The paper discusses negative individuation and the hero myth as developmental concepts. It is suggested that in negative individuation healthy psychological development is hindered and goes astray. Aggression then becomes the central psychic system. Repressed anger is the core element in psychopathic narcissism (Diamond) and malignant narcissism (Kernberg). Both Diamond and Kernberg extend narc...

Background/Aims. To evaluate the impact of back-illuminated and nonilluminated electronic reading devices on reading speed and comfort in patients with decreased vision. Methods. A prospective study involving a convenience sample of 167 patients at a single retina practice from January 2011 to December 2012. Participants were asked to read five different excerpts on five different media in a ra...

This case illustrates that hematologic disorders must be considered as a potentially life-threatening cause for vision loss. Proper laboratory workup and timely interdisciplinary approach are essential to ensure the best possible care for ophthalmic patients. Historically, before the use of bone marrow biopsy, the ophthalmologist was often asked to assist in the diagnosis of leukemia. Since oph...

Myopes of low degree commonly report that their vision seems poorer upon removal of their spectacles compared to that after a period without spectacle wear. Notably, this difference in vision can be appreciated after distance fixation. In this paper, we propose and test several alternative hypotheses to explain the phenomenon: an accommodative response to spectacles, sensory adaptation, or alte...

OBJECTIVE To present the bother subscales of the Nursing Home Vision-Targeted Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire (NHVQoL) and to examine their relationship to the original NHVQoL subscales and objective measures of visual function. METHOD 395 nursing home residents completed the bother subscales. Associations between bother subscales and original subscales and objectively measured v...

PURPOSE To report functional and morphologic outcomes, based on diabetic macular edema (DME) chronicity and baseline best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), from a subanalysis of the fluocinolone acetonide for macular edema (FAME) trials. METHODS Patients were categorized by DME duration (nonchronic [ncDME] or chronic [cDME] DME) and three nonexclusive baseline vision strata. Anatomic and visual...

The case of a 66-year-old gentleman who presented with unilateral proptosis, eye pain and partial loss of vision seven years after his original prostate cancer diagnosis is reported. MRI of the orbits revealed a 2-cm lesion in the posterolateral right orbital wall near the optic foramen with compression of the optic nerve. Metastatic orbital lesions are relatively uncommon in prostate cancer. T...

We report a case of 43 years old women who present myopic CNV (A) causing an acute vision loss. That has not been treated at time causing a chorioretinal atrophy as the angiography (B) and her Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) (C) shows. High myopia is a major cause of legal blindness in many countries, especially in young people. Itis defined as a refraction of at least -6.00 diopters and/or ...

this article aims at strategic vision to technology and suggests a strategic planning for this purpose. the main emphasis in this article is on strategic report compilation in the framework of strategic vision and covers issues such as identification of strategic planning dimensions and strategic vision levels, technology priority setting, environment monitoring, focus on costumer needs, method...

An 88-year-old man of Ukrainian descent complained of decreasing vision of 20 years' duration. Vision had painlessly and progressively decreased in the right eye until 8 years before admission, when he had been struck in the right eye with a tree branch and sustained a laceration of the upper lid. Subsequently, there was further decrease in vision of the right eye. One week before admission, re...