The Art of Forgetting
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39063
Ivan Izquierdo.
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Springer
, c2015.
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How do we forget? Why do we need to forget? This book intends to answer to these and other questions. It aims to demonstrate that each one is who it is due to their own memories. Thus, distinguish between the information we should keep from those we should forget is an difficult art. In this book, the author discusses about the different types of memory, the main types of forgetting (avoidance, extinction and repression), their brain areas and their mechanisms. In this sense, the art of forgett…
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- Izquierdo, Ivan
- Responsibility
- Ivan Izquierdo
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 64 p. : 4 illus.)
- ISBN
- 9783319067162
- 9783319067155 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Avoidance Learning - physiology
- Extinction, Psychological - physiology
- Memory - physiology
- Repression, Psychology
- Abstract
- How do we forget? Why do we need to forget? This book intends to answer to these and other questions. It aims to demonstrate that each one is who it is due to their own memories. Thus, distinguish between the information we should keep from those we should forget is an difficult art. In this book, the author discusses about the different types of memory, the main types of forgetting (avoidance, extinction and repression), their brain areas and their mechanisms. In this sense, the art of forgetting, or the art of do not saturate our memory mechanisms, is something innate, that benefits us anonymously, keeping us from sinking amidst our own memories. The essays that compose this book go through several aspects, since individuals to societies' memory. By the end of the book, the reader will be able to understand that we forget to be able to think, to live and to survive.
- Contents
- 1 Introduction -- 2. The art of forgetting 2.1 The formation and retrieval of memories 2.2 Forms of forgetting; first steps of the art. Extinction, repression, discrimination 2.3 Conditioned reflexes 2.4 The rapid forgetting of working memory is intrinsic to its nature 2.5 Brain areas and systems involved in the different types of memory; some basic notions of neuronal function 2.6 Executive functions 2.7 More on the connections between nerve cells 2.8 The forgetting of short- and long-term memory 2.9 Memory and emotions 2.10 More on memory and emotions: endogenous state dependency 2.11 The use and disuse of synapses 2.12 Failure of memory persistence as a form of forgetting? 2.13 Reconsolidation 2.14 Practicing memory 2.15 Reading, knowledge, physical exercise, social life, memory and illness 2.16 The art of forgetting: a second approach 2.17 Denial and memory falsification 2.18 Forgetting by large populations 2.19 Surviving through neuronal death 2.20 The famous case of patient H.M. 2.21 When forgetting is not an art: amnesic patients 2.22 Anterograde amnesia by an interference with consolidation 2.23 Neuronal branching and the suppression of branching, neurogenesis and neuronal death as adaptive phenomena 2.24 The acquisition of new memories 2.25 Repression 2.26 A therapeutic use of the art of forgetting 2.27 Accessory memory devices: an adjunct to the art of remembering and to the art of forgetting -- 3. Summing up 3.1 Final comments.
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Atlas of Anatomy of the Peripheral Nerves : The Nerves of the Limbs
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41452
Philippe Rigoard, editor.
(Student edition)
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
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This innovative atlas focuses on peripheral nerves and provides a brand new approach compared to regular anatomy books. Using a modern 3D approach, it offers an alternative to conventional anatomical structures. It reviews all the anatomy and the morphology of these structures from an original point of view. In these three-dimensional diagrams, as well as in the watercolor drawings enhanced with a 3D inlay, each type of nerve is depicted in a minute detail. The atlas simplifies the anatomy and …
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- Rigoard, Philippe
- Responsibility
- Philippe Rigoard, editor
- Edition
- Student edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 322 pages) : 237 illus., 235 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319430898
- 9783319430881 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Peripheral Nerves - anatomy & histology
- Peripheral Nerves - pathology
- Abstract
- This innovative atlas focuses on peripheral nerves and provides a brand new approach compared to regular anatomy books. Using a modern 3D approach, it offers an alternative to conventional anatomical structures. It reviews all the anatomy and the morphology of these structures from an original point of view. In these three-dimensional diagrams, as well as in the watercolor drawings enhanced with a 3D inlay, each type of nerve is depicted in a minute detail. The atlas simplifies the anatomy and make it easy and understandable by allowing readers to develop a mental "real-time 3D GPS". The integration of MRI sections related to the drawings and the descriptions of the main nerve injuries provide medical students with a flexible but effective transition to the radiological interpretation and furthers the clinical learning process. After a detailed evaluation of the morphofunctional anatomy of the peripheral nerves, the authors present a collection of relevant data on neuromuscular transmission, both from classical and recent literature, ranging from the central and peripheral nervous system to the effector muscle. This information offers a basis for understanding the physiology, the pathology, and the repair prospects of peripheral nerves from a purely theoretical point of view. The book is divided into three main parts: Fundamental notions: from immunohistochemistry to limb innervation; The upper limb: the brachial plexus and related peripheral nerves; The lower limb: the lumbosacral plexus and related peripheral nerves This atlas also features 261 outstanding full-colour 2D and 3D illustrations. Each picture has been designed in 2D and 3D with a combination of the original editor's personal drawings/paintings and 3D-modeling tools. This book is a valuable resource for anyone studying medicine, anaesthesiology, neurosurgery, spine surgery, pain, radiology or rheumatology and is also of high interest to the whole medical community in general.
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- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Atlas
- Location
- Online
Comprehensive anatomy of motor functions
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33449
Pierre Rabischong.
--Cham, Switzerland:
Springer
, c2014.
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The comprehensive approach to anatomy is a new attempt to understand the organization of anatomical structures instead of only memorizing details, which is both time-consuming and prone to error. The basic principle is that man did not design man, a truth which presents the solution and not the problem. This kind of approach requires first observing a function and identifying, in engineering terms, the technical problems that need to be solved in order to achieve that function. In a second step…
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- Rabischong, Pierre
- Responsibility
- Pierre Rabischong
- Place of Publication
- Cham, Switzerland
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 180 pages)
- ISBN
- 9783319041698 (electronic bk.)
- 9783319041681
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena
- Musculoskeletal System - anatomy & histology
- Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
- Nervous System - anatomy & histology
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Musculoskeletal system
- Human anatomy
- Abstract
- The comprehensive approach to anatomy is a new attempt to understand the organization of anatomical structures instead of only memorizing details, which is both time-consuming and prone to error. The basic principle is that man did not design man, a truth which presents the solution and not the problem. This kind of approach requires first observing a function and identifying, in engineering terms, the technical problems that need to be solved in order to achieve that function. In a second step the anatomical solution is examined in terms of validation and should always be an intelligent solution that puts the characteristics of specific living tissues to optimal use. Anatomy is obviously the mandatory basis of all types of medical practice. For centuries, its rigorous methodology has relied on dissection, which is the only means to precisely identify the morphology of organs and for surgeons to learn how to directly and safely reach the structures they need to operate on. Accordingly, this book includes illustrations of many dissections and anatomical sections in order to provide a realistic view of the complex organization of the human body. This book addresses the needs of a broad range of medical and paramedical practitioners interested in movements and their disorders: MDs and surgeons of all specialties, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, X-ray manipulators, osteopathic specialists, etc. Its goal is to demonstrate the amazing intelligence and complexity of human motor functions and to better grasp the how and why of their construction.
- Contents
- 1. Basic Notions on Mobility Function -- 2. Spinal Functions -- 3. Locomotion -- 4. Prehension -- 5. Eye Mobility -- 6. Facial Mimic -- 7. Masticatory Function -- 8. Swallowing and Speaking -- 9. Bladder and Rectum Continence -- 10. Ejaculation and Orgasm -- Conclusions.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Ethnic Diversities, Hypertension and Global Cardiovascular Risk
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42737
Pietro Amedeo Modesti, Francesco P. Cappuccio, Gianfranco Parati, editors.
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Springer
, c2018.
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In the context of the most significant influx of migrants in European history, the objective of this book is to provide healthcare professionals with essential knowledge and skills to effectively treat and prevent cardiovascular diseases in ethnic minorities. Acknowledging that the scientific and cultural training of health professionals on the specific health needs of minority groups is still limited and likely biased, the book sheds light on the different health policies in European countries…
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- Modesti, Pietro Amedeo
- Cappuccio, Francesco P.
- Parati, Gianfranco
- Responsibility
- Pietro Amedeo Modesti, Francesco P. Cappuccio, Gianfranco Parati, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 319 p.) : 27 illus., 16 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319931487
- 9783319931470 (print ed.)
- 9783319931494 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2366-4606
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cultural Diversity
- Ethnic Groups
- Global Health
- Hypertension - etiology
- Risk Factors
- Specialty
- Cardiology
- Global Health
- Sociology, Medical
- Abstract
- In the context of the most significant influx of migrants in European history, the objective of this book is to provide healthcare professionals with essential knowledge and skills to effectively treat and prevent cardiovascular diseases in ethnic minorities. Acknowledging that the scientific and cultural training of health professionals on the specific health needs of minority groups is still limited and likely biased, the book sheds light on the different health policies in European countries as well as epidemiologic data on cardiovascular events among migrants. In addition, it presents an in-depth analysis of potential ethnic-group-specific drivers of global cardiovascular risk within this new and challenging framework—as well as issues related to its prevention and treatment. The prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, obesity, and metabolic syndrome is found to be higher among most minority groups than in the native population, yet their access to treatment and health services may be limited by cultural and language barriers. As health professionals are confronted with such intercultural challenges on a daily basis, specific training and dedicated publications are thus essential to accompany and foster a constructive development towards a pluralist and healthier society. This book addresses that need, offering a unique and revealing resource.
- Contents
- Part I: Ethnicity in the European context -- 1. Multi-ethnic populations in Europe; terminology and classifications -- 2. Migration, communicable and non-communicable diseases. Are we witnessing a paradigm shift? -- 3. Inequalities and health policies in the European countries -- Part II: Ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease -- 4. Ethnic disparities in stroke -- 5. Intracranial atherosclerosis in Asian populations -- 6. Coronary heart disease among non-Western immigrants -- 7. Hypertension and the Heart in Africa -- 8. Ethnicity and hypertension-related target organ damage -- 9. Chronic kidney disease: global dimension and perspectives for Africa -- 10. Ethnicity and atrial fibrillation: a counterintuitive phenomenon -- Part III: Drivers predisposing ethnic minorities to cardiovascular disease -- 11. Disparities in hypertension in the ethnic minority groups; beneficial aspects of minority ethnic group cultures -- 12. Type 2 diabetes in ethnic minority groups in Europe -- 13. Health needs and global cardiovascular risk of Chinese migrants in Europe: which peculiarities? -- 14. Overweight and obesity in ethnic minorities. Ethnic specific cut-off values of obesity indices -- Part IV: Ethnic specific issues for prevention and treatment of hypertension and global cv risk -- 15. New notions on salt sensitivity -- 16. Body image perception in ethnic minorities: implications for prevention -- 17. Risk assessment of future type 2 diabetes and prevention strategies -- 18. Screening strategies for type 2 diabetes and risk stratification in minority groups -- 19. Cardiovascular risk assessment models and ethnicity: implications for hypertension guidelines -- 20. Antihypertensive drug therapy in patients of African and South Asian ethnicity -- 21. Cardiovascular risk factors in migrants: beyond the first generation -- 22. Hypertension in pregnancy and related health outcomes in European ethnic minorities -- 23. Ethnic differences in left ventricular remodelling in athletes: implications for pre-participation visit.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
General ultrasound in the critically ill
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Daniel Lichtenstein.
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer
, c2005.
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General Ultrasound in the Critically Ill describes a bedside tool destined for use by the intensivist and any physician involved in emergencies. It specifically deals with findings of immediate clinical relevance throughout the body. New emergency applications of ultrasound in the abdomen, the vessels, the head and the heart are considered. The major topic, the lung, is extensively discussed. Interventional ultrasound forms part of nearly every chapter. Flow charts simplify daily concerns: acut…
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- Lichtenstein, Daniel
- Responsibility
- Daniel Lichtenstein
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2005
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 202 p.)
- ISBN
- 9783540268161
- 9783540208228 (print ed.)
- 9783540736233 (softcover ed., 2007)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Critical Care
- Critical Illness
- Emergencies
- Abstract
- General Ultrasound in the Critically Ill describes a bedside tool destined for use by the intensivist and any physician involved in emergencies. It specifically deals with findings of immediate clinical relevance throughout the body. New emergency applications of ultrasound in the abdomen, the vessels, the head and the heart are considered. The major topic, the lung, is extensively discussed. Interventional ultrasound forms part of nearly every chapter. Flow charts simplify daily concerns: acute dyspnea, shock, unexplained fever, etc. The strong points and pitfalls of ultrasound are reviewed. Technical notes are mingled with general considerations. Benefiting from the extensive experience of an intensivist intimately familiar with ultrasound, this book accurately answers most daily problems arising in the critically ill. it offers not only an exhaustive atlas but also a permanent aid to the therapeutic decision. All in all, General ultrasound in the critically ill provides a key for practicing a kind of visual medicine. Since 1990 Daniel Lichtenstein has been an intensivist in a medical ICU which already occupied a pioneering place in echocardiography. He has from the beginning devoted his efforts to the development of general ultrasound. He regularly publishes studies on lung ultrasound, his main topic, in the international literature.
- Contents
- Part I. Generalities -- Basic Notions -- The Ultrasound Equipment -- Specific Notions of Ultrasound in the Critically Ill -- General Ultrasound: Normal Patterns -- Part II. Organ by Organ Analysis -- Peritoneum -- Gastrointestinal Tract -- Liver -- Gallbladder -- Urinary Tract -- The Retroperitoneal Space -- Spleen, Adrenals, and Lymph Nodes -- Upper Extremity Central Veins -- Inferior Vena Cava -- Lower Extremity Veins -- Pleural Effusion and Introduction to the Lung Ultrasound Technique -- Pneumothorax and Introduction to Ultrasound Signs in the Lung -- Lung -- Lung Ultrasound Applications -- Mediastinum -- General Ultrasound of the Heart -- Head and Neck -- Soft Tissues -- Part III. Clinical Applications of Ultrasound -- Ultrasound in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit -- Ultrasound in Trauma -- Emergency Ultrasound Outside the Intensive Care Unit -- Interventional Ultrasound -- Emergency Ultrasound and Antibiotic Therapy -- Analytic Study of Frequent and/or Severe Situations -- Learning and Logistics of Emergency Ultrasound -- Ultrasound, a Tool for the Clinical Examination -- Concluding Remarks.
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- e-Book
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- Online
HIV and Young People : Risk and Resilience in the Urban Slum
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40018
Gary Jones.
(1st ed.)
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Springer
, c2016.
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Revisiting the thinking on vulnerability to HIV and risk of infection, this book provides better understanding by considering the risk of HIV infection alongside notions of personal and collective resilience, dignity and humiliation. The work shows that young people in the urban slum dignify their world and, in doing so, establish priorities and draw on a set of references oftentimes intelligible to them alone. Moreover, humiliation, as an interpersonal event, adds to a sense of vulnerability a…
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- Jones, Gary
- Responsibility
- Gary Jones
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 120 p.)
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in public health
- ISBN
- 9783319268149
- 9783319268132 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2192-3698
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Behavior
- HIV infections - epidemiology
- Risk Factors
- Urban Health
- Young Adult
- Abstract
- Revisiting the thinking on vulnerability to HIV and risk of infection, this book provides better understanding by considering the risk of HIV infection alongside notions of personal and collective resilience, dignity and humiliation. The work shows that young people in the urban slum dignify their world and, in doing so, establish priorities and draw on a set of references oftentimes intelligible to them alone. Moreover, humiliation, as an interpersonal event, adds to a sense of vulnerability and lies closely behind choices directly affecting personal health and livelihood. Thus, dignity and humiliation are shown for the first time to have a critical role in health seeking and risky behavior related to HIV, and this is an area in great need of further research. The crucial focus of this work is further emphasized by the rapid growth of urban slums, and high rates of HIV among both slum dwellers and young people, who continue to bear the brunt of the AIDS epidemic, thirty years on. This comprehensive literature review provides a compelling argument that the time is right to further explore the nexus of risk and resilience from a people-centered perspective. Fresh insight is critical to reach the goal of ending AIDS by 2030.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Vulnerability and Risk: health and well being in the slum -- 3. HIV as an urban epidemic -- 4. Young people: vulnerability, risk and HIV in the urban slum -- 5. Migration, young people and vulnerability in the urban slum -- 6. Discussion and conclusion.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Mobility of health professionals : health systems, work conditions, patterns of health workers' mobility and implications for policy makers
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Frits Tjadens, Caren Weilandt, Josef Eckert, authors.
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer
, c2013.
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This book on mobility of health professionals reviews, analyses and summarises published information and data as well as collected interview data from stake holders, including politicians, policy makers, health service managers and migrant health workers. It is based on the research carried out under the umbrella of the EU-funded project "Mobility of Health Professionals (MoHProf). The partners involved in the MoHProf project gathered evidence from 25 countries around basic questions and knowle…
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- Tjadens, F L J
- Other Authors
- Weilandt, Caren
- Eckert, Josef
- Responsibility
- Frits Tjadens, Caren Weilandt, Josef Eckert, authors
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 168 p. : 48 ill.)
- ISBN
- 9783642340536
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Emigration and Immigration
- Europe
- Health Manpower
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Europe - Economic policy
- Migration
- Abstract
- This book on mobility of health professionals reviews, analyses and summarises published information and data as well as collected interview data from stake holders, including politicians, policy makers, health service managers and migrant health workers. It is based on the research carried out under the umbrella of the EU-funded project "Mobility of Health Professionals (MoHProf). The partners involved in the MoHProf project gathered evidence from 25 countries around basic questions and knowledge gaps relating to the international migration of health professionals, which involved an analysis of migration flows and evaluation of policies addressing migration. This book provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the mobility streams, the motives and driving forces behind them and the impact on and challenges for health systems and draws conclusions and provides recommendations for future strategic planning, monitoring and the management of mobility of health professionals as well as further research and policy development needs.
- Contents
- Introduction -- International mobility as a process -- Factors contributing to mobility of health workers -- Countries, structures and systems -- Some notions about the European dimension -- Managing mobile health workforces -- Conclusions, challenges and recommendations -- References.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
New Directions in Psychiatry
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45579
Maurizio Pompili, Roger McIntyre, Andrea Fiorillo, Norman Sartorius, editors.
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Springer
, c2020.
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This book focuses on hot issues faced by clinicians in everyday clinical practice, and provides in-depth analyses of both met and unmet needs in the management of psychiatric disorders. It has been repeatedly shown that the needs of patients, relatives, the community at large and those of the governmental bodies only partially overlap. For instance, patients in their families are more concerned about quality of life, treatment, autonomy, and independent living; whereas governmental stakeholders…
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- Pompili, Maurizio
- McIntyre, Roger
- Fiorillo, Andrea
- Sartorius, Norman
- Responsibility
- Maurizio Pompili, Roger McIntyre, Andrea Fiorillo, Norman Sartorius, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 230 p.) : 12 illus., 7 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030426378
- 9783030426361 (Print ed.)
- 9783030426385 (Print ed.)
- 9783030426392 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Services Needs and Demand
- Psychiatry - trends
- Specialty
- Psychiatry
- Abstract
- This book focuses on hot issues faced by clinicians in everyday clinical practice, and provides in-depth analyses of both met and unmet needs in the management of psychiatric disorders. It has been repeatedly shown that the needs of patients, relatives, the community at large and those of the governmental bodies only partially overlap. For instance, patients in their families are more concerned about quality of life, treatment, autonomy, and independent living; whereas governmental stakeholders are typically more concerned about relapse prevention and reduction of hospitalizations. As such, a volume bridging the gap between theoretical notions and practical understanding of patients’ untreated aspects of their psychiatric disorders is much needed. Instead of focusing on traditional descriptions of psychopathology and diagnostic criteria, the volume guides readers to core problems for each topic, taking into account new approaches in the classification of mental disorders as proposed by DSM-5. It elaborates on much-debated controversial problems such as the assessment and treatment of psychomotor agitation, and non-adherence to treatment that impacts on the psychiatric context. With its unique approach, this volume appeals to anyone with an interest in the field, including researchers, clinicians, and trainees.
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- 1. Unmet Needs in Modern Psychiatric Practice -- 2. Unmet Needs in Patients with Schizophrenia -- 3. The Unmet Needs for Major Depressive Disorder -- 4. Unmet Needs in Psychiatry: Bipolar Depression -- 5. Unmet Needs in Mixed States -- 6. Unmet Needs in the Treatment of Personality Disorders -- 7. Unmet Needs in the Assessment and Treatment of Psychomotor Agitation -- 8. Unmet Needs in the Management of Suicide Risk -- 9. Unmet Needs in Psychiatry Training -- 10. Unmet Needs During Residency Training Programmes in Psychiatry -- 11. Unmet Needs in Youth Mental Health: Transforming Models of Care to Improve Outcomes -- 12. Classification Systems of Mental Disorders: Where Did We Go Wrong? -- 13. Stigma: An Old Unmet Need in Psychiatric Practice.
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- e-Book
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- Online
On the Shoulders of Medicine's Giants : What Today's Clinicians Can Learn from Yesterday's Wisdom
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat38944
Robert B. Taylor.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2015.
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Medical history offers us many wise thoughts, a few misguided notions, and a host of intriguing back-stories. On the Shoulders of Medicine's Giants presents a selection of these, and tells how the words of medicine's "giants"--such as Hippocrates, Sir William Osler, Francis Weld Peabody, and Elizabeth Kubler-Ross--are relevant to medical science and practice in the 21st century. Which physician was the inspiration for the fictional character Sherlock Holmes, and what did he identify as the real…
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- Taylor, Robert B
- Responsibility
- Robert B. Taylor
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 251 p. : 100 illus., 48 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781493913350
- 9781493913343 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Ethics, Medical
- History of Medicine
- Philosophy, Medical - history
- Physicians - history
- Abstract
- Medical history offers us many wise thoughts, a few misguided notions, and a host of intriguing back-stories. On the Shoulders of Medicine's Giants presents a selection of these, and tells how the words of medicine's "giants"--such as Hippocrates, Sir William Osler, Francis Weld Peabody, and Elizabeth Kubler-Ross--are relevant to medical science and practice in the 21st century. Which physician was the inspiration for the fictional character Sherlock Holmes, and what did he identify as the real essential factor in all successful medical diagnoses? What did Sigmund Freud describe as his "tyrant" and what might this mean for doctors today? Do you know the attributed source of the well-known aphorism about horses and zebras, and what we believe this physician actually said? This book answers these questions and more, while also providing fascinating tales about each individual quoted. On the Shoulders of Medicine's Giants is recommended for practicing physicians, students, and residents, as well as nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and anyone involved in patient care who wants to understand the historical and epistemological foundations of what we do each day in practice. Robert B. Taylor, MD is the author and editor of more than 30 medical books and several hundred published articles, as well as a veteran of rural private practice and chairmanship of a major medical school department.
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- The Profession and Professionalism -- Being a Physician -- The Art and Science of Doctoring -- Health, Disease, Illness, and Death -- Disease Detection and Diagnosis -- Therapy and Healing -- Learning and Teaching Medicine -- Medical Experience, Knowledge, and Wisdom -- Errors, Uncertainty, and Ethical Issues -- Current Issues and Future Practice.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Pelvic Surgery in the Elderly : An Integrated Approach
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41228
David A. Gordon, Mark R. Katlic, editors.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, 2017.
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This text provides a comprehensive, state of the art review of this field and will serve as a resource for urologists, colorectal surgeons, geriatricians, and gynecologists as well as researchers interested in neuromuscular phenomena in the pelvis. The book also reviews new data regarding risk factors for pelvic floor muscle dysfunction and profiles new minimally invasive surgical strategies for well known pelvic disease processes. Each chapter is chock full of data from landmark trials which h…
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- Gordon, David A
- Katlic, Mark R
- Responsibility
- David A. Gordon, Mark R. Katlic, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 425 pages) : 180 illus., 117 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9781493965540
- 9781493965526 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Pelvic Floor - surgery
- Abstract
- This text provides a comprehensive, state of the art review of this field and will serve as a resource for urologists, colorectal surgeons, geriatricians, and gynecologists as well as researchers interested in neuromuscular phenomena in the pelvis. The book also reviews new data regarding risk factors for pelvic floor muscle dysfunction and profiles new minimally invasive surgical strategies for well known pelvic disease processes. Each chapter is chock full of data from landmark trials which have been published over the past few years and placed in context with respect to current management techniques for pelvic floor disorders. Written by experts in their field, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Pelvic Surgery in the Elderly: An Integrated Approachprovides a concise yet comprehensive summary to help guide patient management.
- Contents
- Part I. General Physiology and Pelvic Floor Disorders -- Anatomy, Neuroanatomy and Biomechanics of the Pelvis -- Pelvic Floor Physiology: From Posterior Compartment to Perineal Body to Anterior Compartment -- Cellular and Molecular Aging -- Principles of Geriatric Surgery -- Nutritional Considerations in Pelvic Medicine & Surgery -- Microbiology of Virulence: Urinary Tract Infection versus Colonization -- Chronic Catheter Associated Complications and Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection -- Part II. Diagnosis of Pelvic Floor Disorders and Diagnostic Armamentarium -- Physical Therapy Evaluation and Treatment of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Including Hypertonic Pelvic Floor Dysfunction -- Multichannel Urodynamic Testing -- Anorectal Manometry -- Functional Anorectal Imaging: Radiologic Considerations and Clinical Implications -- Colonoscopy in Elderly Patients -- Part III. Urologic/Urogynecoloic Aspects -- Treatment Options For Stress Urinary Incontinence -- The Neurogenic Bladder and Hypertonic Pelvic Floor Muscle Dysfunction -- Biology of Pain and Pathophysiology of Pelvic Pain Syndrome -- Interstitial Cystitis: The Painful Bladder Syndrome -- Overactive Bladder (OAB) in The Elderly with Contemporary Notions on Treatment including Sacral Nerve Stimulation (SNS) -- Sacral Neuromodulation in Interstitial Cystitis -- Therapeutic neural blockade -- Part IV. Gynecologic/Urogynecologic Aspects -- Pelvic Organ Prolapse in the Older Woman -- Robotic Pelvic Surgery: Historical Perspective, Single Site Robotic Surgery & Robotic Sacral Colpopexy -- Genito-Urinary Fistulae: Vesicovaginal, Ureterovaginal and other Urinary Fistula -- Part V. Colorectal Interventions -- Rectal Prolapse in the Elderly -- Fecal Incontinence -- Colorectal Interventions: Chronic Constipation -- Fecal Diversion and Ostomies -- Pelvic Hernias -- Colorectal Interventions: Rectovaginal Fistulas -- Colorectal Interventions: Benign Anorectal Disease.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
