Global Mental Health

Depression

Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation: Hope for Depression?

Amir A. Afkhami MD, Ph.D. on January 12, 2024

Pharmacological treatment for major depression has limitations; further research on new approaches such as non-invasive brain stimulation is urgently needed.

Pharmacological treatment for major depression has limitations; further research on new approaches such as non-invasive brain stimulation is urgently needed.

Health

Policy, Mental Health, and Ukrainian Refugees

Amir A. Afkhami MD, Ph.D. on December 8, 2022

Psychosocial risk factors and policies that address Ukranian refugee vulnerabilities can reduce the severity of post-migration trauma and associated behavioral health complications.

Psychosocial risk factors and policies that address Ukranian refugee vulnerabilities can reduce the severity of post-migration trauma and associated behavioral health complications.

Depression

Christmas Blues

Amir A. Afkhami MD, Ph.D. on December 23, 2011

For some Christmas is a period with at least some kind of disappointment, anxiety, or even sadness, depression, and suicidal thoughts.

For some Christmas is a period with at least some kind of disappointment, anxiety, or even sadness, depression, and suicidal thoughts.

Psychiatry

Psychiatric Trouble May Start in the Thyroid, Should We Be Surprised?

Amir A. Afkhami MD, Ph.D. on November 23, 2011

Doctors often overlook the underlying hormonal basis of psychiatric disorders.

Doctors often overlook the underlying hormonal basis of psychiatric disorders.

Politics

NATO’s Double Standard on Treating and Protecting Stabilization Forces in Afghanistan

Amir A. Afkhami MD, Ph.D. on August 2, 2010

The charred remains of cars and motorcycles, from a recent suicide bomb, litters the parking lot adjacent to the heavily fortified Canadian military base in Kandehar—a graphic warning that the Taliban are at the Coalition’s gates.

The charred remains of cars and motorcycles, from a recent suicide bomb, litters the parking lot adjacent to the heavily fortified Canadian military base in Kandehar—a graphic warning that the Taliban are at the Coalition’s gates.

Trauma

Helping Heroes and Screening the Disaster Tourists

Amir A. Afkhami MD, Ph.D. on March 5, 2010

A call for increased mental health screening and contingencies by NGOs during disasters.

A call for increased mental health screening and contingencies by NGOs during disasters.

Psychiatry

Looking for Sexy: The Disparity of Mental Health in Global Public Health

Amir A. Afkhami MD, Ph.D. on February 6, 2010

There is just as much of an economic justification for investing in cost-effective mental health care as there is in in­terventions for other chronic conditions such as anti-retroviral therapy for AIDS.

There is just as much of an economic justification for investing in cost-effective mental health care as there is in in­terventions for other chronic conditions such as anti-retroviral therapy for AIDS.