Mental and Neurological Public Health

Stella Quah (Ph.D) is Adjunct Professor, Health Services and Systems Research Program, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, National University of Singapore. Her previous appointment was as Professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore where she started her long academic career in 1972, initially at the Department of Community Medicine and Public Health and later on at the Department of Sociology. She was a Fulbright-Hays scholar from 1969 to 1971. Her research and professional activities include sabbaticals as Research Associate and Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California Berkeley (1986–87); the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Department of Sociology at Harvard University (1993–94); the Harvard-Yenching Institute, Harvard University (1997); the Stanford Program in International Legal Studies, Stanford University (1997); the National Centre for Development Studies, Australian National University (2002); and the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University (2006). She was elected Chairperson of the Research Committee on Health Sociology of the International Sociological Association (ISA) for the session 1990-1994; Vice-President for Research of ISA and Chairperson of the ISA Research Council for the session 1994-1998; and served as Associate Editor of International Sociology (1998–2004). As part of her current professional activities, Stella Quah serves in institutional review boards; and is member of international Editorial and Advisory Boards of several referee journals including the British Journal of Sociology and Sociology of Health and Illness. She has published extensively on health sociology, public policy and family sociology including the International Handbook of Sociology (London: Sage, 2000) edited with A. Sales and Families in Asia: Home and Kin (London: Routledge, 2008);. Among her publications on health sociology are “Crisis Prevention and Management during SARS Outbreak, Singapore”, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10, 2: 364–368, 2004, with HP Lee; “Traditional Healing Systems and the Ethos of Science,” Social Science and Medicine, 57, 10:1997–2012, 2003; Crisis Preparedness: Asia and the Global Governance of Epidemics, ed. (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Shorenstein APARC & Brookings Institution, 2007); “Public image and governance of epidemics: Comparing HIV/AIDS and SARS,” Health Policy, 80, 253–272, 2007; “Health and culture” in The New Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology (edited by W.C. Cockerham, 2010); and “Gender and the burden of disease in ten Asian countries”, Asia-Europe Journal, 8, 499-512, 2011.

• Alcohol Consumption: Overview of International Trends, Pages 98-108, M.G. Monteiro, J. Rehm, B. Taylor, T. StockwelAlcohol, Integrated Control of, Pages 108-112, S. CasswellAlcohol, The Burden of Disease of, Pages 135-151, J. Rehm, J. Patra, D. Baliunas, S. Popova, M. Roerecke, B. TaylorAlcohol—Socioeconomic Impacts (Including Externalities), Pages 112-116, B. EastonAlcohol—Treatment, Pages 116-124, T.F. BaborBlindness, Pages 318-324, S. Resnikoff, R. PararajasegaramBrain Tumours, Pages 338-347, R. McKean-Cowdin, P. Razavi, S. Preston-MartinCerebrovascular Disease, Pages 556-571, V. Feigin, G. DonnanChild Abuse/Treatment, Pages 571-583, A.P. GiardinoChild Soldiers, Pages 612-616, J. PearnChild Witness to Violence, Pages 616-620, M. Augustyn, B. ZuckermanClassification of Mental Disorders: Principles and Concepts, Pages 733-740, T.B. ÜstünCognitive Disorders,, Pages 759-765, L.D. RavdinDisability and Rehabilitation, Pages 199-203, N.E. GroceDrugs, Illicit – Primary Prevention Strategies, Pages 249-265, F. Faggiano, F. Vigna-TagliantiEffective Alcohol Policy, Pages 303-309, H.D. HolderElder Abuse, Pages 310-315, L.S. Daichman, S. Aguas, C. SpencerHead Trauma, Pages 122-133, J. Knopman, R. HärtlHealth Behavior and Risk Factors, Pages 146-152, K. Glanz, J.E. StrykerHealth-Related Stigma and Discrimination, Pages 269-272, R.L. BarrettHearing Disorders, Pages 273-281, R. BurkardHIV/AIDS of the Central Nervous System, Pages 430-445, S.S. SpudichIllicit Drug Trends Globally, Pages 515-523, P. Griffiths, M. Meacham, R. McKetinIllicit Drug Use and the Burden of Disease, Pages 523-530, W. Hall, L. Degenhardt, N. SindicichMeasurement of Psychiatric and Psychological Disorders and Outcomes in Populations, Pages 261-272, T.S. Brugha, H. MeltzerMeningitis, Bacterial,, Pages 330-334, D. van de Beek, J. de GansMental Health and Physical Health (Including HIV/AIDS), Pages 354-364, A. Kagee, M. FreemanMental Health and Substance Abuse, Pages 365-374, B. Saraceno, M. Funk, V. PoznyakMental Health Epidemiology (Psychiatric Epidemiology), Pages 374-384, G.S. Norquist, K. MagruderMental Health Etiology: Biological and Genetic Determinants, Pages 343-350, S.J. Glatt, S.V. Faraone, M.T. TsuanMental Health Etiology: Social Determinants, Pages 350-353, A. Cohen, H. MinasMental Health Policy, Pages 393-406, R. JenkinsMental Health Promotion, Pages 406-418, H. Herrman, R. Moodie, S. SaxenaMental Health Resources and Services, Pages 418-430, S. Saxena, P. SharanMental Health, Morbidity and Impact, Pages 384-393, O. Gureje, B. OladejiMental Illness, Historical Views of, Pages 431-434, D. PilgrimMetabolic Myopathies, Pages 450-457, M. TarnopolskyMigraine, Pages 458-462, A. MayMultiple Sclerosis, Pages 470-482, C.M. PoserMuscular Dystrophies, Pages 486-496, M. Astejada, M.C. Malicdan, I. NishinoNeurodevelopmental Disorders, Pages 512-521, E. Klimkeit, N. Rinehart, J. BradshawParkinson's Disease, Pages 10-17, A.D. KorczynRabies, Pages 463-470, H. Wilde, S. Wacharapluesadee, T. Hemachudha, V. TepsumethanonSeizure Disorders, Pages 674-680, S.C. SchachterSocio-Cultural Context of Substance Use/Abuse (Alcohol/Drugs/Tobacco), Pages 119-128, D.B. HeathSpecific Mental Health Disorders: Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders, Pages 147-154, A.J. Flisher, S. Hatherill, Y. DhansaySpecific Mental Health Disorders: Depressive and Anxiety Disorders, Pages 154-169, I.B. HickieSpecific Mental Health Disorders: Eating Disorders, Pages 169-174, S.S. Delinsky, J. Derenne, A.E. BeckerSpecific Mental Health Disorders: Mental Disorders Associated with Aging, Pages 174-182, I. SkoogSpecific Mental Health Disorders: Personality Disorders, Pages 182-187, M.J. CrawfordSpecific Mental Health Disorders: Psychotic Disorders, Pages 187-196, R. Thara, M. Taj, S. TirupatiSpecific Mental Health Disorders: Trauma and Mental Disorders, Pages 196-201, D. Silove, A. Nickerson, R.A. BryantStigma of Mental Illness, Pages 219-230, L.H. Yang, S.H. Cho, A. KleinmanStress and (Public) Health, Pages 241-250, U. LundbergSuicide and Self-Directed Violence, Pages 267-275, D. De Leo, K. KrysinskaThe Alcohol Industry, Pages 124-135, L. HillThe Control and Regulation of Currently Illegal Drugs, Pages 7-16, J.A. Buxton, M. Haden, R.G. MathiasThe Regulation of Drugs and Drug Use: Public Health and Law Enforcement, Pages 501-505, C.L. Fry, S. CvetkovskiTransmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, Pages 358-364, E.D. BelayWomen's Mental Health, Pages 608-617, P.S. Chandra, V.N.G.P. Raghunandan, V.A.S. KrishnaYoung People and Violence, Pages 675-684, I. Wagman Borowsky, R. Widome, M.D. Resnick