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Dr. Antapur Venkoba Rao, born on August 20, 1927, in Andhra Pradesh, was a pioneering figure in Indian psychiatry, often recognized as the "Father of Indian Psychiatry" and the "Father of Geriatric Mental Health." His exceptional academic achievements led him to specialize in psychiatry, where he made substantial contributions, particularly in the study of depressive disorders.
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January 2025
Maison de Solenn, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, 97 boulevard de Port-Royal, 75014 Paris, France; Université de Paris, PCPP, 71 avenue Édouard-Vaillant, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France; Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations, Team DevPsy, 16 avenue Paul-Vaillant-Couturier, 94807 Villejuif cedex, France.
The transcultural approach is indicated for complex cases where the cultural dimension is useful in fully understanding a problem. The cultural coding of certain symptoms, such as trance or possession, can be difficult to achieve in conventional individual therapy. The clinical case of Aïcha, originally from Morocco, referred by her psychiatrist for a transcultural opinion, illustrates a reflection on diagnostic elaboration in the face of possession by a djinn.
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January 2025
Maison de Solenn, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, 97 boulevard de Port-Royal, 75014 Paris, France; CESP, Faculté de médecine, Université Paris-Sud, Hôpital Paul-Brousse, 16 avenue Paul-Vaillant-Couturier, 94807 Villejuif cedex, France; Faculté de médecine, UVSQ, Inserm, "DevPsy" Université Paris-Saclay, 16 avenue Paul-Vaillant-Couturier, 94807 Villejuif cedex, France.
Through a clinical analysis of the cultural transfers and counter-transfers at play in the exchange between a nurse and a young unaccompanied minor, the authors propose a reflection on the question of transcultural encounters in healthcare. What recognition should be given to otherness, so as not to reduce the other to his or her difference, but rather to support him or her in the construction of an identity at the heart of the issue of métissage?
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January 2025
Nurses International, PO Box 114, Anoka, MN, 55303, USA.
Background: The recent global pandemic posed extraordinary challenges for healthcare systems. Frontline healthcare workers required focused, immediate, practical, evidence-based instruction on optimal patient care modalities as knowledge evolved around disease management.
Objective: This course was designed to provide knowledge to protect healthcare workers; combat disease spread; and improve patient outcomes.
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November 2024
SOPPECOM - Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management, Pune, India.
This paper develops the methodological concept of river co-learning arenas (RCAs) and explores their potential to strengthen innovative grassroots river initiatives, enliven river commons, regenerate river ecologies, and foster greater socio-ecological justice. The integrity of river systems has been threatened in profound ways over the last century. Pollution, damming, canalisation, and water grabbing are some examples of pressures threatening the entwined lifeworlds of human and non-human communities that depend on riverine systems.
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