Improve your study skills

Nobody said that raising an adolescent was easy, and schooling one is even more of a challenge! Parents are taking on a lot of school responsibility, and let’s face it — things are different than they used to be. How are parents supposed to know how to handle the homework load without some guidance? Take […]

آلام الظهر و غضروف الفقرات القطنية

  تعالى نكتب العلاج     اتعود تشد القامة و تكون وقفتك مشدودة   والمشي كمان صح .. مفرود     اتعود تشيل صح     اتعود تجلس صح         في الجلسات الطويلة ارجع للوراء ..كالطائرة و العمل احترس من السقوط   ممكن تنام كده الألم هيقل جدا اعمل تمارين للضهر   […]

Maslow Hierarchy for self actualization –هرمية ماسلو لتحقيق الذات –

 وضع ابراهام ماسلو نظرية ارتقاء و نمو النفس الى تحقيق الذات و لم يضع تعريفا دقيقا لتحقيق الذات و لكنه للتبسيط و على وجه العموم هو ان  تصل لمرحلة تبسط فيها رأيك و فكرتك في الوقت الذي تراه بالشكل الذي تراه أمام من تراه  و و تدافع عن فكرتك وتضحى من أجلها و و تبذل الغالي […]

The Latest Antidepressants:

“Must Know” Information About Vilazodone (Viibryd®), Levomilnacipran (Fetzima®), Vortioxetine (Brintellix®), recently introduced, has a specific action improves cognitive functions. It should be titrated 5 ,10 , 15 and 20 mg at morning time for sometimes intolerable nausea. ! amphetamine like action. and Lurasidone (Latuda®)

Diagnosing bipolar disorder

Many patients with borderline personality disorder or other forms of moodiness are wrongly diagnosed as having bipolar disorder. On the other hand, it is simultaneously true that many patients with bipolar disorder (especially bipolar II disorder) continue to be misdiagnosed as having a depressive disorder. Because the treatment of depression and of bipolar disorder is very […]

Is it Psychiatric illness or an overactive thyroid?

Millions of people have an overactive thyroid gland. Many don’t know it. This condition, known as hyperthyroidism, occurs more often in women than in men. Since the thyroid gland controls the body’s metabolism, an overactive thyroid puts the body into overdrive. Some of the signs and symptoms of an overactive thyroid include: Heat intolerance. A […]

sub-typing of depression in clinical settings

Dr. Adel Serag is a senior consultant psychiatrist in Fakeeh hospital and Senior Consultant and fellow of psychiatry , Institute of psychiatry, Ain Shams University. A review lecture about the sub-typing of depression and how this will affect positively in clinical description and hence probably the medication. The lecture was given April 2015 during 11th […]

Problems of Mental illness Stigma and co-morbidity

Norman Sartorius, M.D., M.A., D.P.M., Ph.D., FRC. Psych. Dr Norman Sartorius, MD, MA, DPM, PhD, FRCPsych, obtained his M.D. in Zagreb (Croatia). He specialized in neurology and psychiatry and subsequently obtained a Masters Degree and a Doctorate in psychology (Ph.D.). He carried out clinical work and research and taught at graduate and postgraduate levels at […]

Long term treatment of Schizophrenia: Dr. Mohamed Swuidan

Dr. Mohammad Alsuwaidan is an assistant professor of psychiatry at both Kuwait University and the University of Toronto, where he is cross-appointed to the divisions of Brain Therapeutics and Philosophy, Humanities and Educational Scholarship. He is the Founding Director of the Mood & Anxiety Disorders Program at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital.     Research review of […]

Translational Psychiatry from bench to side bed

Translational Psychiatry from bench to side bed Translational Psychiatry from bench to side bed, a lecture given by Prof. Dr. Afaf Hamed , April 2015, In I11th Psychiatricinternational congress in Jeddah Afaf Hamed Khalil Current Post Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University Sub-Specialty General Adult, Adolescent and Addiction Psychiatry

DSM 5 – Fully expalined -Task Force Members

  Darrel A. REGIER Darrel A. Regier, M.D., M.P.H. Director, APA Division of Research Executive Director, APIRE Vice-Chair, DSM-V Task Force American Psychiatric Association Virginia, USA Email: [email protected] Regier, M.D., M.P.H has served for the past ten years as Executive Director of the American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education (APIRE), as well as Director, […]

Psychiatric documentation: Soap is not working?

Soap for follow up notes documentation doesn’t work with psychiatric demands. Promise is working better, do you find it useful?!!!                 Promise_Better psychiatric documentation   /Promise_Better-psychiatric-documentation.pdf”>Promise_Better psychiatric documentation               Better psychiatric documentation: From SOAP to PROMISE Because documentation is an important part […]