In recent years the longer working lives and the postponing of the retirement age have been topics of extensive discussion in Finland. Disability pensions play an important role in this debate. Working lives will lengthen if the incidence of disability retirement diminishes. Efficient actions can be focused on preventing disability retirement, if the groups at risk of disability retirement are ...

Emeline Tanguy, Qili Wang, Pierre Coste de Bagneaux, Laetitia Fouillen, Tamou Thahouly, Mohamed-Raafet Ammar and Nicolas Vitale 1 Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, CNRS UPR 3212, Université de Strasbourg, 5 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France 2 Laboratoire de Biogénèse Membranaire, UMR-5200 CNRS, Plateforme Métabolome, Université de Bordeaux, 33883 Villenave D’Orno...

There seems to be something in the air: democratic societies around the world have had a rough time recently. Some, such as Turkey, Hungary and Poland, appear to be moving towards what Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, calls an “illiberal democracy,” soft authoritarianism veiled in the trappings of traditional democracies. The United Kingdom votes to Brexit from the European Union, leadin...

Before we address the mainstreaming of disability from sort to self-determination as well as the salience, success and failure of modern disability welfare policies, some thoughts about what disability actually means are at place: How can this most complex phenomenon be defined and measured – and how can people, their needs, hardships and behaviour, their restricted employment opportunities, li...

Results: To address these objectives, NIMH, working with its many stakeholders, developed a strategic plan for research. The plan calls for research that will (1) define the pathophysiology of disorders from genes to behavior, (2) map the trajectory of illness to determine when, where, and how to intervene to preempt disability, (3) develop new interventions based on a personalized approach to ...