Saxby Pridmore

..Prediction and prevention of suicide are beyond current abilities. Criticism of mental health professionals and systems in the aftermath of suicide may be destructive and work to the disadvantage of patients...

..The aim of this paper is to examine the cultural roots and transmission of Western suicide and suicidal behaviour...

..The aim of this paper is to introduce the term 'predicament suicide' and add to the evidence that suicide may occur in the absence of Axis I diagnoses...

..To explore psychiatry in Islam, with a view to informing Western psychiatrists working with Islamic patients, and Islamic medical students studying in Western countries...

..Maintenance TMS is currently provided in relapsing major depression and may be a useful model in chronic pain management...

..There is a good theoretical basis and early research evidence suggesting that TMS may have treatment potential in tinnitus. Further, larger studies are necessary...

..This paper uses the public record to explore the relationship between reputation damage and suicide...

..Our aim is to explore the literature reporting the drug treatment of TRD, and to present such information as would be of interest to clinical psychiatrists...

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..Evidence suggests a genetic contribution and dysfunction of the serotonin system. The objective of this article is to review the contribution of the neuroimaging of the last decade to our understanding of psychopathy...

..The finding that rTMS can have a direct effect on sensory thresholds in individuals suffering from chronic pain has implications for the therapeutic use of rTMS in the relief of chronic pain...

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..Each predicament is divided into two boxes according to the view of the observer, one in which the predicament is very clearly, and the other in which the predicament is less clearly the driver of the suicide. Examples are provided...

..CONCLUSION: The time period of treatment appeared to be an important outcome factor. This suggests that less than daily transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment may be a useful clinical alternative...

..The style of words would be considered discriminatory by current standards. Darwin and his informants were of the highest moral and ethical caliber. However, attitudes and the style of word use has changed over the last century...

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..The aim of this paper was to explore the attitude toward and motives for suicide recorded in Ovid's The Metamorphoses, a document that has influenced Western culture...

..We briefly describe the origins of ToM in primates and humans and some relevant neurobiology, and then touch on possible contributions to psychopathology...

..The aim of the present study was to characterize suicide in the Northern Territory (NT) for the 6 year period 1 January 2001-31 December 2006...

..The aim of this article is to describe the circumstances surrounding the suicide of Adam Czerniakow during the Holocaust...

..Also, that even dangerous mad people were considered potentially curable...

..This phenomenon is called post-exercise facilitation. This study aims to test the hypothesis that psychiatric syndromes (major depressive episode, schizophrenia) have different levels of post-exercise facilitation compared to controls...

..rTMS does not involve anaesthesia or seizure. Side-effects appear to be few. Much remains uncertain, however, even including the most appropriate treatment parameters...

..We aimed to clarify questions regarding Lord Clive's early suicidal behavior and mental health...

..In contrast, sham rTMS did not alter thresholds for cold stimuli. These findings provide evidence that sensory thresholds can be influenced by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation...

..Psychoanalysis, meditation and the ageing process may assist the individual by reducing the number of excuses submitted, and increasing the rate of excuse acceptance (by society)...

..Conclusion: Reports on the public record of suicide by couples provide valuable insights into the lives of participants, and their suicides could be grouped (terminal illness, legal difficulties, other) and classified using a typology...

..To explore whether a healthy, successful individual may experience suicidal desires...

..To describe a patient who survived a suicidal act in which lethal means were used and who subsequently cooperated with psychiatric examination...

..To consider the question of why doctors dislike treating people with somatoform disorder, with a view to assisting debate and improving services...