Alexander Smith

ORCID: 0000-0002-1769-5684
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Research Areas
  • Irish and British Studies
  • History, Medicine, and Leadership
  • Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices
  • Gender, Security, and Conflict
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Scottish History and National Identity
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Health and Conflict Studies
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Political and Economic history of UK and US
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Neurology and Historical Studies
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Sport Psychology and Performance
  • Torture, Ethics, and Law
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Doping in Sports

University of Bern
2022-2025

University of Foggia
2024

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2024

University of Lucerne
2024

University of Zurich
2023-2024

Saarland University
2024

California University of Pennsylvania
2024

King's College London
2024

Middlesex London Health Unit
2023

Northern Health and Social Care Trust
2023

The impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on medical publishing practices is currently unknown. However, as our experiences underline, AI could have substantial ethical implications. ChatGPT (OpenAI, San Francisco, CA, USA) an chatbot released in November, 2022.1Open ChatGPT.https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/Date: 2022Date accessed: December 21, 2022Google Scholar Developed using human feedback and freely accessible, the platform has already attracted millions interactions.2Grant N...

10.1016/s2589-7500(23)00019-5 article EN cc-by-nc-nd The Lancet Digital Health 2023-02-06

Artificial Intelligence is ever-expanding and large-language models are increasingly shaping teaching learning experiences. ChatGPT a prominent recent example of this technology has generated much debate around the benefits disadvantages chatbots in educational domains.This study seeks to demonstrate possible use-cases supporting methods specific social psychiatry.Through interactions with 3.5, we asked list six ways which it could aid psychiatry teaching. Subsequently, requested that...

10.1177/00207640231178451 article EN International Journal of Social Psychiatry 2023-06-30

Psychiatric practice faces many challenges in the first quarter of 21st century. Society has transformed as have training requirements and patient expectations, underlining an urgent need to look at educational programmes. Meanwhile, awareness grown around psychiatric disorders there are evolving workforce trends, with more women going medical school specialising psychiatry. Trainee psychiatrists carry different expectations for work-life balance increasingly becoming conscious their own...

10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103739 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Asian Journal of Psychiatry 2023-08-12

Historically, doctors have migrated for a range of personal, educational, economic, and political reasons. Likewise, medical students from many countries moved abroad to complete their training education may or not return country origin. Within this context, globalisation has had major impact on workforces, contributing recent migration trends. Globalisation is complex phenomenon with positive negative outcomes. For example, lower-income are regularly losing higher-income areas, thereby...

10.1016/j.ajp.2024.103943 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Asian Journal of Psychiatry 2024-02-05

Although there is considerable evidence showing that the prevention of mental illnesses and adverse outcomes health promotion can help people lead better more functional lives, public overlooked in broader contexts psychiatry health. Likewise, undergraduate postgraduate medical curricula, have often been ignored. However, has a recent increase interest health, including an emphasis on psychiatric disorders improving individual community wellbeing to support life trajectories, from childhood...

10.1016/j.ajp.2024.104105 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Asian Journal of Psychiatry 2024-06-05

Less than nine months until the 2024 US presidential election and another divisive contest between incumbent president, Joe Biden, former Donald Trump, looks likely.2][3] Continuing into Republican primaries, this discourse could be heightened by growing disinformation generated digital technologies artificial intelligence (AI). 4midst complex sensitive landscape, psychiatrists may face significant challenges, reigniting contentious debates about commentary on public figures impinging upon...

10.1016/j.lana.2024.100692 article EN cc-by-nc-nd The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2024-02-06

Fifty years after its introduction, the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) Goldwater Rule remains contentious, prohibiting member-psychiatrists from providing mental health commentary on individuals they have not treated and where lack consent. Whilst resonance extends beyond United States, there is limited awareness about Rule's applicability elsewhere, notably within Europe.

10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.22 article EN cc-by-nc-nd European Psychiatry 2023-01-01

10.1515/zpch-1906-5411 article DE Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie 1906-12-01

The past two decades have seen a surge in violent conflicts worldwide, leading to 238,000 conflictrelated fatalities 2022 alone [1].This challenges the perception that conflict is limited 'unstable' regions, highlighting its global reach.Active wars Ukraine, Sudan and Palestine drawn attention onto even further.Beyond immediate death tolls, enduring psychosocial impacts are profound, with conditions like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) affecting millions [2,3].During last World Health...

10.1371/journal.pmen.0000094 article EN cc-by PLOS mental health. 2024-08-02

Identity is a complex concept that can be informed by various factors, involving biological, psychological, experiential, and social influences. Specifically, one's identity refers to the ways in which individuals adopt attributes from established collective categories, like cultural identities, ethnic gender class amongst others. Social encompass unique diverse interactions at an individual level, known as micro-identities, may selectively expressed, hidden, or downplayed, contingent on...

10.1080/09540261.2023.2192275 article EN cc-by International Review of Psychiatry 2023-04-03

Throughout history, armed conflicts have profoundly affected individuals and societies, with recent events in Ukraine, the Middle East, beyond bringing into sharp focus severe mental health humanitarian consequences of geopolitical crises. Such situations often result mass fatalities, destruction, displacement, forced migration, other critical life events. Amid these scenarios, adverse outcomes for well-being both short long term must be emphasized. As a conceivable example latter, proposed...

10.4103/ipj.ipj_46_24 article EN cc-by-nc-sa Industrial Psychiatry Journal 2024-05-23

Organic brain disorders (OBD), including rapid-growth cancerous tumors, can have significant neuropsychiatric effects and in some circumstances led to the manifestation of deviant behaviors that conflict with societal norms. This report describes case a geriatric male patient Switzerland no prior history delinquency who later life repeatedly committed stalking offences aggressive acts. An initial forensic-psychiatric evaluation diagnosed this individual persistent delusional disorder based...

10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1553508 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychiatry 2025-02-26

Based in Ontario, Canada, this ongoing co-design initiative aims to develop a Wholistic Needs Pre-Screener for proactive identification and management of health social needs the 525,000 people Middlesex London Ontario Health Team’s attributed population. The significance tool was underscored prior efforts, where patients, caregivers, providers identified several key themes improvement healthcare within context. These included need improved access services, early diagnosis, more...

10.5334/ijic.9480 article EN cc-by International Journal of Integrated Care 2025-04-09

Introduction: Population Health is one of the International Foundation for Integrated Care’s 9 pillars integrated care and Management (PHM) gaining interest as a means addressing some greatest challenges in population health wellbeing around world. In our workshop at ICIC 2023, an international audience validated 5 key structures required to operationalize Care PHM: Registry; Provider Shared Record; Information System; Collaborative Governance. Attendees from numerous jurisdictions noted...

10.5334/ijic.icic24599 article EN cc-by International Journal of Integrated Care 2025-04-09
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