Associations between early trajectories of amygdala development and later school-age anxiety in two longitudinal samples.

Amygdala function is implicated in the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and anxiety. We investigated associations between early trajectories of amygdala growth and anxiety and ASD outcomes at school age in two longitudinal studies: high- and low-familial likelihood for ASD, Infant Brain Imaging Study (IBIS, n = 257) and typically developing (TD) community sample, Early Brain Development Study (EBDS, n = 158). Infants underwent MRI scanning at up to 3 timepoints from neonate to 24 months.

Disease Focused Integrated Care - a New Model of Healthcare Delivery for the Treatment of Skin Cancer.

Introduction: As the most common cancer in Australia, skin cancer generates a considerable health burden. This study outlines the establishment of a new model of integrated care for the diagnosis and management of skin cancer.

Methods: A new model of integrated care was established to provide access to all aspects of skin cancer management.

Faculty bridging individual and organizational resilience: results of a qualitative analysis.

Background: Medical student burnout and anxiety has received growing attention in the past decade. The culture of competition and assessment has resulted in increasing stress levels amongst medical students, causing a decline in their academic performance and overall mental health. The objective of this qualitative analysis was to characterize recommendations from educational experts to aid students' academic progress.

ACE inhibitor fetopathy: a case series and survey of opinion amongst New Zealand paediatricians, obstetricians, neonatologists, and nephrologists.

The use of ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) inhibitors is contraindicated throughout pregnancy due to potential adverse effects to the developing fetus (fetopathy). Despite this, women continue to receive ACE inhibitors both in New Zealand and overseas and large scale epidemiological studies have shown cases of associated harm to infants. We present three New Zealand infants with potential renal complications following in utero ACE inhibitor exposure including hypertension, renal failure and death.

Regional update: Cambodia.

Cambodia is a developing south-east Asian country located in the fertile Mekong delta. Its recent past has been complicated by European colonialism and internal conflict. Health including mental health services are limited and sparse in regional and rural areas.

Bringing changes to Asian mental health.

Asian Psychiatry like the Asian continent has a very diverse and complex history of development that has led to enormous gaps in level of advancement. The very affluent countries have very well developed medical services; but most Asian psychiatric services, training and state of advancement leaves a lot to be desired. The marginalization of psychiatric services and mental health in health care in Asia has led to very irregular development of basic services for the mentally ill.

Psychiatry and mental health in Malaysia.

Malaysia is a tropical country in the heart of South East Asia, at the crossroads of the ancient east-west sea trade routes. Although independent from British colonial rule only in 1957, it has a recorded history dating back to at least the first century CE, when the region was already the source of valuable mineral and forest produce that found markets in China, India and further west.

Fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopic studies on bovine lactoperoxidase.

Intrinsic steady-state fluorescence of lactoperoxidase (LPO) and its ligand-bound complexes has been characterized as a structural probe of its structure in solution. On excitation at 295 nm, a broad emission maximum is observed around 338 nm for LPO and for its ligand-bound complexes. The quantum yield is 0.

Psychosocial rehabilitation models in the Asia-Pacific region.

Mental illnesses and mental health have, out of ignorance and fear, evoked a low priority in healthcare systems the world over. The concept that all mental illnesses were synonymous with madness has its origins in the beginnings of ignorance and fear. To a large extent, these have contributed to the marginalization of psychiatry and neglect of the mentally ill.

Training of psychiatrists for developing countries.

There are significant differences in approaches to the training of psychiatrists in developed and developing countries. In the latter, with acute shortages of manpower in psychiatry and gross deficiencies in psychiatric services, there is a need for training programs to emphasise the practical needs of the country. The aim should be to produce a well-rounded generalist who is capable of coping with most psychiatric problems with little access to a clinical psychologist or social worker, both of whom are usually not readily available in developing countries.