New facts and old misconceptions about neuroses

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Mental fortitude training: An evidence-based approach to developing psychological resilience for sustained success

Drawing on the body of knowledge in this area, this article presents an evidence-based approach to developing psychological resilience for sustained success. To this end, the narrative is divided into three main sections. The first section describes the construct of psychological resilience and explains what it is. The second section outlines and discusses a mental fortitude training™ program for aspiring performers. The third section provides recommendations for practitioners implementing this program. It is hoped that this article will facilitate a holistic and systematic approach to developing resilience for sustained success

Broad-Spectrum Drugs Against Viral Agents

Development of antivirals has focused primarily on vaccines and on treatments for specific viral agents. Although effective, these approaches may be limited in situations where the etiologic agent is unknown or when the target virus has undergone mutation, recombination or reassortment. Augmentation of the innate immune response may be an effective alternative for disease amelioration. Nonspecific, broad-spectrum immune responses can be induced by double-stranded (ds)RNAs such as poly (ICLC), or oligonucleotides (ODNs) containing unmethylated deocycytidyl-deoxyguanosinyl (CpG) motifs. These may offer protection against various bacterial and viral pathogens regardless of their genetic makeup, zoonotic origin or drug resistance

Terapia de conducta en anorexia nerviosa

El presente artículo, es la contestación a uno anterior (en este mismo volumen) de la Dra. Bruch. Se contesta a las críticas realizadas contra la Terapia de conducta como procedimiento de tratamiento contra la anorexia nerviosa. Para el autor de este artículo, es cierto que los procedimientos de terapia de conducta en los casos presentados, en el anterior artículo, produjeron resultados negativos porque eran inadecuados para los problemas de cada paciente. Pero no se debería condenar este sistema cuando falla por haber sido mal utilizado, como fue en los casos relatados por la Dra. Bruch. En este artículo se analizarán estos posibles fallosThe present article is the answer to one published (in this same volume) by Dr. Bruch, answering the criticism to behaviour therapy as a treatment method against Anorexia Nervosa. To the author of this article it is true that behaviour therapy procedures presented above produced negative results, because they were unsuitable for each patient�s problems. But the system should not be blamed when it fails due to its misuse, like the cases presented by Dr. Bruch. In this article this mistakes are analysed