scholarly journals Behavioral and Somatic Disorders in Children Exposed in Utero to Synthetic Hormones: A Testimony-Case Study in a French Family Troop

10.5772/48637 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Odile Soyer-Gobillard ◽  
Charles Sult
Keyword(s):  
In Utero ◽  
French Family ◽  
Somatic Disorders ◽  
Synthetic Hormones

AAC interventions: Case study of in-utero stroke.

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy Geise Arroyo ◽  
Robert Goldfarb ◽  
Danielle Cahill ◽  
Janet Schoepflin
Keyword(s):  
In Utero

scholarly journals Prenatal Findings in Left Atrial Isomerism and an Overview of Heterotaxy Syndrome

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-154
Author(s):  
Claudine Thomas ◽  
Samantha N. Sawyer
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Left Atrial ◽  
In Utero ◽  
Heterotaxy Syndrome ◽  
Cardiac Defects ◽  
Complex Disorder ◽  
Atrial Isomerism ◽  
Cardiac Manifestations

Heterotaxy syndrome is a rare, complex disorder involving structural cardiac defects in combination with symmetrical development of abdominal viscera that are normally asymmetrical organs. The vast assortment of cardiac manifestations with accompanying abdominal visceral variations determines the prognosis of heterotaxy syndrome. This case study provides an example of the management of this disease, which is unique to the patient. This is a case report of heterotaxy syndrome diagnosed in utero at 29 weeks and 4 days.

scholarly journals Diogenes Syndrome and Pathological Hoarding Behaviour: A Case Report

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.C. Castro ◽  
O. Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Social Withdrawal ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Somatic Disorders ◽  
Diogenes Syndrome ◽  
End Stage ◽  
The Impact

Background:Diogenes syndrome is the combination of severe self-neglect, domestic squalor, social withdrawal, a tendency to hoard excessively, and refusal of help, in elderly patients.Aim:To report a case of Diogenes’ syndrome underlying the impact of pathological hoarding behaviour in the quality of life of the patient. to discuss the pathological hoarding behaviour (syllogomania) in the context of this specific behavioural disorder.Methods:Case study and review of the literature.Results:The subject of this case study is a 78-year-old man with Diogenes syndrome. Hoarding behaviour is the major presentation symptom in this case, along with domestic squalor and social withdrawal. He has marked obsessive personality traits, no insight for his morbid condition and an attitude of refusal of treatment.Discussion:The literature reveals high comorbidity of Diogenes syndrome with psychiatric and somatic disorders. Some authors raise the possibility that obsessive-compulsive disorder may be the cause of hoarding rubbish in those cases of Diogenes syndrome in which hoarding exists and cannot be better explained by other psychopathology. other authors hypothesise Diogenes syndrome as a reaction to stress in elderly people with certain personality characteristics or as the end stage of a personality disorder. the ethiopathogeny of Diogenes syndrome remains unclear and there is no consensus about diagnostic criteria. It is a relevant area for future research, contributing for a better comprehension of the differential diagnosis of pathological hoarding behaviour and late life psychopathology.

The succession dilemma in family firms: case study of a French company

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier Meier ◽  
Anne-Sophie Thelisson
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
External Financing ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Family ◽  
French Family ◽  
Policy Risk ◽  
Debt Policy

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the major difficulties and challenges encountered during the crucial process of family succession. In this study, the authors list and analyze issues encountered by managers or by the CEO of a family business. Design/methodology/approach Using a single longitudinal real-time case study conducted over a period of 10 years in a French family business, this study identifies the challenges encountered during family succession. The authors were allowed to follow, over a long period, the planning of the CEO’s succession. Findings The authors identified six critical points in the succession process: planning succession development; favoring creation of financial value for the shareholders; investment policy, risk taking and time horizon of investments (growth); family employment policy (family private benefit); opening of capital and debt policy (external financing); and financing of capital reduction policy (external financing). Originality/value The paper highlights the difficulties, issues and questions encountered by an SME manager or by the CEO of a family business. The analysis gives insights into the deep nature of the family structure, by involving the notions of culture and organizations serving the performance of family businesses.

Retreating From Life: The Boy Whose Body Experienced His Pain

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 406-424
Author(s):  
Anna Harwood ◽  
Amit Shalev ◽  
Sharon Ben-Shaul ◽  
Rachel Meir ◽  
Ela Kiansky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Somatic Symptom ◽  
Treatment Protocol ◽  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Psychiatric Ward ◽  
Current Case ◽  
Individual Personality ◽  
Somatic Disorders ◽  
Somatic Symptom Disorders

The expression of psychological distress through somatic symptoms is most prevalent among children. Somatic symptom disorders represent a difficult category of disorders to treat and they are often misdiagnosed due to their physical symptomology and dismissed due to their malingering stigma. The current case report follows the treatment of David, a 10-year-old Caucasian male, admitted into the pediatric psychiatric ward of a general hospital, uncommunicative, showing little signs of responsiveness, and dependent on nursing staff for basic needs. Following a complex treatment protocol which integrated key elements of psychodynamic and cognitive-behavior (CBT) treatment recommendations for somatic disorders, David was discharged after 6 months as an inpatient. This in-depth case study provides a synthesis of the varied research on somatic symptom disorders and an acute understanding of how to combine the understanding of complex family dynamics and individual personality structure with empirically reinforced treatment strategies.

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