scholarly journals Mad and murderous: two matricides reported by the Italian press before and after the Basaglia law

2005 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
pp. A01
Author(s):  
Silvia Bencivelli

This study presents the results of a qualitative analysis based on 13 crime news articles from Italian newspapers, to show that the belief that mental disorder predisposes many of those suffering from it to behave violently has endured, though the 180 bill was passed 25 years ago. Although the question has already been addressed by social psychologists and psychiatrists, it has not been discussed in great detail by science communication. However, this considers crime articles in newspapers as very interesting examples of indirect communication on health issues, where common belief prevails. The articles analyzed were about two matricides dating back to 1972 and 2001 respectively. The analysis showed that the belief that people with mental illnesses are recognizable, antisocial, can behave violently and cannot recover, has endured over many years. Nevertheless, statements about people with mental disorders are more accurate and the idea that the risk of violence among released mental patients is predictable, has been set aside.

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (07) ◽  
pp. 831-840
Author(s):  
Avani S Bhuva ◽  
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Dr. Dhirendra Mishra ◽  

Mental disorder is becoming one of the major health issues in society today. (WHO) depression will be the leading mental disorder all over the world by 2030. The timely prediction of such disorders is very essential for maintaining the health of human beings. These mental disorders are associated with different symptoms, some of these symptoms are visible in the form of facial expressions, gestures, change in voice modulation, etc. and some of them even cannot be noticed by naked eyes. Therefore, it is highly important to collect appropriate verbal and non-verbal symptom details about any individual along with using best-suited algorithms for accurate prediction using information technology. This paper explores different types of such symptoms associated with different types of mental disorders, their causes, and existing prediction-based solutions. The paper further presents the critical analysis of these aspects and proposes usages of biometrics-based traits for building better prediction systems for mental disorders.


Author(s):  
Adriesti Herdaetha ◽  
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Aris Sudiyanto ◽  
RB Sumanto ◽  
Endang Sutisna Suleman ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Background: It’s a stressor to have a family of mental illnesses. Financial, social, psychological, and physical burdens are created by looking after people with mental disorders. For the patient, the family is the informal caregiver. It is important to discuss, with a great burden, how social capital can be developed and how the role of social capital is played in treating people with mental disorders. The research was carried out on Javanese individuals who have a cultural structure that prioritizes the importance of peace in collective life. Not only the nuclear family, but also the extended family and the larger community are active in the life of Javanese society. This study aimed to describe the social capital phenomenology study among people who treat mental disorder caregivers. Subjects and Method: This was a qualitative study using a phenomenological study approach. The study was carried out in Surakarta City, Central Java, in September and October 2019. These study subjects were people who were carers for people with mental disorders. The sample was taken using purposive sampling technique. Data were collected using in-depth interviews and observation. Qualitative data analysis was obtained by means of data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions and verification. Data reliability was carried out using NVivo 12 software. Data validity was done by matching the results of interviews with observations, as well as multiple interviews. Results: Data was collected from four respondents with different demographic backgrounds. Six themes were obtained, namely 1) trust in God, government, family, and neighbors; 2) The role of family and neighbors in seeking help; 3) The role of family and neighbors in caring for patients; 4) building social networks; 5) Participation in society; and 6) Social capital is dynamic. Conclusion: The respondents are found to have the same social cognitive capital, but different social structural capital. The level of education, the economic level, self-esteem, and the behavior of people with mental disorders are influenced by structural social capital. Family and neighbors can have a positive or negative role in looking after people with mental disorders. They also play a role in the decision to seek assistance for individuals with mental disorders. Keywords: mental disorders, carers, social capital Correspondence: Adriesti Herdaetha. Doctoral Program of Community Development / Empowerment, Universitas Sebelas Maret. Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A, Surakarta, Central Java. Email: [email protected]. Mobile: +628122582995 DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.01.40


2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-29
Author(s):  
Svetlana V Kiryukhina ◽  
Olga V Gulina ◽  
Vyacheslav G Podsevatkin ◽  
Galina N Kukina ◽  
Yevgeniya Yu Yurasova ◽  
...  

Background. The trend of recent years is a steady increase in mental illness among the population. according to the statistics of the ministry of health of the russian federation, mental disorders were classified as socially significant diseases in russia in 2018. Thus, the absolute number of patients with a first-time diagnosis of a mental disorder who applied for counseling and treatment in the Russian Federation in 2018 was 379818, which is 3.4% more than in 2017. [20,21,22,23,24] the number of patients with a first-time diagnosis of " mental disorder (except for diseases related to the use of psychoactive substances)" taken under dispensary observation in the republic of mordovia in the same year was 35.5 per 100,000 population. In addition, mental illnesses are in third place among disabling diseases, second only to malignant neoplasms and diseases of the circulatory system. In the structure of repeated disability by class of diseases, this group of diseases is 9%, and the lion's share falls on people of working age. Thus, there is a steady increase in mental illnesses, as well as disability due to them [1], [3]. The question arises of the need to study the patterns of disability formation in order to further develop theories and concepts of ways to protect human health, prevent disability, assess the rehabilitation potential and prognosis, develop rehabilitation measures that improve social adaptation and integration of patients in the family and society. The aim- study of the patterns of disability formation due to organic mental disorders in the Republic of Mordovia, taking into account age characteristics and severity of disability, which is important for the development of comprehensive measures for the prevention of morbidity, early diagnosis and rehabilitation of this group of people. Materials and methods. The analysis included information from the statistical collections of Rosstat and approved forms of state statistics No. 7-sobes for 2019. The data of all first-time persons recognized as disabled due to mental disorders in the Republic of Mordovia for 2014-2019 on the basis of the ITU information base for the Republic of Mordovia are analyzed using a continuous method. Results. Having analyzed the data of all first-time persons recognized as disabled due to mental disorders in the Republic of Mordovia for 2014-2019 on the basis of the ITU information base for the Republic of Mordovia, it was concluded that a significant place in the structure of disability is occupied by organic mental disorders. The percentage of people with organic mental disorders among those first recognized as disabled 18 years and older over the past five years is significant and stable, ranging from 20.1 (in 2017) to 25.1 (in 2014). In the structure of patients who were diagnosed with disability with this diagnosis, there is a predominance of repeated patients over primary ones (by 23.6 %), and it should be noted that this pathology is more common in men (71% of the total number of persons (or in the population) with the above diagnosis). Patients with both primary and re-recognized disabilities with a diagnosis of "Organic mental disorder" were more often assigned to the third group of disability (62% of cases among primary, 57.4% among repeated). Also, the third group of disability prevails regardless of the patient's gender. The study of age-related features of disability due to organic mental disorders in the Republic of Mordovia in 2019 showed that organic mental disorders are most often found in the working-age population. In addition, the proportion of young people (from 18 years to 44 years) is high, it is 59.2% for men, 50% for women. Conclusions. Given the steady increase in mental illness and disability as a result of it, it is necessary to study the theories and concepts of medical and social expertise and rehabilitation of patients suffering from mental disorders. The role of fundamental and applied research in the field of medical and social expertise and medical and social rehabilitation is significant in order to create ways to protect human health, prevent disability, and develop factors that improve social adaptation and integration of patients in the family and society. in order to develop such concepts, it is necessary to study the structure of disability, the patterns of formation, and the peculiarities of the influence of age and gender factors.


BJPsych Open ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fenglian Xu ◽  
Elizabeth Sullivan ◽  
Colin Binns ◽  
Caroline S. E. Homer

BackgroundMental disorders of women during the postnatal period are a major public health problem. Compared with women's mental disorders, much less attention has been paid to men's mental disorders in the perinatal period. To date, there have been no reports in the literature describing secular changes of both maternal and paternal hospital admissions for mental disorders over the period covering the year before pregnancy (non-parents), during pregnancy (expectant parents) and up to the first year after birth (parents) based on linked parental data. The co-occurrences of couples' hospital admissions for mental disorders have not previously been investigated.AimsTo describe maternal and paternal hospital admissions for mental disorders before and after birth. To compare the co-occurrences of parents' hospital admissions for mental disorder in the perinatal period.MethodThis is a cohort study using paired parents' population data from the New South Wales (NSW) Perinatal Data Collection (PDC), Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (RBDM) and Admitted Patients Data Collection (APDC). The study included all parents (n=196 669 couples) who gave birth to their first child in NSW between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2009.ResultsThe hospital admission rate for women with a principal mental disorder diagnosis in the period between the year before pregnancy and the first year after birth was significantly higher than that for men. Parents' mental disorders influenced each other. If a man was admitted to hospital with a principal mental disorder diagnosis, his wife or partner was more likely to be admitted to hospital with a principal mental disorder diagnosis compared with women whose partner had not had a hospital admission, andvice versa.ConclusionsMothers' mental disorders after birth increased more significantly than fathers. However, fathers' mental disorders significantly impacted the co-occurrence of mothers' mental disorders.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurdiana Siahaan ◽  
Omi Haryati ◽  
Nur Halimah

Patients with mental disorder need the regularly strong support system from their surroundings, one of the support system that most closely is the family including the parents and other people that live together with the clients. Knowledge of Caregivers about carrying patients with mental disorders is very important. Sometimes they faced some troubles because lack of knowledge how to care patient with the mental disorder,  This research aim is to know the effectiveness of milieu therapy toward Caregivers knowledge, attitudes, and the response of the recurrence for patients with mental disorder. The research methodology used a quasi-experiment pretest and posttest design.  Using by purposive sampling  35 respondents were involved in this study. The research took place in Jakarta, Indonesia. The results of research is that the knowledge of caregiver before and after the intervention of the very means where the P value, 0.000, There is no difference about attitude  caregivers before and after the intervention towards occurrence with P value is 0,402, There is a difference before and after intervention of caregiver to the patient for doing milieu therapy with p-value 0.000. Conclusion: Milieu therapy made the patient with mental disorder having activities in their daily living, so there is no time for thinking the past days that made recurrence.


Psychiatry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 16-25
Author(s):  
N. S. Karpova ◽  
O. S. Brusov ◽  
I. V. Oleichik ◽  
M. I. Faktor ◽  
N. S. Levchenko ◽  
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Background: currently, it has been proven that the pathogenesis of endogenous mental disorders is associated with the process of neuroinflammation in the brain of patients. It is also known that chronic neuroinflammation, accompanied by a violation the permeability of the blood-brain barrier. It is accompanied by the activation of platelets that generate procoagulant microparticles, which leads to a disturbance of the hemostasis system, causing an increase in blood clotting in patients. Objective: to investigate the dynamics of procoagulant activity of blood in patients with endogenous mental disorders before and after psychopharmacotherapy.Patients and methods: the study included 185 patients aged 16 to 64 years with the following mental disorders: schizophrenia with attack-like/attack-progressive/continuous type of course (F20.00–2), affective disease (F31.1–5; F32.0–3; F33.0–3), schizotypal disorder with affective fluctuations (F21.3–4). The thrombodynamic test (TD) was performed on T-2 Trombodynamis device according to the manufacturer’s instructions (Hemacore LLC, Moscow, Russia). All patients received standard pharmacotherapy according to their condition.Results: a significant decrease of procoagulant activity of spontaneous clots in the patients’ blood after psychopharmacological treatment is observed. Our data on the positive dynamics of changes in the values of TD test’s indicators in most of the examined patients suggest that a decrease in the coagulation activity of the patients’ blood as a result of treatment may be associated with the anti- inflammatory effect of antipsychotics and antidepressants.Conclusion: for the first time, it was shown that there is a positive dynamic in changing the values of the main parameters of the TD test in most patients with endogenous mental diseases. The results of TD tests can be the basis for monitoring the response to therapy.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Mewton ◽  
Briana Lees ◽  
Lindsay Squeglia ◽  
Miriam K. Forbes ◽  
Matthew Sunderland ◽  
...  

Categorical mental disorders are being recognized as suboptimal targets in clinical neuroscience due to poor reliability as well as high rates of heterogeneity within, and comorbidity between, mental disorders. As an alternative to the case-control approach, recent studies have focused on the relationship between neurobiology and latent dimensions of psychopathology. The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between brain structure and psychopathology in the critical preadolescent period when psychopathology is emerging. This study included baseline data from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study® (n = 11,721; age range = 9-10 years; male = 52.2%). General psychopathology, externalizing, internalizing, and thought disorder dimensions were based on a higher-order model of psychopathology and estimated using Bayesian plausible values. Outcome variables included global and regional cortical volume, thickness, and surface area. Higher levels of psychopathology across all dimensions were associated with lower volume and surface area globally, as well as widespread and pervasive alterations across the majority of cortical and subcortical regions studied, after adjusting for sex, race/ethnicity, and parental education. The relationships between general psychopathology and brain structure were attenuated when adjusting for cognitive functioning. There was evidence of a relationship between externalizing psychopathology and frontal regions of the cortex that was independent of general psychopathology. The current study identified lower cortical volume and surface area as transdiagnostic biomarkers for general psychopathology in preadolescence. The widespread and pervasive relationships between general psychopathology and brain structure may reflect cognitive dysfunction that is a feature across a range of mental illnesses.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusuf Efendi ◽  
Errix Kristian Julianto

ABSTRAKDiera perkembangan jaman saat ini, beberapa keluarga dihadapkan dengan permasalahna tentang adanya angggota keluarga yeng mengaami gangguan jiwa, tak jarang keluarga tidak mengetahui bagaimana merawat angota keluarga dengan gangguan jiwa. Self help group pada keluarga dengan gangguan jiwa perlu dilakukan untuk membantu keluarga mengatasi permasalahannya yang diselesaikan bersama dalam kelompok. Manfaat yang didapatkan pada terapi ini adalah terdapatnya peningkatan pengetahuan keluarga tentang Skizofrenia. Peningkatan pengetahuan ini akan berdampak terhadap kemampuan keluarga dalam merawat klien Skizofrenia..Desain penelitian ini menggunakan desain pre eksperimental dengan rancangan one group pre-posttest design. Sampel pada penelitian ini adalah keluarga penderita Skizofrenia di PKU Jiwa Kalitidu yang berjumlah 32. . Data dikumpulkan menggunakan kuesioner kemudian dianalisis dengan menggunakan uji Wolcoxon sign dengan tingkat kemaknaan 0,05. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kondisi responden sebelum dan sesudah dilakukan intervensi dengan self help group pada kemampuan merawat dengan  nilai uji wilcoxon sebesar 0,001 yang berarti ada pengaruh dari intervensi self help group dengan merawat keluarga dengan gangguan jiwa. Kata Kunci       : Self Help Group, Kemampuan Merawat, Skizofrenia   ABSTRACT. In the current era of development, some families are faced with problems about family members who suffer from mental disorders, often families do not know how to care for family members with mental disorders. Self help groups for families with mental disorders need to be done to help families overcome the problems that are solved together in a group. The benefit of this therapy is that there is an increase in family knowledge about Schizophrenia. This increase in knowledge will have an impact on the ability of families to care for Schizophrenia clients.The design of this study used a pre-experimental design with one group pre-posttest design. The sample in this study was the families of Schizophrenics in  Kalitidu public helath centre, amounting to 32.. Data were collected using a questionnaire and then analyzed using the Wolcoxon sign test with a significance level of 0.05.The results showed that the condition of the respondents before and after the intervention with self help group on the ability to care for Wilcoxon test value of 0.001, which means there is an influence of self help group intervention by caring for families with mental disorders. Keywords: Self Help Group, Caring Ability, Schizophrenia


BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. e041371
Author(s):  
Alyssa Howren ◽  
J Antonio Aviña-Zubieta ◽  
Deborah Da Costa ◽  
Joseph H Puyat ◽  
Hui Xie ◽  
...  

ObjectiveTo evaluate the association between having arthritis and the perceived need for mental healthcare and use of mental health support among individuals with mental disorders.DesignA cross-sectional analysis using data from Canadian Community Health Survey—Mental Health (2012).SettingThe survey was administered across Canada’s 10 provinces using multistage cluster sampling.ParticipantsThe study sample consisted of individuals reporting depression, anxiety or bipolar disorder.Study variables and analysisThe explanatory variable was self-reported doctor-diagnosed arthritis, and outcomes were perceived need for mental healthcare and use of mental health support. We computed overall and gender-stratified multivariable binomial logistic regression models adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, income and geographical region.ResultsAmong 1774 individuals with a mental disorder in the study sample, 436 (20.4%) reported having arthritis. Arthritis was associated with increased odds of having a perceived need for mental healthcare (adjusted OR (aOR) 1.71, 95% CI 1.06 to 2.77). In the gender-stratified models, this association was increased among men (aOR 2.69, 95% CI 1.32 to 5.49) but not women (aOR 1.48, 95% CI 0.78 to 2.82). Evaluation of the association between arthritis and use of mental health support resulted in an aOR of 1.50 (95% CI 0.89 to 2.51). Individuals with arthritis tended to use medications and professional services as opposed to non-professional support.ConclusionComorbid arthritis among individuals with a mental disorder was associated with an increased perceived need for mental healthcare, especially in men, underscoring the importance of understanding the role of masculinity in health seeking. Assessing the mental health of patients with arthritis continues to be essential for clinical care.


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