BACKGROUND The feasibility as well as the suitability of several therapies for medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) in primary care applied by the family physician (FP) appeared to be low. FPs need effective and acceptable strategies to manage these functionally impaired patients. OBJECTIVE To review important and effective elements in the treatment of patients with MUS in primary care accord...

Please cite this article in press as: Karapanos, E. Comput. (2012), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intc With the increasing sophistication of mobile computing, a growing interest has been paid to locative media that aim at providing immersive experiences. Location aware narratives are a particular kind of locative media that aim at ‘‘telling stories that unfold in real space’’. This paper presents...

buddhist temples in balkh and the portrait of buddha on sassanid coins imply buddhism’s spread to khorāsān, one of the originating places of sufism. contiguity and frequent travels between islamic and buddhist regions also caused the promulgation of the buddhist beliefs and customs which influenced sufism teachings in that area. in particular, the khorāsāni narrative of ibrahim adham story show...

BACKGROUND Epigenetics, which is just beginning to attract public attention and policy discussion, challenges conventional understanding of gene-environment interaction and intergenerational inheritance and perhaps much more besides. QUESTION Does epigenetics challenge modern political ideologies? METHODS I analyzed the narratives of obesity and epigenetics recently published in the more li...

Previous studies have used the Innovative Moments Coding System (IMCS) to describe the process of change in Narrative Therapy (NT) and in Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT). This study aims to extend this research program to a sample of Client-Centered Therapy (CCT). The IMCS was applied to six cases of CCT for depression to track the Innovative Moments (IMs) which are exceptions to the problematic ...

BACKGROUND Systematic studies of the efficacy of Narrative Therapy (NT) for depression are sparse. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of individual NT for moderate depression in adults compared to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT). METHOD Sixty-three depressed clients were assigned to either NT or CBT. The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and Outcome Questionnaire-45.2 (OQ-45.2) were ...

There are ~900,000 new HIV infections among women every year, representing nearly half of all new HIV infections globally. In the US, nearly one-fifth of all new HIV infections occur among women, and women from racial and ethnic minority communities experience disproportionately high rates of new HIV infections. Thus, there is a need to develop and implement effective HIV prevention strategies ...

Storytelling with data is becoming an important component of many fields such as graphic design, the advocacy of causes, and journalism. New techniques for integrating data visualization into narrative stories have now become commonplace. Authors are enabling new reader experiences, such as linking textual narrative and data visualizations through dynamic queries embedded in the text. Novel mea...

Background: Empathy and emotional expression as important psychological elements play a key role in the marital satisfaction of couples. The pre-marriage counseling models are designed to increase positive coupleschr('39') communication behaviors and emotional style. Accordingly, the main purpose of this study was to compare the Effects of marriage preparation based on Satir’s communication mod...