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Cerebellar Ataxia/history , Cerebellum/abnormalities , Intellectual Disability/history , Ocular Motility Disorders/history , Respiration Disorders/history , Cerebellar Ataxia/genetics , Child, Preschool , Female , Genes, Recessive , History, 20th Century , Humans , Infant , Intellectual Disability/genetics , Male , Ocular Motility Disorders/genetics , Pedigree , Respiration Disorders/genetics , SyndromeABSTRACT
Report of a clinical case, where a new existential function (role of parent) has not been assumed, therefore post-partum reaction. The systemic elaboration of anterior phases (individuation, couple) allows an integration of the new role and renunciation of the symptom.
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Individuation , Labor, Obstetric , Marriage , Personality Development , Psychotic Disorders/psychology , Puerperal Disorders/psychology , Adult , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Mothers/psychology , Pregnancy , RoleABSTRACT
An efficient handling of cases of dementia cannot be realized by the application of a model of linear causality in which everything is related to organic symptoms; it requires an overall view in which all the factors involved are integrated as suggested by the systemic model.
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Dementia/therapy , Aged , Combined Modality Therapy , Dementia/psychology , Family , Family Therapy , Humans , Social EnvironmentSubject(s)
Mental Disorders/psychology , Nurse-Patient Relations , Violence , Adult , Communication , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
The uptake of tryptophan and tyrosine by the brain has been studied in 6 manic-depressive patients and in 8 schizophrenics. In an attempt to saturate the blood-brain transport mechanisms, this uptake has been evaluated by measuring the arteriovenous differences (arterial plasma-internal jugular plasma) of these two amino acids before and after perfusion with L-dopa and L-5-HTP. Considering a positive difference as an uptake and a negative one as an outflow, results show (1) in melancholia an uptake of tryptophan and an outflow of tyrosine; (2) in mania an uptake of tyrosine and an outflow of tryptophan, and (3) in schizophrenia an outflow of tryptophan accompanied with either an uptake or an outflow of tyrosine. In addition, the kinetics of tryptophan binding to plasma proteins and the ratio of tryptophan/tyrosine uptake are different in manic-depressive illness and in schizophrenia. These results support the view that a disturbance in the blood-brain transport mechanisms of tryptophan and tyrosine could be involved in the physiopathology of manic-depressive illness and schizophrenia.
