Steven Lippmann, M.D. Brain imaging technology improves the practice of psychiatry by better detection and monitoring of neuropathology. Computerized tomography (CT) of the head is fast, widely available, and excellent in assessment of recent trauma cases, but it yields exposure to radiation. Thus, any neonatal and pediatric use is severely limited and recurrent exposure is […]
Suresh Bada Math, Maria Christine Nirmala, Nitin Anand.National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (Deemed University), Bangalore, India; Knowledge Management in an MNC, IndiaTerror and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 167 pages. The contemporary world is now facing a new form of warfare called terrorism. As the magnitude and spread of […]
Kline A, Falca-Dodson M, Sussner B, Ciccone DS, Chandler H, Callahan L, Losonczy M.Department of Veterans Affairs, New Jersey Health Care System, Lyons Campus, Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences (Bldg 143), Lyons, NJ, USA.Am J Public Health. 2010 Feb;100(2):276-83. OBJECTIVES: We assessed the effects of prior military service in Iraq or Afghanistan on the health […]
Amra Zalihic, M.D. Ph.D. Depression occurs as an independent disease or as a complication of other diseases. In the latter case, it complicates the existing disease and its treatment is difficult. We have excellent family physicians in my town and in my country. However, only few of them dare to treat depression in primary practice. […]
Sher L.Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2006 Jan;113(1):13-22. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this paper was to provide a clinical review of the literature on the relation of alcoholism to suicidal behavior. METHOD: Studies of alcoholism and suicidal behavior available in MEDLINE, Institute for Scientific Information […]
Education 2003 Ph.D., Social Work. Faculty of Welfare and Health Studies, Haifa University. Dissertation: Predictors of participation and voting intention for the equal rights of people with disabilities law, in the context of proposed welfare laws. Research Supervisor: Prof. Arie Rimmerman 1999 MSW (Cum Laude) School of Social Work, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Thesis: The impact […]
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. –Winston Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965)
Sher L, Oquendo MA, Li S, Burke AK, Grunebaum MF, Zalsman G, Huang YY, Mann JJ.Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2005 Mar;15(2):203-9. Major depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are often comorbid, resulting in more impairment compared than with either diagnosis […]
Sher L, Oquendo MA, Galfalvy HC, Cooper TB, Mann JJ.Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.J Affect Disord. 2004 Oct 1;82(1):53-9. BACKGROUND: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depression are frequently comorbid. Age and major depression are associated with higher cortisol levels and dexamethasone resistance, whereas PTSD is associated with […]
Donatella Marazziti, M.D. Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologie University of Pisa,via Roma 67, 56100 Pisa, Italy. Career summary When I enrolled in the Medical School of Medicine in Pisa (Italy) I had no idea just what type of doctor I wished to become; I was interested in the human being as a whole […]
