Masahito Fushimi, M. D., Ph. D. The status of physicians is declining in Japan as well. The fact that we often see news about medical lawsuits against physicians symbolizes this trend. In addition, today one of the major issues is the shortage and uneven distribution of physicians in Japan. It is said that the absolute […]
Tatiana Elistratova, M.D., Ph.D. and Andrey Soloviev, M.D., Ph.D. In spite of pathogenetic similarity of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and idiopathic epilepsy, they are usually considered as antagonistic diseases. It is known that in PD patients, epilepsy occurs three times less often than in the rest of the population, and the development of PD in patients […]
Allison M. Greene and Christopher R. Bailey It used to be true that superior academic performance and heavy involvement in extracurricular activities were sufficient to guarantee a student acceptance to medical school. But the application process is not what it used to be. Medical school admission committees realize that the caliber of an applicant does […]
Sher L. QJM. 2011 May;104(5):455-8. Epub 2010 Nov 4. Studies of the neurobiology of suicidal behavior have become an important and integral part of psychiatric research. Over the past several years, studies of the role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the pathophysiology of suicidality have attracted significant interest of researchers. Multiple lines of evidence […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Just as we cannot step in the same river twice, we will never again see the world of neuroscience as we did before the scientific advancements of the past 2-3 decades. These developments have profoundly influenced all biomedical fields. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) was discovered in the beginning of 1980s by Yves […]
Post JM.Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2002 Sep;25(3):635-46 Questions concerning such matters as the effects of health and alcoholism on Boris Yeltsin’s decision making; the mind of the Unabomber; the psychology and decision making of Saddam Hussein of Iraq, who was initially characterized by the US Government as “the madman of the Middle East”; the psychology […]
Michael G. Madianos University of Athens. Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences. School of Health Sciences. Athens, Greece Immigration and Mental Health: Stress, Psychiatric Disorders and Suicidal Behavior Among Immigrants and Refugees. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 350 pages. Acculturation an anthropological term introduced by Redfield, Linton and Herskovitch “comprehends those phenomena […]
Odd Steffen Dalgard Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway Immigration and Mental Health: Stress, Psychiatric Disorders and Suicidal Behavior Among Immigrants and Refugees. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 350 pages. Background: Studies have shown that immigration may be associated with good as well as poor mental health, depending on the social context, […]
Patricia Gonzalez(1) and Monica Rosales(2) 1 San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA 2 City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, USA Immigration and Mental Health: Stress, Psychiatric Disorders and Suicidal Behavior Among Immigrants and Refugees. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 350 pages. Depression is a major public health concern that […]
Guerda Nicolas, Darren Bernal and Seth T. Christman University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA Immigration and Mental Health: Stress, Psychiatric Disorders and Suicidal Behavior Among Immigrants and Refugees. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 350 pages. Acculturation and Acculturative Stress have been shown to be important factors in understanding the mental health of immigrants […]
