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picture book, migration, children’s literature, multiplicity of audiences, affects
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bronies, refigurations of masculinity, My Little Pony, New Sincerity, fandom
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This title may surprise at first sight. What connection can exist between the idea of the mutilated body and the few Tristan manuscripts, a myth famous for praising the idyllic love of a young and physically harmonious couple but whose morals may be considered extraordinary? I suggest in this essay that Béroul’s Tristan does not celebrate a unique form of love as it uses the image of deformed bodies to weave a narrative on a plot that cannot work nor go the distance without them. After showing how the image of the deviant body occupies every page, I propose to consider what this omnipresence of other bodies tells us about how to interpret the text itself. In other words, the body of the text and its form, i.e. the mutilated shape of the manuscript of Béroul’s Tristan, are directly connected.
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This paper contains following book review: Gibas, Petr a kol. Bydlení mladých v době krize. Vydání první. Praha: Sociologický ústav Akademie věd ČR, 2022. 109 stran. ISBN 978-80-7330-390-7.
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The causal relationship between dissociation and psychosis remains insufficiently explored. This meta-analysis investigates this relationship, considering studies conducted on both clinical and non-clinical population. The systematic search was conducted according to the PRISMA-statement in the databases Medline, PsycInfo and Munich, and allows 8 records to be extracted. 499 studies were selected according to inclusion (e.g. articles on dissociation and psychosis; involving participants between the ages of 18 and 65; conducted on both clinical and non-clinical population) and exclusion (e.g. articles on dissociation and other medical conditions; qualitative studies; reviews, commentary, brief reports or book chapters) criteria detailed in the methods. The analyses showed a significant and positive association between forms of psychosis and dissociation, significant differences between the clinical and non-clinical groups, and a significant association between characteristics of schizophrenia and measured dissociation in the normal population. Because research in this field is difficult to undertake, we extracted a very small number of studies that could be included in our analysis. Even if the statistical results are limited, the process of reviewing the existing scientific literature in the field of dissociation and psychosis has been very useful for charting the direction of future research.
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Schizophrenia represents a serious mental disorder mainly characterized by psychotic symptoms (also called positive symptoms) such as hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thought and speech. People diagnosed with schizophrenia also experience symptoms like avolition, anhedonia, affective applatization and social withdrawal (which are known as negative symptoms). Studies show that schizophrenia patients or schizophrenia-prone patients have emotion regulation difficulties and impaired emotional processing involving experience, expression, and recognition of emotions, although they seem to be able to apply certain emotion regulation strategies (such as reappraisal or distraction) under experimental conditions. The aim of this narrative review is to gain an understanding of the existing research regarding emotion regulation and emotion processing deficits in patients with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder or at high risk for psychosis as well as highlighting what strategies work best for down-regulating negative affect or anxiety in psychosis. Both emotion regulation and processing are viable instruments in managing emotion, further studies are required to evaluate the impact of those strategies in schizophrenia patients.
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Gender dysphoria is a relatively new topic in psychopatology and even less studied among Romanian people. At the same time, until now, most studies related to another specific psychopatology, that is eating disorders, in particular anorexia nervosa, have been focusing on the cisgender population. Recent years have shown an increase in studies correlating eating disorders with gender nonconforming people and the ones suffering from gender dysphoria. Both anorexia nervosa and gender dysphoria are correlated with poor body image, although stemming from different causes. Gender dysphoria is also associated with other eating disorders, behavioural problems and minority stress. Anorexia nervosa may also represent a dysfunctional coping mechanism in order to alter the person`s appearance, so as to better suit their perception of their desired gender identity. We conducted a scoping review, focusing on the articles correlating gender dysphoria and eating disorders, especially anorexia nervosa, with the purpose of better acknowledging the extent of the phenomena and some of its correlations. Participants were people registered in studies which analysed interconnections among those psychopatological particularities, regardless of age. The main results were: eating disorders, in particular nervous anorexia are common to both cisgender people and people with gender dysphoria, eating disorders are greatly influenced by risk factors such as: negative body image driven mostly by media, general dissatisfaction regarding gender incongruence, social and minority stress. Gender affirming treatment (hormonal / surgical) can influence eating disorders, but researchers do not have a unitary viewpoint on the matter. Conclusions: more detailed studies are needed to understand how gender dysphoria influences nervous anorexia, and viceversa, and how this eating disorder evolves after gender affirming interventions. More specific information is also needed to educate medical caregivers in order to better assist people with gender dysphoria and eating disorders and offer them the best possible counselling for future treatment.
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Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic, debilitating, progressive, recurrent inflammatory disease affecting the skin regions containing apocrine glands, characterized by the appearance of persistent, painful nodules, abscesses and fistulas, most commonly localized in the axilla, groin, buttock and genital. Due to the significant decrease in patients' quality of life and the delay in initiating treatment, the choice of appropriate therapy is extremely important in these patients. There are multiple treatment options for hidradenitis suppurativa, but no effective, curative therapy has been found. This article aims to list existing therapeutic methods and provide updates on current treatment options for inverse acne, in order to raise awareness of this condition and increase the quality of patient care.
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