“We are legion”: Possession myth as a lens for understanding cultural and psychological evolution.

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Brian B. Boutwell ◽  
Mathias Clasen ◽  
Jens Kjeldgaard-Christiansen
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Evolution

Philosophy in France

Philosophy ◽  
1929 ◽  
Vol 4 (13) ◽  
pp. 101-109
Author(s):  
E. S. Waterhouse
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
General Methodology ◽  
Science Professor ◽  
Collège De France ◽  
Direct Preparation ◽  
Primitive Forms ◽  
Informal Discussion ◽  
Psychological Evolution ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Academic Year

Philosophical instruction in the French Universities usually consists in more or less direct preparation for the licence-ès-lettres (the “M.A.”) and the agrigation, or in informal discussion with candidates preparing for the Doctorate. But it has for long been the practice at the Sorbonne in Paris for the Professors to deliver a course of public lectures lasting throughout a half or the whole of the academic year. And since the eleinehts of logic and philosophy are taught in the top form of every lycèe quite a large part Of the ordinary educated public is able to follow with profit the communications of the foremost philosophers. This year, Professor A. Lalande lectures on “General Methodology”; Professor Brunschvicg on “The Object in Perception and in Science”; Professor Delacroix on “Consciousness and Personality”; Dr. Wallon on “Explanation and Constructive Thought in the Child”; Professor Basch on “The Æsthetic Categories,” and on “English Æsthetics in the Eighteenth Century,” and Professor E. Gilson on “The Main Problems of Mediaeval Philosophy.” At the College de France, Professor Le Roy lectures on “The Primitive Forms of Intelligence,” Professor Pierre Janet on “The Psychological Evolution of Personality,” and Professor Pièron on “Pain and Affective Reactions.”

scholarly journals Psychological evolution and assessment in patients undergoing orthotopic heart transplantation

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 180-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.M. Triffaux ◽  
J. Wauthy ◽  
J. Bertrand ◽  
R. Limet ◽  
A. Albert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Heart Transplantation ◽  
General Health ◽  
Surgical Intervention ◽  
Psychological Status ◽  
Orthotopic Heart Transplantation ◽  
Axis I ◽  
Psychological Evolution ◽  
Transplant Candidates ◽  
The Impact

SummaryBackground. Orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) is a major surgical intervention inducing distress and anxiety. Psychiatric evaluation of organ transplant candidates is now routinely proposed. This study purposed to assess the psychological evolution in patients having received psychological and/or psychiatric assistance before and during 1–6 postoperative months. Methods. Twenty-two consecutive transplant candidates were psychically evaluated as part of the preoperative protocol. In the waiting period, 1 and 6 months after OHT, they were asked to fill out the following questionnaires: the General Health Questionnaire, the Spielberger’s State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Perceived Social Support Scale, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale and the Personal Reaction Inventory. Results. A DSM-IV Axis I diagnosis was found in nine patients (41%); four patients (18%) presented with an Axis II diagnosis. One month after OHT, scores of depression, anxiety and general health significantly improved, while scores of social support, alexithymia and social desirability did not differ. In the sixth postoperative month, all psychological scores remained stable. Conclusions. A high prevalence of preoperative psychopathology was reported in 22 candidates who received OHT. Surgical intervention obviously improved the quality of life after cardiac transplantation. If the impact of psychological and/or psychiatric aid remains difficult to appraise, these results emphasize the positive impact of surgery on psychological status and the appropriateness of the psychosomatician’s social support intervention on patients facing the transplant process.

Psychological recommendations in the massive weight loss for patients after bariatric surgery in public service outpatient in Southeast Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 732-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Magdaleno ◽  
E.A. Chaim ◽  
E.R. Turato ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Bariatric Surgery ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Massive Weight Loss ◽  
Emotional Experiences ◽  
Psychosocial Counselling ◽  
Psychological Difficulties ◽  
Psychological Evolution ◽  
Results Of Surgery

IntroductionBariatric surgery is a procedure that results in a complex network of emotional experiences. One of the objectives of surgery is to bring about an improvement in the quality of life. Many patients fail because of psychological difficulties, a fact that reinforces the need for specific studies on the psychological dynamic.Objectiveto understand the meanings for patients when undergoing bariatric surgery.MethodClinical-qualitative method.ResultsThe main emotional experiences are social re-insertion, personal acceptance, the risk of disillusion with the results of surgery, recovery of self esteem, improvement in quality of life and in body image.ConclusionsIt is important to identify those aspects of a patients’ psychological make-up which would be expected to improve or worsen their prognosis, and to provide the necessary pre- and post-operative psychosocial counselling. We offer some markers to assist the health professionals, which will allow an appropriate psychosocial plan to be developed and help the health team to identify factors that may affect prognosis. We propose some recommendations for a better psychological evolution: psychotherapy focusing on improving self-esteem; identifying feelings of shame related to a greater exposure; identifying how patients deal with feelings of competitiveness, envy and jealousy; assessing if obesity has defensive function; providing realistic parameters with regards the results of surgery; distinguishing between realistic necessity for plastic surgery and unreal expectations; observation of deviations to other compulsions; acceptance of skin folds and scars; clarifying the misunderstanding between emotional and physical hunger; confidence in own ability to adopt new behavioural models.

Psychological evolution of nurses in a Intensives Care Unit

1981 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 227
Author(s):  
A. Esteban ◽  
P. Bsliesteros ◽  
J. Caballero
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Evolution

scholarly journals Modern documentary in the age of virtual reality: Deapening engagement with nonfiction storytelling through technological innovation

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (30) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona Pomianowska
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
New Technology ◽  
True Story ◽  
The Third ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Psychological Evolution ◽  
Everyday Communication

After decades of research, technological development as well as few discouraging setbacks, virtual reality (VR) appears to be on the cusp of its settled adoption. The incorporation of VR technology into the palette of everyday communication media is not only exciting for filmmakers and game designers, but also for every manner of storytellers: documentarians, journalists, educators, scientists – all professions involved in clarifying surrounding us reality and communicating about it. They all discovered that social change can be valuably stimulated by development of new technology – technology that serves in the same time as a classic medium to communicate and spread this news around. Considering the factors enabling us to capture and disseminate “a true story” in a highly captivating, immersive way (which previously has been preserved exclusively for entertainment and commercial productions), we should mention at least 3 crucial elements: technological innovation, psychological evolution of the viewer, application of VR beyond storytelling. The first two factors mutually interact and play off each other in terms of the changing threshold of perceptual tolerance as well as rising needs of the new spectator. The first part of this paper deals with the interdependency of these two elements. Structured conclusions will be enumerated as a practical reference for VR storytelling productions. The second part of the paper will deal with the third element enumerating the most inspiring cases from recent years – eye-openers for instigating social change, adding value and promoting wellbeing via VR technology. The engagement of VR in social change, innovation and nonfiction storytelling introduced the VR technology within the current media palette. It not only changes the nature of storytelling about reality, but fulfills the story that our reality builds.

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