scholarly journals Resentment: neurosciences applied to psychoanalysis, a transdisciplinary theoretical essay

2021 ◽  
pp. 133-146
Author(s):  
Paulo de Mello ◽  
Edna Bertini ◽  
Lázaro Luiz Trindade Freire ◽  
Débora Damasceno Jacinto ◽  
Tássia Monteiro Borges
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Magnetic Stimulation ◽  
Neural Circuits ◽  
Freudian Psychoanalysis ◽  
Psychopharmacological Intervention ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Mental Operations ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Biological Nature

With this article we aim to present a transdisciplinary conception of the relationship between neuroscience and psychoanalysis, especially Kleinian, in the field of epiphenomenos linked to resentment, its meaning and fundamental mechanisms of a psychoanalytic and biological nature. The article is the result of a theoretical-qualitative study based on the experience of the authors, some with more than 30 years of clinical experience in the area of mental health, psychoanalysis and neuroscience, added to a bibliographic review that consists mainly of books in the field of psychoanalysis, analysis and Freudian psychoanalysis, Kleinian and Jungian, a total of 21 books researched, as well as articles in the field of neuroscience. Researched in the PubMed, Medline and Scielo databases in the period between 2000 and 2020. Epistemological trimming involves elements such as objectual relationship, neurotransmitters, structures and neural circuits involved in the phenomenon of resentment. Texts that were outside the qualitative and transdisciplinary scope of the study of the text were excluded. We use the intuitive-interpretative method whose conclusion reinforces the viability of the understanding of psychoanalytic phenomena such as psychic determinism and object relations via intersection with neurobiological mechanisms that are developed through mental operations (mentalization), and psychopharmacological intervention and neuromodulation by transcranian magnetic stimulation, thus expanding knowledge on the subject for the areas in question.

scholarly journals STAGE PERSONA, STAND-UP COMEDY AND MENTAL HEALTH: ‘PUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE’

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-82
Author(s):  
MATT HARGRAVE
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Stand Up Comedy ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship

This article addresses the subject of stand-up and mental health through the prism of comic persona, generating new, non-diagnostic discourses around mental illness. The article focuses on British and Australian comedians whose material addresses conditions such as bipolar disorder (John Scott), depression and anxiety (Seymour Mace; Lauren Pattison; Felicity Ward), or feigns the staging of mental collapse (Stewart Lee). Based on the analysis of live events and one-on-one interviews, the essay considers the role that persona plays in mediating the relationship between the comedian and their material, arguing that shaping persona is key to developing practices framed within a poetics of vulnerability.

Setting the Scene

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
John Zerilli
Keyword(s):  
Neural Circuits ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Basic Assumptions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Basic Argument ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The modularity of mind has been understood in various ways, amended as evidence from neuroscience has forced the theory to shed various structural assumptions. Neuroplasticity has, for better or worse, challenged many of the orthodox conceptions of the mind that originally led cognitive scientists to postulate mental modules. Similarly, rapidly accumulating neuroscientific evidence of the reuse or redeployment of neural circuits, revealing the integrated and interactive structure of brain regions, has upset basic assumptions about the relationship of function to structure upon which modularity—not to say neuroscience itself—originally depended. These movements, developments, and cross-currents are the subject of this book. This chapter outlines the basic argument of the book and its motivation.

The relationship between religiosity and mental health problems among adolescents in Malaysia: a qualitative study

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 794-804
Author(s):  
Idayu Idris ◽  
Rozita Hod ◽  
Azmawati Mohammed Nawi ◽  
Qistina Mohd Ghazali ◽  
Nornatasha Azida Anuar
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Mental Health Perceptions from Artwork

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. p42
Author(s):  
Alexei Sammut ◽  
Paulann Grech ◽  
Michael Galea ◽  
Margaret Mangion ◽  
Josianne Scerri
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Emotional Expression ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Health Perceptions ◽  
Mental Health Awareness ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Art Collection ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between artwork and mental health has been the subject of various research endeavours. Whilst artwork has been long used as a means of emotional expression, it is also a method of raising mental health awareness. In this study, an art collection was presented to depict the challenges faced by many individuals living with a mental illness. Through a series of open-ended questions, twenty-nine participants were requested to give a title to each piece and to describe the perceived message and emotions related to each painting. The thematic analysis process of the participants’ descriptions led to the identification of three themes, namely those of Darkness, Solitude and Recovery. Whilst congruence was often observed between the participants themselves and between the viewers and the artist, discrepancies were also noted. Artwork can be an important medium in addressing stigma and in guiding reflections on mental health topics.

scholarly journals Suicide in secure psychiatric facilities

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 408-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harvey Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Potential Hazard ◽  
Time Of Death ◽  
Mental Health Legislation ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
Harm To Others ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Health Legislation ◽  
The Relationship

Suicide may be defined as intentional self-killing, although the definition has been the subject of critical review (Fairbairn, 1995). As the determination of whether intent was present at the time of death by suicide can be difficult, coroner's inquests tend to underestimate the number of suicides. At the time of suicide, the vast majority of people are suffering from some form of mental disorder, although there may, exceptionally, be a few rational suicides. Suicide is a relatively uncommon event, but the possibility of suicide by those with mental disorders is always a potential hazard faced by health and allied professionals responsible for their care. Detention of a patient in hospital under mental health legislation is often precipitated by concern regarding risk of self-harm and/or risk of harm to others and potential for absconding and, at times, admission to a locked or secure facility is necessary. Detained patients in secure facilities include both offender patients, admitted through the courts or transferred during sentence from prison, and patients on civil orders under sections 2 or 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983. The relationship between suicidal behaviour and that which is violent or homicidal is complex but relevant to an understanding of the phenomenon of suicide in secure conditions.

Rhyme and Reason: The Relationship between Creative Writing and Mental Wellbeing

1997 ◽  
Vol 60 (12) ◽  
pp. 525-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine M Jensen ◽  
Sheena E E Blair
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Creative Writing ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Nominal Group Technique ◽  
Nominal Group ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Writing Group ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between creative writing and mental wellbeing is the subject of much debate and is often founded on conjecture and supposition. The aim of this small study was to explore the relationship between creative writing and mental wellbeing, with the cooperation of 14 adults who had all been users of mental health services and were involved in a creative writing group in the community. Qualitative data were collected from an interview (with the group facilitator), observation (of the group over a period of four group sessions) and the nominal group technique (to elicit the beliefs and opinions of the group itself). The findings of the study were two-fold. Firstly, there was a tension between the cathartic expression of thoughts and feelings and the production of quality writings and, secondly, the notion of stigmatisation as a result of being a user of mental health services emerged. This explorative study, carried out in an urban Scottish context, indicated a covert relationship between creative writing as a product (rhyme) and its therapeutic by-products which affect an individual's mental wellbeing (reason).

Ethical Madness? Khady Sylla's Documentary Practice in Une Fenêtre ouverte

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bronwen Pugsley
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
The Self ◽  
Academic Interest ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship

The Senegalese artist Khady Sylla, most celebrated for her writing, is a highly accomplished filmmaker whose innovative and challenging autobiographical documentary on mental health, Une Fenêtre ouverte (2005), has been the subject of very little academic interest. This paper will read Une Fenêtre ouverte as a poetic, performative, and reflexive autobiographical documentary, focusing in particular on the ethical implications and formal innovations of Khady Sylla's documentary practice. My reading of this film will therefore be primarily informed by the points of tension and ambiguity in the relationship between the filmmaker and her main participant, which require an engagement with the issues of responsibility and consent. I will also demonstrate the significance of this relationship in terms of the self and the therapeutic nature of the autobiographical endeavour. Finally, this essay will highlight innovative formal aspects of Une Fenêtre ouverte, such as the visibility of the apparatus, evidence of staging, and the centrality of self-performance.

scholarly journals Live-In Relationships in India—Legal and Psychological Implications

2021 ◽  
pp. 263183182097458
Author(s):  
Choudhary Laxmi Narayan ◽  
Mridula Narayan ◽  
Mridula Deepanshu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Self ◽  
Female Partner ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Living Together ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship

Live-in relationship, that is, living together as couple without being married to each other in a legally accepted way, is considered a taboo in India. But recently, such relationships are being increasingly common due to a variety of reasons. In absence of any specific legislation, rules, or customs on the subject, the Supreme Court has issued certain guidelines in its judgment for regulating such relationships. This article tries to figure out the current legal positions governing the live-in relationships in India after making a systemic assessment of these judgments. Live-in relationship between two consenting adults is not considered illegal and if the couple present themselves to the society as husband and wife and live together for a significant period of time, the relationship is considered to be a relationship “in the nature of marriage” under the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, 2005. Consequently, the female partner is entitled to claim alimony under its provisions. Children born out of such relationships are considered legitimate and entitled to get share in the self-acquired property of their parents, though they are not entitled for a coparcenary share in the Hindu undivided family property. Live-in relationships may enable the couple to know each other better, but such no-strings-attached relationship has its disadvantages as well. The couple faces multiple social and logistics problems in day-to-day living. From mental health point of view, it is considered better to be engaged in a good-quality relationship than living alone and having no relation at all.

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