Robert Kaplan
University of Wollongong
Helen Flanders Dunbar, the mother of psychosomatic medicine, was an outstanding pioneer whose life was to end tragically. A brilliant academic career led her to becoming an authority on Danté,…
Pernille Bülow
Independent Scholar
In the Western culture, mental illness is often addressed with antidepressants and therapy sessions. While this strategy may provide relief for some, many do not improve and the effects are…
Soham Mukherjee
Sardar Patel Zoological Park
Human-Snake conflict (HSC) is a complex and pervasive problem that occurs wherever snakes and people share the same habitat. Lack of information, ignorance by the masses and absence of snakebite…
Stephan Seiler
International Academy of Sciences, Humanities, and Arts (IASHA e.V.)
Dear josha-journal readers, We have had a strange year 2022 with all its ups and downs. In the public perception, unfortunately, the negative aspects predominate: War in Ukraine and other…
Usman Al-amin
Department of History, University of Maiduguri
The place and status of ‘Ulamā as a major factor in the history of Borno are beyond all question. It is impossible to discuss much of Borno’s history, both past…
Robert Kaplan
University of Wollongong
Over ten weeks in Whitechapel in the Autumn 1888, five women (the ‘Canonical Five’) were brutally murdered by a mutilating serial killer. The murders represented a new form of killing.…
Pernille Bülow
Independent Scholar
Antidepressants, and in particular selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), hold an important role in our current society. 13.2% of the population in the United States of America are estimated to…
Guido Pisani
University of Buenos Aires
Historically, music has been used to maintain or restore people’s health across different civilizations, characterised by different uses and beliefs. Different methodologies involving music have been applied in pathologies varying…
Linus Akudolu
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Alex Ekwueme Federal University. Ebonyi State
One of the major concerns of existentialists is the question of authentic existence. Oscar Wilde, a famous Irish poet and playwright, whose literary works contain lots of philosophical nuances, also…
Pernille Bülow
Independent Scholar
This article is the second of a two-part series on adolescent brain development and function. While the first article discussed the neuroscience of how the adolescent brain changes as it…
