Nutraceutical Approaches of Autophagy and Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review.

Aging and the emergence of age-associated illnesses are one of the major challenges of our present society. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is closely associated with aging and is defined by increasing memory loss and severe dementia. Currently, there are no therapy options available that halt AD progression.

Psychiatric hospital--from asylums to centres for mind-body wellness.

Throughout history mental illness was mystified, feared and condemned, but over time perception and treatment of psychiatric patients changed. Systematic care for the mentally ill in specialised institutions began about six hundred years ago. However, it was of a repressive and restrictive character towards the patients until as late as 19th century, a time of significant progress and development for the science of psychiatry.