The woman in front of me in the clinic looked worried. Her child, a small creature, was struggling to resist efforts to…
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Mental Health What is a traumatic experience if you live in Mogadishu?
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General Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Causal Link?
Although injury and death define war, every war is unique in its predominant types of injury and causes of death. World War…
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Mental Health Mental health care in conflict zones
Sadly, the global burden of mental health is under-recognised and enormous: mental health conditions are the leading cause of DALYs worldwide, but…
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Conference news Cambridge Global health Conference: Students are leading the way
Dr Rhona MacDonald, freelance editor, (rhonamacdonald@gmail.com) “It never ceases to amaze me how much Medsinners [members of Medsin] accomplish while studying full…
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Mental Health New systematic review identifies gap in treatment for epilepsy in LAMIC
A paper just published in the WHO bulletin draws further attention to the global disparity in caring for those with epilepsy between…
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Mental Health Action on global mental health
Last Friday, I attended the launch of the Centre for Global Mental Health (CGMH), a high profile event held at the London…
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Collections Series on mental health in low and middle income countries
Packages of Care for Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders in Low and Middle Income Countries: Between October 2009 and February 2010…