Packages of Care for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

In the sixth in a series of six articles on packages of care for mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Alan Flisher and colleagues discuss the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

A United Nations General Assembly Special Session for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders: the time has come.

Mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders are leading causes of the global burden of disease and profoundly impact the social and economic well-being of individuals and communities. The majority of people affected by MNS disorders globally do not have access to evidence-based interventions and many experience discrimination and abuses of their human rights. A United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) is needed to focus global attention on MNS disorders as a core development issue requiring commitments to improve access to care, promote human rights, and strengthen the evidence on effective prevention and treatment

Stress analysis of a cylindrical shell with a variable wall thickness

SummaryWhile the bending analysis of cylindrical containers with wall thickness varying linearly has attracted much attention, it seems the general variation in wall thickness has not been considered. This is because of the difficulties which have been encountered due to the complex nature of the differential equations involved. In this paper, the container’s wall thickness is chosen to be of general variation and the differential equation is perturbed to give rise to a sequence of differential equations. It is shown that this sequence can be easily solved when the form of variation in wall thickness is specified. A complete solution is obtained in a particular case when the wall thickness varies linearly and the tank is subjected to hydrostatic pressure. For this particular case the numerical results are compared with the ones available in the literature which seem to be in good agreement.</jats:p

Risk for suicide

AimTo assess the frequency of risk for suicide nursing diagnosis and its related risk factors, in the nursing care provided in psychiatric settings.DesignThis is a descriptive study.MethodsThe samples were the documented nursing reports. These reports were evaluated and analysed in terms of using the NANDA-I risk for suicide nursing diagnosis and the risk factors related to this diagnosis.ResultsFrom the 1,440 reports that were reviewed, 10 nursing diagnoses and 478 risk factors, were identified. Based on the results of this study, risk for suicide is used at a very low level in psychiatric settings, while, considerable number of suicide's risk factors are still existing in these settings