Pompili M, Rihmer Z, Akiskal H, Amore M, Gonda X, Innamorati M, Lester D, Perugi G, Serafini G, Telesforo L, Tatarelli R, Girardi P.Compr Psychiatry. 2011 Jun 3. [Epub ahead of print] BACKGROUND:Several studies have demonstrated that bipolar II (BD-II) disorder represents a quite common, distinct form of major mood disorders that should be separated […]
Smith AK, Conneely KN, Kilaru V, Mercer KB, Weiss TE, Bradley B, Tang Y, Gillespie CF, Cubells JF, Ressler KJ.Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2011 Jun 28. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31212. [Epub ahead of print] DNA methylation may mediate persistent changes in gene function following chronic stress. To examine this hypothesis, we evaluated African American […]
Mora-Ripoll R.Altern Ther Health Med. 2010 Nov-Dec;16(6):56-64. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this review is to identify, critically evaluate, and summarize the laughter literature across a number of fields related to medicine and health care to assess to what extent laughter health-related benefits are currently supported by empirical evidence.
Thiel MJ.J Int Bioethique. 2010 Sep;21(3):51-62, 88-9. Is human dignity an intrinsic value? Or is it a relative value, depending on the perception or assessment of quality of life? History had delineated some of its key features, but the advent of human rights and the Holocaust put special emphasis on this notion, particularly in the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Marvasti JA.Conn Med. 2011 Mar;75(3):133-41. Over 1.9 million U.S. veterans have been deployed to the Middle East since 2001. Statistics show that when they return, a significant number of them will develop psychiatric/psychosomatic disorders. Many of these returning veterans will be seen in primary-care offices or at hospitals. It is important for physicians to be […]
Luo F, Florence C, Quispe-Agnoli M, Ouyang L, Crosby A.Am J Public Health. 2011 Apr 14. [Epub ahead of print] Objectives. We examined the associations of overall and age-specific suicide rates with business cycles from 1928 to 2007 in the United States. Methods. We conducted a graphical analysis of changes in suicide rates during business […]
McBrearty P.Int Emerg Nurs. 2011 Jan;19(1):20-6. The focus of this research study was to ascertain the impact of crime on individuals, who presented with an injury to the emergency department. Given the high prevalence of crime in our society today, victims of crime are identified as a growing patient population seeking help in emergency departments. […]
Paratz ED, Katz B.Med J Aust. 2011 Feb 21;194(4):194-7. In recent years, a phenomenon of “late effects of the Holocaust” has emerged, with impacts on the psychological and physical health of ageing Holocaust survivors. As Holocaust survivors age, they may experience heightened anxiety around normal processes of ageing, worsened post-traumatic stress disorder with cognitive decline, […]
