Sleeping Postures

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Subject: FW: Zero Point about Match Fixing
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From: Zee Source <CherokeeScholar@...>
Subject: [psychiatry] just the most heroic
To: psychiatry@yahoogroups.com
Cc: "Zee Source" <CherokeeScholar@...>
Date: Monday, September 27, 2010, 10:00 AM

“A real friend does not pick up the bill for an addict’s drugs: he packs the friend off to rehab instead."


> just the most heroic?
>
> For three decades, the writer and journalist Gideon Levy has been a lone voice,

> telling his readers the truth about what goes on

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/is-gideon-levy-the-most-hated-man-in-israel-or-just-the-most-heroic-2087909.html

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Question diagnosis of Conversion reaction/disorder

by HW, Nov 27, 2004 12:00AM

Tags: conversion, child, child behavior

My 16 year old son was treated for depression in mid august with Welbutrin and reached a dose of 300 mg. by mid september with little

Little noses decongestant
Little tummys

benefit. He also was in weekly psychotherapy since August..  He then was switched to Lexapro, 10 mg with welbutrin 150 mg. and quickly developed constant shaking, for four days. The psychiatrist said to discontinue the lexaparo, but my son then began showing a seizure-like presentation, with grimacing, teeth

Broken or knocked out tooth
Dental care - adult
Development of baby teeth
Development of permanent teeth
Plaque and tartar on teeth
Teething symptoms
Toothaches
Dental x-rays
Teething

clenching and fist tightening, head

Head injury
Head and face reconstruction
Head lice
Indications of head injury
Radial head injury

jerking, eyes rolling back and when

brought to the emergency

Emergency airway puncture
Emergency contraception

room, his b/p was 150/90. He was given IV Benedryl and Ativan and he calmed down and went to sleep. These episodes have not stopped since then. We took him of Welbutrin and he was med free for 8 days. His seizure-like episodes continued and were prompted by any negative thought or stressor. He then began Zoloft therapy, with slow titration until reaching 175mg. Along with this, he was given Buspar, clonopin, and cogentin to help him with these supposed panic attacks that the dr. was treating. We found no improvement with these meds. Two weeks ago he obtained 36 hr. continuous eeg. monitoring and video taping in an epilepsy unit in a hospital. The neurologist found no EEg abnormalities, and a psychiatrist who works with epileptic patients evaluated my son as well. Both doctors concurred that my son has pseudosiezures and a conversion reaction. They felt that once my son was made aware of no physical cause for his siezures, he would improve with psychotherapy. Two weeks have passed. He takes only Zoloft, 150 mg. daily now. Symptoms have not subsided and we are now going to see a doctor who specializes in hypnosis and conversion disorders. We wonder if any other tests should be performed to rule out any organic problems. He  has had a cat scan of the brain-no significant findings. We wonder if an MRI would be more conlusive. No doctor is recommending this. We also wonder about the adrenal gland-tumor? or any endocrinological imbalances-He took a 24 hrs urine VMA  test and found elevated catacolymine and VMA levels but dr. felt this was of no concern based on volume of urine collected.
Do you feel psych testing could confirm this diagnosis?. How could psych testing be helpful? We don't want to miss a medical condtion that may be causing these spasms. What other tests should he take? Could a sensitivity to SSRI medications cause an extra sensitivity in a person to stressful stimuli. These symptoms all occured after his dystonic or extreme shaking for 4 days from Lexapro. We wonder whether we should stop all SSRI medication(Zoloft) and see if these spasms stop. It was recommended that we first pursue treatment for conversion reaction before taking him off Zoloft since he has experienced positive mood elevation from it. He has missed 2 months of school. Has just begun home tutoring in limited subjects-he has spasms during instructions but can regroup after an attack and resume instruction.Please advise us.Thanks

ANS 1

by Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D., Nov 29, 2004 12:00AM

The sudden onset of your son's symptoms does lend support to the possibility of biological process vs psychological process. Whenever conversion reaction is diagnosed, it is crucial to rule out medical conditions, for obvious reasons. It would be a mistake to treat something as psychogenic in origin when it is really a biological phenomenon. The idea of a MRI certainly makes sense, particularly because of the presumed diagnosis of conversion reaction. While you son is gaining some benefit from his SSRI, under the circumstances it is sensible to try him off the medication. The association between onset of symptoms and start of SSRI is important (though by no means is it indicative of causation). Actually, I would be suspicious of the role of Wellbutrin in the onset of your son's seizures. As you may know, at the dose he was taking, approximately 4 in 1,000 patients might display seizures as a side effect of the medicine. I assume your providers have addressed this possibility.

Female hysteria

Women with hysteria under the effects of hypnosis.

Water massages as a treatment for hysteria c. 1860.

Female hysteria was a once-common medical diagnosis, made exclusively in women, which is today no longer recognized by modern medical authorities as a medical disorder. Its diagnosis and treatment were routine for many hundreds of years in Western Europe. Hysteria was widely discussed in the medical literature of the Victorian era. Women considered to be suffering from it exhibited a wide array of symptoms including faintness, nervousness, insomnia, fluid retention, heaviness in abdomen, muscle spasm, shortness of breath, irritability, loss of appetite for food or sex, and "a tendency to cause trouble".^[1]

Since ancient times women considered to be suffering from hysteria would sometimes undergo "pelvic massage" — manual stimulation of the genitals by the doctor until the patient experienced "hysterical paroxysm" (orgasm).^[1]

[edit] Early history

The history of hysteria can be traced to ancient times; in ancient Greece it was described in the gynecological treatises of the Hippocratic corpus, which date from the 5th and 4th centuries BCE. Plato's dialogue Timaeus tells of the uterus wandering throughout a woman’s body, strangling the victim as it reaches the chest and causing disease. This theory is the source of the name, which stems from the Greek word for uterus, hystera (ὑστέρα).

Galen, a prominent physician from the second century, wrote that hysteria was a disease caused by sexual deprivation in particularly passionate women: hysteria was noted quite often in virgins, nuns, widows and, occasionally, married women. The prescription in medieval and renaissance medicine was intercourse if married, marriage if single, or vaginal massage (pelvic massage) by a midwife as a last recourse.^[1]

[edit] Victorian era

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A physician in 1859 claimed that a quarter of all women suffered from hysteria. One physician cataloged 75 pages of possible symptoms of hysteria and called the list incomplete;^[2] almost any ailment could fit the diagnosis. Physicians thought that the stresses associated with modern life caused civilized women to be both more susceptible to nervous disorders and to develop faulty reproductive tracts.^[3] In America, such disorders in women reaffirmed that the United States was on par with Europe; one American physician expressed pleasure that the country was ”catching up” to Europe in the prevalence of hysteria.^[2]

Rachel P. Maines has observed that such cases were quite profitable for physicians, since the patients were at no risk of death, but needed constant treatment. The only problem was that physicians did not enjoy the tedious task of vaginal massage (generally referred to as 'pelvic massage'): The technique was difficult for a physician to master and could take hours to achieve "hysterical paroxysm." Referral to midwives, which had been common practice, meant a loss of business for the physician.^[1]

A 1918 Sears, Roebuck and Co. ad with several models of vibrators.

A solution was the invention of massage devices, which shortened treatment from hours to minutes, removing the need for midwives and increasing a physician’s treatment capacity. Already at the turn of the century, hydrotherapy devices were available at Bath, and by the mid-19th century, they were popular at many high-profile bathing resorts across Europe and in America.^[1] By 1870, a clockwork-driven vibrator was available for physicians. In 1873, the first electromechanical vibrator was used at an asylum in France for the treatment of hysteria.

While physicians of the period acknowledged that the disorder stemmed from sexual dissatisfaction, they seemed unaware of or unwilling to admit the sexual purposes of the devices used to treat it.^[1] In fact, the introduction of the speculum was far more controversial than that of the vibrator.^[1]

By the turn of the century, the spread of home electricity brought the vibrator to the consumer market. The appeal of cheaper treatment in the privacy of one’s own home understandably made the vibrator a popular early home appliance. In fact, the electric home vibrator was on the market before many other home appliance ’essentials’: nine years before the electric vacuum cleaner and 10 years before the electric iron.^[1] A page from a Sears catalog of home electrical appliances from 1918 includes a portable vibrator with attachments, billed as ”Very useful and satisfactory for home service.”^[1]

Other cures for female hysteria included bed rest, bland food, seclusion, refraining from mentally taxing tasks (for example, reading) and sensory deprivation.^[4]

[edit] Decline

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Number of French psychiatric theses on hysteria.^[5]

Over the course of the early 20th century, the number of diagnoses of female hysteria sharply declined, and today it is no longer a recognized illness. Many reasons are behind its decline: many medical authors claim that the decline is due to laypeople gaining a greater understanding of the psychology behind conversion disorders such as hysteria, and it therefore no longer gets the desired response from society.^[5]

It has also been argued that all that changed was where the disease was placed by physicians.^{[citation needed]} With so many possible symptoms, hysteria was always a catchall diagnosis where any unidentifiable ailment could be assigned, and so, as diagnostic techniques improved, the number of cases were pared down until nothing was left. For instance, before the introduction of electroencepholagraphy, epilepsy was frequently confused with hysteria.^[6] Many cases that would have been labeled hysteria were reclassified by Sigmund Freud as anxiety neuroses.^[6]

Today different manifestations of hysteria are recognized in other conditions such as schizophrenia, conversion disorder, and anxiety attacks.

Case 1
The patient is a 30-year-old married woman, the mother of two children, from a rural peasant background. At the time of her presentation, she described a ten-year history of being possessed by the spirit of her dead aunt. She described the onset of her possession as occurring after her aunt's death: "My aunt and I had a good, close relationship since we were children. The night after she died, I felt I was possessed. I heard my aunt call me, and I answered her. Since then, I have been possessed." She described seeing the spirit of her aunt walk into her house as "a person in white, but without a head." The patient believed that her possession resulted in weight loss, a changed voice, and unusual behavior.

During "attacks," which would come on suddenly, she would believe that she was the spirit of her aunt. She would laugh and cry inappropriately and feel as if she had no control over her actions. She acknowledged being very sad and very scared during these episodes. She denied having difficulty concentrating, remembering, or attending to her surroundings. She also denied having difficulties in making the right judgments about day-to-day matters or being unable to distinguish reality from fantasy. However, she believed that while she was under the influence of the spirit, it would not be possible for someone to call her back to reality.

The patient claimed that before her experiences, she never believed in ghosts but that the possession caused her to believe in ghosts. She experienced four of these attacks, which she believed were precipitated by dreaming of her aunt or by hearing other people mention her aunt. Her family also believed she was possessed, and they maintained this belief despite the explanation of a doctor who gave the patient a diagnosis of hysteria.

The patient was treated by a variety of means, including traditional Chinese medicine, "shots," tranquilizers, and acupuncture. She believed her most effective treatment was the use of an exorcist. She did not believe that she suffered from a physical or mental illness but attributed all her symptoms to the possession.

In contrast to kwei-fu, dzao-mo suggests a state in which one's behavior and emotions are taken over by malevolent spirits. These spirits assume the form of fairies, whirlwinds, and snakes. It is generally believed that these malevolent spirits can take over one's life and interfere in the performance of good deeds.

In zhong-xea, the invading agents are attributed to a particular kind of chi—hsieh chi, or wayward chi, called ching. Ching is believed to be the essence of all inanimate and animate objects. The best known are the ching of snakes, foxes, and turtles. The following is a case, taken from the study sample, of a woman who suffered from zhong-xea, although she believed she had kwei-fu and dzao-mo.

Case 2
The patient is a 40-year-old peasant woman, the mother of five children, of Buddhist background, who resides in a rural area. She presented with complaints that "I feel anxious, and sometimes my brain is in a turmoil, as if there is some prickly sensation all over my body. Sometimes I feel a tingly sensation. I can't get to sleep at night because I seem to have seen something tiny and black before me. I am thus terrified. My family thinks I am sick and have brought me here."

The patient described her first attack as occurring at age 20, after a quarrel with her husband: "The first attack was at dusk when the day's work was almost over and when I was on my way to look for my husband. As it was getting dark, I felt something like a cat running across my feet. I was scared and quickened my steps. I saw my husband squatting ahead, but he didn't answer when I shouted. Later on, the catlike creature dashed right in front of me. I let out a cry, 'I'm scared,' and then lost my consciousness. I found myself in my house when I came to. Since then, I have suffered repeated attacks. My husband says that when I'm attacked I am possessed by different things, which I can hardly tell."

The patient initially claimed that she had no idea what was wrong with her, but later stated, "I heard that I was possessed by a turtle. I was quite confused... and began to talk nonsense. I don't know what I was talking about. Maybe something possessed me." She said that she was not sure what the possessing agent looked like, but knew that it made her tired. She stated that during the attacks, which came on suddenly, she had no control over her actions and that she acted differently, but was unaware of her behavior during the episodes.

She also acknowledged difficulty concentrating, remembering ordinary things, and maintaining attention. She was only partly aware of her surroundings and had difficulty distinguishing between reality and fantasy. While she was in the possessed state, no one could call her back to reality. She also acknowledged losing a sense of time and feeling very sad and very scared. She regains her "consciousness" as soon as "a doctor checks on me or gives me an acupuncture treatment."

The patient is not sure how many attacks she has had, but she claims they have occurred in each of the 20 years since the first one. She believes she is sick from spirit possession but not mentally ill. She described her disease as resulting from a "poor life, unhappiness, constant quarrels, irritation, and too much deliberation." Western-trained doctors have diagnosed her as suffering from hysteria, while traditional Chinese doctors described her case as "coma due to blocking of the respiratory system" or "an abnormal circulation of the blood of the liver." As treatment for her condition, she received "quietness or Chinese herb medicine." She believed that the most effective treatment was to "take Chinese herb medicine and Western medicine at the same time."

These two cases illustrate well the ways that complaints of possession are addressed in the People's Republic of China. Most of these patients are diagnosed as suffering from hysteria, yi-ping in the Chinese classification of mental diseases (6). Yi-ping is defined and treated as follows:

• Yi-ping (hysteria) is a common form of psychoneurosis with characteristics of suggestibility, exaggeration, emotionality, and egocentricity commonly related to adverse mental suggestions. It presents with sensory or motor impairment, organic and vegetative imbalance, and abnormal mental symptoms. Causation may be related to, modified by, or removed by suggestion.

• Symptoms may include movement disturbances (inhibition or hyperactivity), sensory disturbances (visual or auditory changes), emotional constriction or hyperemotionality, and psychological symptoms (wandering, amnesia, pseudodementia, or multiple personality).

• Course of disease includes an acute onset, limited and short duration, and possibility of recurrence after symptoms subside.

• Etiology is attributed to psychological factors; predispositional factors such as heredity, personality, suggestibility, and egocentric proneness to imagination; and physical factors.

• Treatment is aimed at removal of psychological conflict, stress, and adverse environmental influences with the cooperation and assistance of the family. Patients are instructed in how to cope with daily life and work problems and in the cultivation of self-discipline and how to overcome personality deficiencies. Symptomatic relief is offered to highly suggestible patients through suggestive treatments such as intravenous injection of glucose, electrical stimulation of affected body parts, verbal suggestion, massage, and exercises. Neuroleptic therapy is also used for relief of acute symptoms.

• Prognosis is usually good when intervention is timely.

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Founder Member: / Chair person : Children, Youth and Families Foundation (CYFF) 

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Psychiatric Rehabilitation Conference

30^th October 2010

In The Memory of

Prof Dr.  Haroon Rahid Chaudhry

Organized By

Karwan-e-Hayat

With collaboration of World Association for Rehabilitation

                                                                                                                                                                 ;             

 Inaugural Session

                  30^th October 2010

       Avenue Marriott Hotel Karachi

                                                        Master of the Ceremony

                                                           Dr. Ajmal kazmi

9:00 am to 9:05 am                                                                      National Anthem

9:05 am to 9:10 am                                                                      Recitation of Holy Quran

9:10 am to 9:15 am                                                                  Welcome Address by Dr. Ajmal Kazmi

9:15 am to 10:00 am                                                  Speeches on the Memory of Prof. Dr. Haroon Rashid Chaudhry

10:00 am to 10:10 am                                                Speech By Karwan-e-Hayat Director Dr.M.  Zafar Qureshi

10:10 am to 10:15 am                                                 Speech Karwan-e-Hayat President Mr. Masroor Ahmed

10:15 am to 10:25 am                                                               Speech by Chief Guest

12:00 pm to 1:30pm                                                         Scientific Session I

2:00 pm to 3:30 pm                                                          Scientific Session II

3:30 pm to 5:00 pm                                                          Scientific Session III

5:00 pm to 6:00 pm                                                          Concluding session and distribution

Asma Perveen

Clinical Psychologist.