Pharmacology can be defined as a discipline of paramedical sciences that teaches how the use of drugs can bring about changes from pathological sta...

The aim of this new and important book is to put together under one cover various types of laboratory practices that pair clinical practice with re...

This book offers readers an overview of the field of toxicology while incorporating historical context with present day advances. The chapters, wri...

Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that infects 10-20% of the overall population in the US with rates increasing with age. T. ...

Basic science and clinical pain research is particularly challenging for several reasons. First, pain is a subjective experience in response to noc...

Basic science and clinical pain research is particularly challenging for several reasons. First, pain is a subjective experience in response to noc...

Eating disorders (EDs) and disordered eating behaviours are considered a major disease of the modern world, being among the most prevailing public ...

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a common and debilitating neuropsychiatric disorder with high economic and societal impact. Approximately 30% of...

This new volume gathers important research developments dealing with bipolar disorders. In a world permeated with stress, bipolar disorders have be...

Cox-2 Inhibitors are newly developed drugs for inflammation that selectively block the Cox-2 enzyme. Blocking this enzyme impedes the production of...

The global community is negatively impacted on a large-scale with tens of millions of people world-wide suffering from major depression. Economic g...

DNA Fingerprinting is a method of identification that compares fragments of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) It is sometimes called DNA typing. DNA is t...

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, is a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of life-threatening events ...

Psychotherapy is the treatment of mental and emotional disorders using psychological methods. Psychotherapy, thus, does not include physiological i...

Trichotillomania is defined as recurrent pulling of one’s own hair, leading to marked hair loss and functional impairment. This disease involves ir...

Tropical medicine is a branch of medicine focusing on disorders usually found in subtropical and tropical areas of the world. Tropical paediatrics ...

Eating disorders (EDs) are considered a major disease in the modern world, being one of the most prevailing public health problems among female ado...

Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite that lives part of its life in humans and part in mosquitoes. Malaria remains one of the major killers of...

This book provides new research on the prevalence, predictors and treatment options for individuals who self-harm. The first chapter describes the ...

Understanding Suicide: A Case Study Approach

This book provides an insight into the emerging trends in pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of many diseases associated with visceral pain. Ke...

Four million tons of uranium ore were extracted from mines on the Navajo reservation primarily for developing the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. F...