Senior Lecturer and Associate Head of School, Healthcare Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Port Macquarie Campus, Port Macquarie; New South Wales, Australia
The term ‘genderqueer’ emerged in the 1980s as a precursor to the term ‘non-binary’ (Hendrie, 2019). It was increasingly used in the 1990s, particularly among political activists (Tobia, 2018) and...
Terms such as ‘neurodiverse’ and ‘neurodivergent’ emerged in the 1990s, coined by Judy Singer, an autistic sociologist, who was seeking an alternative to deficit-based language such as ‘disorder’....
While the pathophysiology of neuroleptic malignant syndrome is complex and not fully understood (Berman, 2011), experts agree it involves a marked, sudden reduction in central dopaminergic activity...
The concept of equality in the workplace is not new. We should all be familiar with the concept of equal employment opportunities, which has now been a core component of the recruitment strategies of...
While the pathophysiology of excited delirium syndrome is complex and poorly understood (Li et al, 2019), it has two common potential triggers: acute drug use; and psychiatric illness (Ordoobadi and...