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SECOND EDITION 2023 KIRKUS BOOK REVIEW "Roaming, conversational musings on psychiatry principles and phenomena." ABOUT THE BOOK This volume contains the principal elements preoccupying modern Psychiatry. The author introduces the reader into all mental illnesses, on the one hand through real examples deriving from his rich clinical experience and on the other explaining in simple terms the ‘fault’ that is the underlying cause. It is in essence an interesting investigation into the magical world of the human brain. Using easily comprehended language, the author provides convincing explanations for the diverse mental functions. The models he expounds on bring mental illness down to earth f...
"While a bit uneven, this vivid work delivers a smorgasbord of practical ideas and fun recipes." – Kirkus Review How can I make sure that my child is well nourished? How can I restore good relations between parents and children in our family?” Only people with a first-hand experience with fussy and picky children can fully grasp the challenge for the family. In this guide, three renowned professionals join forces to help families deal effectively with the issue: Pavlos Sakkas, a professor of psychiatry, analyses step by step how the family meal may well turn into a conflict between child and parents, emphasises the danger of the ever-lurking anorexia nervosa and shows how to eliminate th...
"While a bit uneven, this vivid work delivers a smorgasbord of practical ideas and fun recipes." – Kirkus Review *** How can I make sure that my child is well nourished? How can I restore good relations between parents and children in our family?” Only people with a first-hand experience with fussy and picky children can fully grasp the challenge for the family. In this guide, three renowned professionals join forces to help families deal effectively with the issue: Pavlos Sakkas, a professor of psychiatry, analyses step by step how the family meal may well turn into a conflict between child and parents, emphasises the danger of the ever-lurking anorexia nervosa and shows how to eliminat...
From the emergence of clinical sleep medicine marked by the establishment of the harbinger Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic in the mid 1970s, offspring sleep dis- ders clinics and centers have grown exponentially with the recognition of the unmet diagnostic and treatment needs of the reservoir of patients suffering from sy- toms of what are now recognized and classi?ed as the nosology of human sleep disorders. Important in the growing armamentarium of treatment options for the sleep practitioner are both traditional and newer pharmacological agents, including over-the-counter, non-traditional, and prescription types, that are all used to treat, sometimes adjunctively, most clinically recogniz...
Guidelines for relations with parents, siblings, companions and one's children. The book addressing every challenged and questioning person who cogitates a problem, including professionals of mental health, who will find in it new methods of approach along the hazardous paths of the human soul.
O suicídio assistido é analisado em nossa realidade constitucional através desta obra, visando delimitar conceitos: autonomia, dignidade da pessoa humana, eutanásia, ortotanásia, distanásia, mistanásia e o do próprio suicídio assistido. A questão é: a Carta Magna de 1988 e o ordenamento jurídico admitem a prática? Para atingir essa finalidade, parte-se do estudo de vida digna e da autonomia, buscando compreender se para a dignidade, no e do "indivíduo", fala-se em vida técnico-mecânica ou em vida digna. São identificados os direitos fundamentais em questão e revisitados os conceitos de restrição e de renúncia. A obra verifica ainda a criminalização dos tipos penais rel...
This book compiles the contributions presented at the First ECI Conference on Geopolymers: The route to eliminate waste and emissions in ceramic and cement manufacturing held in Hernstein, Austria in June, 2015. The book includes the plenary lecture of Dr. Davidovits, whose 80th birthday was celebrated during the event, jointly with the summaries of the three Round Tables.
With an increase of the population of elderly people in modern society due to advances in medicine and healthcare facilities, there is also an increase in the incidence and duration of chronic illnesses. Similarly, advanced age is considered a significant determinant of depression and poor quality of life. Additionally, the provision of therapies relevant to chronic diseases addresses the issues beyond the concept of cure, bringing to the center the need for a dignified quality of life of patients. An increased interest in quality of life is observed in patients who suffer from chronic diseases, including those with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). End-stage kidney disease patients have a hi...