Abstract Background Psychotic major depression (PMD) is a subtype of with poor prognosis. Previous studies have failed to find many differences between patients PMD and those non-psychotic (NMD) or schizophrenia (SZ). We compared sociodemographic factors (including season conception) clinical characteristics PMD, NMD, schizophrenia. Our aim was provide data help inform diagnoses future etiology...

PERHAPS NO TECHNICAL TERM more aptly distinguishes psychoanalytic technique from other forms of psychotherapy than the word "neutrality." Yet, Freud didn't even introduce the term until 1915—some twenty years after his basic theory and treatment philosophy were established. Since its introduction in the last of Freud's six papers on technique, "Observations on Transference-Love" (1915), the app...

analysis and interpretation, manuscript writing Ping Qiu: Conception and design, data interpretation, manuscript writing Jiao Jiao: Conception and design, manuscript writing Hiroyuki Hirai: Conception and design, administrative support Wei Xiong: Conception and design Jifeng Zhang: Conception and design, administrative support Tianqing Zhu: Administrative support Peter X. Ma: Conception and des...

and Implications To increase utilization of artificial insemination by beef producers, estrous and ovulation synchronization protocols must be re-evaluated in an attempt to reduce labor, cost, number of handlings, or a combination thereof without negatively impacting pregnancy rates. One potential way to reduce cost in these systems is through the strategic removal of hormones, such as the cont...

Bell’s palsy is a relatively common disease characterized by the sudden onset of unilateral facial paralysis. Using a centralized system that contains demographic data, the authors estimated rates, trends, and demographic risk of Bell’s palsy during a 2-year period. There were 140 incident cases of Bell’s palsy among patients referring to private clinics (a total of 6500 patients). The crude in...

human’s conception and cognition of art takes place in their communication with the work of art. these works’ hidden concepts and values which have been beyond their creators’ thoughts manifest in relation with the works. the process of cognition is conceiving the creator’s thought which manifests in a physical body. communication process is one of the most important aspects in the value of a p...

the conception and creation of eternal samples is one of the most evident efforts made by man from the very beginning of human life when he observed death and mortality and found all the world's manifestations prone to collapse and destruction. one of the most significant images related to the concept of externality and immortality is circular symbols. in fact, man has represented the conc...

Pregnancy in end stage renal disease women who are on Hemodialysis has been considered a challenging event for both mother and fetus. Generally, outcomes of pregnancy in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have been considered to be extremely poor, and pregnancy in this group of patients is rather scarce. The frequency of conception is ranged from 0.3% per year in Belgium to 1.4% per y...