My opinion: There may be common utterances of super-fertile forebears to their sub-fertile descendants that they never got rattled by the numerous progeny they had raised during their constricted and constrained lifetimes in comparison to the short-fused rearing behaviors among their descendants in the face of much smaller numbers..

Abstract: Objectives: To determine feasibility of using polygraph in psychotic subjects. The authors hypothesized that examination of psychotic patients will demonstrate that patients will generally regard psychotic content as the truth, and aside from their psychotic content, the polygraph will detect truths and non-truths as i..

My opinion: I had a dream. I thought that I will pursue addiction medicine. But, in the absence of pursuit and execution [1], this vision has turned into a hallucination. I had a dream. I thought that healthcare will evolve into telemedicine-only model [2]. But, to keep the dying status quo breathing [3], in-person healthcare mode..

Abstract : Evidence suggests that stressful experiences might affect diabetes, in terms of both its onset and its exacerbation. In this article, the authors review some of this evidence and consider ways in which stress might affect diabetes, both through physiological mechanisms and via behavior. They also discuss the implicatio..

Abstract: BackgroundWe wanted to investigate whether unpublished, detailed data from before the time of the registration of the antidepressant drug citalopram would yield any additional information that should have been taken into consideration before licensing the drug.MethodsThrough an application to the Danish Ministry of Hea..

Abstract : Defining personality disorder is complicated and has been long debated in the past in terms of category versus dimension. This trend towards making an entity a part of other entities and a part of a larger continuum or dimension is growing in popularity and examples can be drawn from other diagnostic criteria such as t..

Abstract : AimAre the psychosocial therapies: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Family Focused Therapy and group psychoeducation in adjunction with pharmacotherapy effective, in the management of relapses of manic and depressive episodes in Bipolar Disorder?MethodThree studies were selected to assess the effectiveness on the followi..

Abstract: This is an overview of results after a 15 year follow-up of psychotic patients treated mainly with Clozapine. We have found out that their quality of life has improved, they are good compliant in taking their medications and the number of hospitalizations is greatly reduced after beginning treatment with Clozapine...

Abstract: Depression, as a matter of fact, is called the disease of our century, is a major problem of the public health. It causes disability and trouble to the patients and their families and concludes with t..

Abstract : Culture defines how individuals make meaning out of illness, suffering, and dying. Caring for patients with cross-cultural issues requires that they be well defined so that the clinician can navigate among cultural beliefs, values, and practices and increase the likelihood of successful therapeutic outcomes. One clinic..

Abstract: Background: Pathological emotional responses to trauma can paradoxically lead to reluctance to engage in treatment. The purpose of this study was to learn more about the role of natural helpers within the community, and their reactions following the attacks of 9/11. Methods: Bartenders and hairdressers were asked how t..

Abstract : Background: Tryptophan is an essential amino acid which acts as the precursor for Serotonin. Concentration of Tryptophan in the blood plasma has a direct effect on the concentration of Serotonin. A decrease in Serotonin in the brain may cause depressive symptoms. Studies have investigated the effect of changing Tryptop..

Abstract: Background: Cholesterol plays many important structural and functional roles in the brain, but because it likely does not cross the blood-brain barrier, brain cholesterol is synthesized de novo within the central nervous system.  Its roles include activation of the signaling protein sonic hedgehog (shh), a morphogen t..

Abstract: Malingering and deception are of the most important issues facing forensic psychologist. Noticeable point in malingerer cases is that almost always external motivation for creating deliberate and conscious physical and mental symptoms exist. Many of these cases deliberately expressed vague and subjective symptoms. Ther..

Abstract: BackgroundWe wanted to investigate whether unpublished, detailed data from before the time of the registration of the antidepressant drug citalopram would yield any additional information that should have been taken into consideration before licensing the drug.MethodsThrough an application to the Danish Ministry of Hea..

My opinion: “Am I losing my marbles Doc?”Over the next few years this will be a question many doctors will hear from patients. And some of us will perhaps ask this of ourselves! As the leading edge of the ‘baby boomer’ generation moves through their 60’s and 70’s many of them will start to wonder if memory complaints a..