Greek physician Asclepiades of Bithynia (124-40 BC) and his contribution to thinking about mental illness and its treatment.

Objectives: To outline the life and work of Greek physician Asclepiades of Bithynia (124-40 BC), especially his contributions to thinking about mental illness.

Methods: Review and discussion of relevant fragments of Asclepiades' work that survive and review of secondary literature, supplemented by relevant systematic literature searches (e.g.

Asclepiades of Bithynia: Greek physician and medical reformer.

Asclepiades of Bithynia (124-40 BC) was a Greek physician who practised and taught Greek medicine in Rome. Among his many contributions, Asclepiades challenged the long-standing Hippocratic doctrine of the four humours. Influenced by Epicurean philosophy, he sought to construct a new theory of human disease, derived in part from atomic theories of chance and evolution earlier described by Democritus and Epicurus.

Emotion Recognition and the Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder (SI-Bord): Outcomes and Community-Based Validation.

Background: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a psychiatric condition characterized by impulsivity, affect instability, dysregulation, low self-image, and interpersonal difficulties. There are many instruments to measure traits of BPD, however, few can be administered quickly. The Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder (SI-Bord) is an instrument offering a brief administration time with comparable psychometric properties to more comprehensive measures.

Borderline personality disorder traits and mentalising ability: The self-other social cognition paradox.

Objective: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a psychiatric condition characterised by a pervasive pattern of impulsivity, low self-image, and interpersonal conflicts. Previous findings indicate a mixed relationship between BPD and social cognition; little research as investigated whether BPD traits influence performance on specific elements of social cognitive tasks, i.e.

Prevention of Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence by Men and Boys in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review of Primary Prevention Interventions.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects the health of women across the globe, with the greatest burden encountered by women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This scoping review aims to summarize and critically examine primary prevention interventions addressing IPV perpetration by men and boys in LMICs and identify gaps in the evidence base. PubMed, EMbase, and PsychINFO were searched for articles published between January 2001 and October 2020 that examined the efficacy of primary prevention interventions to prevent IPV perpetration by men/boys in LMICs and reported on a quantitative outcome examining IPV perpetration.