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This article provides a discourse analysis of a large corpus of televised psychic readings. The goal of this study is to uncover the relationship between the linguistic structure of psychic readings and the psychics’ linguistic agenda. The findings of this study suggest that the psychics’ engage in linguistic tactics that allow them to negotiate and extract specific information from their subjects. The discourse structure of psychic readings facilitates deception, since the subjects, rather than the psychics, are the actual source of subject-specific information in a reading.

This article examines the relationship between determination and freedom in the human act of creation mediated by the use of sign systems. To this end, an approximation is made between György Lukács’ philosophical-ontological reflection on the dialectic between teleology and causality in work activity and analysis carried out by Lev Vigotski on the importance of sign systems for human psychic development. It is concluded that creation involves complex relations between the freedom of the subjects and the socio-cultural determinations. RÉSUMÉ Cet article examine la relation entre la détermination et la liberté dans l’acte humain de création médiée par l’utilisation des systèmes de signes. À cette fin, une approximation est faite entre la réflexion philosophique-ontologique de György Lukács sur la dialectique entre la téléologie et la causalité dans l’activité de travail et les analyses développées par Lev Vigotski sur l’importance des systèmes de signes pour le développement psychique humain. On en conclut que la création implique des relations complexes entre la liberté des sujets et les déterminations socioculturelles. RESUMO Este artigo analisa a relação entre determinação e liberdade no ato humano de criação mediado pelo uso de sistemas de signos. Para tanto, o artigo faz uma aproximação entre a reflexão filosófico-ontológica de György Lukács sobre a dialética entre teleologia e causalidade na atividade de trabalho e as análises desenvolvidas por Lev Vigotski sobre a importância dos sistemas de signos para o desenvolvimento psíquico humano. Conclui-se que a criação envolve complexas relações entre a liberdade dos sujeitos e as determinações socioculturais.

Oral route is presently the gold standard in the pharmaceutical industry where it is regarded as the safest, most economical and most convenient method of drug delivery resulting in highest patient compliance. Oral delivery of active ingredients includes a number of technologies, many of which may be classified as Orodispersible tablets (ODTs). Orodispersible dosage forms have lured the market for a certain section of the patient population which includes dysphagia, bed ridden, psychic, and geriatric patients. Moreover, Orodispersible tablets shows increased bioavailability as compared to conventional dosage forms. Advancements in the technology arena for manufacturing these systems includes the use of freeze drying, cotton candy, melt extrusion, sublimation, direct compression besides the classical wet granulation processes. This has encouraged both academia and industry to generate new orally disintegrating formulations and technological approaches in this field. 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The purpose of this article is to establish that Kenneth E. Boulding, an economist whose work also encompassed many other disciplines, provided a valuable insight within the study of psychology. Boulding observed that while in an economic unit there is a store of financial capital which is necessary for continued existence, also in human nature there is a need for a reserve of psychic capital that is vital for the mental health of the individual and society. Psychic capital does this by providing a link consisting of positive feelings shared between the individual and the larger grouping. Boulding proposed that a coherent body of thoughts, memories, and emotions may be shared between individual and collective minds as shared psychic capital. Finally, some present-day examples are given whereby the consequences of a loss of psychic capital have been observed with particular emphasis on collective depression and suicide.

Resume Le projet d’inviter les professionnels travaillant aupres/pour des personnes âgees pendant l’epidemie COVID-19 a temoigner de leurs experiences vecues est ne en mars 2020. L’article retrace les motivations a l’origine de cet appel a « faire memoire », les questions qui ont jalonne la progression de sa mise en œuvre, les reflexions ethiques et methodologiques qui ont delimite le cadre evolutif du recueil de temoignages puis le passage au temps de constitution d’un collectif pluriprofessionnel. A travers ces differentes etapes, les auteurs soulignent l’importance accordee a la dimension processuelle de la construction de ce dispositif et a ses fonctions psychiques de symbolisation-transformation au regard du traumatisme individuellement et collectivement vecu en cette periode inedite. Summary The project to invite professionals working among ageing people during the COVID-19 epidemic to testify about their experiences was born in March 2020. This article retraces the motivations behind this call to “look back”, the questions that were raised during its implementation, the ethical and methodological reflections that structured the evolving framework for the collection of testimonies, and finally the transition to the formation of a multi-professional collective. Through these different stages, the authors underline the importance given to the process dimension in the construction of this operation and to its psychic functions of symbolisation and change in the setting of the trauma experienced individually and collectively in this unprecedented period.

PurposeThe psychic distance often hinders the interaction between cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) and consumers. This paper aims to discuss the issues of psychic distance of consumers in the CBEC. In addition, it attempts to explain the factors that affect psychic distance from three dimensions of culture, economy and politics and the two different shopping behaviors caused by psychic distance.Design/methodology/approachThis research incorporates both theoretical and empirical studies. In this study, 249 validated questionnaires were selected from 300 Chinese CBEC consumers by snowball sampling, and the relationship between variables was tested using structural equation model (SEM). This was done through online research, and it is ensured that the data obtained are first-hand information.FindingsThe paper suggests the theoretical model operationalizing CBEC psychic distance and the empirical analysis results show that all the six influencing factors have a positive impact on the psychic distance of consumers. Logistics infrastructure barriers in the economic dimension are confirmed as the major influencing factor, and the significance of the political dimension is relatively small. Based on consumers' uncertainty of various kinds of information, psychic distance subconsciously causes consumers to deviate in the cross-shopping process.Originality/valueCurrently, research on e-commerce mainly focuses on saving trade costs and improving consumer welfare, while research on the internal impact of CBEC on consumers is insufficient. Psychic distance is a new concept in the field of cultural and social research. The originality of this paper is that the concept of psychic distance has been extended from overseas invested enterprises to research with CBEC consumers as the selected object. The obstacles of CBEC have been widely studied, but few are related to the closeness of consumers, or the inner feelings of consumers are ignored. In the context of CBEC, this paper lists the actual external factors and potential threats that may affect consumers' consumption concerns of CBEC from three dimensions. The real emotions of consumers in the face of these difficulties indirectly affect the purchase satisfaction and reduce the purchase desire. Consumer psychic distance is a real phenomenon in cross-border shopping, and it is almost inevitable for these difficulties. On the premise of inevitability, high psychic distance will slow down cross-border shopping in the eyes of consumers.

This article considers the way chemist William Crookes utilized the editorship of theQuarterly Journal of Scienceto promote the scientific importance of spirit phenomena. It explores the publishing of Crookes’s series of sensational articles that investigated the ‘Psychic Force’, a purported force of nature that Crookes discovered during experiments with the medium Daniel Dunglas Home. Crookes thus used the platform afforded to him in the journal to describe his experiments and present his evidence within the framework of an orthodox scientific discourse. While Crookes endured much criticism from certain scientific men, the serial format of his investigation meant that he was able to generate a great deal of interest. It also meant that his subsequent articles in the series could respond to critics by adjusting his experiments, overcoming perceived difficulties, and providing his readers with new and exciting details concerning his ongoing investigation as it was being conducted.

La ansiedad es una reacción fisiológica y psíquica que altera el estado mental al responder a estímulos externos o internos, manifestando intranquilidad, incertidumbre y excitación. Esta cumple un rol adaptativo en el ser humano, no obstante, cuando la reacción del individuo se desborda y no es proporcional a la intensidad del estímulo, se convierte en un trastorno psicológico. El presente artículo tiene como finalidad inferir los niveles de ansiedad presentes en la población de ancianos ecuatoriana, durante la crisis sanitaria del COVID-19 causada por el virus del SARS CoV -2. El método utilizado para validar la investigación es el análisis estadístico descriptivo. Se identificaron los niveles de ansiedad presentes en los jubilados de la mancomunidad de Manta, Montecristi y Jaramijó durante esta pandemia mundial. Se utilizó el inventario de ansiedad de Beck para la detección de los niveles de ansiedad, el cual se fundamentó en un estudio de campo realizado de manera virtual. Los resultados reflejaron niveles de ansiedad leve y un considerable porcentaje de ansiedad moderada y grave. Por otra parte, se observó una mayor afectación en los niveles de ansiedad en el sexo femenino respecto a su opuesto. Palabras clave: Ansiedad, pandemia, ancianos, vulnerabilidad.

O texto em questão tem como objetivo demonstrar em que medida a música, enquanto área de conhecimento, pode contribuir na formação e no desenvolvimento integral dos indivíduos e quais as zonas do corpo físico e psíquico que podem ser acionadas no contato com a música. A fundamentação teórica está embasada nos textos de Maria Cândida Moraes (2003), A. Storr (2002), S Viellard e E. Bigan (2005), entre outros, na maioria, pesquisadores focados na cognição musical.

O presente trabalho é uma revisão de literatura, no qual foram analisados estudos sobre o preconceito e saúde mental em grupos étnicos. O objetivo foi identificar os aspectos psicossociais e cognitivos do preconceito que afetam a saúde mental, bem como, conhecer as pesquisas que têm sido feitas sobre essa temática no campo da Psicologia no Brasil. Do ponto de vista metodológico realizou-se um levantamento sobre artigos publicados com estas temáticas recuperadas nas bases Scielo, Google Acadêmico e BVS-Psi com os descritores: preconceito e saúde mental, saúde mental em grupos étnicos, etnia e saúde mental. Os resultados apontam que existe uma predisposição nos sujeitos ou grupos que experimentam a vivência de atitudes preconceituosas com sintomas depressivos e uma relação entre a etnia e a saúde mental.

Este artículo fue elaborado con el propósito de examinar la penalización sobre la mutilación genital femenina en Sudán, como instrumento para catalizar la protección de derechos humanos de las mujeres en este territorio. Con este propósito, fue elaborado un estudio sobre Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos bajo el enfoque cualitativo de la investigación, desarrollado con diseño documental, estructurado en función de la revisión de textos periodísticos, doctrinales, jurisprudenciales y normativos, los cuales fueron útiles para conocer los conceptos esenciales, consecuencias y mecanismos de acción vinculados a la ablación en las féminas. Se determinó que la práctica estudiada se aplica por razones de carácter cultural, provoca en las mujeres secuelas físicas y psíquicas, mientras que representa por todo ello una violación de sus derechos fundamentales. También se dedujo que existe amplia variedad de textos jurídicos promotores de los derechos naturales a nivel internacional, y persiguen la protección contra este procedimiento, por lo que, Sudán ha hecho lo correcto al modificar su legislación para adecuarla a instrumentos normativos integrados a los parámetros de la comunidad interestatal.

Although Robert Zemeckis’s film Beowulf (2007) is a re-writing of the Old English epic Beowulf with a shifting of perspective, certain details in the film can only be understood by referring to the poem. That is, a better understanding of the film is tied closely to an awareness of certain narrative elements in the epic. The emphasis on Beowulf in the poem shifts to the Mother in the film. This shift obviously leads to a recontextualization of the narrative elements of the former text. In the epic, Grendel is left without a father; however, in the film, he is fathered by Hrothgar but this biological fathering does not lead to linguistic castration. In their case, things are reversed: rather than the infant being castrated by the Law/language, the biological father is led to a psychic regression due to the son. This appears to be a dramatization of the conflicts between the (m)Other and the shared Other/the representative of the paternal metaphor: that is, Hrothgar. This time, the (m)Other conquers the representative of the paternal metaphor and annuls his masculinity, which radically changes the way in which we evaluate the course of events in the film. These departures make more sense if they are analyzed against the background of Lacanian epistemology. This paper aims to explore the film’s departures from the poem by approaching it from a Lacanian perspective.

This article examines how melancholia constitutes a psycho-geopolitical space interweaving Korean subjects’ psychic and political lives with the dynamics of the (post) Cold War alliance between Japan and the US. The Wednesday Demonstration is the weekly protest in Seoul that calls for an official apology and legal compensation from the Japanese government for comfort women who worked in the sexual slavery system under the Japanese Empire during WWII. The fact that the weekly protests have continued for 30 years since 1992 signifies that the comfort women issue has remained an unresolved (geo)political issue between South Korea and Japan for three decades, despite apologies and monetary compensations by the Japanese government. This article offers a psychoanalytic-geopolitical rationale for the endless grief of Korean postcolonial subjects who cannot accept the measures of the Japanese government regarding the comfort women issue. Based on 1-year’s participant observations and in-depth interviews with Korean activists who engaged in the Wednesday Demonstration from September 2019 to August 2020, this article aims to accomplish three goals. Firstly, this article shows how Korean postcolonial subjects were/are haunted by colonial past. Secondly, I examine why Koreans cannot complete mourning for comfort women in the context of ROK-US-Japan geopolitical relations. Lastly, this article interrogates how ethno-nationalists intervene to turn melancholia into a motivation for ethnic solidarity and how their attempt might have failed by exploring a Korean postcolonial subject’s psychic lives. In doing so, I argue that the wounds of Koreans related to the comfort women issue are not simply from colonial history, but they are postcolonial wounds that have not healed ‘appropriately’ under the (US-sponsored) South Korean/Japanese (post-)Cold War security arrangement.

Foram abordados neste referencial teórico assuntos referentes à psicodinâmica do trabalho e ao ECA, sobre as atribuições dos conselheiros tutelares. Os objetivos específicos deste estudo giraram em torno de identificar possíveis causas do sofrimento psicológico dos conselheiros tutelares, gerados pelo trabalho, da cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes/RJ. Este trabalho foi elaborado para melhorar a compreensão da sociedade civil acerca da atuação do conselheiro tutelar e do sofrimento psicológico que o mesmo pode vir a adquirir em decorrência de sua atuação, através da perspectiva da psicodinâmica do trabalho. Bem como oferecer a oportunidade de expressar-se para uma parcela de profissionais pouco valorizados e com pouco material acadêmico acerca do sofrimento psicológico dos mesmos. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa com os conselheiros tutelares. Pode-se perceber que os participantes da pesquisa definiram seu cargo de forma ampla, dando mais enfoque ao aspecto psicoemocional que ao aspecto prático-teórico. Nota-se também disparidades nas respostas referentes à atuação do conselheiro tutelar, oscilando entre uma atuação estruturada com dificuldades relativas a gestões públicas de má qualidade e, uma atuação ainda sendo estruturada, uma vez que as atribuições previstas no ECA não são postas em prática. É possível considerar que os objetivos desta pesquisa foram alcançados, uma vez que a entrevista foi respondida de forma satisfatória. Porém, é necessário ressaltar que, devido a diversos fatores, entre eles, a escolaridade dos entrevistados e o grau de comprometimento psicoemocional, alguns itens do questionário apresentaram respostas diferentes das esperadas.

Cuando se habla de la participación y de autoría mediata se direcciona al Código Orgáico Integral Penal (COIP) del Ecuador, es así que en él se pudo constatar que en el Art. 42 literal 2 habla sobre aquellas personas que realizan acciones como sugerencias, amenazas, entre otros, para incitar a otras a que se cometa un delito, también son consideradas como responsables del mismo, a pesar de que él no fue quien ejecutó la acción, considerándose como autores mediatos, de esta forma se viola el principio de delito colateral, a esto se le adjunta el influjo psíquico, ya que en su gran mayoría es utilizado como una herramienta directa para este tipo de autoría, haciendo que la persona que ejecuta la acción sea direccionado por influencias como concejos, recomendaciones, entre otros, para que realice el delito. El objetivo del presente proyecto fue el análisis de la forma que interviene el Influjo Psíquico como instrumento directo para la autoría mediata, es por ello que en base a un método cualitativo se aclararon los diversos conceptos científicos y técnicos que se relacionan en el influjo psíquico como herramienta para la autoría mediata. El principio de una acción criminal se fundamenta en lo ilegal, lo típico y el hecho culpable y su sanción se basa en la garantía del derecho penal y la Constitución de la República del Ecuador.

Book 1 of Plato’s Laws, and particularly the image of the puppet introduced near its end, has been traditionally interpreted as presenting the moral psychology model that underlies the educational system delineated by the Athenian Stranger, which construes virtue as consonance between the non–rational and the rational elements of the soul. But a different and competing conception of virtue looms large in Laws 1, virtue as victory of the best part of the soul in psychic conflict. This paper argues that the Athenian’s conception of education as the correct conformation of originally conflicting psychic forces requires the simultaneous presence of the harmony and the conflict models of virtue in Laws 1. Education is in turn defined by calculation, the rational activity which persuasively leads the conflicting non–rational forces towards a consonant reciprocal rapport. By strategically developing his understanding of education and calculation in Laws 1, the Athenian shows how the harmony model of virtue overcomes the conflict model, while at the same time recognising that there is some truth to the conflict model after all and integrating it within the harmony model.

Conventional mental health treatments do not meet the needs of all who seek help: some consult informal and alternative providers. Researching the use and perceived benefits of these non-conventional sources of help may contribute to understanding help-seeking behavior and inform mental health policy. We explored the experiences of people consulting psychics (a type of alternative provider) for mental health needs, through comparisons with experiences of people consulting conventional and informal providers. An online survey sought feedback on help seeking for stress or emotional problems from 734 adults who had consulted a psychologist or counsellor; doctor or psychiatrist who prescribed medication; friend or family member; or psychic or similar alternative provider. Analyses included descriptive and inferential statistics and content analysis of textual responses. Problems were commonly described in symptom or disorder terminology with considerable overlap across groups. Content analysis of reasons for choice of helper identified four main categories—functional, reasoned, emotional, and passive—which differed significantly across groups (Cramer’s V = 0.26), with consulting psychics predominantly a reasoned choice. Ratings of overall effectiveness of help by those consulting psychics were greater than for the three other groups (d = 0.31 to 0.42), with very few adverse outcomes in any group. Help seeking for stress or emotional problems includes consultations with psychics or similar alternative providers, with self-reported outcomes better than for conventional providers. Further research is warranted to establish whether psychic consultations may serve a useful public health function.

Este artículo tiene como objetivo examinar si la representación poética de la figura de Beatriz en la Comedia se corresponde con el sí mismo dantesco a la manera de una proyección, de una ensoñación idealizada. A partir de los estudios sobre el fenómeno de la ensoñación poética de Gastón Bachelard y los de C. G. Jung sobre los sueños y la naturaleza andrógina del alma humana (anima anima-animus), se hace una lectura en perspectiva crítico hermenéutica de la Comedia, considerando dos interrogantes principales: ¿cuál es el estatuto psíquico de la ensoñación dantesca? Y ¿cuál es la simbología que entraña el ideal femenino de Beatriz y que el mismo Dante –por no poseer– desea y proyecta poéticamente? Se argumenta que la Comedia puede entenderse como un elogio del sumo amor idealizado, interpretando que los valores expresados en las palabras y en el êthos de Beatriz no son más que la proyección del anima dantesca, es decir, que desde la teoría de la ensoñación poética de Bachelard, Beatriz se erige como una idealización del deseo de virtud del propio Dante.

Prematurity of birth can interfere in the mother's relationship with her baby, with risks of establishing psychic failures. So, this research sought to analyze how the maternal function can be affected by the conditions of premature birth of the baby and by the therapeutic itinerary in a neonatal referral unit for the Kangaroo Method. 06 mothers of preterm babies participated. Open interviews were conducted, using the conceptual operators of the protocol axes of the Research on Clinical Risk Indicators for Child Development (IRDI) as guides.The study was submitted to the Ethics Committee in resolution 466/12. In content analysis, the following thematic categories emerged: “Repercussions of premature birth in the mother's subjectivity” and “About time and support networks”. It was understood that the waiting time for the hospitalization of the preterm child can work for the mother as a time for psychic re-elaboration. The support networks and transfer attenuared the obstacles established in the mother-infant relationship, thus protecting maternal-infant mental health.

Joseph John Thomson is best known for detecting two isotopes of neon within cathode ray tubes that lay the foundation of the field of mass spectrometry. He was awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the electron and for his work on the conduction of electricity in gases in the same devices. He is less known for his strong religious beliefs and his interest in psychical research and the paranormal. Thomson served as a member of the Society for Psychical Research for over 50 years and even became its Vice President. During this time, he attended a number of séances and demonstrations by professed psychics and mediums. This article traces those who influenced his interest in the paranormal, from Balfour Stewart to Lord Rayleigh and William Crookes. It reports and illustrates his beliefs and experiences investigating the paranormal in his own words.

In questa intervista Irma Morosini racconta il suo percorso di formazione, iniziato con lo studio della psicoanalisi classica e delle teorie gruppali, in seguito utilizzate congiuntamente per analizzare le coppie e le famiglie. Il lavoro con i bambini l'ha inoltre portata a sviluppare il pensiero psicodrammatico, ed è proprio con questa tecnica che favorisce l'emersione e l'espressione dei segreti familiari, depositi transgenerazionali insiti nell'inconscio individuale e trasmessi per mezzo dell'apparato psichico vincolare.