits serious reason for concern given the main effects of early-onset use—neurocognitive deficiencies, psychosocial risk-taking behavior, and developmental as well as psychological problems. With a most vulnerable population willfully choosing to put their mental health—as much […]
Viviane Labrie, John C. Roder Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Neurobiology of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 376 pages. Aberrant glutamatergic transmission has been implicated in the pathophysiology of anxiety disorders. Alterations in NMDA receptor (NMDAR) expression, function, and […]
Lia R. M. Bevilaqua, M. Cammarota, J. H. Medina, I. Izquierdo Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil (LRMB, MC, II) and Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina (JHM) Neurobiology of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 376 pages. Extinction is the learned inhibition of the […]
George A. Fraser Consultant psychiatrist, Canadian Forces Health Services Centre (Ottawa), Mental Health department. Neurobiology of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 376 pages. The newly discovered endocannabinoid system (ECS) and the ongoing research into its role in the central nervous system (CNS) has important ramifications in the understanding and treatment […]
Vinuta Rau(1), Michael S. Fanselow(2) and Edmond I Eger II(1) 1. University of California, San Francisco, California, USA 2. University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA Neurobiology of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 376 pages. The experience of surgery can produce both physical and psychological stress. Awareness during anesthesia is […]
Leo Sher Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, USA Neurobiology of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 376 pages. This chapter reports on the symposium, “Translational neuroscience may inform treatment development for posttraumatic stress disorder” (Chair – Leo Sher, M.D., Co-Chair – Alexander Neumeister, M.D.) […]
Preuschoff K, ‘t Hart BM, Einhäuser W.Social and Neural Systems Lab, University of Zurich Zurich, Switzerland.Front Neurosci. 2011;5:115. Epub 2011 Sep 30. Our decisions are guided by the rewards we expect. These expectations are often based on incomplete knowledge and are thus subject to uncertainty. While the neurophysiology of expected rewards is well understood, less […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The Hippocratic Oath is one of the most widely known of Greek medical texts. It requires a new physician to swear that he will uphold a number of professional ethical standards. It is widely believed to have been written by Hippocrates or by one of his students. Hippocrates of Cos or Hippokrates […]
Said Shahtahmasebi and Caroll Aupouri-Mclean Much has been written about Suicide. The literature is complex and yet confused and is often based on a presumption that there must be a mental illness for a person to take such a drastic action as killing oneself. In other words, a person’s decision making process falters only in […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The research team led by Alexander Neumeister, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and a Distinguished Guest of our website www.internetandpsychiatry.com (please, see the “Distinguished Guests” section of our website), found that a history of severe trauma exposure in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trauma […]
