Antimicrobial resistance: A biopsychosocial problem requiring innovative interdisciplinary and imaginative interventions

A Review of mentalization and parental reflective function (PRF) based interventions, Introduction to Innovative Methods

In recent years many studies have been done in the field of the ability of mentalization and parental reflective function  and its role in the development of different kinds of psychological disorders.  The ability of mentalization shows parents’ understanding of their child’s mental state which will ultimately lead to the acquiring of this ability by the child during his or her development. Th...

Parasitic infestations requiring surgical interventions.

Parasitic infestation is common in developing countries especially in Africa. Children are often more vulnerable to these infections. Many health problems result from these infestations, including malnutrition, iron-deficiency anemia, surgical morbidities, and even impaired cognitive function and educational achievement. Surgical intervention may be needed to treat serious complications caused ...

Antimicrobial resistance: a ‘wicked problem’ affecting today’s society

Innovative Interventions in Psychotherapy

On the absence of imaginative resistance in games

I introduce David Hume’s notion of “imaginative resistance” and offer a brief summary of currently available understandings and explanations of imaginative resistance. I examine these in order to determine how they distinguish, if they do, imagination resistance in fiction from imaginative resistance in games. I find imaginative resistance of the sort found in fiction is relatively rare in game...