HOPELESSNESS, SUICIDE AND DEATH AT FRANZ KAFKA

Depression, hopelessness and suicide in chronic schizophrenia.

Hospital records for 104 schizophrenic patients, 15 of whom subsequently committed suicide, were rated blindly for individual depressive symptoms comprising DSM III major depressive episode, and for hopelessness. Our results indicate that a large proportion of schizophrenic patients experienced major depressive episodes, and that these can be reliably identified. Presuicidal schizophrenics also...

Three-Step Structural Assessment of Suicide (Hopelessness, Ache, Depression, Interpersonal Needs, Acquired Capability for Suicide, and Suicide Attempt) in Students

Aim: Suicide is a main cause of death worldwide, especially in teens and adolescents. The aim of this research was a structural test of the three-step theory of suicide in students.  Methods: Current research method was descriptive in the form of correlation that used structural equation model. Research community included all students of Mohaghegh Ardabili University, among whome 630 people wer...

Hopelessness as a predictor of suicide.

Franz Kafka: An emblematic case of co-occurrence of sleep and psychiatryc disorders

Franz Kafka: An emblematic case of co-occurrence of sleep and psychiatryc disorders Medical literature robustly supports a close link between sleep disorders and psychiatric disorders. Recently, the co-occurrence of sleep dysfunctions and psychotic experiences (particularly insomnia with paranoia) has been reported, although the causal relationship is still unclear [1]. Moreover, Reeve et al. [...

Robert Klopstock and Franz Kafka--the friends from Tatranské Matliare (the High Tatras).

The paper summarises the accessible literature on the life and work of well-known American lung surgeon, Professor Dr. Med. Robert Klopstock, who was in the years 1920-1924 a friend Franz Kafka. Professor Klopstock was of Hungarian origin and he got acquainted with Franz Kafka at the end of the year 1920 in Tatranské Matliare (The High Tatras). They were both patients treated for lung tuberculo...