Topic: Psyche and soma - From harmony to discord. INTRODUCTION Psyche and soma- from harmony to discord "the captivating enigma that asks how subjective mental states are connected to our objective physical biology and the effect of balance or imbalance between them on an individual. There is little if any justification for regarding mind and body as separate entities, they function as a unit in health and disease. Although a disorder may be primarily physical or primarily psychological, it is always a disorder of the whole- not just of the body or psyche. Research has shown th...
Clinical Observations The need to examine the tacit assumptions about hunger forced itself upon me during the psychiatric and psychoanalytic study and treatment of a large group of patients suffering from anorexia nervosa or developmental obesity. ... Mayer and Weinroth expressed doubt that favorable changes in anorexia nervosa could be attributed to "insight" and felt that they might be related to other factors. 27 In evaluating and re-evaluating what might have been overlooked in the analysis of these patients, I gradually recognized that it was not the one or other "conflict" or anythin...
Everywhere one looks, they turn to see some form of advertising. People are, on a daily basis, bombarded by images of products, catchy jingles, and attention-getting slogans. Advertising has infiltrated all various forms of communication. Throughout history advertising mediums have evolved in the print media through newspapers and magazines, to broadcast media involving television, radio and most recently the internet, to outdoor advertising which includes billboard advertising, public transit advertising and sport venues. These mediums impact greatly on modern urban areas and can be simu...