Competing commitments in psychiatric research: An examination of psychiatric researchers' perspectives

Physical examination in psychiatric practice

Physical disease is more prevalent in people with mental disorder than in the general population. It is important for psychiatrists to maintain skills in physical examination to ensure that physical illness is diagnosed and treated appropriately. A sound knowledge of medical illness ensures that examination is targeted at the relevant diseases. Mental health units should provide adequate facili...

Optogenetics: Applications in psychiatric research: Optogenetics for psychiatric research

Recently, optogenetic techniques have emerged as a method to optically manipulate molecular and cellular events in target cells both in vitro and in vivo. Optogenetics results from the fruitful combination of optics and genetic engineering, maximizing the advantages of each discipline. These advantages are optical control through the manipulation of wavelength and light intensity on the millise...

Psychiatric Research

One of the important ways to enhance knowledge and understanding about psychiatric illness and their management is through research. Psychiatric research has kept is due important position in psychiatric practice since last many decades. Without research it might be impossible to appropriately manage any given psychiatric case with proper rationale. The significance of research in psychiatry is...

Psychiatric Research

This booklet consists of the addresses delivered at the opening of the new laboratory for biochemical research at McLean Hospital. Cecil K. Drinker reviews the history of research at McLean Hospital. Jordi Foich surveys biochemical research in psychiatry with emphasis on his own contributions to the chemical constitution of the brain. The record of reasearch at the Psychiatric Service of the Ma...

Psychiatric Research