26 research outputs found
RELIGIOUS CHARACTERISTICS OF ROMANIAN PHYSICIANS: TOWARDS AN INTEGRATIVE SUPPORT OF RELIGIOUS PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS
Background: The growing closeness between psychiatry and theology may impact positively the healthcare of the religious
psychiatric patients. However, some significant divergences regarding the health care religious methods and the concept and believe
in the demonic possession of psychiatric patients continue to shape the relationships between these professionals. While the religions
generally admit the demonic or spirit possession as real, the current views of physicians and psychiatric patients are just taken for
granted and therefore demands new investigations. In this study, we have performed a targeted survey on this subject.
Subjects and methods: The survey was based on a questionnaire addressed to 216 psychiatrists and 201 non-psychiatrists, and
408 psychiatric patients. For physicians, the questionnaire was randomized sent to hospitals in Romania. The patients received the
questionnaire on paper. Except for patients with dementia and those in the acute phase of a psychiatric illness, all psychiatric
disorders available at the time of the investigation were randomized included in the study.
Results: The results showed that about 20% of physicians and 60% of psychiatric patients considered that demonic possession
might be associated to a psychiatric illness, while the later would like a priest in the therapeutic team (89.4%, CI: 0.86-0.92). In
addition, the psychiatrists declared a lower attendance of religious services, although the majority would accept a priest in the
therapeutic team (p>0.05, CI: 0.61-0.70).
Conclusion: These findings invite to a more practical collaboration between psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and
theologians/priests with training in psychiatry for a more integrative mental care of the religious psychiatric patients. The results
call as well for more efficient practical solutions for psychiatric patients, raise awareness towards the personal religious needs and
critical beliefs of such patients, and finally might narrow the gap of the controversy between psychiatrists, non-psychiatrists,
psychologists and theologians/priests on the addressed issues
RELIGIOUS CHARACTERISTICS OF ROMANIAN PHYSICIANS: TOWARDS AN INTEGRATIVE SUPPORT OF RELIGIOUS PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS
Background: The growing closeness between psychiatry and theology may impact positively the healthcare of the religious
psychiatric patients. However, some significant divergences regarding the health care religious methods and the concept and believe
in the demonic possession of psychiatric patients continue to shape the relationships between these professionals. While the religions
generally admit the demonic or spirit possession as real, the current views of physicians and psychiatric patients are just taken for
granted and therefore demands new investigations. In this study, we have performed a targeted survey on this subject.
Subjects and methods: The survey was based on a questionnaire addressed to 216 psychiatrists and 201 non-psychiatrists, and
408 psychiatric patients. For physicians, the questionnaire was randomized sent to hospitals in Romania. The patients received the
questionnaire on paper. Except for patients with dementia and those in the acute phase of a psychiatric illness, all psychiatric
disorders available at the time of the investigation were randomized included in the study.
Results: The results showed that about 20% of physicians and 60% of psychiatric patients considered that demonic possession
might be associated to a psychiatric illness, while the later would like a priest in the therapeutic team (89.4%, CI: 0.86-0.92). In
addition, the psychiatrists declared a lower attendance of religious services, although the majority would accept a priest in the
therapeutic team (p>0.05, CI: 0.61-0.70).
Conclusion: These findings invite to a more practical collaboration between psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and
theologians/priests with training in psychiatry for a more integrative mental care of the religious psychiatric patients. The results
call as well for more efficient practical solutions for psychiatric patients, raise awareness towards the personal religious needs and
critical beliefs of such patients, and finally might narrow the gap of the controversy between psychiatrists, non-psychiatrists,
psychologists and theologians/priests on the addressed issues
TENDENCIES IN FORMING SHEET METAL PARTS USING INCREMENTAL FORMING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
Stretch forming of sheet metal materials is a highly required process in aerospace industry for manufacturing skin parts. Automation of some processes such as cutting, punching, forming, shearing and nesting in conventional manufacturing tends to combine these forming methods. Some researches are made on the formability of sheet metal materials obtained in incremental forming process with stretch forming and water jet incremental micro-forming with supporting dies. This paper is an attempt to review the newly researches made on optimization of manufacturing metal skin parts to achieve geometrical accuracy
TENDENCIES IN FORMING SHEET METAL PARTS USING INCREMENTAL FORMING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
Stretch forming of sheet metal materials is a highly required process in aerospace industry for manufacturing skin parts. Automation of some processes such as cutting, punching, forming, shearing and nesting in conventional manufacturing tends to combine these forming methods. Some researches are made on the formability of sheet metal materials obtained in incremental forming process with stretch forming and water jet incremental micro-forming with supporting dies. This paper is an attempt to review the newly researches made on optimization of manufacturing metal skin parts to achieve geometrical accuracy
Romania. The Pillars for its Sustainable Development
Our country has political stability, very good relations with all neighbour countries, a legislative system made upon European standards which requires greater stability and rigour. Stimulating regional activities, promoting inter-regional cooperation are placed in the larger context of process of Romania’s integration into EU and to prepare the institutional structures and necessary capacities in order to implement the structural politics of EU after integration
Establishing echocardiographic and arterial stiffness markers as predictors of cognitive decline
Different factors seem to contribute to cognitive impairment in the elderly
population. It is unclear which cardiovascular risk factors are the most
significant contributors to cognitive decline. Although there is some recent
neuropathological evidence that vascular lesions and atherosclerotic
occlusion of the cerebral arteries may unmask or strengthen the clinical
expression of cognitive decline and dementia, there is still little knowledge
about the relevance of echocardiographic and arterial stiffness markers as
predictors for cognitive decline. In the present study we decided to
investigate whether and how the severity of cognitive impairment could be
related to cerebral hemodynamic impairment, as well as the possible
contribution of the alterations in cerebral hemodynamics (as expressed
through some echocardiographic and arterial stiffness markers) to the
progression of cognitive decline in a group of patients with cognitive
impairments, as compared to a control group with no cognitive deficits. The
main finding of our study indicated significant differences in terms of
echocardiographic and arterial stiffness markers between the two groups, one
composed of patients with cognitive impairment and one with normal-cognitive
patients, which suggests an association between these parameters and poor
cognitive function. While these functional changes of the cerebral vessel
functions could have an important role in the pathogenesis of dementia, the
identification of simple and accurate measures that are acceptable to
patients and can serve as indicators of current cognitive impairment or the
risk of cognitive decline could be very helpful in developing long-term
preventive and therapeutic treatments for these patients
Some comorbidities of benzodiazepine addicted patients
Comorbidity represents the diagnosis of one or more disorders in addition to the primary disease in a person for a certain period of time. In other words, comorbidity refers to a simultaneous process not related to the main pathological process. However, patients with addiction to alcohol or other drugs have anxiety comorbidity which requires an efficient and appropriate pharmacotherapy
Comparison between the effects of typical and atypical antipsychotics on oxidative stress status in schizophrenic patients
We determined the specific activities of some enzymatic antioxidant defenses like superoxide dismutase
(SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX), as well as a lipid peroxidation marker (MDA-malondialdehyde) from the
serum of patients with schizophrenia treated with typical and atypical antipsychotics, in comparison with a normal age-
matched control group. We observed an increased oxidative stress in schizophrenic patients treated with typical
antipsychotics, compared to controls. Moreover, we demonstrated an antioxidant effect of atypical antipsychotics, since
these patients showed an increased activity of SOD, compared to control subjects and a slightly decrease of MD
Biological and behavioral aspects regarding combined systemic management of alcohol dependence
Although there are numerous ideas on the management of alcohol dependence,
ranging from various schemes of pharmacologic treatment to specific
psychotherapeutic approaches, the reviews and meta-analyses reveal only
modest effects of these approaches. Another approach regarding the problem of
alcohol is based on the behavioral biology, specifying that consumption of
alcohol is actually a type of behavior, a way of life. The results presented
in this report provide evidence to support the idea that the systemic,
ethological approach of alcohol-related and complex problems brings
additional value when complementing the standard medicinal therapy, both in
terms of achieving and maintaining abstinence, as well as in improving the
quality of life for the patients