Practical Remarks On Gout, Rheumatic Fever, And Chronic Rheumatism Of The Joints
Advances in Neurosurgical Procedures - Unveiling New Horizons
Advances in Neurosurgical Procedures - Unveiling New Horizons is a collection of chapters providing an overview of recent developments in neurosurgery. The book covers advancements in surgical techniques, including robotics, augmented reality, and advanced imaging, and their impact on surgical precision and patient outcomes. It also explores neurostimulation, deep brain stimulation, and personalized approaches to treatment. The volume highlights the shift towards minimally invasive techniques, such as keyhole surgery and nanorobotics, and covers key topics like neuro-oncology, cerebrovascular surgery, and spinal procedures. All chapters are complete in themselves, but they are united under a common research study topic. This work provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research in neurosurgery and suggests new directions for future advancements.
Lectures On Epilepsy, Pain, Paralysis, And Certain Other Disorders Of The Nervous System
Mayeaux's Essential Guide to Primary Care Procedures: Print + eBook with Multimedia
Domestic Violence in Medicine and Psychotherapy
This specialist book provides essential insights for professionals: Domestic violence is not a mental disorder--it is a threatening scenario that entails significant risks for those affected. Psychotherapy, whether for victims or perpetrators, is rarely the first-choice intervention. When used inappropriately or as the primary focus, it can even exacerbate existing dangers. In cases of domestic violence, safety must always take precedence--regardless of whether the work involves supporting victims or counseling perpetrators. Topics covered include: Risk and threat assessment Risk management Crisis intervention Consulting on protective measures across different threat situations Professional support for victims Counseling of perpetrators Collaboration with authorities and support services Professional cooperation and networking About the Author: Horia Fabini is a psychological psychotherapist, group therapist (BAG), psychotraumatologist (DeGPT), specialist in emergency psychology, criminal psychologist, as well as a supervisor and teaching therapist (DVT). He also works as a prevention manager for extremism and radicalization, an expert assessor specializing in forensic and risk evaluations, and serves as the scientific director of the Emergency Psychology Curriculum at the Bodelschwingh Academy in Berlin. Additionally, he teaches at various other educational institutions.
Blueprint for a National Prevention Infrastructure for Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders
Group Work in Correctional Rehabilitation
Group work in the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) started in 2001 and has remained as the main channel for rehabilitation to take place. This book explores the transformative power of group therapy within a correctional setting, offering a comprehensive guide for therapists, psychologists, counsellors and prison staff who facilitate therapeutic groups for incarcerated individuals. Grounded in evidence-informed practices, this work delves into SPS's progressive and professional approaches in rehabilitation through the lens of specialists and correctional officers who lead intervention groups for prisoners and drug abusers accumulated over the last two decades.The book provides insights into the unique ethical considerations of leading groups in a prison setting, and the role correctional officers can also play in leading groups. With real-life case studies, facilitator tips and guidance on managing group dynamics in a high-security environment, the book provides practitioners with the knowledge and understanding about working with individuals to improve decision-making skills, and fostering positive behavioural change.
Obesity in the Black Community
In this ground-breaking book, three leading experts in obesity medicine offer a comprehensive approach to origins, obstacles, and opportunities for addressing obesity in the Black community. Given the complexity of the disease of obesity coupled with the health disparities that unequally affect Black people, there is a dire need for an unbiased resource that provides an authoritative, evidence-based overview. It unprecedentedly unifies the biopsychosocial contributors to obesity and boldly goes beyond quoting statistics to proposing effective solutions for physicians and professionals to implement in their clinical practice. Key Features: 1. Dispels stereotypes and biases to offer solutions for one of the most significant medical conditions affecting Black people. 2. Integrates best clinical practices with cultural context, providing a full overview of obesity treatment options for medical students and professionals. 3. Provides insights from Black medical doctors who personally and professionally identify with, care for, and treat Obesity in the Black community.
Practical Facial Reconstruction
An ideal resource for both the novice and experienced surgeon, Practical Facial Reconstruction: Theory and Practice is a practical, step-by-step guide to facial repair, written by a highly experienced authority in the field. In this fully updated Second Edition, Dr. Andrew Kaufman walks you through decision making in repair design and execution, offering tips, pearls, and key points that make seemingly complicated flaps less complicated, and repairs more aesthetic and functionally successful. Abundant illustrations and numerous new videos provide real-world visual guidance on soft tissue facial reconstruction.Covers cheek, forehead, nose, lip, ear, and eyelid reconstruction, with ample pearls, tips, and key points for each repairWalks you through the thought process of evaluating a surgical defect, analyzing it, and designing and executing the repair to achieve optimal functional and cosmetic resultsShares Dr. Kaufman's personal tips, tricks, and pearls for every repair, with the goal of simplifying and demystifying many useful reconstruction techniquesFeatures hundreds of high-quality, step-by-step photographs and line drawings throughout, plus more than 30 all-new procedural videosCovers simpler as well as more complex repairs, including bilobed transposition flaps, helical rim advancement flaps, unilateral and bilateral rotation flaps, cartilage grafts on the nose, rhombic transposition flaps, melolabial transposition flaps, advancement flaps on the nose, lips, eyebrow, and forehead, island advancement flaps, and much moreProvides a unique theoretical and practical framework for identifying defects and developing a reconstructive plan that can be applied to a wide variety of situations beyond those covered in the bookAn eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date
Massachusetts General Hospital Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams
Prepare for success on your board and shelf exams with the fully revised Massachusetts General Hospital Study Guide for Psychiatry Exams, Second Edition. Expertly edited by renowned author and educator Dr. Theodore A. Stern as a companion to his popular and authoritative Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, Third Edition, this practical review tool contains 1,000 unique questions with annotated answers, both in print and online. You'll have convenient, flexible access to hundreds of relevant and carefully reviewed questions from the institution trusted most by residents and practicing clinicians for its leadership in psychiatry information and reference.Contains 1,000 multiple-choice questions and annotated answers (400 more than in the first edition) that test your knowledge of every aspect of psychiatry, offering highly effective preparation for your primary certification examsIncludes new content in key areas, such as psychiatric management of patients with cardiac disease, renal disease, pulmonary disease, and gastrointestinal disease; COVID-19 infection, burns, trauma, and intensive care unit treatment; and care of LGBTQAI+ patientsDivides questions into manageable sections that correspond directly to chapters in the parent text, Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, 3rd Edition; you'll know exactly where to find detailed information for deeper learning and reviewHelps you gain a better understanding of exam presentation and format as you study relevant content that is fully up to date with DSM-5Edited by highly accomplished and award-winning clinician and educator, Dr. Theodore A. Stern, editor of Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, 3rd Edition, as well as the Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry, 8th EditionAn eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date
Application of Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging in Cancer Surgery
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the development and application of near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) in cancer surgery. It thoroughly examines the history, principles, agents, functions, and devices associated with NIRF, along with the latest preclinical research and clinical applications. Special emphasis is placed on the advancements in the second NIRF window and its global implementation in cancer surgery, including innovative molecular imaging technologies in clinical translation. Additionally, the book explores the limitations and potential solutions of NIRF, offering insights into its future trends and perspectives. It serves as a valuable resource for university researchers, surgeons, radiologists, and both undergraduate and graduate students in medicine.
