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We can reasonably assume continued rapid expansion in our understanding of the biology of mental illness, an increase in effective psychotherapeutic interventions, a strong demand for more educational and clinical accountability, and application of innovative technology to teaching—all in the context of a worsening physician shortage. Each of these factors requires significant revisions to our ...

This study aimed to clarify the relationship between changes in the patients' narratives and therapeutic outcomes. Two patients were selected from three psychotherapeutic models (cognitive, narrative, and prescriptive therapies), one with good therapeutic outcome and the other with bad therapeutic outcome. Sessions from the initial, middle, and final phases for each patient were evaluated in te...

The maximum specific growth rates of 12 strains, pair-wise belonging to six groups of Bacillus cereus sensu lato, were fitted against temperature by a reparametrized version of the model of Ratkowsky et al. (1983). This way, the interpretation of the new parameter set was similar to that of the cardinal-values-model of Rosso and Robinson (2001), both models including the minimum, optimum and ma...

The status of psychiatry around the world, as perceived during the first decade of this millennium reflects the great opportunities and challenges for understanding the human mind. We have learned much about neurotransmission, learning, memory, and brain development, and these basic insights have made possible the design of several classes of psychoactive drugs and psychosocial techniques for t...

The use of drugs during pregnancy and breast-feeding is a long-lasting debate among scientists. Many of them support the view that the risks are minimal, since the anomalies in fetuses due to chemical compounds are approximately 1%, while others argue that the effects of drug delivery in this special period of life has largely unknown delayed consequences. In clinical practice the dilemma is to...

Ambivalence can be understood as a cyclical movement between two opposing positions of the self: one expressed in a novelty-an innovative moment (IM)-and another one conveyed by a return to the maladaptive pattern. If not properly addressed and resolved during therapy, ambivalence can prevent change and lead to psychotherapeutic failure. Two processes of ambivalence resolution have been suggest...

We developed a prototype of a visualization tool called LinkVis. It is a tool for visualizing complex psychotherapeutic actions, their effects and the states of the patients. The combination of different views enables the user to get new insights. Focusing on exploration tasks by the user we enhanced this tool by the Hyperbolic Hypotheses Tree. This feature supports the user in defining goals a...

Psychotropic drugs are a cornerstone in the treatment of psychopathology and/or behavioral problems in children with intellectual disability (ID), despite concerns about efficacy and safety. Studies on the prevalence of psychotropic drug use have mainly been focused on adults with ID or children without ID. Therefore the aim of this cross sectional study was to assess the prevalence and charact...