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Neurobehavioral dynamics following chronic sleep restriction: dose-response effects of one night for recovery

Banks S, Van Dongen HP, Maislin G, Dinges DF.Division of Sleep and Chronobiology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.Sleep. 2010 Aug 1;33(8):1013-26. OBJECTIVE: Establish the dose-response relationship between increasing sleep durations in a single night and recovery of neurobehavioral functions following chronic sleep restriction. DESIGN: Intent-to-treat design in which […]

British prisoners-of-war: from resilience to psychological vulnerability: reality or perception

Jones E, Wessely S.King’s Centre for Military Health Research, London. 20 Century Br Hist. 2010;21(2):163-83. In contemporary culture, soldiers held as prisoners-of-war (POWs) or as hostages are considered at significant risk of mental illness, in particular post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This assumption contrasts with the psychiatric orthodoxy of the First World War when it was […]

Feelings of betrayal by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and emotionally distressed Sudanese refugees in Cairo

Meffert SM, Musalo K, Abdo AO, Alla OA, Elmakki YO, Omer AA, Yousif S, Metzler TJ, Marmar CR.Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA. Med Confl Surviv. 2010 Apr-Jun;26(2):160-72. Thousands of Sudanese refugees have fled to Cairo, Egypt in the wake of Sudanese civil conflicts. Sudanese refugees were evaluated with respect to […]

Spiritual Well-Being, Cortisol, and Suicidality in Croatian War Veterans Suffering from PTSD

Mihaljevic S, Vuksan-Cusa B, Marcinko D, Koic E, Kuševic Z, Jakovljevic M.Psychiatry Department, General Hospital Virovitica, Gajeva, Virovitica, CroatiaJ Relig Health. 2010 Aug 7. We present our preliminary results of work that aims to observe the relationship between the cortisol level, the level of spiritual well-being, and suicidal tendencies in Croatian war veterans suffering from […]

Medical care for terrorists – to treat or not to treat?

Gesundheit B, Ash N, Blazer S, Rivkind AI.Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.Am J Bioeth. 2009 Oct;9(10):40-2. With the escalation of terrorism worldwide in recent years, situations arise in which the perpetration of violence and the defense of human rights come into conflict, creating serious ethical problems. The Geneva Convention provides guidelines for the medical treatment […]

Association of sexual violence and human rights violations with physical and mental health in territories of the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Johnson K, Scott J, Rughita B, Kisielewski M, Asher J, Ong R, Lawry L.Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.JAMA. 2010 Aug 4;304(5):553-62. CONTEXT: Studies from the Eastern Region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have provided anecdotal reports of sexual violence. This study offers a population-based assessment of the prevalence of […]

The “torpillage” neurologists of World War I: Electric therapy to send hysterics back to the front

Tatu L, Bogousslavsky J, Moulin T, Chopard JL. Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, CHU Jean-Minjoz, Boulevard Fleming, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France Neurology. 2010 Jul 20;75(3):279-83 The French neurologists and psychiatrists who were mobilized during the Great War were confronted with numerous soldiers with war neuroses, often with novel clinical manifestations such as camptocormia. They addressed hysteria […]

Partial Agonist Therapy in Schizophrenia: Relevance to Diminished Criminal Responsibility

Gavaudan G, Magalon D, Cohen J, Lançon C, Léonetti G, Pélissier-Alicot AL.Service de Médecine Légale, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.J Forensic Sci. 2010 Jun 23. Pathological gambling (PG), classified in the DSM-IV among impulse control disorders, is defined as inappropriate, persistent gaming for money with serious personal, family, and social consequences. […]

A model of suicidal behavior in war veterans with posttraumatic mood disorder

Sher L.Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Suite 2917, Box 42, New York, NY 10032, USA.Med Hypotheses. 2009 Aug;73(2):215-9. Many wars have been fought during the history of civilization. About 30 armed conflicts are occurring now around the globe involving more than 25 countries. Many war veterans have […]

Dominance, politics, and physiology: voters’ testosterone changes on the night of the 2008 United States presidential election

Stanton SJ, Beehner JC, Saini EK, Kuhn CM, Labar KS.Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.PLoS One. 2009 Oct 21;4(10):e7543. BACKGROUND: Political elections are dominance competitions. When men win a dominance competition, their testosterone levels rise or remain stable to resist a circadian decline; and when they lose, their […]

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