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Personal Viewpoint

a dialogue between myself and my hallucinations. The publication of this book brought me letters from people who wanted to know how a nurse could work efficiently while being a schizophrenic. Getting the schizophrenic a job and helping him to keep it are very important tasks for psychiatrists and social workers. The way has been paved by the setting up of workshops within hospitals, so that pat...

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old son was a persistent bed-wetter. The trouble started when he was around three, though he had been completely trained at 18 months. It began with the odd wet bed, gaining momentum fast until he was never dry. We did everything the experts advised?never scolded, loved him more, praised his prowess in other spheres. We surreptitiously docked off evening drinks and began again the business of t...

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Personal viewpoint Epigenetics of inflammatory bowel disease

Understanding the causes and molecular mechanisms of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, the two forms of idiopathic chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), is a major challenge in gastroenterology research. Significant eVort has been invested in uncovering genetic and environmental factors which may increase the risk of IBD, but progress has been slow, and no IBD specific factors have be...