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How is mental health and mental illness portrayed in contemporary film
Udgivet den 2. november 2006 | Ingen kommentarerPsychflix is a website dedicated to looking at how mental health and mental illness are portrayed in contemporary film. -
OCD caused by bacteria and viruses ?
Udgivet den 28. april 2005 | Ingen kommentarerObsessive compulsive disorder, schizophrenia and diabetes could be caused by bacteria and viruses, according to the American Academy of Microbiology. In a report, it says a huge number of conditions currently attributed to lifestyle and genetics, including psychiatric syndromes, could be down to microorganisms. "A number of chronic human illnesses are triggered, either directly or indirectly, by microorganisms," says Ronald Luftig of Louisiana State University Medical Centre, one of the authors of the report. -
The science and the ethics of operating on the brain
Udgivet den 1. november 2004 | Ingen kommentarerBrain surgery, in any form, to treat people with psychiatric illness was virtually abandoned after public outcry over the abuse of lobotomies half a century ago. But recent progress in neuroscience is igniting renewed interest in this field.
