If someone thinks that the review ...

If someone thinks that the review of psychiatry as a science and practice from the standpoint of cultural studies is far from the life of theorizing, is a specialist at best, merely misguided, at worst - shows a complete ignorance of the situation that happened today in the world Science. For example, changes affecting the conceptual apparatus of the psychiatric section of ICD-10 (4), primarily associated with the part of our cultural traditions, which are used as expletives names of those or other mental disorders. This is the reason of the ICD-10 have disappeared, the terms "mental retardation," "debility," "psychopathy". But if our European colleagues do not feel ashamed to be guided in their scientific researches public opinion, then why should we ignore the most important theoretical proposals that incorporate the main vector of the cultural state of the times and received the name "postmodernism"? Thus, the psychiatric diagnosis as a phenomenon related to post-modern textual culture, should be considered based on the logic above, is very relative and conditional. In other words, it is time for psychiatrists to recognize the conventional boundaries of clinical entities in psychiatry. And here focused on the individual syndromes structure of ICD-10 (Section "V"), seems to be very good model for how to smooth out these contradictions. Notes. 1. Rudnev, VP Dictionary culture of the XX century. M., 1997. S.220-225. 2. Foucault M. The history of madness in the Classical era. SPb., 1997. S.428. 3. Jaspers K. General Psychopathology. M., 1997. S.855. 4. International Classification of Diseases (10 th Revision). Class V. Mental and behavioral disorders (F00-F99). Part I. Rostov on Don, 1999. ---------------------------------------- Date: Vygonsky S. Psychiatric diagnosis as a Cultural Phenomenon . - Medicine in Southern Russia. 2001, December, № 12 (73). C.12. Source: http://sv-psycho.narod.ru/

50 Ways to Reduce Stress

Translation: Permyakov Alexander to stand for 15 minutes earlier than usual. Prepare in advance - the previous evening. Decide what you will eat breakfast. Prepare breakfast. Remove the clothes you plan to wear. Do not rely on your memory. Everything down. Everything you need to do is write. "The most pale ink better than the good memory." (Chinese proverb) Do not do anything because of what you have to lie in the future. Make copies of all keys. Hide your house key in a secret location in the yard. Carry a spare car key in your wallet. Keep your equipment in order. This will help you avoid damaging the car, household appliances, computers in the worst possible moment. " Always be prepared for the fact that you have to wait. Caught in the queue, time flies faster when you do not forget to take a book from home. Shelving - a way to stress. Regardless of what you want to do tomorrow, do it today. Regardless of what you want to do today, do it now.