Dear Editor, Prof. Kecmanovic (in press) raises interesting questions about several points of discord within the psychiatric enterprise. His paper has a great value because it reminds to clinicians and researchers that the philosophical basis of their model has always a strong influence on their practical activity, even in those (quite frequent) cases in which they are unaware of it, and take t...

Kraepelin’s use of the term “dementia praecox” for the condition we now know as schizophrenia encouraged the view that his patients had a progressive decline in behavioral function associated with (and probably caused by) progressive changes in brain anatomy and function over the course of illness. This viewwas challenged first by the failure of early postmortemhistopathology studies to identif...

BACKGROUND A standardized definition of remission criteria in schizophrenia was proposed by the International group of NC Andreasen in 2005 (low symptom threshold for the eight core Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) symptoms for at least 6 consecutive months). METHODS A cross-sectional study of remission rate, using a 6-month follow-up to assess symptomatic stability, was conducted...

It has appeared both from crude observation and from detailed study of the facial expression that the alleged indifference , apathy, and emotional dishar-mony of the schizophrenic is more a matter of impression than correct evaluation of the inner experience of such a patient. It has followed that the study of such inner affective experiences by positive objective means seems urgently indicated...

Junctional ectopic tachycardia (JET) often occurs in the setting of surgery for congenital heart disease [1]. A congenital variety of JET not related to any surgery has also been described [2]. While post surgical JET has a mortality upto 14% [1], congenital JET has a mortality upto 34% [3]. A case of JET associated with myocarditis, has also been reported [4]. Electrocardiographic diagnosis of...

ACC. See Anterior cingulate Adams, C. E., 208, 378, 382 Addis, D. R., 360, 361 Adolescence/adolescents, 292, 321 prevalence of AVHs in, 177, 178 voices in as risk for depression, 177 Adult sexual abuse, 290, 296 Affective disorders, 85, 174, 221 and hearing voices in the DSM, 84 different pattern of errors on VSM tasks, 246 Affordances, 242 Africa, 159, 165, 239 Age and authority, 35 and preval...

This research explores the antecedents and consequences of self-reported blood donation behaviour for females. A model is provided whereby firstly, the antecedents of blood donation behaviour are hypothesised to be involvement in the blood donation social issue and attitude towards the act of blood donation as a social issue. Secondly, it is hypothesised that the outcomes of blood donation beha...

W eight gain is a well-known and un-wanted adverse effect of antipsychotic medication in people with schizophrenia associated with numerous metabolic disorders. Interestingly, findings from several studies as early as the 1950s 1,2 have shown weight gain to be associated with symptom improvement. This has brought forth the concept of the " metabolic threshold, " which states that metabolic abno...

Understanding paleoceanography of the eastern equatorial Pacific is of particular importance, given its propensity for high variability on all timescales including the seasonal cycle, the interannual El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and longer-term changes, each with possible global consequences (Cane and Clement, 1999). For example, tropical Pacific warming imposed in atmospheric climate m...

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