Psychiatry

This volume contains up-to-date contributions written by leading experts in the role played by various microorganisms in psychiatric and neurological illness. The initial chapters present an evolutionary framework for the impact of microorganisms on behavior. This is followed by historical and epidemiological perspectives of the role of viruses in psychiatric illness. Subsequent chapters focus on different classes of microorganisms and psychiatric illnesses and emphasize diverse research approaches ranging from preclinical models to therapeutic interventions.

Part Background. Fatigue a phenomenon of modern age? On the history of fatigue.- Definitions, Epidemiology and etiological factors.- Pathophysiology and differentiation to other symptoms and diseases.- Immunopathology and pathogenesis.- Part Clinic. Motor fatigue and fatigability in MS.- Cognitive fatigue.- Personality factors and motivation.- Fatigue and depression.- Sleep-wake disorders.- Part Diagnostics. Clinical assessment instruments of fatigue.- Imaging methods and fatigue.- Electrophysiology and fatigue.- Expert opinion and sociomedical evaluation.- Part Therapy. Disease modifying drugs and fatigue.- Symptomatic pharmacotherapy and fatigue.- Non-pharmacological treatment and neurorehabilitation.

The most up-to-date edition of the gold-standard handbook on the safe and effective prescribing of psychotropic agents Prescribing medications that treat mental illness is a challenging but essential component of clinical practice. Successful treatment outcomes require careful drug choice and dosage, and other considerations can also have an important impact on patient experiences and long-term care. In the newly revised fifteenth edition of The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry, you will find up-to-date and authoritative guidance on prescribing psychotropic medications to patients. It is an indispensable evidence-based handbook that will continue to serve a new generation of clinicians and trainees. The book includes analyses of all psychotropic drugs currently used in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. It also contains detailed discussions of common and uncommon adverse effects, the ramifications of switching medications, special patient groups, and other clinically relevant subjects. A fully updated reference list closes out each section, as well. The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry is perfect for trainees seeking essential and accurate information on the rational, safe, and effective use of medications for patients with mental illness. Practising clinicians will also benefit from the included guidance on complex issues that might arise less frequently.

Nel 1954 viene pubblicata la traduzione francese di "Traum und Existenz" dello psicologo e psichiatra svizzero Ludwig Binswanger, accompagnata da un'introduzione di Michel Foucault. In queste pagine il filosofo annunciava il progetto di una "torsione della fenomenologia verso l'antropologia" per analizzare "quali sono stati i fondamenti offerti alla riflessione concreta sull'uomo". Foucault non pubblicò mai il libro, ma conservò il manoscritto qui presentato. In queste pagine compiva un esame sistematico della Daseinsanalyse, confrontandola con gli approcci della psichiatria, della psicoanalisi e della fenomenologia, e lodandone l'ambizione di comprendere la malattia mentale. Questo approccio lo accompagnava nella sua ricerca di "qualcosa di diverso dalle griglie tradizionali dello sguardo psichiatrico", un "contrappeso"; tuttavia il filosofo francese ne segnalava già le ambiguità e le debolezze, in particolare una deriva verso la speculazione metafisica che lo allontanava dall'"uomo concreto". Assistiamo, in effetti, a un duplice abbandono: prima della psichiatria e poi della stessa analisi esistenziale, che porterà presto alla prospettiva radicalmente nuova della Storia della follia nell'età classica. Il segno di quest'opera, tuttavia, non sarebbe scomparso. Nel 1984 Michel Foucault presentò infatti la sua Storia della sessualità nei seguenti termini: "Studiare le forme di esperienza in questo modo, nella loro storia, è un tema che mi è venuto da un progetto più antico: quello di utilizzare i metodi dell'analisi esistenziale nel campo della psichiatria e della malattia mentale". Das Urheberrecht an bibliographischen und produktbeschreibenden Daten und an den bereitgestellten Bildern liegt bei Informazioni Editoriali, I.E. S.r.l., oder beim Herausgeber oder demjenigen, der die Genehmigung erteilt hat. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

Chapter 1: The Relational Component of Trust in Oncology.- Chapter 2: Fiduciary or not? Healthcare Systems and Oncology.- Chapter 3: Medical Oversight and Public Trust of Medicine: Breaches of Trust.- Chapter 4: The First Encounter with Oncology: Patient Experience and Requisite Trust.- Chapter 5: The role of trust in oncology across populations and cultures: implications for health inequities and social justice.- Chapter 6: Patients on the Internet: The Information Age and Trust in Medicine, Conspiracies, and Proliferation of False Information.- Chapter 7: Patients and Trust: The Impact of Advocacy to Advance Patient-Centered Care.- Chapter 8: Trust and the Role of Attachment: implications for oncology.- Chapter 9: Patient Trust through the Lens of Integrative Oncology.- Chapter 10: Building Trust and Future Directions.

Ob Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) eigentlich ein Medicus werden wollte, oder das nur einem Förderer zuliebe behauptete, bleibt unsicher. Sich selbst hielt er aufgrund seiner engen Brust für hypochondrisch veranlagt und wahrte daher Abstand zu gefährlichen Krankheiten, vor allem denen des Geistes. Seine Studenten - darunter Herder, Herz, Lenz und Hoffmann - begeisterte er weit weniger mit Logik und Metaphysik als mit aufregenden Erkenntnissen zu fernen Ländern, ihren fremdartigen Bewohnern und dort lauernden gesundheitlichen Gefahren. Für Körperkrankheiten forderte er jenseits einer veterinärmedizinisch angelegten Therapie deren philosophische Mitbehandlung. Für forensische Fragen reklamierte er die Zuständigkeit der philosophischen Fakultät. Zum Sitz der Seele entwickelte er originelle Ideen, die zum Bau eines ersten Nervenmodells führten. Vorbehalte gegen eine Pockenimpfung konnte Kant nicht überwinden, da er eine Veränderung der Keimbahn befürchtete. Er wollte sehen wie lang das Zeug hält und verwendete in seinen letzten Jahrzehnten alle klassischen Mittel der Diätetik um sein Leben erfolgreich zu verlängern. Diese sex res non naturales spielen auch heute noch eine unverminderte Rolle in der Prävention weit verbreiteter Erkrankungen. Dann setzte ihm die electrische Revolution der Luft-Straten zu. Gegen Ende sollten ihn seine Vertrauten wie ein Kind betrachten, das der Nachwelt jedoch noch ein umfangreiches Werk mit tiefen Einblicken in sein Denken hinterliess, das Opus postumum.