scholarly journals Tendenser i dansk lyrik fra 2010’erne

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (85) ◽  
pp. 63-80
Author(s):  
Peter Stein Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Long Poem ◽  
Alternative Reading ◽  
Gender Criticism

The article discusses six important trends within Danish poetry from 2010-2020, namely 1) ecocriticism, 2) gender criticism, 3) ugly feelings, 4) physical illness, 5) mental illness, and 6) race, migration and refugee crisis. Overall, the poetry of the 2010s shows a renewal in three areas: the poetic subject that differs from the modernist subject, the use of the long poem and a sampling style, and the alternative reading strategies.

From governmentality to solidarity: George Drivas’ Laboratory of Dilemmas

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthi Argyriou
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Visual Narrative ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Local Populations ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Relational Perspective ◽  
Close Analysis ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Alternative Reading

In the context of current trends in contemporary art on migration, this article undertakes a close analysis of George Drivas’ installation Laboratory of Dilemmas (2017). It delineates the response this work offers to dominant discourses of the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ and explores how contemporary art can intervene critically in these discourses. In Laboratory of Dilemmas, Drivas articulates an audio-visual narrative in which the dilemma of accepting or rejecting the ‘foreign(er)’ is played out in two distinct registers: that of a biology experiment allegedly conducted in the 1960s and that of a millennia-old literary text, Aeschylus’ Suppliant Women. The analysis of the installation will answer the following questions: How do the themes of governmentality, biopolitics and hospitality come into play? In what ways does the artwork undermine the established ‘foreign’/‘native’ dichotomy and how does it foster a space of potentiality between incoming and local populations? Looking at the exemplary biopolitical setting of the artwork and taking stock of existing interpretations, I propose an alternative reading that sees the work overturning the governmentality paradigm in favour of a profoundly inclusive and relational perspective.

Service Utilization and Psychiatric Diagnosis in Pediatric Primary Care: The Role of the Gatekeeper

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-441
Author(s):  
Elizabeth J. Costello ◽  
Barbara J. Burns ◽  
Anthony J. Costello ◽  
Craig Edelbrock ◽  
Mina Dulcan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Service Use ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
High Specificity ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
User Group ◽  
Psychiatric Disturbance ◽  
Health Maintenance ◽  
Offset Effect

Levels of morbidity in 789 children 7 to 11 years of age attending two primary care pediatric clinics in a health maintenance organization were examined in relation to psychiatric disturbance. Physical morbidity was measured as mean number of illness episodes per year enrolled, based on the child's medical record. Two measures of psychiatric disturbance were compared: the pediatricians' judgment and a detailed assessment using standard psychiatric interviews with parent and child. Children identified by pediatricians as disturbed had more than twice as many physical illness episodes as nonidentified children. Children identified by the standard psychiatric assessment had the same number of physical illness episodes as nondisturbed children. Pediatricians showed high specificity but low sensitivity to mental illness. Their sensitivity in the high user group was double that in the low user group. These results suggest that (1) the association between mental illness and high use may be, in part, the result of the confounding factor of physicians' judgment; (2) in settings where primary care practitioners serve as "gatekeepers" to mental health services, the offset effect of lower medical service use following psychiatric treatment may be partially explained by this; (3) the source of referral must be taken into account when assessing the offset effect in other settings.

Health of Mind and Body

2019 ◽  
pp. 89-104
Author(s):  
Andrew E. Clark ◽  
Sarah Flèche ◽  
Richard Layard ◽  
Nattavudh Powdthavee ◽  
George Ward
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Mind And Body ◽  
External Causes

This chapter argues that both physical and mental health are hugely important for an enjoyable life. Illnesses of either type can be devastating. But the chapter asserts that mental illness explains more of the misery in society than physical illness does, and more than either poverty or unemployment. It also explains more of the variation in life-satisfaction. Moreover, mental illness in one generation is frequently transmitted to the next. But many existing studies of life-satisfaction ignore mental illness. Implicitly they assume that misery and mental illness are the same thing. However, the chapter argues that this is quite wrong. Many things can cause low life-satisfaction, some of them directly and others indirectly by causing mental illness. But there are also sources of mental illness that are uncorrelated with any of the obvious external causes like poverty, unemployment, separation, or bereavement.

Use of Social Networking Sites by People with Health Issues

2017 ◽  
pp. 40-60
Author(s):  
Tatsuya Imai
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
The Impact

Previous studies have found that the use of social networking sites (SNSs) is associated with the user's positive outcomes such as perceived social support and psychological well-being (Ellison, Steinfield, & Lampe, 2007; Nabi, Prestin, & So, 2012). To seek those positive influences, those with health issues such as physical illness or mental illness actively use SNSs (e.g., Shpigelman & Gill, 2014a; Gowen, Deschaine, Gruttadara, & Markey, 2012). The first aim of this chapter is to describe previous studies on the use of SNSs by those with health issues such as mental illnesses, HIV/AIDS, cancer, intellectual disabilities, and diabetes. The second aim is to propose a new direction of research on the use of SNSs by those with health issues: the impact of stigma on communication on SNSs.

Benefits and Problems of Routine Laboratory Investigations in Adult Psychiatric Admissions

1989 ◽  
Vol 155 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony J. White ◽  
Brian Barraclough
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Cell Count ◽  
Urine Analysis ◽  
White Cell Count ◽  
District General Hospital ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
White Cell ◽  
Psychiatric Admissions ◽  
Laboratory Investigations ◽  
Test Use

A survey of laboratory investigations in the management of 1007 non-geriatric admissions to a district general hospital adult psychiatric unit showed a wide variation in the number of tests performed, and in the abnormal proportion between test types. Despite a policy of screening on admission, 40% of admissions had no tests. Physical illness attributable to mental illness was common, but rarely serious and usually apparent clinically. Mental illness attributable to physical illness detected by laboratory tests was rare: five cases of thyroid disease in women with affective disorder, and two cases of chest infection with raised white cell count in sustained mania. The findings show that tests are frequently used in circumstances where the result is of no apparent value. Test use might be improved by restricting screening to thyroid function and laboratory urine analysis, each in women. There are particular indications for white cell count in sustained or unexplained relapse of mental illness, and for syphilis serology when disinhibition may have exposed the patient to infection.

scholarly journals Physical illness leading to absence from work and the risk of subsequent suicide: a national register-based study

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1073-1078 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Tang ◽  
Lars Mehlum ◽  
Ingrid S Mehlum ◽  
Ping Qin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Conditional Logistic Regression ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Income Status ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Physical Health Problems ◽  
History Of ◽  
Absence From Work ◽  
Nested Case Control

Abstract Background Studies have shown that people with physical illness are at increased risk of suicide, but knowledge on the association between absence from work due to specific physical health problems and suicide risk is limited. This study aimed to examine the relationship between suicide risk and physical illness requiring leave from work across a range of specific physical diagnoses, and to study the interactions of mental illness and socioeconomic factors on this relationship. Methods Using a nested case-control design, 9313 suicide cases and 169 235 matched controls were retrieved and interlinked from Norwegian national registries. Data on sick leave and related physical illness were derived from claims for sickness benefit and analyzed using conditional logistic regression. Results For males, the risk of suicide increased progressively with the number of previous physical illness-related absences and the duration of recent physical illness-related absences. Absences related to digestive, musculoskeletal and neurological disorders as well as cancer and accidents/injuries were associated with a significantly increased risk of suicide. In contrast, females with a history of physical illness-related absence and a diagnosis of most organ or system specific illnesses were at a relatively reduced risk of suicide. In both genders, the suicide risk associated with physical illness resulting in absence from work differentiated significantly by history of sickness absence due to mental illness, and by education and income levels. Conclusions The risk of suicide associated with physical illness requiring leave from work varied significantly by gender and by education and income status.

To Mental Illness via a Rhyme for the Eye

1996 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 165-189
Author(s):  
T. S. Champlin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Philosophical Problem ◽  
Problematic Relationship ◽  
The Right ◽  
Intellectual Journey ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Philosophical Questions ◽  
Shed Light

The intellectual journey on which I am about to embark, although not an unusual one in philosophy, may at first seem strange to those who are in the habit of looking to science for the answers to their big questions, including their philosophical questions. For I propose to shed light on the problematic relationship between two things, namely, mental illness and physical illness, by comparing their relationship to the relationship between two other things, namely, a rhyme for the eye—which will be explained shortly for the benefit of anyone unfamiliar with this concept—and a rhyme for the ear. Yet these two pairs of things are not related in any way by subject-matter. In philosophy, however, this sort of deliberate dislocation can be beneficial. As Wittgenstein himself once remarked, ‘A philosophical] problem can be solved only in the right surrounding, we must give the problem a new surrounding, we must compare it to cases we are not used to compare [sic] it with.’

scholarly journals Cross-sectional mixed-methods study protocol exploring the enablers and barriers for people with severe and enduring mental illness in Jamaica when accessing healthcare for chronic physical illness

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. e038245
Author(s):  
Patrice Whitehorne-Smith ◽  
Sharyn Burns ◽  
Ben Milbourn ◽  
Wendel Abel ◽  
Robyn Martin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Ethics Committee ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Chronic Physical Illness ◽  
Ethical Approval ◽  
The University

IntroductionExtant international research suggests that people with severe and enduring mental illness (PWSEMI) experience increased rates of chronic physical illness (CPI), reduced life expectancy and higher mortality than those in the general population. The high prevalence of CPI among PWSEMI is associated with a number of barriers that this population experiences when accessing physical healthcare. Although substantial research has been conducted in North America, Europe and Australia, there appears to be a paucity of research exploring CPI among PWSEMI in the Caribbean region, although this region has reported very high rates of non-communicable diseases within its populations. The current study will be situated in Jamaica and will explore the enablers and barriers to PWSEMI accessing healthcare for CPI.Methods and analysisA convergent mixed-method design will explore the enablers and barriers to accessing healthcare for CPI among PWSEMI. This cross-sectional study will collect data from PWSEMI, caregivers and family members, community health aides, primary care physicians, psychiatrists and health policymakers.Ethics and disseminationThe study findings will provide baseline data describing the prevalence of CPI among PWSEMI in Jamaica and will identify enablers for, and barriers to, PWSEMI accessing CPI care. Findings will be disseminated widely in Jamaica and internationally to key stakeholders through publications and conferences. Institutional ethical approval was granted from Jamaica’s Ministry of Health and Wellness Medico-legal Ethics Review Panel (# 2019/49), the Curtin University Human Research and Ethics Committee (HRE 2020–0022) and the University of the West Indies FMS Ethics Committee (ECP 101, 19/20).

Physical disorders associated with mental illness. A register investigation

1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 829-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Fink
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
General Population ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Illness Behaviour ◽  
Chronic Physical Illness ◽  
Physical Disorders ◽  
High Utilization ◽  
Psychiatric Department

SynopsisOn the basis of nationwide patient register data the diagnostic pattern of the medical admissions of a general population (17–49 year-olds; N = 30427) during an 8-year period was studied by comparing those individuals who had been admitted to the psychiatric department (i.e. psychiatric patients) with those individuals who had not. The results suggest that the high utilization of medical admissions by psychiatric patients could not be explained simply by coincident chronic physical illness or particular types of physical disease including the somatic complications of mental disorders. It is more likely to be attributable to other factors such as an increased general susceptibility to physical illness, different forms of illness behaviour, and the process of somatization.

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