Dan Stein

1 month ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Dan Stein

The Biden administration saw unprecedented numbers of illegal aliens enter our country. As a result, the public saw its security compromised, its communities inundated, its public resources overwhelmed, and billions of its tax dollars squandered. At the same time, the criminal cartels that ran massive human smuggling operations grew ever richer and more powerful as a result of former President Joe Biden’s border crisis.

1 month ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Dan Stein |SAMRC Unit |Randolph Nesse

1 Introduction The notions of function and dysfunction are fundamental for neuroscience, psychology and psychiatry. However, they spur continuing controversy, with ongoing debate about how best to conceptualize and operationalize function and dysfunction, including a large body of work in philosophy of biology, medicine and psychiatry (Allen et al. 1998; Schwartz 2007; Griffiths and Matthewson 2018; Keeling et al. 2019).

2 months ago | jamanetwork.com | Daniel Vigo |Dan Stein |Cape Town |Meredith G Harris

Effective Treatment for Mental and Substance Use Disorders in 21 Countries Key PointsQuestion  What proportion of common 12-month DSM-IV mental and substance use disorders receive a level and type of treatment consistent with guidelines? Findings  In this cross-sectional study including 56 927 respondents, the proportion of 12-month person-disorders across 21 countries receiving effective treatment was low.

2 months ago | nature.com | Qingyang Li |Miao Cao |Dan Stein |Barbara Sahakian |Tianye Jia |Christelle Langley | +22 more

AbstractLaboratory studies show brain maturation involves synaptic pruning and cognitive development. Human studies suggest links between early cognitive performance and later mental health, but inconsistencies remain. It is unclear if specific brain regions mediate this relationship, and the molecular underpinnings are not well understood.

Oct 28, 2024 | townhall.com | Dan Stein

Ominously, on October 7, 2024, the American public received another stark warning. It is not just our allies on the other side of the world who are imperiled by radical Islamist terrorism. On the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ deadly terror attack on Israel, the FBI arrested Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi and an unnamed juvenile accomplice in Oklahoma City. The two were plotting an Election Day attack with the objective of slaughtering as many American voters as they could as they went to the polls.