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Providing Sustainable Mental and Neurological Health Care in Ghana and Kenya: Workshop Summary

Product Description: Mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders have a substantial impact on global health and well-being. Disorders such as depression, alcohol abuse, and schizophrenia constitute about 13 percent of the total burden of disease...read more

By Bruce M. Altevogt, Erin Hammers Forstag and Sheena Posey Norris

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9780309377645 | 1 edition (Natl Academy Pr, February 25, 2016), cover price $68.00 | About this edition: Mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders have a substantial impact on global health and well-being.

Developing a 21st Century Neuroscience Workforce: Workshop Summary

Product Description: From its very beginning, neuroscience has been fundamentally interdisciplinary. As a result of rapid technological advances and the advent of large collaborative projects, however, neuroscience is expanding well beyond traditional subdisciplines and intellectual boundaries to rely on expertise from many other fields, such as engineering, computer science, and applied mathematics...read more

By Bruce M. Altevogt

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9780309368742 | Natl Academy Pr, September 9, 2015, cover price $47.00 | About this edition: From its very beginning, neuroscience has been fundamentally interdisciplinary.

Oversight and Review of Clinical Gene Transfer Protocols: Assessing the Role of the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee

Product Description: Gene transfer research is a rapidly advancing field that involves the introduction of a genetic sequence into a human subject for research or diagnostic purposes. Clinical gene transfer trials are subject to regulation by the U.S...read more

By Bruce M. Altevogt (editor), Lawrence O. Gostin (editor) and Rebecca N. Lenzi (editor)

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9780309296625 | 1 edition (Natl Academy Pr, April 10, 2014), cover price $44.00 | About this edition: Gene transfer research is a rapidly advancing field that involves the introduction of a genetic sequence into a human subject for research or diagnostic purposes.

Preparedness, Response, and Considerations for Children and Families: Workshop Summary

Product Description: Preparedness, Response and Recovery Considerations for Children and Families is the summary of a workshop convened in June, 2013 by the Institute of Medicine Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events to discuss disaster preparedness, response, and resilience relative to the needs of children and families, including children with special health care needs...read more

By Bruce M. Altevogt (editor), Megan Reeve (editor) and Theresa Wizeman (editor)

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9780309294584 | 1 edition (Natl Academy Pr, April 4, 2014), cover price $47.00 | About this edition: Preparedness, Response and Recovery Considerations for Children and Families is the summary of a workshop convened in June, 2013 by the Institute of Medicine Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events to discuss disaster preparedness, response, and resilience relative to the needs of children and families, including children with special health care needs.

Improving and Accelerating Therapeutic Development for Nervous System Disorders: Workshop Summary

By Bruce M. Altevogt (editor)

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9780309292467 | 1 edition (Natl Academy Pr, February 20, 2014), cover price $44.00

Nationwide Response Issues After an Improvised Nuclear Device Attack: Medical and Public Health Considerations for Neighboring Jurisdictions, Workshop Summary

By Bruce M. Altevogt, Miriam Davis and Megan Reeve

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9780309286015 | 1 edition (Natl Academy Pr, January 9, 2014), cover price $58.00

Strengthening Human Resources Through Development of Candidate Core Competencies for Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa: Workshop Summary

Product Description: One of the largest treatment gaps for mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders in the world can be seen in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 80% of people with serious MNS disorders living in low- and middle-income countries do not receive needed health services...read more

By Bruce M. Altevogt, Patricia A. Cuff, Diana E. Pankevich and Theresa M. Wizeman

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9780309286060 | 1 edition (Natl Academy Pr, October 22, 2013), cover price $42.00 | About this edition: One of the largest treatment gaps for mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders in the world can be seen in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Barriers to Integrating Crisis Standards of Care Principles into International Disaster Response Plans: Workshop Summary, Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events

Product Description: When a nation or region prepares for public health emergencies such as a pandemic influenza, a large-scale earthquake, or any major disaster scenario in which the health system may be destroyed or stressed to its limits, it is important to describe how standards of care would change due to shortages of critical resources...read more

By Bruce M. Altevogt, Clare Stroud and theresa Wizemann

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9780309221788 | Natl Academy Pr, December 31, 2012, cover price $27.00 | About this edition: When a nation or region prepares for public health emergencies such as a pandemic influenza, a large-scale earthquake, or any major disaster scenario in which the health system may be destroyed or stressed to its limits, it is important to describe how standards of care would change due to shortages of critical resources.

Crisis Standards of Care: A Systems Framework for Catastrophic Disaster Response

By Bruce M. Altevogt (editor), Lawrence O. Gostin (editor), Dan Hanfling (editor) and Kristin Viswanathan (editor)

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9780309253468 | 1 box edition (Natl Academy Pr, September 15, 2012), cover price $89.00

Public Engagement on Facilitating Access to Antiviral Medications and Information in an Influenza Pandemic: Workshop Series Summary

Product Description: Influenza pandemics overwhelm health care systems with thousands or hundreds of thousands of sick patients, as well as those worried they may be sick. In order to ensure a successful response to the patient swell caused by a pandemic, robust planning is essential to prepare for challenges public health officials may face...read more

By Bruce M. Altevogt

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9780309256940 | Natl Academy Pr, July 20, 2012, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Influenza pandemics overwhelm health care systems with thousands or hundreds of thousands of sick patients, as well as those worried they may be sick.

Alzheimer's Diagnostic Guideline Validation: Exploration of Next Steps Workshop Summary

Product Description: Scientific advances during the last decade now indicate that Alzheimer's disease is a continuous, progressive cognitive disease, most likely beginning many years before dementia is apparent. To discuss the next steps in validating new diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease, the IOM Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders hosted a public workshop session at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference...read more

By Bruce M. Altevogt

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9780309225540 | 1 edition (Natl Academy Pr, March 22, 2012), cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Scientific advances during the last decade now indicate that Alzheimer's disease is a continuous, progressive cognitive disease, most likely beginning many years before dementia is apparent.

Preparedness and Response to a Rural Mass Casuality Incident: Workshop Summary

Product Description: Problems contacting emergency services and delayed assistance are not unusual when incidents occur in rural areas, and the consequences can be devastating, particularly with mass casualty incidents. The IOM's Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events held a workshop to examine the current capabilities of emergency response systems and the future opportunities to improve mass casualty response in rural communities...read more

By Bruce M. Altevogt, Kristin Viswanathan and theresa Wizemann

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9780309177177 | 1 edition (Natl Academy Pr, December 31, 2011), cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Problems contacting emergency services and delayed assistance are not unusual when incidents occur in rural areas, and the consequences can be devastating, particularly with mass casualty incidents.

Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research: Assessing the Necessity

Product Description: For many years, experiments using chimpanzees have been instrumental in advancing scientific knowledge and have led to new medicines to prevent life-threatening and debilitating diseases. However, recent advances in alternate research tools have rendered chimpanzees largely unnecessary as research subjects...read more

By Bruce M. Altevogt (editor), Jeffrey P. Kahn (editor), Diana E. Pankevich (editor) and Marilee K. Shelton-Davenport (editor)

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9780309220392 | 1 edition (Natl Academy Pr, December 5, 2011), cover price $45.00 | About this edition: For many years, experiments using chimpanzees have been instrumental in advancing scientific knowledge and have led to new medicines to prevent life-threatening and debilitating diseases.

Sex Differences and Implications for Translational Neuroscience Research: Workshop Summary

Product Description: Biological differences between the sexes influence not only individual health but also public health, biomedical research, and health care. The Institute of Medicine held a workshop March 8-9, 2010, to discuss sex differences and their implications for translational neuroscience research, which bridges the gap between scientific discovery and application...read more

By Bruce M. Altevogt

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9780309161244 | 1 edition (Natl Academy Pr, February 1, 2011), cover price $29.25 | About this edition: Biological differences between the sexes influence not only individual health but also public health, biomedical research, and health care.

The Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise: Innovative Strategies to Enhance Products from Discovery Through Approval, Workshop Summary

Product Description: During public health emergencies such as pandemic influenza outbreaks or terrorist attacks, effective vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and other medical countermeasures are essential to protecting national security and the public's well-being...read more

By Bruce M. Altevogt, Clare Stroud and theresa Wizemann

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9780309150248 | Natl Academy Pr, December 31, 2010, cover price $43.50 | About this edition: During public health emergencies such as pandemic influenza outbreaks or terrorist attacks, effective vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and other medical countermeasures are essential to protecting national security and the public's well-being.

Future Opportunities to Leverage the Alzheimers Disease Neuroimaging Initiative: Workshop Summary

Product Description: Nearly 5.3 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, and 26.6 million people are affected worldwide. The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), a public-private partnership, provides a publicly available, international database of clinical and imaging data to foster research and collaboration on Alzheimer's research worldwide...read more

By Bruce M. Altevogt

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9780309161886, titled "Future Opportunities to Leverage the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative: Workshop Summary" | 1 edition (Natl Academy Pr, December 31, 2010), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Nearly 5.

Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reducing the Treatment Gap, Improving Quality of Care, Summary of a Joint Workshop

By Bruce M. Altevogt, Patricia Cuff, Sarah L. Hanson and Zaam Namuli Ssali

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9780309148801 | 1 edition (Natl Academy Pr, December 31, 2010), cover price $33.50

The 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccination Campaign: Summary of a Workshop Series: Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events

Product Description: The 2009 H1N1 vaccination campaign was one of the largest public health campaigns in U.S. history, vaccinating one-quarter of the population in the first three months. The Institute of Medicine held three workshops in Raleigh, NC; Austin, TX; and Seattle, WA to learn from participants' experiences during the campaign and improve future emergency vaccination programs...read more

By Bruce M. Altevogt, Lori Nadig and Clare Stroud

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9780309160216 | 1 edition (Natl Academy Pr, December 22, 2010), cover price $31.50 | About this edition: The 2009 H1N1 vaccination campaign was one of the largest public health campaigns in U.

Medical Countermeasures Dispensing: Emergency Use Authorization and the Postal Model: Workshop Summary

Product Description: During public health emergencies such as terrorist attacks or influenza outbreaks, the public health system's ability to save lives could depend on dispensing medical countermeasures such as antibiotics, antiviral medications, and vaccines to a large number of people in a short amount of time...read more

By Bruce M. Altevogt, Lori Nadig and Clare Stroud

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9780309158039 | 1 edition (Natl Academy Pr, December 15, 2010), cover price $21.00 | About this edition: During public health emergencies such as terrorist attacks or influenza outbreaks, the public health system's ability to save lives could depend on dispensing medical countermeasures such as antibiotics, antiviral medications, and vaccines to a large number of people in a short amount of time.

Crisis Standards of Care

By Bruce M. Altevogt, Matthew Hougan and Clare Stroud

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9780309126663, titled "Crisis Standards of Care: Summary of a Workshop Series" | 1 edition (Natl Academy Pr, December 31, 2009), cover price $40.25

Guidance for Establishing Crisis Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations: A Letter Report

Product Description: The influenza pandemic caused by the 2009 H1N1 virus underscores the immediate and critical need to prepare for a public health emergency in which thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of people suddenly seek and require medical care in communities across the United States...read more

By Bruce M. Altevogt (editor), Lawrence O. Gostin (editor), Dan Hanfling (editor), Sarah L. Hanson (editor) and Clare Stroud (editor)

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9780309144308 | Natl Academy Pr, September 30, 2009, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: The influenza pandemic caused by the 2009 H1N1 virus underscores the immediate and critical need to prepare for a public health emergency in which thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of people suddenly seek and require medical care in communities across the United States.

Venture Philanthropy Strategies to Support Translational Research: Workshop Summary: Forum on Neurscience and Nervous System Disorders

By Bruce M. Altevogt, Sarah Hanson and Lori Nadig

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9780309116664 | Natl Academy Pr, May 31, 2009, cover price $28.25

Sleep Disorders And Sleep Deprivation: An Unmet Public Health Problem

Product Description: Clinical practice related to sleep problems and sleep disorders has been expanding rapidly in the last few years, but scientific research is not keeping pace. Sleep apnea, insomnia, and restless legs syndrome are three examples of very common disorders for which we have little biological information...read more

By Bruce M. Altevogt (editor) and Harvey R. Colten (editor)

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9780309101110 | 1 edition (Natl Academy Pr, October 17, 2006), cover price $48.95 | About this edition: Clinical practice related to sleep problems and sleep disorders has been expanding rapidly in the last few years, but scientific research is not keeping pace.

Spinal Cord Injury: Progress, Promise And Priorities

Product Description: An estimated 11,000 spinal cord injuries occur each year in the United States and more than 200,000 Americans suffer from maladies associated with spinal cord injury. This includes paralysis, bowel and bladder dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, respiratory impairment, temperature regulation problems, and chronic pain...read more

By Bruce M. Altevogt (editor), Institute of Medicine (other contributor), Richard T. Johnson (editor), Janet E. Joy (editor) and Catharyn T. Liverman (editor)

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9780309095853 | Natl Academy Pr, August 1, 2005, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: An estimated 11,000 spinal cord injuries occur each year in the United States and more than 200,000 Americans suffer from maladies associated with spinal cord injury.

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