Being a webcam.

Searching through studies of schizophrenic delusions with a view to the new media, we came across the case of a young woman who integrated the Internet in her delusional system. Analysing the story she told, we recognised a psychotic symptom, which we preliminarily called 'perception broadcast'. Perception broadcast shows a more complex structure than the related first rank symptom 'thought broadcast' described by Kurt Schneider.

Old wine in new bottles? Stability and plasticity of the contents of schizophrenic delusions.

A number of recent case reports published during the last 20 years described a quick inclusion of new technologies and cultural innovations into schizophrenic delusions which led many of the authors to the conclusion that the 'Zeitgeist' is creating new delusional contents. On the other hand, long-term comparisons and comparative transcultural studies on delusions showed, despite a certain degree of variability, a stability of delusional themes over longer periods of time. Combining anthropological and historical theories of the development of societies with a differentiated psychopathological approach (Klosterkötter's three-stage model of the formation of schizophrenic delusions), we were able to resolve the problem of the ostensibly divergent results: there are only a few themes of extraordinary anthropological importance for the organization of human relationships which can be found in every epoch and in different cultures (persecution, grandiosity, guilt, religion, hypochondria, jealousy, and love).

Effective open-label treatment of tourette's disorder with olanzapine.

Olanzapine is an atypical antipsychotic drug which shows a high antagonistic affinity to the D1, D2 and D4 and the 5-HT2A and 5-HT2c receptors. The goal of our investigation was to assess the efficacy of olanzapine in patients with Tourette's disorder who were either antipsychotic naive or who did not tolerate and/or did not respond to previous antipsychotic treatments in an open-label pilot study. Fourteen patients with a mean (SD 12.