ScienceDaily: The mismatch in religious beliefs between psychiatrists and patients may make it difficult for patients suffering from emotional or personal problems to find physicians who share their fundamental belief systems.
The Lancet Series on Global Mental Health
Indian advocacy initiative for rights & quality of mental services
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Measuring a patient's QTc is generally a simple procedure, however it is critical that it is performed carefully.
There is a strong association between epilepsy and schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like psychosis. The two conditions may share common genetic or environmental causes.
suggest that the serotoninergic system may play a role in the pathophysiology of neuroleptic-induced akathisia
Adel Sadek's hospital website
Review of the Pharmacology and Clinical Profile of Bupropion, an Antidepressant and Tobacco Use Cessation Agent
largest study on shisha use in Egypt
Principles for the protection of persons with mental illness
aims to ensure that people with mental disabilities are able to live in the community and to participate in society with full respect for their human rights.
the current status of treatment efforts for schizophrenia in the developing world and the measures that can be taken to increase the proportion of patients receiving treatment.
a blog by a former Heroin abuser
How to minimise bias in case-control studies and looks at solutions to the problems of recruiting, how many subjects to use and why it is important to report recruitment methods.
first episode of Kleine-Levin (KLS) syndrome in a 17-year-old male
next generation TMS
CLOCK mutant mice == manic mice ... animal models of bipolar disorder?
هشام حتاتة !
books and journal articles relating to practice guidelines in the treatment of mental disorders
podcasts from the Institute of Psychiatry
Negar Azimi's article about gay rights in Egypt. Interviews Psychiatrists; some receive ECT.
Talk too much, Take too much history, Blame lawyers/insurance companies/Big Pharma, Become social policy analysts, Don’t refer to therapy, Don’t think strategically, Polypharmacy, Diagnose everything
arabic schizophrenia information website
substance abuse and personality disorders