Workplace-based assessment (WPBA) is becoming a key component of post-graduate medical training in several countries. The various methods of WPBA include: the long case; multisource feedback (MSF); Mini-Clinical Examination (mini-CEX); Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS); case-based discussion (CbD); and journal club presentation. For each assessment method, we define what the approa...

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Singapore is a small young city state with a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural population. This article reviews the development of the country's child and adolescent psychiatry services through the years, in the background of other developments within the country's education, social and legal services. Research and other available data on the prevalence of psychiatric problems among children and ...

Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK. Therapy Services, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK. Department Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK. Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK. Therapy Services, The Ipswich...

Department of Occupational Health Education, Hyperbaric Medical Center, Graduate School of Allied Health Sciences Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Department of Community Health Nursing, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Course of Community Health Nursing, The Japanese Red Cross Musashino Junior College of Nursing, Department of Mental Health Nursing, Nagano College of Nursing, Depar...

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This guide to the neurological disorder cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leuco encephalopathy (CADASIL) is specifically targeted at psychiatrists. The aims are to enhance awareness, provide educational clinical information and offer practical guidance on management of the disorder. An overview of diagnostic algorithms and recent research is also provided. M...

Violence is an important social problem. Violence in the community has important social relevance for the political, criminal justice, and health care systems. Studies of homicide offenders have suggested a high prevalence of neurologic dysfunction due to organic brain damage such as traumatic brain injury, epilepsy and dementia have been observed to exhibit excessive violence. Moreover, violen...