WHAT THE STATE HOSPITAL CAN DO IN MENTAL HYGIENE

Drug shortages: what can hospital pharmacists do?

Hospital pharmacists have become accustomed to drug shortages over the past few years. For example, in 2010, 94% of Canadian pharmacists surveyed claimed that they had had difficulty locating a medication during the previous week. A 2010 survey of members of the American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists indicated that both pharmacists and pharmacy technicians were spending an average of 8–9 ...

tube thoracostomy (chest tube) removal in traumatic patients: what do we know? what can we do?

chest tube (ct) or tube thoracostomy placement is often indicated following traumatic injuries. premature movement of the chest tube leads to increased hospital complications and costs for patients. placement of a chest tube is indicated in drainage of blood, bile, pus, drain air, and other fluids. although there is a general agreement for the placement of a chest tube, there is little consensu...

Discrimination against people with mental illness: what can psychiatrists do?†

This article discusses the evidence that experiences of stigmatisation and discrimination among people with mental illnesses are common and may be severe. Furthermore, there are growing concerns that people with mental illness receive secondclass physical healthcare. Beyond this, some aspects of psychiatric practice are reported as being insensitive, disrespectful or even disabling. We consider...

What HMMs Can Do

Since their inception almost fifty years ago, hidden Markov models (HMMs) have have become the predominant methodology for automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems — today, most state-of-the-art speech systems are HMM-based. There have been a number of ways to explain HMMs and to list their capabilities, each of these ways having both advantages and disadvantages. In an effort to better under...

Mental Health What Do We Know? What Should We Do?