Democritus
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. –Democritus(ca. 460 BC – ca. 370 BC)
Disorganizing Experiences in Second- and Third-Generation Holocaust Survivors
Scharf M, Mayseless O.University of Haifa.Qual Health Res. 2010 Dec 28. [Epub ahead of print] Second-generation Holocaust survivors might not show direct symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder or attachment disorganization, but are at risk for developing high levels of psychological distress.
Exercise Training, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Psychosocial Stress
Carl J. Lavie, M.D., FACC, Richard V. Milani, M.D., FACC, Thomas J. Lavie, M.D. We read with interest the excellent paper by Kokkinos and Myers1 on the importance of exercise training (ET) and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) for cardiovascular (CV) health. They quoted Hippocrates regarding the benefits of physical activity and ET. Likewise, we are reminded […]
A case-control study of risk factors for suicide in Hungary
Leo Sher, M.D. Professor Zoltan Rihmer, an eminent suicidologist and a Distinguished Guest of our website and his colleagues have published the article, “Risk factors for suicide in Hungary: a case-control study”1. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, […]
Brit Haver, M.D., Ph.D.
Current position: Professor of Medicine, University of Bergen. Head Physician, Haukeland University Hospital, Norway Education and previous positions: 1967 MD Graduated from University of Bergen 1970 Authorized as Medical Practitioner 1970-1975 Resident in Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway 1976-1981 Medical Head of Staff at Blue Cross Social Center (Alcohol Unit), Bergen, Norway 1981-1985 Research […]
The memory paradox
Yehuda R, Joëls M, Morris RG.Nat Rev Neurosci. 2010 Dec;11(12):837-9. Declarative and emotional memories are key to quality of life and day-to-day functioning. The absence of memory or the inability to recall memories properly in an emotional context leads to dysfunction but, paradoxically, memories that generate too much emotion can be equally disabling.
Some facts about your festive tipple
Frances Finnigan, Ph.D. What’s in your drink?Throughout the ages alcohol has been people’s preferred drug. Sadly, is also one of the most dangerous. All the alcoholic drinks that we enjoy, use and abuse contain ethyl alcohol (chemical formula C2 H5 OH), a member of a large family of alcohols including methyl alcohol (meths) benzene and […]
Frances Finnigan, Ph.D.
Frances Finnigan, Ph.D. is a lecturer in Psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), Scotland, UK. Dr Finnigan’s main teaching interests include Health Psychology, Abnormal Psychology and Research Methods in Psychology. Her research reflects both theoretical and applied contributions to the literature on alcohol and performance in the acute and hangover state. She has disseminated her […]
Tatiana Elistratova, M.D., Ph.D.
Professional Biography 1993-1999 – Medical School Studies 1999 – present time – Neurologist, Medical Unit, Hospital of the City of Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Region, Russia 2005-2007 – Postgraduate Student, Department of Narcology and Toxicology of the Institute of Psychoneurology and Psychiatry, Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk, Russia 2007- defended Candidate of Science (Ph.D.) dissertation, “Psychophysiological Aspects […]
The effect of risky alcohol use and smoking on suicide risk: findings from the German MONICA/KORA-Augsburg Cohort Study
Schneider B, Baumert J, Schneider A, Marten-Mittag B, Meisinger C, Erazo N, Hammer GP, Ladwig KH.Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2010 Sep 21. [Epub ahead of print] BACKGROUND: Smoking and heavy alcohol use predicts suicidal behaviour. Whether the simultaneous presentation of both conditions induces an amplified effect on risk prediction has not been investigated so far. […]