The Face of Medicine Is Not My Face…But, It Should Be.

The "face of medicine" is a term commonly used to describe the leaders and decision-makers of medicine. Medical ethics often discuss past historical atrocities committed by the "face of medicine," such as the American eugenics movement and medical experimentation. However, a great irony persists: the "faces of medicine" do not resemble the faces of the oppressed populations.

Concerns About the Registered Behavior Technician™ in Relation to Effective Autism Intervention.

In 2014, the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB®) initiated a program for credentialing behavior technicians. The new credential, Registered Behavior Technician™ (RBT®), is for providers of behavioral intervention to a wide range of individuals with mental health needs and developmental delays, including individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The RBT® would represent the entry-level position within the range of the BACB® credentials.

Contextualizing exposures and experiences of behaviors that influence the risk of crash injury in latino adolescent males.

The largest proportion of mortality burden for U.S. Latino adolescent males is attributed to motor vehicle crashes.

Adverse effects of heavy prenatal maternal smoking on attentional control in children with ADHD.

Objective: Exposure to heavy maternal cigarette smoking in pregnancy and severe maternal psychosocial stress during pregnancy appear to be important risk factors for the development of ADHD. This study aimed to determine whether these perinatal risk factors were associated with neuropsychological deficits commonly seen in ADHD.

Method: We examined the effect of these two risk factors on measures of attentional control, motor inhibition, visual-motor integration, and fine motor coordination in a group of 81 children with ADHD, aged from 8 to 18 years.

Consanguineous Iranian kindreds with severe Tourette syndrome.

The search for vulnerability genes for Tourette syndrome has been ongoing for nearly three decades. The contribution of recessive loci with reduced penetrance is one possibility that has been difficult to explore. Homozygosity mapping has been successfully used to detect recessive loci within populations with high rates of consanguinity.

Omega-3 fatty acids in mood disorders: an overview.

This review addresses the potential role of omega-3 fatty acids in mood disorders, from the biochemical rationale for their use to the growing body of data supporting their clinical efficacy.