“Let Us Have a Little Fun”: The Relationship between Gender, Violence and Sexuality in Armed Conflict Situations

The genealogy of sexual violence in war, inter-war and post-war periods can only be understood through an analysis of the relationship between gender, violence and sexuality. Armed conflicts function as a kind of magnifying glass, making visible definitions of sexual identity constructed through the legitimization of violence. Wartime crimes of sexual violence, viewed until now as limit phenomena characteristic of a state of exception, thus point to regularities whose form and function may vary but whose reference points are rooted in the social expression of power

« Wär’ sie doch ein Stück von mir » : Eva Klemperer in Victor Klemperers Tagebüchern

« Que n’est-elle pas une partie de moi-même » – aurait pu soupirer Victor Klemperer qui a pu survivre dans l’Allemagne national-socialiste essentiellement grâce à son épouse « aryenne ». Les journaux de Klemperer sont un document impressionnant sur les problèmes et contradictions auxquels est soumis une vie conjugale qui unit deux partenaires d’égale valeur intellectuelle. Les efforts condamnés à l’échec que Victor déploya toute sa vie pour faire de sa femme Eva son alter ego sont un élément central de ses carnets et ont profondément marqué les conditions de vie (et de survie) du couple Klemperer. La présente contribution s’attache à analyser cet aspect souvent négligé des journaux de Victor Klemperer.« Wär’ sie doch ein Stück von mir » – so könnte ein Stoßseufzer Victor Klemperers gelautet haben, dessen Überleben im nationalsozialistischen Deutschland maßgeblich von seiner « arischen » Ehefrau Eva abhing. Klemperers Tagebücher sind ein eindrucksvolles Dokument zeitgenössischer Probleme und Widersprüchlichkeiten, denen eine Ehe zwischen zwei intellektuell ebenbürtigen Partnern ausgesetzt ist. Victors zeitlebens anhaltender, zum Scheitern verurteilter Versuch, seine Frau Eva zu seinem alter ego zu machen, sind zentrales Element seiner Aufzeichnungen und haben die (Über-) lebensbedingungen des Paares nachhaltig geprägt.Der vorliegende Beitrag geht diesem häufig überlesenen Aspekt der Tagebücher nach

The ANTOP study: focal psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioural therapy, and treatment-as-usual in outpatients with anorexia nervosa - a randomized controlled trial

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Anorexia nervosa is a serious eating disorder leading to high morbidity and mortality as a result of both malnutrition and suicide. The seriousness of the disorder requires extensive knowledge of effective treatment options. However, evidence for treatment efficacy in this area is remarkably weak. A recent Cochrane review states that there is an urgent need for large, well-designed treatment studies for patients with anorexia nervosa. The aim of this particular multi-centre study is to evaluate the efficacy of two standardized outpatient treatments for patients with anorexia nervosa: focal psychodynamic (FPT) and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Each therapeutic approach is compared to a "treatment-as-usual" control group.</p> <p>Methods/Design</p> <p>237 patients meeting eligibility criteria are randomly and evenly assigned to the three groups – two intervention groups (CBT and FPT) and one control group. The treatment period for each intervention group is 10 months, consisting of 40 sessions respectively. Body weight, eating disorder related symptoms, and variables of therapeutic alliance are measured during the course of treatment. Psychotherapy sessions are audiotaped for adherence monitoring. The treatment in the control group, both the dosage and type of therapy, is not regulated in the study protocol, but rather reflects the current practice of established outpatient care. The primary outcome measure is the body mass index (BMI) at the end of the treatment (10 months after randomization).</p> <p>Discussion</p> <p>The study design surmounts the disadvantages of previous studies in that it provides a randomized controlled design, a large sample size, adequate inclusion criteria, an adequate treatment protocol, and a clear separation of the treatment conditions in order to avoid contamination. Nevertheless, the study has to deal with difficulties specific to the psychopathology of anorexia nervosa. The treatment protocol allows for dealing with the typically occurring medical complications without dropping patients from the protocol. However, because patients are difficult to recruit and often ambivalent about treatment, a drop-out rate of 30% is assumed for sample size calculation. Due to the ethical problem of denying active treatment to patients with anorexia nervosa, the control group is defined as "treatment-as-usual".</p> <p>Trial registration</p> <p>Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN72809357</p

Emotional Expression Predicts Treatment Outcome in Focal Psychodynamic and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa: Findings from the ANTOP Study

Emotional Expression Predicts Treatment Outcome in Focal Psychodynamic and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa: Findings from the ANTOP Stud

“Vamos lá curtir um bocado”. A relação entre identidade sexual, violência e sexualidade em conflitos armados

Para decifrar a genealogia das formas de violência sexual nos períodos de entre-guerra, guerra e pós-guerra torna-se necessária uma análise das relações entre identidade sexual, violência e sexualidade. Os conflitos armados podem ser vistos como uma espécie de lupa que torna visíveis as definições de identidade sexual construídas através da legitimação da violência. Os crimes de violência sexual na guerra, vistos até hoje como fenómenos limite característicos de um estado de exceção, apontam, nesta perspetiva, para regularidades cuja função e forma podem variar, mas cujos pontos de referência radicam na expressão social do poder