in six parts: (i) intrinsic and extrinsic factors regulating neuronal activity, (ii) contributions to the physiology and pathology of movements, (iii) the physiological basis of consciousness, (iv) some aspects of autonomic physiology, (v) integrations, and (vi) applications. The first two sections could be better organized. His sentences are frequently cumbersome, as witness: "This survey has ...

abstract background: lack of spiritual health in patients with hypertension leads to many mental, social, and physical effects, on the other hand, considering the prevalence of hypertension among the elderly, interventions to enhance their spiritual wellbeing is essential. therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the effect of religious programs based on islam on spiritual wellbeing in e...

BACKGROUND Previous research describes spouses and adult children of people with dementia as a homogeneous group using one term: family caregivers. Recent research shows that the needs and experiences of spouses and adult children differ, therefore they cannot be studied as a homogeneous group. AIMS The aim of the study was to describe the shift in existential life situations of adult childre...

This paper explores the essential features of recovery and the need for an existential approach in psychiatry. The biopsychosocial model often fails to sufficiently validate the existential suffering of patients. We review the major principles of recovery and the philosophical and psychiatric principles of existentialism. The ontological or intrinsic existential issues of death, isolation, free...

We present a variant of the explicitly-typed secondorder polymorphic λ-calculus with primitive open existential types, i.e. a collection of more atomic constructs for introduction and elimination of existential types. We equip the language with a call-by-value small-step reduction semantics that enjoys the subject reduction property. Traditional closed existential types can be defined as syntac...

PURPOSE This study examined a novel intervention, dignity therapy, designed to address psychosocial and existential distress among terminally ill patients. Dignity therapy invites patients to discuss issues that matter most or that they would most want remembered. Sessions are transcribed and edited, with a returned final version that they can bequeath to a friend or family member. The objectiv...