COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE IN THE TREATMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

During the past century, many scientific discoveries and industrialization greatly contributed to the progress in medicine and significantly improved a quality of life of psychiatric patients. Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder. Due to synthesis of numerous high quality antipsychotic medications, a great progress in the treatment of it has been made during the last 50 years. In five thousand years of the recorded history, it is known that in the early times, people used different methods and procedures in the treatment of various psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia. In recent decades after great discoveries, medicine based on facts has also faced a number of disappointments. The medicine gradually begins to understand that some of the alternatives used earlier in centuries are complementary methods that were unnecessarily suppressed and excluded from the treatment. On the other hand, a number of countries where this is legally possible is growing and there is also an increasing number of patients seeking alternative and complementary methods in the treatment of schizophrenia. The aim of this paper is to encourage and reflect upon the meaning of alternative and complementary methods in the treatment of schizophrenia as well as to try and prevent forgetting their meaning whenever it is justified and based on facts

The dubbing of animated films in Croatia

This descriptive study offers a detailed description of the process of dubbing animated films into Croatian. Considering the large number of animated films dubbed into Croatian and the surprising lack of data about this industry in Croatia, this paper aims to present a thorough description of all stages of the dubbing process, from the initial request of a dubbed version of an animated film until the moment the final product of this process reaches the audience. In this description of the state of the art in Croatia, special attention is given to the role of the translator in the dubbing process. The description of the Croatian dubbing practices is based on semi-structured interviews conducted with people employed in the dubbing industry, as well as on personal observation of a dubbing session at Croatian Radio and Television (HRT), Croatia's public broadcaster. Finally, the dubbing process in Croatia is compared with the dubbing practices of Western Europe’s most developed dubbing industries, leading to a conclusion about the state of the art not only in Croatia but also in other European countries

THE PREVALENCE OF METABOLIC SYNDROME IN PATIENT WITH POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

Background: Although the connection between body and soul is written in the Bible, research papers haven\u27t given much attention to it until the past few decades. Recently, both here and abroad, there have been more studies that investigate the prevalence of various somatic disorders in psychiatric patients, including metabolic syndrome. Objective: The objective of this study was to establish the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and it’s components in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Subjects and methods: Metabolic syndrome and its components were investigated in 60 patients with chronic PTSD conditioned by the war and in 60 patients treated for somatic problems by their family physician in Mostar. Results: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was statistically significantly higher in patients with PTSD (48.3%) than in the control group (25%) (P=0.008) and the number of its individual components (test group 2.38±1.30 compared to control group 1.72±1.24) (P=0.005). PTSD patients diagnosed with metabolic syndrome had significantly more frequent hyperglycemia (P=0.010) and abdominal obesity (P=0.044) compared to the control group. Conclusion: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome increased in patients with PTSD compared to the control group

STIGMATIZATION OF MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS THROUGH MEDIA

The stigmatization of mentally ill patients has negative labelling, marginalization and exclusion of people simply because they have a mental illness. Stigma has negative consequences for the individual and his family, as well as for psychiatry as a profession and the entire community. Stigma weakens the mentally ill, reinforcing a sense of alienation, which has negative consequences on the course of the illness. The media can inform the public about the treatment of mentally ill patients by conveying correct information, who can then act positively towards improving the quality of treatment. Stigma and self-stigma create a feeling of low self-esteem and fear of rejection, due to which mentally ill people avoid the media and very rarely speak publicly about their illness. The realization of information rights is very delicate and it is reflected through two opposing but substantially equivalent human rights: 1. Right to information, 2. Right to privacy. Which of the two rights will get advantage depends on the circumstances of each case and journalism ethics. The relationship of psychiatry with the media and especially the media with psychiatry must be extremely correct and professional, based on facts, and not on the pursuit of media sensationalism. The media can significantly reduce the current level of stigmatization of the mentally ill by adequate and correct reports, and thereby facilitate their role in family and society. Lack of knowledge and understanding of mental illness contributes to stigmatization. Education of patients, their families and journalists is crucial if we want to better understand people with mental illness and reduce stigma

Ovladavanje rodom imenica kod hrvatskih učenika njemačkog jezika

Die vorliegende Arbeit zum Thema Genuserwerb bei kroatischen DaF-Lernenden ist in vier Abschnitte gegliedert. Zu Beginn wird das Thema mit eigenen Worten eingeleitet, danach folgen die theoretischen Grundlagen, die Analyse und das Schlusswort. Es werden sowohl das deutsche als auch das kroatische Genussystem zusammengefasst und miteinander verglichen. Darauf folgt die Beschreibung des Instruments, der Probanden und des Analyserasters. Das Korpus setzt sich aus 60 schriftlichen Texten der Gymnasialschüler zusammen und befasst sich mit Nomen und deren Genus. Anhand der Theorie wird eine Analyse durchgeführt und die Ergebnisse werden tabellarisch dargestellt und interpretiert. In der Schlussfolgerung werden alle Erkenntnisse und Vermutungen zusammengefasst.Tema je ovoga rada Ovladavanje rodom imenica kod hrvatskih učenika njemačkoga jezika. Rad je podijeljen u četiri poglavlja – najprije se vlastitim riječima uvodi u temu, zatim slijede teoretska osnova, analiza te zaključak. Predstavit će se te međusobno usporediti njemački i hrvatski sustav roda imenica nakon čega će biti opisani instrument, ispitanici i tablica koja je poslužila za analizu podataka. Istraživani korpus sastoji se od 60 učeničkih pisanih radova i bavi se imenicama i njihovim rodom. Analiza će biti provedena na osnovu teorije, a rezultati tabelarno prikazani te interpretirani. Naposljetku će biti sažeti zaključci proizaišli iz ovoga istraživanja

Översättning av kulturspecifika uttryck i tidningstexter : masteruppsats

Översättning är i princip en process som försöker skapa förbindelser mellan olika kulturer. När man översätter, överför man inte bara källtextens innehåll, dvs. språket, utan också den kultur som källtexten är inbäddad i. Men det finns inte två språk som är helt lika; det finns ingen absolut ekvivalens mellan språk och ännu mindre mellan kulturer. ”Språken är ju inte varandras spegelbilder, lika litet är samhällena och kulturerna det” (Ingo 2007: 126). Det räcker alltså inte att översätta bara språket. ”För att texten på målspråket skall vara klanderfri och välfungerande för läsaren, räcker det inte alltid med att blott och bart ’översätta’ – hur välgjord översättningen än är” (Ingo 2007: 134). Man måste ta hänsyn först till den kultur som ligger bakom källtexten och sedan till den kultur som den nya översatta texten är infogad i. När man översätter kulturer, kan det naturligtvis hända att vissa kulturspecifika element inte kan översättas direkt till målspråket. Sådana svårigheter stöter man på nästan utan undantag när man översätter eftersom språk är kraftigt förankrade i kulturer. Det kommer alltid att finnas kulturspecifika begrepp som kan vara svåra att översätta och översättaren måste anstränga sig att överföra dessa elements betydelser till den andra kulturen. Man kan säga att översättning kräver både goda kunskaper i både källspråk och målspråk och i dessa två språks kulturer. Ingo (2007: 29) talar om en känd metafor om översättare som brobyggare och påpekar att det inte handlar bara om att foga samman språk utan hela kulturer