Bromet EJ, Havenaar JM, Guey LT.Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 2011 Feb 15. [Epub ahead of print] The Chernobyl Forum Report from the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster concluded that mental health effects were the most significant public health consequence of the accident. This paper provides an updated review of research […]
Issues Law Med. 2010 Fall;26(2):91-195. This article completes a study that the author foreshadowed in his previous articles. The Western moral theory that defends the inalienable right to life and liberty–and that therefore forbids all forms of suicide and slavery–is now well known to the author’s readers. What is not well known is an answer […]
Name: Tamás Zonda Date of Birth: 28.06.1940 Place of Birth: Budapest Studies: 1959-1965 Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest; 1985-1988 Sociology, Budapest Places of work: Balassagyarmat 1965-1980 Neuro-psychiatric Department; Budapest, Jahn Hospital Psychiatric Department Function: Head of the Psychiatric Department (1982-2005) Gen.Secretary of Hungarian Ass. for Suicide Prevention 1992- National Representative of IASP (Hungary 1996- Specializations: 1969 […]
Jacob M. Appel, M.D., J.D., M.Phil., M.F.A., is a bioethicist based at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. He contributes frequently to such academic publications as The Hastings Center Report, The Journal of Medical Ethics, The Journal of Clinical Ethics, The Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics and The Bulletin of the History of […]
Tuchner M, Meiner Z, Parush S, Hartman-Maeir A.Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2010;47(4):269-75. Background: During the past few decades, terrorist acts have been an unfortunate reality worldwide. There is a striking paucity of research investigating the multitude of long-term outcomes after severe physical injury due to terrorist attacks, a unique subgroup of trauma patients. The […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The book, “Immigration and Mental Health: Stress, Psychiatric Disorders and Suicidal Behavior among Immigrants and Refugees” edited by me and Alexander Vilens has just been published by Nova Science Publishers (New York, 2010, 349 pages). Immigrants’ journeys to a new nation have been among the most exciting and dignified of human endeavors. […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The book, “Neurobiology of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder” edited by me and Alexander Vilens has just been published by Nova Science Publishers (New York, 2010, 376 pages). We hope that this book is an important contribution to medical sciences and will promote fruitful international collaboration that will enhance and expand academic research and […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The “II International Congress on Dual Disorders: Addictive Behaviours and other Mental Disorders” will be held in Barcelona, Spain, on October 5-8, 2011. The program will consist of plenary sessions, symposia, workshops, meetings with the expert, educational update sessions, oral communications and posters. The members of the organizing committee are proud that […]
Shoshana Weiss Alcohol Research Unit, Nahariya, Israel Immigration and Mental Health: Stress, Psychiatric Disorders and Suicidal Behavior Among Immigrants and Refugees. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 350 pages. This chapter attempts to cover the current state of alcohol use among immigrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) in Israel, as a continuation of […]
Michal Sabah and Barbara S. Okun Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Demographic Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Immigration and Mental Health: Stress, Psychiatric Disorders and Suicidal Behavior Among Immigrants and Refugees. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 350 pages. This chapter addresses the question: “What are the Motives for International Migration?” By […]
