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This innovative edited collection brings together leading
international academics to explore the use of various
non-prescription and prescription substances. From a psychosocial
perspective, the authors discuss the complex reasons behind their
adoption, the ways in which they are misused, and links between use
and cognitive enhancement. While studies on substance use to date
have examined the aetiology and effects in the context of sporting
performance, addiction and recreational use, there has been little
work which explores their wider misuse to improve cognitive
enhancement. With medical sociology and social psychology at its
core, this important volume shows the complex reasons behind the
misuse of various substances, how these are connected to
contemporary desire for increased mental performance, and why the
potential health risks and possibly harmful side effects do not act
as deterrents.
Hysteria is alive and well in our present time and is apparently
spreading contagiously: especially the second decade of the
twenty-first century has displayed an ever-increasing interest in
the term. A quick Google search opens the gates to sheer endless
swathes of discussions on hysteria, covering almost every aspect of
public discourses. The arts-as it is often in such cases-seem
conspicuously involved in and engaged with this hysterical
discourse. Surprisingly, while the strong academic interest in
hysteria throughout the twentieth century and most prominently at
the turn of the century is well known and much discussed, the study
of how these discourses have continued well into
twenty-first-century art practices, is largely pressing on a blind
spot. It is the aim of this volume to illustrate how hysteria was
already well established within the arts alongside and at times
even separately from the much-covered medical studies, and reveal
how those current artistic practices very much continue a century
spanning cross-fertilization between hysteria and the arts.
In 1971 Norma Guthkelch, retired neurosurgeon, published the first
description of the Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS). Within the next
several years John Caffey, pediatric radiologist, wrote several
articles supporting the SBS theory. Very soon after, when infants
were brought into hospital emergency rooms in the U.S.A. with brain
hemorrhages without known accidental explanations such as auto
accidents or high distance falls, almost routinely the hemorrhages
have been attributed to SBS or related diagnoses resulting in
criminal conviction of parents or caretakers. These and other
issues such as inflicted child abuse, non-accidental trauma,
failure to protect, and other diagnoses are reviewed in this book
"Since the original introduction of the SBS theory, conclusive
evidence has emerged proving that these prosecutions have been
founded upon tainted medical opinions and fundamentally flawed
scientific methodology (i.e. junk science). It requires little
imagination to understand the significant mental pain which parents
undergo while grieving over the death of a child, as frequently
occurs in these cases. Accusing this parent of murdering their
child (with no real evidence) and putting the entire strength of
the state behind this accusation is monstrous, when the entire
accusation pivots upon facts which are now known to be false. Loss
of job, loss of family and community ties follow the accusation.
Moreover, the general public, the grand and petite juries, the
states and the parties, all have an overwhelmingly strong interest
in knowing if these prosecutions are founded upon reasonable
interpretation of the facts - or - if the accusations are built
around falsehoods and scientific impossibilities." Quoted from the
writings of Kent Holcomb.
This book explores the relationship between macro-social structure,
social construction and micro-healthcare behaviors. It constructs a
two-layered and two-faceted sociological analytical framework to
analyze the causes of depression in China and account for the
comparatively low rate of depression in the country, and provides a
sociological interpretation of depression in China from a global
perspective that has rarely been adopted in previous sociological
studies in China. Presenting first-hand data and case studies, it
describes and analyzes patients' subjective experience and actions
as well as physicians' viewpoints. It also includes interviews with
34 patients, 4 family members, 3 psychological consultants and 5
psychiatrists. Offering an integrated interpretation of depression
in China from the perspectives of sociology, medical science and
psychology, this book is intended primarily, but not exclusively,
for the growing body of researchers and students who are looking
for ways of analyzing depression, especially in China. It is also a
valuable resource for practitioners working in the field.
'That's My Belly Button" is a book of memoirs that finds its voice
in both serious and humorous anecdotes, conversations, case
histories, personal views, serendipitous events, and caricatures of
patients treated in the office and hospital over a period of 35
years. The book creates a unique view of childhood and pediatrics
as seen by the pediatrician-from the inside out.
This is the story of how a young high school student, through a
quirk of fate, begins walking down a path that leads him to become
a rural family doctor in Montana. Having served a close-knit
community for fifty years Dr. Robert Whiting recounts a story of a
diphtheria outbreak, some interesting cancer outcomes, and several
cases requiring difficult decision making. In this personal
account, you'll learn what the medical textbooks can't teach you:
How changes in medicine have directly affected practitioners The
bond a small-town doctor forges with his community Creative ways to
dealing with ailments The effects of malpractice charges on the
profession And much more You'll also follow Dr. Whiting-a
sportsman, musician, and a husband-outside the profession. Somehow,
he manages all those roles as he successfully carries out his
practice. Take a closer look into just how he did it, and learn how
changes in medicine have affected practitioners in From the Bedside
to the HMO: A Doctor's Journey.
This issue of Neurosurgery Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Guy
McKhann and Hugues Duffau, with consulting editors Russell R.
Lonser and Daniel K. Resnick, will focus on Low-Grade Glioma.
Topics includes, but are not limited to, Epidemiology and Molecular
Epidemiology; WHO Pathological and Molecular Classification;
Molecular Pathogenesis; Glioma Cell Migration and Heterogeneity;
Clinical Presentation, Natural History, and Prognosis; LGG
Epilepsy; MRI, fMRI, DTI, Molecular Imaging; Brain Mapping
Techniques in LGG; Surgical Adjuncts to Increase EOR iMRI,
Flourescence, Raman Histology; Mapping Cognition and Emotion;
Extent of Resection; EOR vs Molecular Classification; Chemotherapy
Treatment and Trials; Radiotherapy Treatment and Trials; Higher
Order Surgical Questions; and Building a Glioma Practice.
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