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Data Analysis for Controlling Errors in Medical Science Investigations
Data analysis is an important part of medical science investigations and can help researchers identify and control errors that could affect their results. Data analysis plays a crucial role in controlling erro...
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Current Research About Senotherapeutics
In the previous chapter, it was proposed that when the quantity of senescent cells exceeds a safe therapeutic threshold, the prospect of age-associated diseases increases. The goal of senolytics is to destroy ...
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Summary
ATMAN is a brief psychological intervention to support young people with self-harm thoughts and behaviours. ATMAN strategies help by improving problem-solving capacity and ability to manage difficult emotions,...
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Ethics
The chapter begins by discussing a clinical vignette and its ethical considerations in the context of Alsabti v. Board of Registration in Medicine (of Massachusetts), a legal case dealing with disciplinary action...
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If You Don’t Ask, You Don’t Count: Elements to Consider in Understanding Global Sexual and Gender Minority Data on Noncommunicable Diseases
Evaluation and comparison of incidence and prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) among sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) to cisgender and/or heterosexual populations rest on the belief that SGM popul...
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Tungiasis
Tungiasis is a dermatological parasitic disease caused by two of the 13 known species of female sand flea (Tunga penetrans and Tunga trimammillata). Tungiasis is endemic in tropical and subtropical regions of the...
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Descriptive and Analytical Epidemiology
Both descriptive and analytical epidemiology are important for advancing clinical medicine and public health. Descriptive epidemiology assesses the burden and magnitude of health problems in a population, wher...
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Voluntary and Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization
In psychiatry, as in all of medicine, there are situations in which clinicians and patients do not agree on the need for hospitalization. In these situations, the risk to the patient and others must be careful...
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Air Pollution and Human Health: A Medical Geology Perspective
Air, water, and soil, all of which are influenced by regional and local geology, directly impact human health and well-being. Medical geology, a multidisciplinary filed, studies the impact of earth processes a...
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Malpractice
Physicians may be sued for malpractice for many reasons. Successful malpractice claims require a finding that the physician’s care (or lack of) resulted in a dereliction of a duty owed to the patient, directly...
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Community and Social Support
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ or LGBTQ+ if the latter context includes other identities) individuals tend to experience high levels of minority stress, which might increase their mental...
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The ATMAN Brief Psychological Intervention
ATMAN is a brief psychological intervention aimed at promoting young people’s ability to manage their own problems and emotional distress and get help from others to reduce thoughts of self-harm. The ATMAN man...
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Conclusions
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent a major public health concern which is rapidly increasing in prevalence in low -resources countries, where the World Health Organization estimated them to be responsi...
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Case–Control Study
A case–control study is an observational study designed to determine if a risk factor is associated with an outcome of interest (disease or condition). This study design permits the researcher to determine if ...
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Decision-Making Capacity
This chapter considers the legal case of Stamford Hospital vs. Nelly E. Vega, 674 A. 2d 821 (Conn., 1996). In this matter, an obstetrical patient was given blood transfusions against her will despite having artic...
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Particulate Matters, Microplastics, and Mitochondrial Health
Environmental pollutants affecting human health have been a grave concern. Particulate matter is a most ubiquitous air pollutant with serious consequences to health. With their diversity in chemical compositio...
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Violence Risk Assessment
Violence risk assessment is a task central to the general practice of psychiatry. A number of approaches to risk assessment exist, including some based on pure clinical assessment, others based on historical r...
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Global Epidemiology and Social-Ecological Determinants of Substance Use Disparities, Consequences of Use, and Treatment Options Among Sexual and Gender Minority Populations
Across the globe, sexual and gender minority populations experience stressors (e.g., stigma, discrimination, violence) at the individual, interpersonal, and environmental levels that may increase their risk of...
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Understanding Self-Harm and Starting the ATMAN Brief Intervention
The first session of ATMAN intervention is a chance for the facilitator to understand the self-harm behaviour of the young person and come up with a plan to address individual reasons for self-harm. The facili...
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Epidemiological Measures
Epidemiology involves evaluating diseases and health issues from birth to death. In this regard, the epidemiological measures range from birth to death. Health sciences aim to eradicate health issues, prevent ...
