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The psychiatric fix

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article draws on four years of ethnographic fieldwork in Los Angeles’ (LA) jail mental health facility to describe the interrelated crises of rising numbers of people declared incompetent to stand trial and the recurrent failure of managing madness in jail.
Jeremy Levenson
wiley   +1 more source

Relational work with distressing voices mirroring experiences of discrimination and marginalisation: Three illustrative cases of an extended form of AVATAR therapy (AV‐EXT)

open access: yesPsychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background For voice‐hearers from minoritised communities, voices may reflect interpersonal and societal discrimination, including experiences of feeling silenced or ‘voiceless’. AVATAR therapy is a relational approach involving facilitated dialogues between a voice‐hearer and a digital embodiment of their main distressing voice (the avatar ...
Thomas Ward   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of errors in verbal fluency tasks in patients with chronic schizophrenia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background and Objectives: Even if verbal fluency deficits have been described in Schizophrenia, error pattern in this test has not been analyzed in detail in the literature.
Bueno, Adrián Marcelo   +4 more
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Synthetic cannabinoid use in a case series of patients with psychosis presenting to acute psychiatric settings : Clinical presentation and management issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) are a heterogeneous class of synthetic molecules including synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs). Psychosis is associated with SCRAs use.
Bonaccorso, Stefania   +9 more
core   +3 more sources

The use of virtual reality in forensic‐correctional psychiatric settings: A systematic review

open access: yesPsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, EarlyView.
Virtual reality (VR) is increasingly being used as an innovative technology for assessment, treatment, and training within psychiatric settings. However, little work has been done to synthesize existing literature on the use and benefits of VR in forensic‐correctional settings.
Michael Y. Wang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Standardized Patient Case: Paul/Paula Byers, Schizophrenia

open access: yesMedEdPORTAL, 2011
This standardized patient case was designed as a formative educational experience to enhance medical trainees' skills in psychiatric interviewing and case formulation.
Matthew Goldenberg   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pathological pregnancy and psychological symptoms in women [Patološka trudnoća i psihički simptomi u žena] [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Pregnancy is followed by many physiologic, organic and psychological changes and disorders, which can become more serious in pregnancy followed by complications, especially in women with pathological conditions during pregnancy. The purpose of this study
Bjelanović, Vedran   +5 more
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Tailoring a cognitive behavioural model for unexplained physical symptoms to patient's perspective: a bottem-up approach. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The prevalence of unexplained physical symptoms (UPS) in primary care is at least 33%. Cognitive behavioural therapy has shown to be effective. Within cognitive behavioural therapy, three models can be distinguished: reattribution model, coping model and
Arnold   +20 more
core   +2 more sources

Who Laughs, and Who Doesn't? Predicting Humor Skills From Personality, Social Anxiety, and Laughter Dispositions of Gelotophobia, Gelotophilia, and Katagelasticism

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Laughter‐related dispositions, including gelotophobia (fear of being laughed at), gelotophilia (enjoyment of being laughed with), and katagelasticism (enjoyment of laughing at others), may explain patterns of humor use beyond broad personality traits and social anxiety.
Chloe Lau   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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