Neuroscience
CBS News has published a collection of 22 rare photos from 19th and 20th century psychiatry. This particular example reminded me of something out of The Twilight Zone:
On the other hand, this photo reminded me of something you'd see in a Medieval Torture Museum.
- Clinical Trials: Upcoming Conference
Early next year: Third Annual Patient Recruitment in Clinical Trials conference, to be held 08th-09th March, 2010 in Philadelphia, PA. From the conference webpage: "Patient recruitment and retention are critical to drug development programs. Patient recruitment...
- Neuropsychology Abstract Of The Day: Schizophrenia
Barrera A, McKenna PJ, & Berrios GE. Two new scales of formal thought disorder in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research. 2007 Nov 6; [Epub ahead of print] Warneford Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7JX, UK. Information provided by patients and respective carers may...
- Tysabri (natalizumab): An Additional Case
Rare Infection Is Confirmed in 2nd Patient on M.S. Drug By ANDREW POLLACK The New York Times Published: March 4, 2005 The makers of the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri said yesterday that a second patient who used the drug had been confirmed to be suffering...
- Creutzfeldt-jakob Disease
News being reported from several news agencies in Australia about concern over risk of disease transmission via contaminated surgical instruments. Here is a report by The Australian: Killer brain disease hangs over patients Gosia Kaszubska September...
- Pennsylvania Hospital Nurse Awarded For Nursing Excellence
From left to right: Steve Brem, MD, Denise Miller RN, and John Y.K. Lee, MDPenn Medicine awarded Pennsylvania Hospital’s Denise Miller RN, BSN, CNOR, the Rosalyn J. Watts Award for Nurse-Patient/Family Relationship. Miller, who is the coordinator for...
Neuroscience
The Psychiatric Twilight Zone
CBS News has published a collection of 22 rare photos from 19th and 20th century psychiatry. This particular example reminded me of something out of The Twilight Zone:
Patient polygraph for examinationWith all the technological advances for the field of psychiatry towards the mid-20th century, doctors started using technology to diagnose patients. Here, a patient is strapped into a polygraph machine at the government-operated Lexington Narcotic Hospital in Kentucky. Lie detectors were part of patient evaluations when this picture was taken in 1940.
On the other hand, this photo reminded me of something you'd see in a Medieval Torture Museum.
Restraint chair for violent patients This chair was used to control violent patients at the New York State asylum in the early 20th century. An unruly patient's arms were strapped into the wooded wells, feet secured to the floor, and a belt tied around the boy - sometimes a patient's head was covered with a hood.Credit: Dr. Stanley B. Burns
- Clinical Trials: Upcoming Conference
Early next year: Third Annual Patient Recruitment in Clinical Trials conference, to be held 08th-09th March, 2010 in Philadelphia, PA. From the conference webpage: "Patient recruitment and retention are critical to drug development programs. Patient recruitment...
- Neuropsychology Abstract Of The Day: Schizophrenia
Barrera A, McKenna PJ, & Berrios GE. Two new scales of formal thought disorder in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research. 2007 Nov 6; [Epub ahead of print] Warneford Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7JX, UK. Information provided by patients and respective carers may...
- Tysabri (natalizumab): An Additional Case
Rare Infection Is Confirmed in 2nd Patient on M.S. Drug By ANDREW POLLACK The New York Times Published: March 4, 2005 The makers of the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri said yesterday that a second patient who used the drug had been confirmed to be suffering...
- Creutzfeldt-jakob Disease
News being reported from several news agencies in Australia about concern over risk of disease transmission via contaminated surgical instruments. Here is a report by The Australian: Killer brain disease hangs over patients Gosia Kaszubska September...
- Pennsylvania Hospital Nurse Awarded For Nursing Excellence
From left to right: Steve Brem, MD, Denise Miller RN, and John Y.K. Lee, MDPenn Medicine awarded Pennsylvania Hospital’s Denise Miller RN, BSN, CNOR, the Rosalyn J. Watts Award for Nurse-Patient/Family Relationship. Miller, who is the coordinator for...