rative reviews have been significantly increasing in most psychiatric journals in the world alongside " Psychiatry Investigation (PI) ". Since the launch of the " PI " at March 2004, there have been a number of review articles; indeed 54 papers were published as format of regular review papers or special articles in the " PI " from 2004 to 2014. However, of the 54 papers, only one review paper ...

An appreciation of the relation between laboratory measures of visual deficit and everyday perceptual experience is fundamental to understanding the impact of a visual condition on patients and so to a fuller characterization of the disorder. This study aims to understand better the interpretative processes by which modified sensory information is perceived by a patient with congenital stationa...

BACKGROUND Although pregnancy is often portrayed as a time of great joy, that's not the reality for all women. The adverse, long-term, stable, and sometimes, irreparable effects of anxiety during pregnancy can change pregnancy into an agonizing and unpleasant event of women's life span. AIM The aim of this study was to explore the adverse effects of anxiety in pregnancy on children's health i...

Home visits have a long history in geriatrics. In this narrative review, the literature on home visits performed by specialists in geriatric medicine (or psychiatry) and/or specialized programs in geriatric medicine (or psychiatry) published between January 1988 and December 2008 was examined. The papers reviewed were few and inconsistent in their message. The lessons that can be derived from t...

Despite the implicit belief that IT innovations brings beneficial change, medical practitioners and healthcare professionals constantly struggle to realize the innovation potential of electronic medical records (EMR) system in revolutionizing clinical practices. To understand this conundrum, this paper uses an in-depth case study of an EMR implementation to develop a grounded theory of why, whe...

A series of seven computing and online games was reviewed following a criterion based selection process. The games were reviewed relative to their capacity to incorporate elements of gaming comparable to content or themes evident in children’s literature including, type of game, genre, elements of violence, disturbing scenes, gender of key protagonists or heroes, location and relative time fram...

Minority ethnic populations experience a disproportionate burden of health inequalities compared with the rest of the population, including an increased risk of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The purpose of this narrative review was to explore knowledge and attitudes around diabetes, physical activity and diet and identify barriers and facilitators to healthy lifestyle changes in minority ethnic popul...

actinomycosis is an indolent, slowly progressive infection caused by anaerobic or microaerophilic bacteria, primarily of genus actinomyces, which colonize the mouth, colon and vagina. mucosal disruption may lead to infection virtually at any sites in the body. the aim of this study was to underline different features of actinomycosis and to represent total data about etiologic agents, clinical,...