Differential diagnosis of autism, attachment disorders, complex post-traumatic stress disorder and emotionally unstable personality disorder: A Delphi study

Individuals diagnosed with autism, attachment disorders, emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD) or complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) can present with similar features. This renders differential and accurate diagnosis of these conditions difficult, leading to diagnostic overshadowing and misdiagnosis. The purpose of this study was to explore professionals' perspectives on the differential diagnosis of autism, attachment disorders and CPTSD in young people; and of autism, CPTSD and EUPD in adults. A co-produced three-round Delphi study gathered information through a series of questionnaires from 106 international professionals with expertise in assessing and/or diagnosing at least one of these conditions. To provide specialist guidance and data triangulation, working groups of experts by experience, clinicians and researchers were consulted. Delphi statements were considered to have reached consensus if at least 80% of participants were in agreement. Two hundred and seventy-five Delphi statements reached consensus. Overlapping and differentiating features, methods of assessment, difficulties encountered during differential diagnosis and suggestions for improvements were identified. The findings highlight current practices for differential diagnosis of autism, attachment disorders, CPTSD and EUPD in young people and adults. Areas for future research, clinical and service provision implications, were also identified

Chapitre 2. Genre, race et appartenance ethnique comme freins au développement

Le présent chapitre explore les difficultés rencontrées dans le développement rural par les femmes indigènes, qui luttent sur trois fronts : elles sont femmes, pauvres et indiennes. Elles sont touchées de plein fouet par le développement moderne, mais largement ignorées par les gouvernements, les planificateurs et les agences de développement (Vinding, 1998). Bien que cette critique à l’égard du développement ait été exprimée pour la première fois il y a près d’un quart de siècle, la situatio..

El género y la etnicidad como barreras para el desarrollo: Mujeres indígenas, acceso a recursos en Ecuador en perspectiva latinoamericana

Placing original research undertaken in Ecuador with Kichwa and Tsáchila women, into the Latin American context, the paper addresses the barriers experienced by indigenous women to voice, rights and resources in the context of development programmes. The paper identifies racism, biased knowledges, and entrenched assumptions about women and indigenous people as the primary factors influencing indigenous women’s marginalization. The paper ends with a discussion of indigenous women’s critiques of development, and their recommendations for the future.Dentro de una investigación original sobre las mujeres Kichwa y Tsáchila en Ecuador, el artículo aborda los obstáculos experimentados por las mujeres indígenas de expresar sus derechos y recursos en el contexto de los programas de desarrollo. El artículo identifica elracismo, el conocimiento sesgado, y los supuestos arraigos sobre las mujeres y los indígenas como los factores principales influyendo en la marginalización de las mujeres indígenas. El artículo termina con una discusión sobre las críticas de las mujeres indígenas sobre el desarrollo y sus recomendaciones para el futuro

Excerpt from "Why decolonize geography?"

The first book of its kind, Decolonizing Geography offers an indispensable introductory guide to the origins, current state and implications of the decolonial project in geography. Sarah A. Radcliffe recounts the influence of colonialism on the discipline of geography and introduces key decolonial ideas, explaining why they matter and how they change geography’s understanding of people, environments and nature. She explores the international origins of decolonial ideas, through to current Indigenous thinking, coloniality-modernity, Black geographies and decolonial feminisms of colour. Throughout, she presents an original synthesis of wide-ranging literatures and offers a systematic decolonizing approach to space, place, nature, global-local relations, the Anthropocene and much more