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Schizophrenia: Manifestations, Incidence and Course in Different Cultures.Jablensky, A. Psychological Medicine, supplement 20 (1992):1-95. The second WHO

Mary Masika, a resident living opposite the school, recalls the horrifying events that unfolded on that fateful Friday night. She gives a vivid account of hearing joyful gospel songs coming from the school only to have them abruptly replaced by screams of utter terror.

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New Draft Assembly Map Released- New York State’s Independent Redistricting Commission has voted to move forward with a new draft Assembly map. There are several changes from...

Insurer AIG has introduced two levels of protection for its children’s critical illness cover options. The existing Enhanced Adult policy has been renamed as Enhanced Children’s Cover and will retain the same high quality child cover.

46 "win-win" ideas for lowering human infectious disease burdens and achieving conservation goals were reviewed after a thorough evaluation of scholarly articles and reports.

A recent video of a chained woman has raised the alarm of the poor treatment of the mentally ill in China. Its worse for women in rural areas, where the stigma around mental illness is high.

23 Treatment refusal can occur in the presence or absence of decision-making capacity. 24 The core elements of capacity are the ability to understand the information relevant to the decision, the ability to use or weigh that information as part of the decision-making process, and to communicate the decision. 25 Common law establishes that an adult is presumed to have the capacity to consent to or refuse medical treatment unless that presumption is rebutted. 26 However, capacity may be affected ...