Sméagol (Gollum) is a single, 587 year old, hobbit-like male of no fixed abode. He has presented with antisocial behaviour, increasing aggression, and preoccupation with the “one ring.” Sméagol comes from a wealthy and influential family, his grandmother being a wise woman in the river folk community. Nothing is known about Sméagol’s birth or schooling. He was spiteful to others and had only on...

Objective: The Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum consists of a group of disorders that have high comorbidity with the obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and share some clinical and other features. Although there is a lack of agreement about which disorders should be included in the OC-spectrum, several authors consider that eating disorders (ED), and especially Anorexia Nervosa (AN), are firm cand...

Drs. Kaye and Wisniewski propose an elegant and comprehensive study of serotonergic function in two eating disorder subtypes: anorexia and bulimia nervosa. There is a growing body of literature on the seroto-nergic mediation of behavioral inhibition and affective constriction in both humans and animals. Serotonergic hyperfunction leads to inhibited behavior in animals and anxious and obsessiona...

The study of diagrammatic reasoning often focuses on computational models of diagram use rather than on studies of human performance. This paper considers diagrams as a notational system that can be used and studied in an experimental context. It presents a review of the experimental psychology literature rather than a complete theoretical framework, and is intended as an introduction to the fi...

In 2015, the Irish Marriage Equality Referendum campaign found a fiercely outspoken advocate in the internationally award-winning Irish novelist and essayist Colm Tóibín. Throwing his full weight behind the campaign, he gave a talk at Trinity College Dublin on what it meant to be a gay man and writer in Ireland, which was subsequently reprinted as abridged versions in a wide range of news media...

Psychological research into spontaneous or intrusive cognitions has typically focused on cognitions in one predefined domain, such as obsessional thoughts in OCD, intrusive memories in posttraumatic stress disorder and depression, or involuntary autobiographical memories and daydreaming in everyday life. Such studies have resulted in a wealth of knowledge about these specific cognitions. Howeve...

BACKGROUND Community studies on children and adolescents in Western settings suggest prevalence rates of anxiety and depressive symptoms that require intervention. AIM To establish equivalent prevalence rates in a Kenyan (developing country) situation Method: Self-administered questionnaires for socio-demographic data, three Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Editi...

A simple apparatus which can deliver a painful electric shock to the subject for aversion therapy is described. It has advantages over nausea-producing drugs, particularly in allowing the patient to treat himself even at home. The use of the apparatus is illustrated by cases of fetishism, obsessional ruminations, smoking, writer's cramp, and alcoholism. Technical details are given of the compon...

Community Street, this novel highlights the social issues faced by youth and artists who seek out big cities like Chennai. The film captures challenges of facing every day as they opportunities to showcase their talents. portrays problems, sexual harassment life problems a female prospector. great feelings sufferings woman in art world when she falls love are shown novel. Art should be for art'...