OBJECTIVE to present a critical reflection upon the current and different interpretative models of the Social Determinants of Health and inequalities hindering access and the right to health. METHOD theoretical study using critical hermeneutics to acquire reconstructive understanding based on a dialectical relationship between the explanation and understanding of interpretative models of the ...

A 15-year-old, female, formerly obese adolescent was referred to our day care clinic due to self-induced massive weight loss and depressive symptoms. Intense treatment, additional dialectical behavioral therapy and psychopharmacological treatment prevented further weight loss and improved her affective state. Due to remaining anorexic symptoms such as body image distortion, outpatient psychothe...

Michael G. McDonell, Jessica Tarantino, Anthony P. Dubose, Patricia Matestic, Kristin Steinmetz, Holly Galbreath & Jon M. McClellan Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 359911, Harborview Medical Center, 325 9 Ave, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, USA Child Study and Tre...

There are many social concerns towards HIV disease and people feel irrational fears of infection modes virus transmission. These factors might affect the temperament character dimensions, as well cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Accordingly, psychological therapies can be used beneficial tools to identify mitigate related concerns. This study aimed at comparing effectiveness Schema Ther...

Dialectical logic is the logic of dialectical processes. The goal of dialectical logic is to introduce dynamic notions into logical computational systems. The fundamental notions of proposition and truthvalue in standard logic are subsumed by the notions of process and flow in dialectical logic. Dialectical logic has a standard aspect, which can be defined in terms of the “local cartesian closu...

Argumentation concepts have been applied to numerous knowledge engineering endeavours in recent years. For example, a variety of logics have been developed to represent argumentation in the context of a dialectical situation such as a dialogue. In contrast to the dialectical approach, argumentation has also been used to structure knowledge. This can be seen as a non-dialectical approach. The To...