Amra Zalihic and Dino Zalihic Health Care Center Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Mostar University, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina War and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 306 pages. Some people say that depression feels like a black curtain of despair coming down over their lives. Many people feel like they have no energy […]
Caslav Loncar and Tomislav Franic University Hospital Split, Split, Croatia War and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 306 pages. Suicide was found to be significantly associated with different mental disorders, and people who suffer from mental disorder are more likely to attempt or commit this act. The war also was found to […]
Wally Barr University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom War and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 306 pages. This chapter reviews the international literature on suicide in wartime civilian populations and outlines common themes found across many different cultures. Variations in suicide rates are described and the discussion incorporates a critique of the […]
Wout Ultee, Ruud Luijkx and Frank van Tubergen Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands; Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands War and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 306 pages. World War II in the Netherlands lasted from May 1940 to May 1945. Suicide numbers peaked in these months, […]
Eduardo J. Aguilar, Samuel G. Siris and Enrique Baca-García Hospital de Sagunt, Sagunto (Valencia), Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain; Zucker-Hillside Hospital, North Shore – Long Island Jewish Health System. Glen Oaks, New York, USA; Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Columbia University, New York, New York, USA […]
Maurizio Pompili, Alberto Forte, Enrica De Simoni, Ludovica Telesforo, David Lester, Roberto Tatarelli and Stefano Ferracuti Sant’Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy; Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, New Jersey, USA War and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 306 pages. […]
Edith van’t Hof and Dan J. Stein University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa War and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 306 pages. Discussion of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) dominates the current literature on psychopathology related to conflict. Nevertheless, much controversy exists regarding the responses to traumatic experiences and the PTSD diagnosis. […]
Demitrack MA, Thase ME.Neuronetics, Inc.Psychopharmacol Bull. 2009;42(2):5-38. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a novel treatment for patients with major depressive disorder. Although clearly safer and better tolerated than many other pharmacotherapeutic options or electroconvulsive therapy, questions have persisted about thbe magnitude of the efficacy of TMS in patients with pharmacoresistant depression, and the clinical significance […]
Leo Sher, M.D. I am happy to congratulate Trine Flensborg-Madsen and Rasmus Revsbech on the birth of their son, Asger. Asger was born on February 27, 2010, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Trine Flensborg-Madsen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen. She defended her Ph.D. dissertation, “Alcohol use disorders – in relation to alcohol consumption, psychiatric comorbidity, […]
Panagiota Pervanidou, Gerasimos Kolaitis and George P. Chrousos First Department of Pediatrics and Department of Child Psychiatry, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece; Aghia Sophia Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece War and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 306 pages. There is growing evidence of a profound impact of all types of trauma on […]
