VOLUME 3(2) • 2016
STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ABNORMALITY IN PARTICULAR BRAIN REGIONS AND CONNECTIONS IN SUBJECTS WITH INTERNET GAMING DISORDER (IGD)
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this article is to gain a deeper understanding of the inherent topological features of brain networks in Internet gaming disorder (IGD), psychological attributes and comorbidities that are related to the advancement and maintenance of IGD, and the behavioral and neural groun..
THE EFFECT OF MANDATORY PROLONGED DETENTION ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES
ABSTRACT. My aim in this paper is to examine the detrimental effect of detention and its direct role in the advancement of mental disorder, the significant health matters undergone by people in long-term detention, and the link between the detention of asylum seekers and mental health outcomes. The ..
PREDICTING AND MANAGING DEMAND IN SOCIAL CARE
ABSTRACT. The general perception about adult social care is that with an ageing society demand for care will grow in a predictable way in line with the growth in the population. I have been looking at the different way that local authorities in the United Kingdom approach their delivery of care and ..
LOW R&D EFFICIENCY IN LARGE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
ABSTRACT. Large pharmaceutical companies will face serious challenges in the future when several of their blockbuster drugs run out of patents, and meanwhile a growing political pressure to stop the fast increase in health care expenditures has emerged. The recent wave of mergers and acquisitions (M..
CALIFORNIA VETERANS RECEIVE INADEQUATE TREATMENT TO ADDRESS THEIR MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS
ABSTRACT. Data from the 2011 to 2013 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) were pooled to estimate prevalence of mental health need (serious psychological distress and impairment in one or more life domains), minimally adequate treatment (having four or more visits with a health professional in ..
RIGHTS, VALUES, REGULATION AND HEALTH CARE: TO BE WELL IS NOT A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT BUT A VALUE
ABSTRACT. The idea that health care and other welfare measures are fundamental rights everyone has goes back a couple of centuries. In our time some defend it based on the preamble of the U. S. Constitution where the purpose of the American polity is identified as the general welfare. However, this ..
MIDWEST DIAGNOSIS: IMMIGRATION REFORM AND THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR
ABSTRACT. Health care employs nearly 1.3 million across the Midwest and generates billions of dollars in wages, making it an integral part of the regional economy. Yet the sector faces a growing crisis, fueled by interconnected trends: the mounting healthcare needs of baby boomers increasingly strai..
THE IMPACT OF TELEHEALTH ON MENTAL HEALTHCARE IN CANADA
ABSTRACT. Telehealth has become widely used in the Canadian healthcare system. The discipline of healthcare involving mental health has also begun to adopt telehealth strategies, known in general as telemental health services. These have been used to address some of the issues currently facing the m..
MARCUS AURELIUS ON SUICIDE
ABSTRACT. Current medical theory states that all, or almost all, suicide is the result of mental disorder. The aim was to explore the work of Marcus Aurelius, to understand the view of suicide that was held when Stoics philosophy was at its apogee. Appropriate literature was examined. Marcus Aureliu..
PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE U.S. HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY: A SPECULATIVE ANALYSIS
ABSTRACT. This paper examines the future of U.S. healthcare industry. The paper identifies a collection of unprecedented forces that will dramatically reshape industry boundaries, structures, and practices over the next two decades. Key findings include: 1) Regulatory and legislative policy uncertai..