scholarly journals Mental health in the Plurinational State of Bolivia

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 88-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
South America ◽  
Capital City ◽  
La Paz ◽  
Sea Coast

Bolivia is a multicultural country located in the heart of South America. Neighbouring countries include Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Paraguay and Chile. It is a large nation, with an area of nearly 1100000 km2, although most of its territory was lost in wars. A particularly damaging loss was the sea coast, which was lost to Chile in the late 1800s. According to the constitution, Sucre is the capital city but La Paz is the seat of government and is often referred to as the capital.

Drinking Tubes on Archaeological Vessels from Western South America

1954 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-153
Author(s):  
Stig Rydén
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
The Body ◽  
Outer Side ◽  
Human Face ◽  
La Paz

In 1952 I had the opportunity of investigating about 70 slab cists in the province of Munecas, Bolivia. Among the vessels found in the graves there were a few goblets provided with a tubular protuberance on one side. As my collections and personal outfit are still detained by the Bolivian authorities, the appearance of these vessels is illustrated here only by a drawing of a vessel taken over by the Museo Nacional “Tihuanacu,” La Paz (Fig. 50). A similar but undecorated vessel from the same region, Tacacacoma, is published by Schmidt (1929: 256, and Fig. 2). On the latter vessel the tubular protuberance is joined to the body of the goblet by two bare. Other minor variations in vessels of this type appear in the shape of the goblets and in the shape and placing of the tubular protuberance. Sometimes, for instance, the tube is longer than on the vessels depicted here and very often a raised human face is found on the outer side opposite the tube.

TWO NEW SPECIES OF ANDEAN BEGONIA (BEGONIACEAE)

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. Tebbitt
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Type Species ◽  
La Paz ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Narrow Endemic ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Andean South America ◽  
Data Deficient ◽  
Sectional Classification

Two new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from Andean South America are described and illustrated. Begonia heliantha Tebbitt is classified in B. sect. Eupetalum and is known from the Puno Region of Peru and has also been tentatively identified from photographs taken in La Paz Department of Bolivia. Begonia urubambensis Tebbitt is affiliated with a group of species currently classified in B. sect. Knesebeckia. This group of species is informally named here the B. acerifolia group. Begonia sect. Knesebeckia is polyphyletic since the B. acerifolia group does not include the type species of the section. Ongoing research aims to recircumscribe this section. Begonia urubambensis is not assigned to a section given the changes needed to the sectional classification system. Begonia urubambensis is a narrow endemic of La Convención Province (Cusco Region) of Peru. Begonia heliantha is assigned the IUCN category of Data Deficient (DD), while B. urubambensis is assigned the IUCN category of Vulnerable (VU-D2).

scholarly journals First study on mental distress in Brazil during the COVID-19 crisis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen X. Zhang ◽  
Yifei Wang ◽  
Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi ◽  
Jianfeng Jia ◽  
Valentina Gomes Haensel Schmitt
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
South America ◽  
Mental Distress ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Primary Survey ◽  
Vulnerable Adults

AbstractObjectiveWe aim to provide the first evidence of mental distress and its associated predictors among adults in the ongoing COVID-19 crisis in Brazil.MethodsWe conducted a primary survey of 638 adults in Brazil on March 25–28, 2020, about one month (32 days) after the first COVID-19 case in South America was confirmed in São Paulo.ResultsIn Brazil, 52% (332) of the sampled adults experienced mild or moderate distress, and 18.8% (120) suffered severe distress. Adults who were female, younger, more educated, and exercised less reported higher levels of distress. Each individual’s distance from the Brazilian epicenter of São Paulo interacted with age and workplace attendance to predict the level of distress. The “typhoon eye effect” was stronger for people who were older or attended their workplace less. The most vulnerable adults were those who were far from the epicenter and did not go to their workplace in the week before the survey.ConclusionIdentifying the predictors of distress enables mental health services to better target finding and helping the more mentally vulnerable adults during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

scholarly journals Mental health training and education in South America: SUD World Project

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-33
Author(s):  
Christopher Symeon ◽  
Dewi Pritchard ◽  
Lucienne Aguirre ◽  
David Jimenez
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
South America ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Mental Health Training ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Health Training ◽  
Education Training ◽  
And Training

There is a clear interest in many countries in improving education, training and academic opportunities in mental health. The goal of SUD World Project is to create links between South America and Europe that will actively enhance education and training in mental health.

scholarly journals Public Interaction Fields of Parliament Chambers in the Countries of South America

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Bezuglya ◽  
Maria Afanasieva ◽  
Silva Arzumanova ◽  
Maria Rosenko ◽  
Lyudmila Svistunova
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
La Paz

Este artículo presenta el análisis del autor de los textos constitucionales de los países sudamericanos sobre la consolidación de campos de interacción universal entre las cámaras de los parlamentos. En el transcurso del estudio, se encontró que los campos de interacción típicos (universales) entre las cámaras del parlamento están representados por el ámbito legislativo (implementado en el transcurso de la adopción de leyes, celebrando reuniones conjuntas en diversas ocasiones); ámbito organizativo y de personal (prevé la participación consolidada de las cámaras durante la formación de los poderes públicos, así como el nombramiento de los funcionarios); la esfera de control, que está representada por tres tipos: personal y control (relacionado con la implementación del procedimiento de acusación contra el jefe de Estado, renuncia de altos funcionarios del Estado, expresión de desconfianza en el gobierno), organizacional y de control (se refiere a la formación de comisiones conjuntas permanentes y temporales por las cámaras del parlamento) y control financiero (asume la participación consolidada de las cámaras para la aprobación del presupuesto estatal); el ámbito internacional (se refiere a las actividades conjuntas de las cámaras en el curso de la ratificación o denuncia de tratados internacionales, la declaración del estado de guerra o la concertación de la paz). Se concluye que las esferas típicas de interacción entre las cámaras parlamentarias en los países sudamericanos demuestran los enfoques del legislador para el desarrollo de la interacción entre las cámaras parlamentarias.

Connecting Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Health in Dementia Caregivers from Colombia, South America

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul B. Perrin ◽  
Matthew Morgan ◽  
Eleni Aretouli ◽  
Megan Sutter ◽  
Daniel J. Snipes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
South America ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Dementia Caregivers ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

scholarly journals The politics and aesthetics of attraction in the Gran Poder festival: reflections on a 'methodology of affect'

1970 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nico Tassi
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Cultural Resistance ◽  
Emotional Involvement ◽  
La Paz ◽  
Religious Festival

For indigenous residents in Bolivia's capital city, La Paz, the religious festival of Gran Poder represents a fierce and proud expression of cultural resistance to the practices of the dominant creole sectors, and also an endeavour to entice the privileged other to the attractive dynamics of the festival. In this intercultural context, the interplay of resistance and inclusion attempts to redress the oppressive discriminating practices experienced by the urbanised indigenous. Such a delicate operation is ultimately performed not so much at a discursive level but rather through a series of aesthetic and performative practices where sensorial 'attraction' holds a pre-eminent value. After highlighting the functioning of such 'practices of attraction', I will move on to describe my involvement in them and analyse the challenges they pose to the ethnographic work and to the practices and demeanours of anthropology. If emotional involvement and sensorial engagement are qualities often discouraged in our academic upbringing, in this specific context they enabled me to bridge theory and practice and to 'understand in the flesh' field dynamics without considering the native's world as holding an epistemological disadvantage in relation to the anthropologist's. This personal physical involvement allowed me to take 'native conceptions' seriously, therefore using them and sensing the constraints our own disciplinary principles may exert on them.

scholarly journals Mental health in Argentina

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Moldavsky ◽  
Ceri Savage ◽  
Enrique Stein ◽  
Andy Blake
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
South America ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

Argentina, the second largest country in South America is a federation of 23 provinces and its capital, the autonomous city of Buenos Aires. Its population is a little over 40 million, 50% of whom reside in its five largest metropolitan areas. The rural areas are extensively under-populated. The city of Buenos Aires and its suburb contain 15.5 million inhabitants, making it one of the largest urban areas in the world.

Typology and zonation of stream benthos in Bolivian Andes. Region of La Paz — Bolivia — South America

1991 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 2085-2085
Author(s):  
J. G. Wasson ◽  
C. Dejoux ◽  
R. Marin
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
La Paz ◽  
Bolivian Andes ◽  
Andes Region
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