Firearm related mortality is not frequently encountered in a country like Nepal where there us stringent law prohibiting buying, selling, carrying or storing of firearms. It required to have valid license firearm possession. Wounds produced by typical characteristic the knowledge which helps identify type used, range fire, position victim and whether manner death was homicidal, suicidal ...

Bipolar disorder is a phasic mental characterized by the presence of (hypo) maniac, depressive and/or mixedepisodes during course disease. A 70 year man, with no prior history episodes, began to suffera picture manic characteristics as an adolescent. Despite numerous drug treatments prescribed, there has beenno improvement, and followed torpid chronic course. Chronic unipolar mania clinical ent...

markers are critically needed for diagnosis, predicting treatment response and follow-up outcomes of medical ailments [7] . Although, ‘concerted’ research efforts in the ‘decade of the brain’ and the years that followed have unravelled critical insights on the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders, clinically translatable biomarkers in psychiatry are yet to be identified. For instance, a recent...

1. To increase diversity among the ASCB members 2. To bring issues related to minorities in science to the attention of ASCB members 3. To assist in the professional development of minority scientists and in the education of minority science students 4. To provide opportunities for faculty members at minorityserving institutions (MSIs) not only to advance their research and teaching effectivene...

An Occupational Therapist is therefore a member of a skilled profession parallel with that of a nurse who has completed both general and mental hospital training. Until this is accepted as a sine qua non, this great aid to recovery will remain in its infancy. At present some mental hospitals have realised their need and have made appreciable use of the method, and anyone who wishes to see it in...

BACKGROUND To compare the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) using the 2012 and 2003 Beers Criteria in frail older patients receiving home health care services (HHS), and to explore the correlates of PIMs based on the 2012 Beers criteria. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 145 older patients (mean age, 80.9 ± 7.6 years) with Barthel scale ≤ 60 receiving regular HHS from ...