Traumatic brain injury (TBI) presents in various forms ranging from mild alterations of consciousness to an unrelenting comatose state and death. In the most severe form of TBI, the entirety of the brain is affected by a diffuse type of injury and ...
It is well known that hypoxemia is associated with worse outcome in TBI . The influence of hyperoxia on outcome remains controversial. Suggested mechanisms of potential negative effects include cerebral vasoconstriction in a similar manner as hypo ...
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) is a worldwide health problem, one of the most common causes of acquired disability in youth and a source of significant morbidity and family burden. TBI results in 7843 deaths, 46 260 hospitalizations, and 1 ...
Neurologists have a new toolbox of options for neurorehabilitation of disabling brain disorders such as stroke and traumatic brain injury. An emerging intellectual paradigm for neurologic recovery tha ...
Alcoholism is a family disease because it affects the family as a whole and each member individually. Living with alcohol abuse means being in an unsafe environment filled with disruptions to normal routines, the tension ...
Clinical negligence is also called medical negligence. It is a process by which a patient takes his medical attendants to a civil court for compensation. It is a legal term that refers to the process of claiming financial compensation for physical ...
Self-efficacy is, according to psychologist Albert Bandura who originally proposed the concept, a personal judgment of "how well one can execute courses of action required to deal with prospective situations".Self-efficacy is, according ...
The spinal cord is the major bundle of nerves that carries nerve impulses to and from the brain to the rest of the body. The brain and the spinal cord constitute the central nervous system. Motor and sensory nerves outside the central nervous syst ...
Ischemic stroke (see the image below) is characterized by the sudden loss of blood circulation to an area of the brain, resulting in a corresponding loss of neurologic function. Acute ischemic stroke is caused by thrombotic or embolic ...
Biomedical Psychiatric Therapeutics presents the basic principles of biomedical psychiatric therapeutics. It discusses special areas of major clinical importance where biomedical psychiatry ...
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a heterogeneous condition consisting of the inflammation and demyelination of the optic nerve (optic neuritis) and the spinal cord (myelitis). It can be monophasic or recurrent. Currently at least three different kind ...
Neurotoxicity occurs when the exposure to natural or manmade toxic substances (neurotoxicants) alters the normal activity of the nervous system. This can eventually disrupt or even kill neurons, key c ...
Television addiction is a proposed addiction model associated with maladaptive or compulsive behavior associated with watching television programming. The most recent medical review on this model concluded that pathological television watching beh ...
Suicidal ideation is thinking about, considering or planning suicide. The range of suicidal ideation varies from fleeting thoughts to extensive thoughts to detailed planning. Suicidal ideation is generally associated with depression and other mood ...
Comorbidity is the presence of one or more additional conditions co-occurring with a primary condition. Additional comorbidities within a patient may also be behavioral or mental disorders. Comorbidity describes the effect of all other conditions ...
Munchausen syndrome is a factitious disorder wherein those affected feign disease, illness, or psychological trauma to draw attention, sympathy or reassurance to themselves. Munchausen syndrome fits within the subclass of factitious disorder with ...
The media are criticized for portraying the skinny lady as ideal. Some argue these pictures produce impractical expectations for young girls and cause body ...
Treatment of schizophrenia should be complex (psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, educative programs for patients, rehabilitation of social and communication skills,promoting the adherence to treatment, monitoring of earl ...
Psychology is an instructional and applied discipline that involves the scientific study of mental functions and behaviors. The Psychotherapy Journals provides a global forum to explore the complexities and controversies facing psychotherapists. T ...
Neurology is a field that deals with the disorders of the nervous system. The neurologist checks the patients health history and gives special attention to the current situation of the patient. Scientific journal is a pe ...