Alexander Smith
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3596815 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Alexander Smith |
| NOMBRES | Alexander |
| APELLIDO | Smith |
| FIRMA | SMITH A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Bern |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9966-8726 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 60 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 32 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 58 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1963 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Geopolitical rhetoric as a potential psychological stressor
Although the mental health consequences of armed conflict, displacement, and climate-related disasters are well documented, the psychological effects of geopolitical rhetoric itself (independent of material events) remain insufficiently examined. This narrative review provides a conceptual and interdisciplinary synthesis of emerging and heterogeneous evidence on how threat-oriented political narratives may influence population mental health throu…
Modeling sound change in a dialectically heterogeneous community
Vertical and horizontal models of language relatedness, such as tree models and wave models, approach language change from two fundamentally different perspectives. Vertical models capture the diachronic nature of language differentiation but do not offer a satisfactory way to show diffusion across linguistic boundaries. Horizontal models excel at modeling diffusion but are essentially distributional models and have no temporal element. In this p…
From Mood Episodes to Digital Signatures
BACKGROUND: Digital phenotyping has emerged as a promising approach to capture real-time behavioral and physiological data in individuals with bipolar disorder (BD). By integrating passive and active data streams, this approach may enable the identification of dynamic patterns associated with mood instability. However, the conceptual integration of these data into clinically meaningful digital signatures remains insufficiently defined and lacks s…
Mental health, medical incapacity, and political leadership in the United Kingdom
Mental ill-health and medical incapacity in governmental leadership could affect democratic accountability, possibly necessitating complex psychiatric, judicial, and political interactions. Notably, as a prominent democratic jurisdiction, governmental structures in the United Kingdom and the role of its Prime Minister are generally underpinned by constitutional conventions, rather than enforceable legal frameworks. Political continuity and stabil…
Psychosocial interventions in bipolar disorders
INTRODUCTION: Psychosocial interventions are essential in the treatment of severe mental disorders, including Bipolar Disorder. These interventions aim to enhance patients' psychopathology, alongside pharmacological treatments, while also improving personal functioning and quality of life. METHODS: We conducted a comprehensive review of available international guidelines concerning the treatment of Bipolar Disorder, specifically examining their r…
The weight of office? A scoping review of mental health issues and risk factors in elected politicians across democratic societies
BACKGROUND: The mental health and capacity to govern of democratically-elected politicians have become burgeoning topics of interest. Notably, in fulfilling demanding and high-stress roles, political officeholders could encounter distinctive risk factors, yet existing research literature about these subpopulations remains underexplored. AIMS: This scoping review aimed to systematically examine the breadth of available evidence on mental health is…
Glioblastoma and new-onset criminal behaviors in a geriatric patient
Organic brain disorders (OBD), including rapid-growth cancerous tumors, can have significant neuropsychiatric effects and in some circumstances have led to the manifestation of deviant behaviors that conflict with societal norms. This report describes the case of a geriatric male patient in Switzerland with no prior history of delinquency who in later life repeatedly committed stalking offences and aggressive acts. An initial forensic-psychiatric…
Risks for eating disorder in ultra-endurance athletes and the role of training volume
There was a significant association between high training volumes and increased ED risk among this UEA sample, suggesting a need for greater awareness of psychiatric vulnerabilities in endurance athletes. Given the growing popularity of UES, better education on the risks associated with high training volumes may be necessary to promote healthier training practices, underpinned by further research into its physiological and psychological consequen…
Coercive compliance? Anti-doping systems in tennis and athlete mental health
Recently, a group of professional tennis players (i.e., the Professional Tennis Players Association) filed a legal case against several governing bodies in the sport. This suit intends to challenge the alleged disregard for athlete wellbeing when enforcing anti-doping policy, as this can engender adverse effects even in unintentional or unproven cases. This complaint is set against the background of several high-profile doping proceedings in tenn…
Using Human-centred Design to Explore a Day in the Life of a Population Health Management Analyst
Introduction: Population Health is one of the International Foundation for Integrated Care’s 9 pillars of integrated care and Population Health Management (PHM) is gaining interest as a means of addressing some of the greatest challenges in population health and wellbeing around the world. In our workshop at ICIC 2023, an international audience validated 5 key structures required to operationalize Integrated Care and PHM: Population Registry; Pro…
Value-creating Learning Health Systems – an Organizing Framework for the Journey to Integrated Care
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: The province of Ontario in Canada, like many other jurisdictions globally, has identified a vision for healthcare that involves “a modern, sustainable and integrated health care system that is centred on the patient.” In addition to person-centred integration, efficiency and alignment of data, services and financial incentives, innovation, and capacity development were identified as key areas of focus. Ontario Health Teams…
A ‘Wholistic Needs’ Tool
Based in Ontario, Canada, this ongoing co-design initiative aims to develop a Wholistic Needs Pre-Screener for proactive identification and management of health and social needs for the 525,000 people in the Middlesex London Ontario Health Team’s attributed population. The significance of this tool was underscored in prior co-design efforts, where patients, caregivers, and providers identified several key themes for improvement in healthcare with…
Are clinical improvements in large language models a reality? Longitudinal comparisons of ChatGPT models and DeepSeek-R1 for psychiatric assessments and interventions
Background: Potential clinical applications for emerging large-language models (LLMs; e.g. ChatGPT) are well-documented, and newer systems (e.g. DeepSeek) have attracted increasing attention. Yet, important questions endure about their reliability and cultural responsiveness in psychiatric settings. Methods: This study explored the diagnostic accuracy, therapeutic appropriateness and cultural sensitivity of ChatGPT-4o, ChatGPT-4.5, and DeepSeek-R…
Association between ambient temperature and emergency psychiatric consultations
Background: Although environmental factors have been studied for their impact on mental health, the link between ambient temperature and mental disorders remains insufficiently explored. Aim: This study aimed to explore the relationship between ambient temperature and the frequency of emergency psychiatric consultations at the sole university hospital in Paraguay from 2021 to 2023. Methods: This investigation adopted a quantitative, observational…
Geopsychiatry, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, and geopolitical challenges for global mental health
SDGs; United Nations; sustainable development; geopsychiatry; global mental health
Mental health and the ballot box
BACKGROUND: In electoral contexts, mental health topics have recently attracted sociopolitical relevance, influenced by policy developments, election-related psychopathology and popular discourse about individual candidates. Yet, whether this reflects generalised trends or is contingent on election-specific and contextual factors remains difficult to ascertain. AIMS: This study sought to examine correlations between Google Trends (GT) data on men…
Lost diagnoses? A multi-year trajectory of patients with childhood ADHD in the criminal justice system in Switzerland
Our findings highlighted considerable inconsistencies in the assignment of adult ADHD diagnoses amongst offenders. Whilst ADHD remission in adulthood occurs, the diagnostic variability in our results warrants detailed scrutiny. One possibility is that ADHD has similar fluctuations to conditions like depression, as argued elsewhere. Equally, diagnoses may become "lost", meaning they are not given even when applicable and replaced by other diagnose…
Psychiatric risk factors in Formula One and the importance of integrating mental health into driver science
Formula One (F1) racing has recently grown in popularity, extending well beyond its traditional European roots. However, there has been a paucity of scholarly research dedicated to the health of drivers and even less discussion of the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms, risk factors, and types of psychopathology in F1. This is notable given advancements in sports psychiatry and evidence of psychiatric disorders emerging across other sports. Accor…
Exploring the scope and applications of anti-doping measures in ultramarathon
IntroductionWith ultramarathon attracting burgeoning interest, evidence has emerged about doping behaviors. However, currently, research into the anti-doping policy landscape and the adoption of testing and athlete surveillance is limited, including the applicability of rubric from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs). Consequently, it remains unclear if anti-doping provisions have been developed and …
Curating Virality
This study investigates the information sharing behavior of different levels of Twitter influencers within the context of the #BlackLivesMatter social movement and its related discussions #AlllivesMatter and #BlueLivesMatter during the 2-week period around Derek Chauvin’s trial. Using qualitative content analysis and quantitative machine learning methods, we analyzed over one million retweets to test if different levels of influencers tend to spr…
The 2022 Philippine election, mental health and the ‘war on drugs’
Mental health-related limitations and political leadership in Germany
In recent years, political events have reignited contentious debates about psychiatry and democratic governance. This discourse has largely centred around the ethics and morality of public commentary, particularly in relation to the American Psychiatric Association's Goldwater Rule. Yet, few studies have examined the practical implications of health-related limitations due to mental illness in national leadership and the constitutional and legal …
The United Kingdom’s Rwanda asylum policy and the European Court of Human Rights’ Interim Measure
Old dog, new tricks? Exploring the potential functionalities of ChatGPT in supporting educational methods in social psychiatry
BACKGROUND: Artificial Intelligence is ever-expanding and large-language models are increasingly shaping teaching and learning experiences. ChatGPT is a prominent recent example of this technology and has generated much debate around the benefits and disadvantages of chatbots in educational domains. AIM: This study seeks to demonstrate the possible use-cases of ChatGPT in supporting educational methods specific to social psychiatry. METHODS: Thro…
Using Co-Design and Engagement Principles for Health System Transformation
Introduction: The Middlesex London Ontario Health Team (ML OHT), comprised of multiple health and social care partners, aims to support the primary and secondary healthcare needs of people living in London-Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. Co-design and engagement approaches have been intentionally and carefully embedded in all levels of the OHT work. The OHT applies co-design and engagement principles through the co-leadership of patient/caregiver par…
Forest, agriculture, and migration
Nepal has experienced rapid transitions in forest and agricultural practices over the last several decades. This study compares surveys of forest cover, land use, demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of six sites in Sindhu Kabhre and Palanchok Districts conducted in 1992 and 2017. We correlated these transformations with changes in forest cover as documented with remotely sensed images. We found that forest cover has increased tremendous…
Science and the politics of openness
examines the collaborations between scientists and the entertainment industry.He is currently writing the book Indecent Science, which will explore the historic interactions between science, religion and movie censorship.Adam Kokotovich is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Minnesota, studying invasive-species risk assessment and management.An interdisciplinary social scientist, he is interested in highlighting and opening to …
Ultra culture-ultra reality
IntroductionInterest in ultra endurance sport (UES) is increasing, with relevant events growing in popularity. However, these activities may encompass more complex characteristics and demands that do not correspond to scientifically validated correlations between physical activity and improved health. It is unknown whether high volume training for UES can have adverse implications, although certain sociocultural aspects of western society, such a…
Belief heterogeneity and contributions decay among conditional cooperators in public goods games
The Commerce Power in Canada and the United States
Exploring the scope and applications of anti-doping measures in ultramarathon
IntroductionWith ultramarathon attracting burgeoning interest, evidence has emerged about doping behaviors. However, currently, research into the anti-doping policy landscape and the adoption of testing and athlete surveillance is limited, including the applicability of rubric from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs). Consequently, it remains unclear if anti-doping provisions have been developed and …
Gambling, sports psychiatry, and disciplinary sanctions in English professional football
This paper critically examines the broader implications of the recent case involving the professional football player, Ivan Toney, who was sanctioned by the English Football Association for gambling-related offences. Gambling and English professional football have many interconnections, underscored by the prominent betting culture within the sport and athletes’ distinctive risk factors for pathological behaviours. Common punitive measures for bet…
There just isn't any other option-so we just have to put up with it
Historically, bicycle riding connoted freedom, independence, and enhanced mental and physical wellbeing for women. Persevering through criticism and moral panic, female cyclists have been competitive since the late 19th century-many earning substantial prize money and prestige. Unfortunately, this progress was not linear in its trajectory and contemporary professional women's cycling continues to be pervaded by structural and cultural challenges,…
Divided Nations
This collection of articles examines the factors that contributed to-as well as the aftermath and consequences of-the cultural, political and social upheavals that manifested as the two electoral c
Reward the lucky? An experimental investigation of the impact of agency and luck on bonuses
The Changing Effects of Community Characteristics on Volunteering in Canada
Dans cet article, j’analyse, à l’aide des données de l’Enquête canadienne sur le don, le bénévolat et la participation (cycle 2004 et cycle 2007), les effets de certaines caractéristiques des communautés sur le bénévolat que font leurs habitants. Une fois plusieurs facteurs individuels neutralisés, les résultats démontrent qu’en 2004 le bénévolat diminuait en fonction de la taille de la population, de l’importance des inégalités de revenus et de …
Automatic Linkage of Medical and Vital Registration Records
The desirability of being able to link two or more records of vital or medical events occurring to the same individual is largely self-evident. In clinical practice it is often informative to consult past records of hospital or other treatment and it is often useful to be able to locate subsequent records in order to follow up patients treated at some time in the past. Research applications of such record link age are numerous. They arise, for ex…
The Commerce Power in Canada and the United States
The Commerce Power in Canada and the United States
The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith, Vol. 5
The Date of the ‘Grandi Terme’ of Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli
LA DATA DELLE ‘GRANDI TERME’ DELLA VILLA ADRIANA A TIVOLI Nel suo studio sui bolli laterizi di Villa Adriana, Bloch attribui le grandi terme ad un edificio della terza fase edilizia, nonostante essi contengano molti bolli non trovabili altrove in edifici posteriori alla prima fase della Villa e del Pantheon (il quale, pace W. D. Heilmeyer, è tuttora da attribuire ai primi anni del regno di Adriano). La data più recente di Bloch per le terme dipen…
The Gymnasium at Alexandria Troas
The principal ruin at the site of the city of Alexandria Troas entered the consciousness of European travellers anonymously, and was referred to simply as a castle or palace; when Thomas Coryate saw it in 1613 he was overcome by its magnificence and concluded, since he thought he was at Troy, that it must have been the main castle or palace of the city, but already in Lithgow's time it was known simply as “The Palace of Priam”. The name was to pe…
Values Pedagogy in Higher Education
Law, Ethics, and Medicine (Book)
Global Austria
The Changing Effects of Community Characteristics on Volunteering in Canada
Dans cet article, j’analyse, à l’aide des données de l’Enquête canadienne sur le don, le bénévolat et la participation (cycle 2004 et cycle 2007), les effets de certaines caractéristiques des communautés sur le bénévolat que font leurs habitants. Une fois plusieurs facteurs individuels neutralisés, les résultats démontrent qu’en 2004 le bénévolat diminuait en fonction de la taille de la population, de l’importance des inégalités de revenus et de …
Devolution and the Scottish Conservatives
This book is an ethnographic study of devolution and politics in Scotland, as well as of party-political activism more generally. It explores how Conservative Party activists who had opposed devolution and the movement for a Scottish Parliament during the 1990s attempted to mobilise politically following their annihilation at the 1997 General Election. The book draws on fieldwork conducted in Dumfries and Galloway – a former stronghold for the Sc…
Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands are located off the eastern coast of Spain and consist of five major islands (Menorca, Mallorca, Cabrera, Ibiza, and Formentera). In the third and second millennia bce , humans permanently settled Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, and Formentera. They used caves to bury their dead, erected freestanding dolmens, and constructed naviform dwellings and naveta funerary structures. The first millennium bce saw the construction of talayots…
Reward the lucky? An experimental investigation of the impact of agency and luck on bonuses
Belief heterogeneity and contributions decay among conditional cooperators in public goods games
Death as A Process
Death as A Process: The Archaeology of the Roman Funeral, Edited by John Pearce and Jake Weekes." Archaeological Journal, 175(2), pp. 400–401
Science and the politics of openness
examines the collaborations between scientists and the entertainment industry.He is currently writing the book Indecent Science, which will explore the historic interactions between science, religion and movie censorship.Adam Kokotovich is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Minnesota, studying invasive-species risk assessment and management.An interdisciplinary social scientist, he is interested in highlighting and opening to …
Divided Nations
This collection of articles examines the factors that contributed to-as well as the aftermath and consequences of-the cultural, political and social upheavals that manifested as the two electoral c
Divided Nations
Does Anyone Talk About the Issues Anymore? The 2016 U.S. Presidential Candidates' Messaging on Facebook and Twitter
As campaigns use social media to communicate with the public, this study investigates the dynamics of issue and image construction by the U.S. presidential candidates during the primary stage of the 2016 presidential campaign. Using computational techniques to classify candidate posts by message type and topic, we study all posts by the 17 Republican and 5 Democratic candidates from Sept. 1, 2015 through March 31, 2016. We ask whether candidates …
Staying in Their Lanes
Prior research has identified issue-ownership across partisan lines, with Republicans seen to focus on issues such as taxes and national defense, and Democrats more likely to focus on social issues and welfare. Given the complexities of the primary race, with candidates aiming to differentiate themselves within their own party, we ask whether the candidates in both parties engage in creating “lanes” by owning specific policy topics. Use supervise…
Super‐amplifiers! The role of Twitter extended party networks in political elections
Modern election campaigns leverage social media and the networks within to get their messages directly out to the public. We use the theory of extended party networks to explore networks of engaged users who extensively amplify messages posted by political candidates. Using Twitter data from the Senate races in the U.S. 2018 midterm election, we build Twitter extended party networks out of dedicated amplifiers to understand how those engaged user…
The dangers of using diagnoses outside of established psychiatric nosology in the courtroom
Akin to many jurisdictions, Switzerland has a dual system of sanctions comprising sentences and measures. To order a therapeutic measure per Article 59 or 63 of the Swiss Criminal Code, the presence of a "severe mental disorder" must be determined. Before the new legal precedent, this required a medical diagnosis according to recognised classification systems like the ICD or DSM. The court then decided if a disorder was "severe" in the legal sens…
The tip of the iceberg? Climate change, detention settings and mental health
On the same team
Recently, renowned athletes have shown increasing willingness to discuss mental health. For instance, Olympic-winning gymnast, Simone Biles (1), tennis champion, Naomi Osaka (2), and cricket captain, Ben Stokes (3). Such prominent dialogues can help expand mental health literacy in competitive sports, where stigmatization represents an enduring help-seeking barrier (4). Significantly, these accounts also reflect scientific developments in sports …
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OPINION article Front. Psychiatry, 04 October 2022Sec. Forensic Psychiatry Volume 13 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1004416
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