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Mental Health, Discourse and Stigma
In this editorial to the special collection “Mental Health, Discourse and Stigma” we outline the concepts of mental, health, discourse and stigma as...
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A Scoping Review to Develop a Framework of Asynchronous Technology Competencies for Psychiatry and Medicine
Asynchronous technologies like mobile health, e-mail, e-consult, and asynchronous video telepsychiatry are effective modes of service delivery to a...
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Neuroleptics Do Much More Harm Than Good and Should Not Be Used
The current paradigm in psychiatry is that psychosis should be treated with neuroleptics as first-line therapy. Neuroleptics should not be used at...
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Overview: Neurobiological Systems and the Psychobiology of Enactive Intersubjectivity
In the early part of the twentieth century, Adolph Meyer, a Swiss neurologist/psychiatrist coined the term, psychobiology, to express his view that...
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The Social Brain: Implications for Therapeutic and Preventive Protocols in Psychiatry
The social brain paradigm does more than help us reveal the social and world realities beyond the conspiracy of mythologies that gives us Einstein as...
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“For the Person Is Always at Work”: Viktor Frankl’s Path to Logotherapy and Existential Analysis
The author explores the history of ideas of logotherapy and existential analysis, focusing on the intellectual biography of Viktor Frankl. The...
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Rethinking Antipsychotics: Evidence-Based Medicine Calls for a Dramatic Change in Their Use
In conventional histories of psychiatry, the arrival of antipsychotics into asylum medicine in the 1950s is characterized as a great advance in care....
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‘Brain-Reading’ in Criminal Justice and Forensic Psychiatry: Towards an Integrative Legal-Ethical Approach
Whereas brain-reading technologies could, in principle, strengthen forensic psychiatric evaluations, deploying brain-reading in this context also...
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Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840–1902)
Richard von Krafft-Ebing was a founder of forensic psychiatry. His books such as “Fundamentals of criminal psychology,” “Textbook of forensic...
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Otto Pötzl (1877–1962)
Otto Pötzl succeeded Julius Wagner-Jauregg in the chair of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Vienna. He contributed original research...
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Comparison of self-esteem and quality of life in 8-12-year-old children with ADHD with and without learning disorders
BackgroundAttention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common disorders in school-aged children. Learning disorder (LD) is also...
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Risk Factors for Seclusion in Children and Adolescents Inpatient Psychiatry: The Role of Demographic Characteristics, Clinical Severity, Life Experiences and Diagnoses
ObjectiveTo understand the risk factors for seclusion in a sample of children and adolescents admitted to an inpatient psychiatry unit looking at...
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The Role of the Psychiatrist in Community Consultation and Collaboration
Training in community psychiatry prepares the psychiatrist to utilize a range of skills essential for creating and managing effective community-based...
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The Evolution of Portuguese Psychiatry in the First Decades of the Twentieth Century
Building on some recent work on the institutionalization of Portuguese psychiatry between 1884 and 1924, I focus here on new approaches to...
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Technology-Based Interventions for Mental Health Support in Bangladesh
This chapter explores the potential presence and role of technology-based interventions in addressing mental health challenges in Bangladesh. The...
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Variation in care for inpatients with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder leads to development of a novel inpatient clinical pathway to standardize care
IntroductionThere is limited evidence to guide management of patients with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) admitted for medical...
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Delivering Virtual Care to Patients with Cognitive Impairment within the Veterans Health Administration: Multi-level Barriers and Solutions
Older patients with cognitive impairment, including dementia, may benefit from virtual care that increases access to geriatric specialties. Here, we...
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The Transformation of Depression
This chapter is focused on the concept of depression, and how this mental disorder was transformed from a rare but severe condition into a highly...
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A (Cross-)Cultural Look at Schizotypy
This chapter considers schizotypy from a cultural perspective. Specific attention is paid to the intersubjective dimension of human life and how...
