Acute psychiatric illness in a young woman: an unusual form of encephalitis

2009 ◽  
Vol 191 (5) ◽  
pp. 284-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaitlyn L Parratt ◽  
Martin Allan ◽  
Simon J G Lewis ◽  
Josep Dalmau ◽  
Gabor M Halmagyi ◽  
...  
Romanticism ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 284-296
Author(s):  
Dennis Loranger ◽  
Barry Milligan

De Quincey's ‘Confessions of an English Opium-Eater’ (1821) and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique (1830) both take an unusual form in which seemingly digressive wanderings coalesce around an obsessively repeated motif: in both cases, an idealized young woman whose evasive near-presence is continually suggested through minimally varied repetitions of formal elements the artist associates with her. Although others have noted similarities between the two works – chiefly that both foreground a young artist-protagonist's opium visions – the works' structural parallels have been little discussed. This essay argues that an analysis of the commonalities between these strikingly similar formal innovations supplements previous arguments in significant ways, illuminating the oeuvres of both Berlioz and De Quincey as well as aspects of Romantic formal experimentation in general.


1990 ◽  
Vol 156 (3) ◽  
pp. 442-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. S. Devan

A case of paranoid psychosis induced by phentermine in a young woman with no previous history of psychiatric illness is presented.


1983 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-243
Author(s):  
Samuel Pieper
Keyword(s):  

1996 ◽  
Vol 75 (06) ◽  
pp. 980-980
Author(s):  
G Orefice ◽  
L Soriente ◽  
A M Cerbone ◽  
M Coppola ◽  
R Lanzillo ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Dr. Mukesh Batra

Background: Leukoderma is an acquired disease of pigmentation which is presented by depigmented areas of different shape and sizes on the skin. In various researches it was reported that these defects in melanocytes occurred due to autoimmune pathway or the complex causation of oxidative stress and genetics. Material & Methods: In the present cross‑sectional prospective study 100 patients who were diagnosed with Leukoderma and controls who were not having depigmentation of skin and without any known clinical disease were enrolled for present study by simple random sampling. Written informed consent was taken from each study participant. Clearance from institutional ethical committee was also taken prior to the study. Results: The prevalence of psychiatric illness among leukoderma group was 22% and among 78% patients we did not found any psychiatric illness. The most common symptom was depression which was present among 22% of patients with Leukoderma and 18% patients with Leukoderma had anxiety symptoms. Among the control group depression was present in 5 % subjects and anxiety symptoms were present in 7% of subjects. The mean WHO-Quality of life scores was low among Leukoderma group in relation to the control group (p value <0.05). On correlation with psychiatric illness, observations were statistically non-significant (p > 0.05) with HAMA-A and HAMA- D. The observations were statistically significant (p < 0.05) with GHQ total and BSA score. Conclusion:  Higher prevalence of psychitric morbidity among patients with leukoderma and it was found associated with duration of disease and BSA scores. The most common symptom was depression which was followed by anxiety symptoms. Key words: Leukoderma, psychiatric illness, anxiety, depression.


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