Suicide, “the act of taking one’s own life”, is a behaviour that has existed over many centuries and across different cultures of human civilisation. This complex issue often reflects the distress, pain and hopelessness of an individual, in a critically negative emotional and social state. This article is available only...

The purposeful act of harming oneself physically— usually without suicidal intent such as by cutting, hitting or burning—is referred to in clinical literature by varied nomenclature including non-suicidal self-injury, deliberate self-harm, self-mutilation and parasuicide. This article is available only as a PDF. Please click on “Download PDF” on top to view the full article.

Low birth weight (LBW) is defined as birth weight <2500 g and is associated with perinatal mortality, morbidity, chronic disease in later life (e.g. cardiovascular disease, diabetes), and learning and behavioural problems. This article is available only as a PDF. Please click on “Download PDF” on top to view the full article.

The immune system is intricately designed with unerring sophistication to identify—and if necessary—destroy invading pathogens, classically by distinguishing “self” from “non-self” proteins. The immune system can also attack “self” proteins such as when immune dysregulation results in autoimmune disease and/or when a danger signal triggers an immune response to...

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis that primarily affects children younger than 5 years of age. Its incidence rate varies from 3.4 per 100,000 children <5 years of age in Thailand1 to 218.6 per 100,000 children <5 years of age in Japan. This article is available only as a...