Editorial introduction: the paranoid as an emerging character.

Adductor Canal Block for Knee Surgeries: An Emerging Analgesic Technique

In recent years, adductor canal block (ACB) has been introduced as an alternative for femoral nerve block with a great advantage of preserving or minimally reducing quadriceps strength. The technique is relatively easy and is performed under ultrasound guidance. Despite growing evidence regarding efficacy and safety of ACB following knee surgery, use of ACB is still limited to high volume ortho...

Report of an extensive speech disorder in a paranoid schizophrenic patient

Neologism and private usage of stock words have long been considered as uncommon disorders of schizophrenic thought and speech.however,,a review of current literature and psychiatric textbooks reveals few clinical examples.in this article a paranoid  schizophrenic patient with extensive speech disorder has been presented and his neologistic production,private meaning of stoch words and other sp...

Guest Editorial: Introduction to the Special Issue on Emerging Security Trends for Deeply-Embedded Computing Systems

Antipsychotic long-acting injections: mind the gap.

Long-acting injections of antipsychotic medication (or depots) were developed specifically to promote treatment adherence and are a valuable option for maintenance medication in psychotic illnesses. Approximately 40-60% of patients with schizophrenia are partially or totally non-adherent to their antipsychotic regimen, but only 30% or less are prescribed a long-acting injection. The use of such...

Creative paranoia: Affect and social method

Over the past decade, various critics have proposed that scholars should turn from critical hermeneutics to engage with new modes of social inquiry. The common charge is that critique has become paranoid and cannot register the dynamic affects that vitalise everyday life. In response to this shift, my paper poses several questions. For instance, are the suspicious sentiments of critique so disc...