Psychotherapy research: why is it neglected in Italy?

Diabetic foot screening: why is it neglected?

Understanding reasons for the neglect of foot screening during the annual review of people with diabetes enables the development of solutions for this omission. This study explores the reasons within the context of health care delivery systems in terms of the professional, social, political and economic aspects of this screening. Information was obtained through reviewing publications on diabet...

Why are we doing so little clinical research? Part 2: Why clinical research is neglected.

Family medicine is a clinical discipline. So why are so few family physicians doing clinical research? Certainly there are notable exceptions to that generalization. But if you look at our publication record as a whole, clinical descriptive research is only a small part. Yet it is an important issue, with consequences for our place in medical schools. In this editorial, I want to address this i...

Is psychotherapy for personality disorders worth it?

P sychiatrists' eyes may glaze upon encountering an article with " economic " in the title and containing jargon like " QALY " (quality-adjusted life-years) and " nonparametric bootstrap replication. " As a profession, psychiatrists are not terribly good with numbers and money (or we' d be in better economic shape). Yet the study by Bamelis and colleagues in this issue 1 deserves your rapt atte...

The poverty-related neglected diseases: Why basic research matters

Together, malaria and the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) kill more than 800,000 people annually, while creating long-term disability in millions more. International support for mass drug administration, bed nets, and other preventive measures has resulted in huge public health gains, while support for translational research is leading to the development of some new neglected disease drugs, ...

Rheumatoid cachexia: what is it and why is it important?