A Qualitative Analysis of the Portrayal of Young People and Psychosis in Australian News Reports

ABSTRACT

News media plays an influential role in shaping society’s understanding of mental illness and can promote perspectives ranging from those that promote help-seeking behaviour to stigmatised associations with attributes such as danger and violence. Stigma has been found to have significant negative impacts on people with psychosis. No existing studies have explored how young people with psychosis are represented in newspapers. Targeting this gap, this study analysed news articles relating to youth psychosis to determine the types of discourses used. We searched the ProQuest Australia and New Zealand Newsstream database (2011-2016) for Australian newspaper articles related to young people and psychosis. Qualitative analysis was used to identify content and these were arranged into key themes. The recurring themes evident in the 27 articles linked youth psychosis to illicit drug use, violence and professional infighting about treatment options, and thus promoted significantly stigmatised perspectives of youth psychosis. Acknowledgement of these stigmatised discourses is important for encouraging responsible media reporting and for understanding the social messages impacting on treatment and help-seeking by young people. We discuss the conflicted role of journalists in presenting information about mental illness and recommend development of a more solutions-focused approach to reporting in this area.     

从邱兴华案审视我国的司法精神病鉴定制度

2006年倍受关注的邱兴华杀人案自从进入了刑事司法程序之后，围绕着要不要给邱兴华做司法精神病鉴定的问题．在精神病专家、法学家、律师及普通民众之间展开了激烈的争论，一度使得该案扑朔迷离。而最终未被做司法精神病鉴定的邱兴华于2006年12月28日被执行了死刑。在关注此案的进展中，看到了我国司法精神病鉴定制度存在的问题，从我国司法精神病鉴定的现状出发，对我国的司法精神病鉴定制度提出了改革的建议。     

论韩孟诗派创作特色之成因

以韩愈、孟郊、贾岛、李贺、卢仝等为代表的韩孟诗派是中唐诗坛上的一朵奇葩。他们以“不平则鸣”为创作思想 ,创作出一大批风格迥异的诗篇。之所以产生这种诗风是有着深刻的心理原因的。而中唐时期诗人创作心理转变 ,韩孟等人仕途的曲折经历及其童年成长的生活体验等方面 ,是韩孟诗派形成独特诗风的重要因素。     

玛勒关于儿童精神病的病理学和治疗观

著名精神分析学家玛格丽特.玛勒在继承前人理论和自己临床经验的基础上,结合自己提出的心理发展阶段理论,提出了儿童两种精神病概念,系统阐述了儿童我向性精神病和儿童共生性精神病的病理学和治疗观,对儿童精神病治疗理论与实践作出了重要的贡献。     

人格与学业成绩关系研究述评

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Running for your life: A review of physical activity and cardiovascular disease risk reduction in individuals with schizophrenia

Individuals with schizophrenia have a greater risk for cardiometabolic risk factors (e.g. central obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension and dyslipidaemia), cardiovascular diseases and mortality. This risky profile may be explained by the adverse effects of antipsychotic medications and an unhealthy lifestyle (e.g. smoking, poor nutrition and low physical activity). In the general population, physical activity has been shown to be the optimal strategy to improve both cardiometabolic parameters and cardiorespiratory fitness levels. Accordingly, an emerging literature of non-pharmacological interventions (e.g. cognitive behavioural therapy, diet and physical activity) has been studied in individuals with schizophrenia. Therefore, the purpose of this review was 1) to conduct a critical literature review of non-pharmacological interventions that included some kind of physical activity (including supervised and unsupervised exercise training) and target cardiometabolic risk factors in individuals with schizophrenia. 2) To describe the contribution of physical activity alone by reviewing trials of supervised exercise training programmes only. A literature review via systematic keyword search for publications in Medline, PubMed, Embase and PsycINFO was performed. Many non-pharmacological interventions are efficient in reducing cardiovascular disease risk factors when combined with physical activity. Supervised physical activity has been successful in decreasing cardiovascular disease risk, and aerobic interval training appears to provide more benefits by specifically targeting cardiorespiratory fitness levels. In conclusion, physical activity is an effective strategy for addressing cardiovascular disease risk in individuals with schizophrenia. Long-term studies are needed to evaluate the feasibility and impact of exercise training programmes in individuals with schizophrenia.     

Some relationships between speech defects,musical disability,scholastic attainment and maladjustment

Aristotle coined the term entelechy to describe the processes of nature. Burke extends entelechy to the realm of human symbolic action. Burke implicitly recognizes the possibility of a type of entelechy that might be called psychotic entelechy as early as his first book of criticism. Although Burke does not use the term psychotic entelechy, the concept exists implicitly in Burke's discussion of entelechy.

Biblical scholar James D. Tabor claims that the 1993 Branch Davidian disaster could have been avoided. Burkean entelechial methods are used here to critique the socio‐political tragedy known as Waco. Burkean‐style methods of curing psychotic entelechy were actually being used to attempt to avert the tragedy.     

论学校美育的心理健康功能

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论精神病犯罪嫌疑人刑事辩护的困境与出路

精神病辩护在学界中有一定的争论,笔者试着从精神病辩护保留论者的角度出发对精神病辩护存在的必要性进行论证。目前我国精神病辩护存在许多问题,证明主体的问题,证明标准,证明责任的分配,精神病鉴定程序启动难。这就需要从精神病证明上进行规范,完善精神病启动程序。