Preventing Obsolescence of Scientific Reviews: An Updated-Review Project

Book Reviews Project for a Scientific Psychoanalysis

SELDOM does one have the privilege of reviewing work as important and impressive as these volumes. Along with Schore’s earlier work, Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self, these two new collections constitute a trilogy of carefully crafted and researched papers. They also mark “a clarion call for a paradigm shift, both in psychiatry and in biology and in psychoanalytic psychotherapies.” ...

FRI BRIEFINGS Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy An Updated Scientific Literature Review

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy An Updated Scientific Literature Review

Although the number of cases of BSE has decreased dramatically since peak incidence in 1992, this disease is still of concern as cases continue to be diagnosed in Europe and Japan and two cases have been reported in North America. Recent reports from France, Italy, and Japan presented evidence that more than one strain of BSE exists in cattle. Of particular interest in the UK are the animals bo...

Biologic Width around Dental Implants: An Updated Review

Soft tissue-implant interface is an important anatomical feature contributing to the long-term success of dental implants. Based on the available evidence, different factors may influence biological width around implants including the surgical technique, implant loading, implant surface properties, abutment materials, implant position, and width of the peri-implant mucosa. The purpose of the pr...

An Updated Review

Background and Purpose—Rates of stroke incidence and mortality vary across populations with important differences between socioeconomic groups worldwide. Knowledge of existing disparities in stroke risk is important for effective stroke prevention and management strategies. This review updates the evidence for associations between socioeconomic status and stroke. Summary of Review—Studies were ...