The increasing use of antidepressant and anti-anxiety drugs among U.S. troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

psychiatric advertising from the 20th century

In 2006 the suicide rate among active service members was 17.3 per 100,000, compared to 12.8 in 2005 and 10.8 in 2004. In 2001 the rate was 9.8 per 100,000.

Antidepressants are the most frequently prescribed class of drugs in the U.S., would life be easier if antidepressants were just available at the drug store?

does this explain gambling addiction with dopamine agonists? to read

23% of heroin users will be dependent on it. yet number of people dependent on alcohol and cannabis are larger as more people in pop. abuse it.

defect in the GluR6 gene. The glutamate receptor 6 (GluR6 or GRIK2, one of the kainate receptors) gene resides in a genetic linkage region (6q21) associated with BPD

Journal of Current Psychiatry

Journal of Current Psychiatry

Journal of Current Psychiatry

The number 1 portal for psychiatry in Arab world. A web 0.1 style site that is hard to navigate .. note to self regularly check the agenda

Cairo, 11-12 March, 2008

damn useful and just in time. Lots of neuropsychiatric assessment tools for people with head trauma.

The Lobotomist, a PBS documentary about Walter Freeman. It shows how the lobotomy came to be regarded as a cure for most types of mental illness.

nicely put and in a positive way. But what about prevalence of mental illness in other professions? And what about the percentage of orthopedics (for example) who had a broken bone before getting into it ?!

t if accurate presentation of the case requires details that would probably reveal the patient's identity to others, the patient's informed consent must be obtained. I

Number of papers per year with the term PTSD in title or abstract and list of most freq. authors

This page contains several tests of Traumatic Stress & Secondary Traumatic Stress. These tests may be printed and used for clinical and research purposes.

one of the coolest Antidepressants featured on Wikipedia front page...link to a frozen snapshot of article.

The European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, established in 1993, is the European network for professionals in the field of psychotraumatology.

The Istanbul Protocol, which has been endorsed by the UN, provides the first set of internationally recognised guidelines for medical and legal experts on how to determine whether a person has been tortured and establish independent valid evidence that ca

The aim of the Treatment and Rehabilitation Centers is to be of assistance to the people subjected to torture in detention places and prisons providing physical, mental and social treatment, and rehabilitation.

I think distraction is more effective than trying to stop thoughts. Anyways read this.

pink elephants a famous ineffective way to stop obsessional thoughts

the guy who can't forget.. contrast with Henry M.