Mental health law in Algeria originates from the French colonial era. Although several pieces of legislation deal with mental disorders, their implementation remains unsatisfactory and does not meet the real needs of healthcare providers. Amendment of the current mental health law is required to enhance the delivery of care but also to protect those with a mental disorder from abuse.

Theories of episodic memory have generally proposed that individual memory traces are linked together by a representation of context that drifts slowly over time. Recent data challenge the notion that contextual drift is always slow and passive. In particular, changes in one's external environment or internal model induce discontinuities in memory that are reflected in sudden changes in neural ...

Abstract Crime consistently penetrates public and political debate, where crime, either perceived or real, shapes one’s sense of security, safety wellbeing. This matters, as the versus real dilemma influences policy decisions. But what matters most? Here evidence is mixed with often highly inconsistent findings. Against this background, employing more recent arguably robust econometric models, ...