By Octavio Choi, MD, PhD fpamed Forensic Psychiatrist Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a type of injury that is caused by a sudden and violent blow or jolt to the head. It can result in a wide range of organic/cognitive/emotional injuries and behavioral symptoms, depending on the severity of the head trauma. One area where […]
—Mark I Levy, MD An article featured on 6-29-16 in the online medical journal MedPage Today reports recent neurological studies on post-mortem examinations of the brains of soldiers who survived blast trauma in combat. The study highlights “Specific astroglial scar pattern seen in postmortem exams” of these soldiers that appear to be unique to blast […]
From The New York Times…</ Dr. Thomas R. Insel announced that he is stepping down after 13 years as director of the National Institute of Mental Health. By BENEDICT CAREY Published: Sept. 15, 2015 Dr. Thomas R. Insel announced that he is stepping down after 13 years as director of the National Institute of Mental […]
The 2000 Nobel Laureate in Physiology & Medicine, Eric Kandell, MD, responded in an Op Ed piece in the New York Times to columnist David Brooks’ ignorantly referring to modern day psychiatry as a “semi-science.” Although the practice of medicine is, and has always been since Hippocrates’ time, a mixture of art and science, the […]
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