WAR AND MENTAL DISEASES

War, mental disorder and suicide.

War as a human disaster of major significance has led to an increase in the number of suicides committed by people suffering from mental disorders. Considering the results of similar research, we were particularly interested in the effect that war has on the incidence of suicide among of people with mental disorders. The research included 16,362 patients with mental disorders, treated at the Cl...

Medical Diseases of War

Medical Diseases of War

Medical Diseases of War

on diphtheria. The former is written by Dr. Melville D. Mackenzie, whose experience of the disease in all parts of the world is unique among British physicians. Dr. E. H. R. Harries has written the chapter on diphtheria, which has proved to be one of the major medical problems in the Middle East.' ' The most important additions to this edition apart from those already mentioned are in connectio...

War and Infectious Diseases: Challenges of the Syrian Civil War

Syria’s ongoing three-year civil war has displaced 6.5 million Syrians, left hundreds of thousands wounded or killed by violence, and created a vacuum in basic infrastructures that will reverberate throughout the region for years to come. Beyond such devastation, the civil war has introduced epidemics of infections that have spread through vulnerable populations in Syria and neighboring countri...