[Antipsychotic prescription amongst the elderly].

Introduction: The treatment of certain psychotic, behavioural and delusional symptoms in the elderly frequently involves the prescription of antipsychotics. Prescribing such drugs to elderly patients has recently been called into question, leaving physicians with little or nothing to treat a range of symptoms that are often complex and difficult to treat.

Aims: The study aimed to evaluate the prescription of antipsychotics amongst elderly and to compare it with data in the literature.

[Epidemioclinical and legal aspects of sexual abuse among minors in Monastir, Tunisia].

Introduction: Child sexual abuse is a disturbing reality and a major public health problem. Indeed, it is a subject that has long been treated as taboo, with dramatic consequences on physical and mental health as well as on social wellbeing of the victims. The purpose of this study was to highlight the epidemiological and clinical features as well as the legal aspects of child sexual abuse.

Hunger strike in prison: medical, ethical and legal aspects.

Background: A hunger strike is a common form of protest in prison and is a potential cause of many types of problems, both for facility administrators and health care staff. Issues of conflict of rights and obligations involved, and how to treat people who are subject, have created major controversies.

Objectives: To identify and review published studies that discuss the medical, ethical and legal considerations of managing a hunger strike in a prison setting from a physician's perspective.

Psychiatric disorders in the acoustic neuroma: about a case.

Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by formation of central nervous system tumors. They are associated to significant morbidity due to multiple problems such as hearing loss that can lead to many psychiatric disorders.