Why Psychiatrists Should Read (and Watch) the Lord of the Rings.

Stories have, throughout all of time, given human beings an opportunity to contrast our own experiences and thoughts with a character's. To imagine another's situation, empathize with it, and then learn of their struggles or achievements, is an excellent opportunity for us to grow. It is transformative.

Ethical considerations for psychedelic-assisted therapy in military clinical settings.

Psychedelic treatments, particularly 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-assisted and psilocybin-assisted therapies, have recently seen renewed interest in their clinical potential to treat various mental health conditions. Clinical trials for both MDMA-assisted and psilocybin-assisted therapies have shown to be highly efficacious for post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression. Recent research trials for psychedelic-assisted therapies (PAT) have demonstrated that although they are resource-intensive, their effects are rapid-acting, durable and cost-effective.

Oculogyric Crisis after Initiation of Aripiprazole: A Case Report of an Active Duty Service Member.

Introduction: Oculogyric crisis is an acute dystonic reaction characterized by sustained, bilateral, and upward deviation of the eyes. It is a relatively uncommon extrapyramidal side effect of antipsychotic medications. Aripiprazole is an atypical antipsychotic that is FDA-approved for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Tourette's disorder, and treatment resistant major depressive disorder.

Expanding the indications for single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy to all patients with biliary disease: is it safe?

Purpose: The safety of single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) has been proven in well-selected patients. The objective of this study was to determine whether SILC can be offered to all patients with any indication for cholecystectomy.

Methods: A total of 173 consecutive SILCs were performed between January 2010 and November 2012 with no exclusion criteria.

The effect of increasing hydrophobicity on the self-assembly of amphipathic beta-sheet peptides.

Peptide self-assembly processes are central to the etiology of amyloid diseases. Much effort has been devoted to characterizing amyloid structure and the mechanisms of peptide self-assembly leading to amyloid. It has been proposed that aromatic side-chain interactions play a central role in early self-assembly recognition events, but this contention remains somewhat controversial.