24-Hour pH Monitoring
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36540
Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. GI Unit.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- 0202
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
You are going to have a 24-hour pH monitoring test. This test checks if your symptoms are related to refluxing (coming up from your stomach) or regurgitating (bringing up) acid from your stomach (belly) into your esophagus (the tube in your throat connecting your mouth and stomach to swallow food). This pamphlet explains why and how the test is done, and how the test will feel. Information about medications, eating, drinking, and activity during the 24-hour pH monitoring test is given. A diary …
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. GI Unit
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (10 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Esophageal pH monitoring
- Esophageal Diseases - diagnosis
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Esophagus--Motility--Disorders
- Abstract
- You are going to have a 24-hour pH monitoring test. This test checks if your symptoms are related to refluxing (coming up from your stomach) or regurgitating (bringing up) acid from your stomach (belly) into your esophagus (the tube in your throat connecting your mouth and stomach to swallow food). This pamphlet explains why and how the test is done, and how the test will feel. Information about medications, eating, drinking, and activity during the 24-hour pH monitoring test is given. A diary is included to write down when you start and finish eating a meal or snack, any time you change positions, and any symptoms you have during the test.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: GI Unit, VG, QEII
- Pamphlet Number
- 0202
Abdominal Wall Surgery : How Reimbursement Systems Can Change Surgical Evolution
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44302
Dalila Patrizia Greco, Elio Borgonovi, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2019.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book presents different patient-oriented perspectives from surgeons, economic evaluation and management researchers, and business companies active in the healthcare sector, striking a balance between the appropriateness/effectiveness of treatment and efficiency/cost. It does not include technical surgical details, but instead provides the necessary knowledge regarding different groups of patients to help economic and management researchers make accurate evaluations. Although partially base…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Greco, Dalila Patrizia
- Borgonovi, Elio
- Responsibility
- Dalila Patrizia Greco, Elio Borgonovi, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 235 p.) : 46 illus., 34 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030024260
- 9783030024253 (Print ed.)
- 9783030024277 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Abdominal Wall - surgery
- General Surgery - economics
- Health Care Costs
- Reimbursement Mechanisms
- Specialty
- Economics
- Health Services Administration
- Abstract
- This book presents different patient-oriented perspectives from surgeons, economic evaluation and management researchers, and business companies active in the healthcare sector, striking a balance between the appropriateness/effectiveness of treatment and efficiency/cost. It does not include technical surgical details, but instead provides the necessary knowledge regarding different groups of patients to help economic and management researchers make accurate evaluations. Although partially based on the specific case of abdominal wall surgery in the Italian health system, the book defines a model that can, with the necessary adaptations, be applied in other national contexts. It also analyzes different reimbursement systems and methods of data collection. This approach supports the evolution form evidence-based medicine (EBM) to the future of real-world data (big data analysis). Further, it highlights the critical issue of “silos” reimbursement, which is the pillar of DRG, and proposes methodology to evaluate the direct and indirect benefit and costs of surgery (for example quality of care, costs incurred in cases of surgical complications due to the use of inappropriate, low-cost material or due to surgical procedure. It is a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons, policymakers and managers in the field.
- Contents
- 1. The Evolution of Surgery -- Part I. Abdominal Wall -- 2. Anatomy of the Abdominal Wall -- 3. Clusters of Pathology and Interventions -- 4. Unit of Wall Surgery -- 5. Organization and Certification of Abdominal Wall Surgery -- 6. Biomaterials in Abdominal Wall Surgery -- 7. Care Settings -- 8. Preventing Incisional Hernias: Closure of Abdominal Wall, Follow-Up in Abdominal Surgery -- Part II. Economics -- 9. State-of-the-Art of Abdominal Wall Surgery in Italy: Coding, Reimbursement, Hospitalisations and Expenditure for Surgical Meshes -- 10. Presurgical Hidden Costs: Imaging, Assessment Clinic -- 11. Post-Surgical Hidden Cost: Neuralgia -- 12. Post-surgical Hidden Costs: Infections -- 13. Basic Principles of Health Technology Assessment, Economic Evaluation, and Costing of Healthcare Programs -- 14. Economic Modeling and Budget Impact Analysis in Abdominal Surgery: The Case of Mesh -- Part III. Outcomes -- 15. How to Measure Outcomes in Surgery -- 16. Present and Future of EBM in Inguinal Hernia Repair and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction -- 17. Health Technology Assessment in Abdominal Wall Surgery -- Part IV. Future Perspectives -- 18. Stakeholders’ Opinion -- 19. Evolution of Abdominal Wall Surgery in Non-developed Countries -- 20. How Social Patterns Affect the Development of Science and Medicine -- Part V. Conclusions -- 21. Ferrying to the Future.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The abundant community : awakening the power of families and neighborhoods
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat25090
McKnight, John.
--San Francisco, CA:
American Planning Association | Berrett-Koehler
, c2010.
- Call Number
- HN 90 .C6 M42a 2010
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- HN 90 .C6 M42a 2010
- Author
- McKnight, John
- Other Authors
- Block, Peter
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, CA
- Publisher
- American Planning Association
- Berrett-Koehler
- Date of Publication
- c2010
- Physical Description
- 173 p.
- Series Title
- BK currents book
- ISBN
- 9781605095844
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Community Networks
- Consumer Participation
- Social Change
- Social Conditions
- Social Values
- Residence Characteristics
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
The Academic Book of the Future
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43982
edited by Rebecca E. Lyons and Samantha J. Rayner.
--New York:
Palgrave Macmillan
, 2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Access
- Open access
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Lyons, Rebecca E.
- Rayner, Samantha J.
- Responsibility
- edited by Rebecca E. Lyons and Samantha J. Rayner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Date of Publication
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 120 p.)
- Series Title
- Palgrave pivot
- ISBN
- 9781137595775
- 9781349887972 (print ed.)
- 9781137595768 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Education - trends
- Libraries - trends
- Libraries, Digital
- Publishing - trends
- Textbooks as Topic
- Specialty
- Library Science
- Contents
- Introduction: The Academic Book of the Future -- Part I. Academics -- 1. The Academic Book as Socially-Embedded Media Artefact -- 2. Wearable Books -- 3. The Impossible Constellation: Practice as Research as a Viable Alternative -- Part II. Publishers -- 4. The Academic Book of the Future and the Need to Break Boundaries - 5. The Academic 'Book' of the Future and Its Function -- 6. The University Press and the Academic Book of the Future -- Part III. Librarians -- 7. National Libraries and Academic Books of the Future -- 8. Strategic Engagement and Librarians -- 9. Academic Libraries and Academic Books: Vessels of Cultural Continuity, Agents of Cultural Change -- Part IV. Booksellers -- 10. Selling Words: An Economic History of Bookselling - 11. The Future of the Academic Book: The Role of Booksellers -- 12. Back to the Future: The Role of the Campus Bookshop.
- Access
- Open access
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The academic health centre : leadership and performance
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat27213
edited by Don E. Detmer, Elaine B. Steen.
--Cambridge, UK:
Cambridge University Press
, 2005.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Detmer, Don E
- Other Authors
- Steen, Elaine B
- Responsibility
- edited by Don E. Detmer, Elaine B. Steen
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, UK
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication
- 2005
- Physical Description
- xvii, 315 p.
- ISBN
- 6610149445 (electronic bk.)
- Contents
- Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 Academic health centers: current status, future challenges -- Introduction -- Defining and describing the AHC -- Diversity, commonality, and complexity -- Financing -- Current status -- Ownership of clinical facilities -- Public policy -- Long-term challenges -- Demographic developments -- Increasing importance of public health problems -- National and international economic trends -- Rising health expenditures -- The biological revolution -- Persistent and increasing barriers to care -- The future -- REFERENCES -- 2 A health system for the twenty-first century -- Introduction -- Intertwined challenges -- The need to enhance value -- Tools for building the future -- A value-driven health system -- Guiding principles -- Maximizing return on investment -- Managing risk -- Aligning incentives -- Towards a value-driven health system -- Universal coverage recommendations -- Population health recommendation -- Community health improvement recommendations -- AHC recommendations -- Universal coverage -- Population health -- Community health improvement -- Role for academic health centers -- Getting started -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- Case Study: A communityoriented primary care network: Parkland Health and Hospital System -- Commentary -- REFERENCES -- Commentary: Integrating personal values into value-based health care -- What do we mean by value? -- Innovation -- Where to begin -- Summary -- 3 Stronger leadership in and by academic health centers -- Introduction -- The AHC leadership milieu -- AHC leadership challenges -- The shape of leadership -- New dimensions of AHC leadership -- Leadership recommendations -- Leadership selection -- Developing organizational leadership -- Strengthening governance -- Collaborating with communities -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- Appendix: The Leadership Mirror -- Build the organizational transformation platform -- Develop a personal transformation framework -- Establish connections to the market -- Establish organizational stretch goals -- Establish personal bests -- Create a leadership culture and a learning environment -- Model personal leadership behaviors -- Manage the business -- Develop competency -- Establish economic webs -- Manage to, and measure, organizational results -- Manage to, and measure, personal results -- Reinforce behaviors and cultural expression -- Develop behavior reinforcement skills -- REFERENCE -- Case Study: Building an institutional leadership development program: the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics -- Background -- Outcomes -- Lessons learned -- Commentary -- 4 Pursuing organizational and cultural change -- Introduction -- Enterprise management -- Measuring performance of the enterprise -- Organizational innovation -- Reform with change -- Barri
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Acceptance and commitment therapy : an experiential approach to behavior change
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat24833
Hayes, Steven C.
--New York, NY:
Guilford Press
, 2003.
- Call Number
- RC 489.C62 H418a 2003
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Call Number
- RC 489.C62 H418a 2003
- Author
- Hayes, Steven C.
- Other Authors
- Strosahl, Kirk D.
- Wilson, Kelly G.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Guilford Press
- Date of Publication
- 2003
- Physical Description
- 304 p.
- ISBN
- 9781572309555
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Behavior Therapy - methods
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Copies
- 2
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Achieving Respiratory Health Equality : A United States Perspective
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41479
Juan Carlos Celedón, editor.
--Cham:
Humana Press
, 2017.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book addresses health disparities commonly encountered in pediatric and adult pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, providing a definitive reference on this prominent issue. Expert authors explore questions such as: * What is the evidence that respiratory health disparities exist? * What do we know about the causes of the disparities? * What are the clinical implications? * What can be done to address disparities and thus achieve respiratory health equality? Recognizing the magnitu…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Celedón, Juan Carlos
- Other Authors
- American Thoracic Society
- Responsibility
- Juan Carlos Celedón, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 205 pages) : 22 illus., 19 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Respiratory medicine
- ISBN
- 9783319434476
- 9783319434452 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2197-7372
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Policy
- Health Services Accessibility
- Health Status Disparities
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Risk Factors
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Other Subjects
- United States
- Abstract
- This book addresses health disparities commonly encountered in pediatric and adult pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, providing a definitive reference on this prominent issue. Expert authors explore questions such as: * What is the evidence that respiratory health disparities exist? * What do we know about the causes of the disparities? * What are the clinical implications? * What can be done to address disparities and thus achieve respiratory health equality? Recognizing the magnitude of this problem, the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Executive Committee created a Health Equality and Diversity Committee, with an initial mandate of defining respiratory health disparities and respiratory health equality in the United States. This book will follow the format of a workshop on respiratory health equality held before the 2015 ATS International Meeting and led by editor Juan Carlos Celedón. Written by the workshop presenters and other distinguished guests, this book will focus closely on major risk factors for disparities in respiratory health, and potential approaches to eliminate such disparities. Achieving Respiratory Health Equality in the United States is a timely resource for researchers, clinicians, and public health practitioners in respiratory medicine.
- Contents
- 1. Overview -- 2. Race and Ethnicity -- 3. The Influence of Social and Economic Conditions on Respiratory Health -- 4. Air Pollution and Climate Change -- 5. Migrant Health -- 6. Acculturation -- 7. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community and Respiratory Health -- 8. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia -- 9. Cystic Fibrosis -- 10. Obstructive Airway Diseases -- 11. Sickle Cell Disease -- 12. Graduate Medical Education -- 13. Personalized Medicine -- 14. Health Policy: Toward Achieving Respiratory Health Equality -- 15. A Roadmap for Achieving Respiratory Health Equality.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
ACT in practice : case conceptualization in acceptance and commitment therapy
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat24832
Bach, Patricia A.
--Oakland, CA:
New Harbinger Publications
, 2008.
- Call Number
- RC 489.C62 B118a 2008
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Call Number
- RC 489.C62 B118a 2008
- Author
- Bach, Patricia A.
- Other Authors
- Moran, Daniel
- Place of Publication
- Oakland, CA
- Publisher
- New Harbinger Publications
- Date of Publication
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 334 p.
- ISBN
- 9781572244788
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - methods
- Adaptation, Psychological
- Mental Disorders - therapy
- Patient Participation
- Self Concept
- Contents
- An orientation to ACT -- Clinical behavior analysis and the three waves of behavior therapy -- Functional analysis and act assessment -- Relational frame theory -- What is case conceptualization? -- Conceptualizing functionally -- Contacting the present moment and perspective taking -- Values, commitment, and behavior change processes -- Acceptance processes -- Creative hopelessness : when the solution is the problem -- Bringing mindfulness to clinical work -- Values work -- Defusion and deliteralization -- Willingness -- Acceptance and change -- Pulling it all together.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Addiction and change : how addictions develop and addicted people recover
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat23332
DiClemente, Carlo C.
--New York, NY:
Guilford Press
, 2003.
- Call Number
- WM 270 D554a 2003
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Call Number
- WM 270 D554a 2003
- Author
- DiClemente, Carlo C
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Guilford Press
- Date of Publication
- 2003
- Physical Description
- 317 p.
- Series Title
- Guilford substance abuse series
- ISBN
- 1572300574
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Addiction Medicine
- Substance-Related Disorders
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Adherence in Dermatology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40182
Scott A. Davis, editor.
--Cham:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
An essential, comprehensive, and practical guide to understanding, measuring, and modifying patients' adherence behavior to optimize treatment outcomes, this book covers all major aspects of adherence in dermatology. The first section describes current knowledge on the magnitude and impact of nonadherence; the second outlines measuring adherence in the context of databases, trials and practice. The third section addresses adherence in key skin diseases and the fourth covers numerous strategies …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Davis, Scott A
- Responsibility
- Scott A. Davis, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 178 p. : 15 illus., 13 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319309941
- 9783319309927 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Directly Observed Therapy - methods
- Patient Compliance
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Skin Diseases - therapy
- Abstract
- An essential, comprehensive, and practical guide to understanding, measuring, and modifying patients' adherence behavior to optimize treatment outcomes, this book covers all major aspects of adherence in dermatology. The first section describes current knowledge on the magnitude and impact of nonadherence; the second outlines measuring adherence in the context of databases, trials and practice. The third section addresses adherence in key skin diseases and the fourth covers numerous strategies to improve adherence by mitigating specific patient barriers. All sections emphasize ways to optimize communication with patients: the foundation for producing successful health behavior change. Low adherence helps explain why, despite effective treatments existing for all major dermatologic conditions, many patients still fail to improve. When clinicians endeavour to maximize adherence, with the aid of evidence-based strategies, these drugs will often realise their potential. This book devotes special attention to understanding why individuals may be nonadherent, so that each patient can receive a suitable treatment regimen, with a personalized plan of action. This book is designed for clinicians at all levels, serving as both introductory training for medical students and residents, and an update on the field for experienced practitioners. Researchers and policymakers will also benefit from its coverage of research methods and the impact of nonadherence in specific diseases. Adherence in Dermatology bridges the gap between outcomes researchers and clinicians by explaining the latest findings in plain language, with examples from everyday dermatologic practice.
- Contents
- Part I. What is known about adherence behavior -- 1. Impact of Non-Adherence in Dermatology -- 2. Models of Adherence -- 3. Impact of demographic and treatment-related factors -- 4. Non-attendance, predictors and interventions -- Part II. Methods of measuring adherence -- 5. Using Retrospective Databases to Study Adherence -- 6. Measuring Adherence in Clinical Trials -- 7. How providers can assess their patients' adherence in clinical settings -- Part III. Adherence in specific diseases -- 8. Topical application and variability of the de facto applied dose: technical aspects -- 9. Adherence in Acne -- 10. Psoriasis and adherence to therapy: individual, treatment-related and general factors -- 11. Adherence in atopic dermatitis -- 12. Adherence in Other Dermatologic Conditions -- Part IV. Strategies to improve adherence -- 13. Optimizing the Physician-Patient Relationship and Educating the Patient about Adherence -- 14. Choosing the treatment the patient is most likely to use -- 15. Dealing with forgetfulness -- 16. Building Motivation and Self-Efficacy.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Adjusting to a New Diagnosis of Diabetes
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams38005
IWK. Pediatric Endocrinology Service (Diabetes).
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1131
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Diabetes in Children and Youth series. When a child or youth is diagnosed with diabetes, it triggers a variety of changes in the family. Family routines and roles change, finances might be stretched, and family members deal with a list of new concerns. The time following diagnosis can be stressful.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Pediatric Endocrinology Service (Diabetes)
- Alternate Title
- Diabetes in Children and Youth
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Diabetes Mellitus - psychology
- Family Relations
- Abstract
- Diabetes in Children and Youth series. When a child or youth is diagnosed with diabetes, it triggers a variety of changes in the family. Family routines and roles change, finances might be stretched, and family members deal with a list of new concerns. The time following diagnosis can be stressful.
- Responsibility
- IWK Social Work and Health Psychology, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1131
ADKAR : a model for change in business, government and our community
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26221
Jeffrey M. Hiatt.
--Loveland, CO:
Prosci Learning Center Pub.
, c2006.
- Call Number
- HD 58.8 H623 2006
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Halifax Infirmary
Why do some changes fail while others succeed? How can you make sense of the many tools and approaches for managing change? How can you lead change successfully, both in your personal life and professional career? After more than 14 years of research with corporate change, the ADKAR (awareness, desire, knowledge, ability and reinforce) model has emerged as a holistic approach that brings together the collection of change management work into a simple, results oriented model. This model ties to…
- Call Number
- HD 58.8 H623 2006
- Author
- Hiatt, Jeffrey M
- Responsibility
- Jeffrey M. Hiatt
- Place of Publication
- Loveland, CO
- Publisher
- Prosci Learning Center Pub.
- Date of Publication
- c2006
- Physical Description
- 146 p.
- ISBN
- 9781930885509
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Organizational Innovation
- Leadership
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Organizational change
- Organizational change--management
- Leadership
- Abstract
- Why do some changes fail while others succeed? How can you make sense of the many tools and approaches for managing change? How can you lead change successfully, both in your personal life and professional career? After more than 14 years of research with corporate change, the ADKAR (awareness, desire, knowledge, ability and reinforce) model has emerged as a holistic approach that brings together the collection of change management work into a simple, results oriented model. This model ties together all aspects of change management including readiness assessments, sponsorship, communications, coaching, training and resistance management. All of these activities are placed into a framework that is oriented on the required phases for realizing change with individuals and the organization. The ADKAR perspective can help you develop a "new lens" through which to observe and influence change. You may be working for change in your public school system or in a small city council. You may be sponsoring change in your department at work. You may be observing large changes that are being attempted at the highest levels of government or you may be leading an enterprise-wide change initiative. The perspective enabled by the ADKAR model allows you to view change in a new way. You can begin to see the barrier points and understand the levers that can move your changes forward. ADKAR allows you to understand why some changes succeed while others fail. Most importantly, ADKAR can help your changes be a success. Based on research with more than 1100 companies from 59 countries, ADKAR is a simple and holistic way to manage change.
- Contents
- ADKAR: overview -- Awareness -- Desire -- Knowledge -- Ability -- Reinforcement -- The ADKAR model -- Building awareness -- Creating desire -- Developing knowledge -- Fostering ability -- Reinforcing change -- ADKAR enabling elements summary -- ADKAR applications.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Halifax Infirmary
- Copies
- 2
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Adolescent substance abuse : research and clinical advances
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat27240
edited by Howard A. Liddle, Cynthia L. Rowe.
--Cambridge, UK:
Cambridge University Press
, 2006.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Liddle, Howard A
- Other Authors
- Rowe, Cynthia L
- Responsibility
- edited by Howard A. Liddle, Cynthia L. Rowe
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, UK
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 509 p.
- ISBN
- 6610347131
- Contents
- Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Forewords -- Foreword 1 -- Foreword 2 -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Treating adolescent substance abuse: state of the science -- A brief history of adolescent substance abuse treatment research -- Theoretical, empirical, and methodological foundations for research -- Practice and policy trends in treatment for adolescent substance abuse -- Comprehensive assessment and integrative treatment planning with adolescent substance abusers -- Empirically based interventions for adolescent substance abuse: research and practice implications -- Culturally based treatment development for adolescent substance abusers -- Next steps in adolescent substance abuse treatment research -- References -- Part I Theoretical, empirical, and methodological foundations for research into treatment of adolescent substance abuse -- 2 The developmental context for adolescent substance abuse intervention -- The developmental model -- The influence of each domain -- Interactions of individual, family, peer, and environmental factors -- Implications for prevention and treatment -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3 Recent methodological and statistical advances: a latent variable growth modeling framework -- A latent variable approach to growth curve modeling -- Typical approaches to studying change -- Toward an integrated developmental model -- Specification of the latent variable growth model -- Representing the shape of growth over time -- Including predictors and sequelae of change -- Multivariate and higher-order extensions -- Analyzing treatment effectiveness: modeling between-subjects effects -- Alternative approaches to analyzing treatment effects: interrupted time series models -- Incorporating effects of the social context: hierarchical or multilevel designs -- Modeling unobserved heterogeneity: treatment audience profiling -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4 Clinical course of youth following treatment for alcohol and drug problems -- Adolescent relapse patterns following drug and alcohol treatment: treatment outcome studies -- The process of relapse for adolescents -- Factors that predict success for adolescents following drug and alcohol treatment -- Special challenges youth face in controlling drug and alcohol use after treatment -- Conclusions -- References -- 5 Cannabis Youth Treatment intervention: preliminary findings and implications -- Treatments and their rationale -- Overview of field trials -- Highlights of findings -- Implications and next steps -- References -- Part II Practice and policy trends in treatment for adolescent substance abuse -- 6 Epidemiological trends and clinical implications of adolescent substance abuse in Europe -- Prevalence of substance use -- Prevalence of substance abuse and dependence -- Summary -- Comorbidity and temporal sequences of disorders -- Risk factors -- Political implications of adolescent substance abuse: a response from the European Union -- Conclusions -- References -- 7 The Drug Abuse Treatment Outcomes Studies: outcomes with adolescent substance abusers -- Drug Abuse Reporting Program -- Treatment
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Adult Vaccinations : Changing the Immunization Paradigm
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44121
Jean-Pierre Michel, Stefania Maggi, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2019.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
After introductory chapters devoted to the safe production and distribution of vaccines, the book addresses the question of adult vaccination in the framework of a life-course approach to vaccination. It presents the proceedings of multidisciplinary expert discussions with an excellent summary of the current state of knowledge on adult vaccination in various diseases, as well as an overview of the professionals involved and the obstacles to achieving greater vaccine uptake, and how these may be…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Michel, Jean-Pierre
- Maggi, Stefania
- Responsibility
- Jean-Pierre Michel, Stefania Maggi, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 127 p.) : 1 illus. in color
- Series
- Practical Issues in Geriatrics
- Series Title
- Practical issues in geriatrics
- ISBN
- 9783030051594
- 9783030051587 (Print ed.)
- 9783030051600 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2509-6060
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Adult
- Aging - immunology
- Immunization
- Vaccination
- Vaccines
- Specialty
- Public Health
- Abstract
- After introductory chapters devoted to the safe production and distribution of vaccines, the book addresses the question of adult vaccination in the framework of a life-course approach to vaccination. It presents the proceedings of multidisciplinary expert discussions with an excellent summary of the current state of knowledge on adult vaccination in various diseases, as well as an overview of the professionals involved and the obstacles to achieving greater vaccine uptake, and how these may be addressed. The book systematically discusses the major vaccine-preventable diseases, as well as regulatory issues in vaccine provision, and presents the results of an expert meeting designed to identify the obstacles to vaccination, and solutions for addressing these barriers. It goes on to extend the discussion beyond the traditional boundaries of human health to encompass the “one health” concept. The book is intended for all those with an interest in vaccination, including physicians (from a wide range of disciplines including geriatrics/gerontology, infectious diseases, pediatrics, internal medicine, and other non-organ specialties), other healthcare professionals, pharmacists, representatives of the pharmaceutical industry and regulatory bodies (EMEA, national authorities), policymakers, the media and the general public.
- Contents
- Foreword. Adult vaccinations: essential but too often forgotten -- 1. Complexity of vaccine manufacture and supply -- 2. Administration of vaccines: current process, new technologies, adjuvants -- 3. How can the European Medicines Agency support an appropriate strategy of adult vaccination? -- 4. Public health impact of adult vaccine-preventable diseases on performance, disability, mortality and health care costs in Europe -- 5. Outcomes after HPV vaccination -- 6. Impact of nutrition on adult vaccination efficacy -- 7. Profiling vaccines for an immunosenescent and multimorbid population -- 8. Comprehensive geriatric assessment in infectious diseases -- 9. Etiology of respiratory tract infections in adults in Europe: current knowledge and knowledge gaps -- 10. European flu vaccine regulations and their impacts in community-dwelling adults -- 11. Vaccination against pneumococcal disease in the European Union, with particular focus on Germany -- 12. Direct and indirect benefits of a comprehensive approach to vaccinating adults with influenza and pneumococcal vaccines, especially in patients with chronic diseases -- 13. Vaccination of health care professionals and protection of hospitalized adults and nursing home residents -- 14. Ongoing threats for older Europeans: Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus -- 15. Herpes Zoster vaccination: a vaccine to prevent pain -- 16. Gastroenteritis burden in the adult community: prospects for vaccines -- 17. Travel vaccination -- 18. Integrating the veterinarian scientist to the one-health concept -- 19. Stressing the importance of adult immunization: suggestions for how to change the paradigm -- 20. How can we integrate life course vaccination into the new WHO definition of “Healthy Ageing”?.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Advances in Cancer Survivorship Management
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat38935
Lewis E. Foxhall, Maria Alma Rodriguez, editors.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2015.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This volume presents the MD Anderson experience in providing care and services to the rapidly growing population of cancer survivors, which is currently estimated to be 12 million in the United States and more than 25 million worldwide. As cancer survival rates have increased, it has slowly become clear that the challenges faced by people with cancer do not end with treatment but simply change. This book aims to assist community oncologists, physicians, and their staff, who care for the vast ma…
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- Other Authors
- Foxhall, Lewis E
- Rodriguez, Maria Alma
- Responsibility
- Lewis E. Foxhall, Maria Alma Rodriguez, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 460 p. : 61 illus.)
- Series Title
- M.D. Anderson cancer care series
- ISBN
- 9781493909865
- 9781493909858 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Neoplasms - rehabilitation
- Survivors
- Abstract
- This volume presents the MD Anderson experience in providing care and services to the rapidly growing population of cancer survivors, which is currently estimated to be 12 million in the United States and more than 25 million worldwide. As cancer survival rates have increased, it has slowly become clear that the challenges faced by people with cancer do not end with treatment but simply change. This book aims to assist community oncologists, physicians, and their staff, who care for the vast majority of cancer survivors, by disseminating models of surveillance for disease recurrence, screening for second primary cancers, education regarding potential late effects of treatment, and psychosocial counseling. These models have proven valuable to cancer survivors who receive care at MD Anderson.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- Part I. Clinical Care Delivery -- 2. Models of Survivorship Care -- 3. Community Care Integration -- Part II. Surveillance -- 4. Adult Survivorship of Pediatric Cancers -- 5. Breast Cancer Survivorship Management -- 6. Colorectal Cancer Survivorship Management -- 7.Genitourinary Cancer Survivorship Management -- 8. Gynecologic Cancer Survivorship Management -- 9. Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship Management -- 10. Hematologic Cancer Survivorship Management: Transplantation -- 11. Hematologic Cancer Survivorship Management: Leukemia -- 12. Hematologic Cancer Survivorship Management: Lymphoma -- 13. Melanoma Survivorship Management -- 14. Thyroid Cancer Survivorship Management -- Part III. Cancer Prevention and Screening -- 15. Tobacco Cessation -- 16. Obesity and Exercise -- 17. Nutrition -- 18. Screening for Second Primary Cancers -- Part IV. Long-Term and Late Effects -- 19. Cardiovascular Issues -- 20. Cognitive Function -- 21. Endocrinologic Issues -- 22. Fatigue -- 23. Immunologic Issues -- 24. Rehabilitation -- 25. Sexuality -- Part V. Other Crosscutting Issues -- 26. Legal Issues -- 27. Communication between Patients and Health Care Providers -- 28. Integrative Oncology.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Advances in Geroscience
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39908
Felipe Sierra, Ronald Kohanski, editors.
(1st ed.)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This book provides the first comprehensive overview of a new scientific discipline termed Geroscience. Geroscience examines the molecular and cellular mechanisms that might explain why aging is the main risk factor for most chronic diseases affecting the elderly population. Over the past few decades, researchers have made impressive progress in understanding the genetics, biology and physiology of aging. This book presents vital research that can help readers to better understand how aging is a…
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- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Sierra, Felipe
- Kohanski, Ronald
- Responsibility
- Felipe Sierra, Ronald Kohanski, editors
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 622 p. : 39 illus.)
- ISBN
- 9783319232461
- 9783319232454 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aging - physiology
- Chronic Disease
- Geriatrics
- Risk Factors
- Abstract
- This book provides the first comprehensive overview of a new scientific discipline termed Geroscience. Geroscience examines the molecular and cellular mechanisms that might explain why aging is the main risk factor for most chronic diseases affecting the elderly population. Over the past few decades, researchers have made impressive progress in understanding the genetics, biology and physiology of aging. This book presents vital research that can help readers to better understand how aging is a critical malleable risk factor in most chronic diseases, which, in turn, could lead to interventions that can help increase a healthy lifespan, or "healthspan". The book begins with an analysis of the Geroscience hypothesis, as well as the epidemiological underpinnings that define aging as a candidate main risk factor for most chronic diseases. Next, each chapter focuses on one particular disease, or group of diseases, with an emphasis on how basic molecular and cellular biology might explain why aging is a major risk factor for it. Coverage in the book includes: cancer, cardiovascular disease, dementias, stroke, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes asthma, emphysema, kidney disease, vision impairment, and AIDS/HIV. It finishes with a chapter on pain in the elderly and an overview of future steps needed to bring the newly acquired knowledge into the clinic and the public at large.
- Contents
- The Geroscience Hypothesis: Is It Possible to Change the Rate of Aging? / Steven N. Austad -- Etiological Role of Aging in Chronic Diseases: From Epidemiological Evidence to the New Geroscience / Linda P. Fried and Luigi Ferrucci -- The Impact of Aging on Cancer Progression and Treatment / Shenghui He and Norman E. Sharpless -- The Impact of Cancer Treatments on Aging / Changhan Lee and Valter Longo -- Cardiovascular Disease and Aging / Ying Ann Chiao, Edward Lakatta, Zoltan Ungvari, Dao-Fu Dai and Peter Rabinovitch -- The Impact of Aging on Ischemic Stroke / Farida Sohrabji -- Parkinson's Disease and Aging / Julie K. Andersen -- The Role of Aging in Alzheimer's Disease / Geoffrey A. Kerchner and Tony Wyss-Coray -- Aging and the Bone-Muscle Interface / Simon Melov and Clifford J. Rosen -- Osteoporosis and Mechanisms of Skeletal Aging / Julie Glowacki and Tamara Vokes -- Osteoarthritis in the Elderly / Richard F. Loeser and Martin Lotz -- Diabetes and Aging / Nicolas Musi and Andrzej Bartke -- Renal Aging and Transplantation / John P. Higgins and Stuart K. Kim -- Asthma and Aging / Nicola A. Hanania and Paula Busse -- Aging in COPD and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis / Cecilia Sanchez -- Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Vision Impairment / Jayakrishna Ambati and Charles Wright -- HIV and Aging: Parallels and Synergistic Mechanisms Leading to Premature Disease and Functional Decline / Anna Hearps, Katherine Schafer, Kevin High and Alan Landay -- Pain in the Elderly / Roger B. Fillingim, Dennis C. Turk and Robert P. Yezierski -- The Way Forward / translation: James L. Kirkland.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The Affordable Care Act as a national experiment : health policy innovations and lessons
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33986
Harry P. Selker, June S. Wasser, editors.
--New York:
Springer
, c2014.
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- Location
- Online
This book examines the landmark 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) from the perspective that health policy innovation is translational research directed at improving health. It delineates a new perspective about the creation and potential impact of the ACA and guides the development of health policy that is supported by best evidence that, in turn, transforms into practice, policy, and public benefit. Told by those involved in the creation and implementation of the ACA, the b…
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- Other Authors
- Selker, Harry P.
- Wasser, June S.
- Responsibility
- Harry P. Selker, June S. Wasser, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 155 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781461483519 (electronic bk.)
- 9781461483502
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Care Reform
- Health Policy
- Insurance, Health
- United States. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Medical policy - United States
- Health Care Reform - United States
- Health Policy - United States
- Health administration
- Public health
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Other Subjects
- United States
- Abstract
- This book examines the landmark 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) from the perspective that health policy innovation is translational research directed at improving health. It delineates a new perspective about the creation and potential impact of the ACA and guides the development of health policy that is supported by best evidence that, in turn, transforms into practice, policy, and public benefit. Told by those involved in the creation and implementation of the ACA, the book reviews the history and impact of this ground-breaking legislation and recommends priorities, objectives, and next steps for translational research as the ACA is implemented. Featuring contributions from nationally renowned leaders in healthcare policy, this book adds to the public conversation about the ACA and its role in shaping health policy and contributes to a more realistic, nuanced, and productive understanding of this ground-breaking legislation by physicians, policy makers, and the public. It also provides a framework for next steps in continuing to improve U.S. health policy.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: The Affordable Care Act as a National Experiment -- Part I. Implementing Change: Objectives of the ACA -- 2. Commentary on Part I: Objectives of the ACA -- 3. Delivering on the Promise of the Affordable Care Act -- 4. What We Got (and What Might Have Been): A Distinctly American Approach -- Part II. Don’t Get Mad, Get Data: Conducting the Experiment -- 5. Commentary on Part II: Conducting the Experiment -- 6. The Affordable Care Act as an Experiment: Data We Have, Expect to Have, and Should Have, from a Vermont Pilot Study -- 7. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation: Its Purpose, Processes, and Desired Outcomes -- 8. The Dream of a National Health Information Technology Infrastructure -- 9. Results from a Massachusetts Pilot Study -- Part III. Make it a People Issue: Engaging the Public -- 10. Commentary on Part III: Engaging the Public -- 11. The Value Proposition for Individuals and the Public -- 12. Messaging, Medicine, and Obamacare -- Part IV. From Personal to Political to Policy: What Next? -- 13. Commentary on Part IV: From Personal to Political to Policy—What Next? -- 14. Supreme Court Review of the ACA and Political Gamesmanship -- 15. Medicaid Expansion Challenges States -- 16. Next Experiments in ACA Legislation and Policy -- 17. Epilogue.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
After toenail removal
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams34269
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Minor Procedures.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- 0201
- Available Online
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This pamphlet gives information on managing pain after toenail removal, what to do if bleeding shows through the bandage, how to change the bandage, and when to contact your primary health care provider.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Minor Procedures
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([4] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Nails - surgery
- Postoperative Care
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Toenails
- Nails (Anatomy)--Diseases
- Postoperative care
- Specialty
- Surgery
- Abstract
- This pamphlet gives information on managing pain after toenail removal, what to do if bleeding shows through the bandage, how to change the bandage, and when to contact your primary health care provider.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Minor Procedures
- Pamphlet Number
- 0201
Alcohol and Aging : Clinical and Public Health Perspectives
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41075
Alexis Kuerbis, Alison.A. Moore, Paul Sacco, Faika Zanjani, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This book provides a current perspective on alcohol and aging to better understand the trends, costs, benefits, and clinical and community evidenced-based strategies. This book embraces not only the physical, cognitive, psychological, and social health benefits of moderate drinking in the elderly, it also delves into the risks of excessive drinking, including physical and psychiatric morbidity, neurodegeneration, medication complications, and accidents and injuries, and loss of independence. Wr…
- Available Online
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- Other Authors
- Kuerbis, Alexis
- Moore, Alison.A
- Sacco, Paul
- Zanjani, Faika
- Responsibility
- Alexis Kuerbis, Alison.A. Moore, Paul Sacco, Faika Zanjani, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 283 p.) : 5 illus., 2 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319472331
- 9783319472317 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aging - drug effects
- Alcohol-Related Disorders - complications
- Alcohol-Related Disorders - diagnosis
- Abstract
- This book provides a current perspective on alcohol and aging to better understand the trends, costs, benefits, and clinical and community evidenced-based strategies. This book embraces not only the physical, cognitive, psychological, and social health benefits of moderate drinking in the elderly, it also delves into the risks of excessive drinking, including physical and psychiatric morbidity, neurodegeneration, medication complications, and accidents and injuries, and loss of independence. Written by experts in the field, this book is the only current text that includes the most current scientific, research, empirical, and practice information alongside a comprehensive review of the status of the field that will help guide alcohol use management and stimulate future research. Alcohol and Aging is the ultimate resource for all researchers, educators, clinicians, and professionals working with older adults who drink.
- Contents
- Part I. Introduction -- 1. Thinking Behind Alcohol Consumption in Old Age: Psychological and Sociological Reasons for Drinking in Old Age -- Part II. Epidemiological Perspectives of Alcohol and Aging -- 2. Understanding Alcohol Consumption Patterns among Older Adults: Continuity and Change -- 3. Alcohol Use and Comorbid Psychiatric and Subsyndromal Disorders among Older Adults -- Part III. Alcohol Effects on Healthy Aging -- 4. Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Disease in Aging Populations -- 5. Cancer, Alcohol, and Aging -- 6. Alcohol and Cognition -- 7. Alcohol, Injury, and Aging -- 8. Medications, Alcohol, and Aging -- 9. The Intersection of Elder Abuse and Alcohol Misuse -- 10. Social and Familial Contexts for Drinking among Older Adults -- Part IV. Clinical Issues of Alcohol and Aging -- 11. Screening and Assessment of Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Older Adults -- 12. Treatment of Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Older Adults -- 13. Self-Medication with Alcohol: Aging Issues -- 14. Adapting SBIRT for Older Adults -- 15. Long-Term Care and Alcohol Use -- 16. Drinking, Aging, and Global Public Policy -- Part V. Future Directions -- 17. Future Directions for Aging and Alcohol.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45066
Jan Dirk Blom.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
The book provides the first state-of-the-art overview of Alice in Wonderland syndrome, an enigmatic neurological condition characterized by a range of perceptual distortions (for example, seeing things as being larger or smaller than they actually are; seeing human faces change into animal faces; feeling one’s body growing larger or smaller; experiencing time as slowing down or speeding up, etc.). It describes the clinical presentation of the syndrome, including its huge variety of symptoms and…
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- Author
- Blom, Jan Dirk
- Responsibility
- Jan Dirk Blom
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vi, 221 p.) : 35 illus., 29 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030186098
- 9783030186081 (Print ed.)
- 9783030186104 (Print ed.)
- 9783030186111 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
- PersonalSubject
- Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898
- Specialty
- Psychiatry
- Abstract
- The book provides the first state-of-the-art overview of Alice in Wonderland syndrome, an enigmatic neurological condition characterized by a range of perceptual distortions (for example, seeing things as being larger or smaller than they actually are; seeing human faces change into animal faces; feeling one’s body growing larger or smaller; experiencing time as slowing down or speeding up, etc.). It describes the clinical presentation of the syndrome, including its huge variety of symptoms and the variability of its natural course.The book starts out with several vivid vignettes, and then explains how and why the concept was introduced. In addition, it explains what is currently known about the underlying medical conditions and brain mechanisms, proposes a diagnostic algorithm, and makes recommendations for treatment. Throughout the book, a recurring question is whether or not Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) suffered from the symptoms he described so aptly in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Accordingly, it should appeal to anyone interested in the brain and its disorders, as well as readers interested in the life of Lewis Carroll.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Inside the consulting room -- The making of a syndrome -- Charles Dodgson -- Neurobiology -- Diagnosis and treatment -- Did Charles Dodgson suffer from Alice in Wonderland syndrome? -- Appendix A: Table 1. Charles Dodgson’s medical history -- Table 2. Visual distortions (metamorphopsias) -- Table 3. Somesthetic and other non-visual distortions -- Table 4. Conditions causing Alice in Wonderland syndrome -- Appendix B: Transcript of On Catching Cold, by Charles Dodgson (Oxford: University Press, 1881) -- Appendix C: Proposed diagnostic criteria for Alice in Wonderland syndrome.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
