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Improving Access And Efficient Care For Patients With Psychiatric Illnesses In An Academic Teaching Health System, Michael Kaufmann, Edward Norris, Ralph Primelo, Laurence Karper, Susan Wiley, Gail Stern, D Ezrow, David Dylewski, Rosanne Teders, George Brzostowski, Debbie Salas-Lopez, David Burmeister

Debbie Salas-Lopez MD, MPH

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Socio Cultural Risk Factors And Suicide Prevention, Amresh Srivastava

Amresh Srivastava

Society at large, particularly in the developing countries has been undergoing rapid socio-economic changes. There are newer risk factors for mental disorders playing a crucial role in pathogenesis e.g. economic transition and social inequalities. Students suicide and farmers’s have been of particular concern.Newer challenges need befitting responses, which are seldom sufficiently available in any society. Most conspicuous barrier to identify and treat mental disorders is human resources, which is not only dismal but also unequally distributed amongst different geographical and social strata of society. Globalization has changed the agenda for mental health. It’s now demonstrated that people immigrate, they share …

Honorable Mention: 27th Annual No Big Heads Exhibition, Adam Prus

Adam J Prus

This up-to-date new text provides an introductory overview of the nervous system actions and behavioral effects of the major classes of psychoactive drugs. Appropriate for undergraduate students who have an introductory level background in psychology or other areas within the social sciences, AN INTRODUCTION TO DRUGS AND THE NEUROSCIENCE OF BEHAVIOR illustrates concepts and highlights research techniques. The book's most important feature is its pedagogical elements, which are not found in other psychopharmacology texts, but are particularly important for making this specialized topic approachable for undergraduates. Charts and diagrams illustrate basic concepts and processes important for understanding the actions and …

Perspectives Of Awareness And Cognitive Processing During The Event Of Stroke And Subsequent Recovery: Competence Versus Performance, Pennie Seibert, Pernilla Stridh-Igo, Tiffany Whitmore, Christian Zimmerman

Pennie S. Seibert

We investigated strokes' effects on awareness and cognition from the participants' perspective in four case studies, ages 37-50 (mean = 45). Data is comprised of standardized and open-ended interviews, medical chart reviews, literature reviews, and professional consultations. Although the participants sustained various types of injuries, they reported similar patterns of awareness, perceptions, emotions, and thoughts. These case studies endorse the idea that stroke victims are far more aware of their surroundings than they appear. Their reports indicate active mental processes, such as emotion and thoughts, occurring even while their bodies were unable to respond appropriately. We discuss four areas of …

Risk, Vulnerability And Resilience: An Epigenetic Trajectory Of Psychiatric Disorders, Amresh Srivastava

Amresh Srivastava

Biopsychosocial model is generally widely accepted for pathogenesis of mental disorder, recent research shows a different concept. . Social, cultural, environmental factors possibly interact in a complex way to give rise to behavioral symptoms in a particular disorder. Such factors are considered 'risk factors'. but their discrete role in causation of illness is less clear. Two main factors appear to play important role which may partially explain this process. 1. risk-vulnerability and stress diathesis model and the 2. Gene-environment interaction. Both may be operating simultaneously. Our understanding of psychosocial risk factors has been changing in recent years. Psychosocial risk can …

Risk, Vulnerability And Resilience: An Epigenetic Trajectory Of Psychiatric Disorders, Amresh Srivastava

Amresh Srivastava

ABSTRACT: Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience: An epigenetic trajectory of psychiatric disorders Amresh Shrivastava. Biopsychosocial model is generally widely accepted for pathogenesis of mental disorder, recent research shows a different concept. . Social, cultural, environmental factors possibly interact in a complex way to give rise to behavioral symptoms in a particular disorder. Such factors are considered 'risk factors'. but their discrete role in causation of illness is less clear. Two main factors appear to play important role which may partially explain this process. 1. risk-vulnerability and stress diathesis model and the 2. Gene-environment interaction. Both may be operating simultaneously. Our understanding …

Need For Newer Experiments In Strengthening Education And Training Human Resource Development For Suicide Prevention, Amresh Srivastava

Amresh Srivastava

Suicide is a global public health problem and one of the leading causes of premature death for all ages. Studies show that only 25% suicide has been within health care system, we have no information about the rest 75%. To bring more people at risk for suicide is an urgent requirement which makes a strong argument education and awareness.The WHO acknowledged that suicide prevention requires intervention from outside the health sector and calls for an innovative, comprehensive multi-sectorial approach, including both health and non-health sectors, e.g. education, labor, police, justice, religion, law, politics, the media. . Early identification of at-risk …

Education And Training For Human Resource Development For Suicide Prevention' In Low And Middle Income Countries, Amresh Srivastava

Amresh Srivastava

Developing countries have more than two-thirds share of suicide in the world with dismal numbers of trained professionals. WHO data shows that more than 90% suicide occurs in the mentally ill individuals. Lack of effective manpower continues to be one of the three main barriers for prevention of suicide world over, particularly in developing countries, followed only by stigma and non-availability of care. Therefore training and education, especially for people, like teachers and health workers, who are in direct contact with vulnerable groups, can help increase identification of individuals with related problems, offer support, and make a referral. Though the …

A Study Of Resilience Amongst People Who Lost Their Relatives In Natural Calamity: Uttarakhand In Northern India., Amresh Srivastava, Chetan Lokhande, Nilesh Mohite, Avinash Desouza, Nilesh Shah

Amresh Srivastava

Background

Natural disasters can be a devastating experience for anyone. Mental disorders are common amongst survivors of natural disasters. Resilience is a significant factor that helps these survivors overcome this traumatic episode. In this study, we attempt to examine whether the level of resilience differs with nature of loss, in this case a natural calamity.

However, it remains undetermined if the level of resilience has any relation with the nature of trauma.

Resilience is one attribute that helps an individual recovers from a disastrous event It is a dynamic process, enabling an individual to successfully adapt to severe adversities. It …

What Prevents Re-Hospitalization? The Patents Of Psychopathology: Patient-Centric Management Of Psychopathology, Amresh Srivastava

Amresh Srivastava

What prevents re-hospitalization? The patents or psychopathology: Patient-centric management of psychopathology

Authors: Amresh Shrivastava, Coralee Belmont, Miky Kaushal, Avinash DeSouza, and Robble Campbell

Background Re-hospitalization is one of the priority areas of research. About 30 – 50% patients are re-hospitalized within one year of discharge. Inability to identify vulnerable candidates for repeated admissions limits our options for strategic treatment. Hospitalization occurs despite best possible community care. It is likely that untreated clinical or psychopathological may be responsible for re-admission which have not been addressed. Early initiation of effective post discharge treatment, prior to discharge may offer good benefit however indicators …

Global Mental Challenges: Response To Local Needs, Amresh Srivastava

Amresh Srivastava

Global mental Challenges: Response to local needs 1Amresh Shrivastava Running Title: Mental health: beyond Geo-political Boundaries 1Department of Psychiatry, Elgin Early Intervention Program for Psychosis, The University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada, and Mental Health Resource Foundation, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, e-mail: dr.amresh@gmail.com.

The health of the people determines athe health of a society and a country. Reference to ‘health’, more often than not, directs one’s thinking towards physical health, without realizing that physical health is inseparable from mental health. Physical disorders co-exist with mental disorders and mental disorders are a significant risk factor for physical illnesses. The WHO agenda on …