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Daniel Moerman presents an innovative and enlightening discussion of human reaction to the meaning of medical treatment. Traditionally, the effectiveness of medical treatments is attributed to specific elements, such as drugs or surgical procedures, but many things happen in medicine which simply cannot be accounted for in this way. The same drug can work differently when presented in different colours; drugs with widely advertised names can work better than the same drug without the name; inert drugs (placebos, dummies) often have dramatic effects on people (the 'placebo effect'); and effects can vary hugely among different European countries where the 'same' medical condition is understood differently, or has different meanings. This is true for surgery as well as for internal medicine. This lively 2002 book reviews and analyses these matters in lucid, straightforward prose, guiding the reader through a very complex body of literature, leaving nothing unexplained but avoiding any over-simplification.

Healing --- Placebos (Medicine). --- Hulpwetenschappen --- Psychological aspects. --- medische wetenschappen. --- Placebos (Medicine) --- Therapeutics --- Medicine and psychology --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology

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Clinical health psychology --- #PBIB:2002.2 --- Health psychology --- Health psychology, Clinical --- Psychology, Clinical health --- Psychology, Health --- Salutogenesis --- Clinical psychology --- Medicine and psychology

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Physical fitness --- Exercise --- Clinical health psychology. --- Health psychology --- Health psychology, Clinical --- Psychology, Clinical health --- Psychology, Health --- Salutogenesis --- Clinical psychology --- Medicine and psychology --- Exercise psychology --- Psychological aspects.

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Examining two centuries of Balkan politics, from the emergence of nationalism to the retreat of Communist power in 1989, this is the first book to systematically argue that many of the region's problems are external in origin. A decade of instability in the Balkan states of southeast Europe has given the region one of the worst images in world politics. The Balkans has become synonymous with chaos and extremism. Balkanization, meaning conflict arising from the fragmentation of political power, is a condition feared across the globe. This new text assesses the key issues of Balkan politics, showing how the development of exclusive nationalism has prevented the region’s human and material resources from being harnessed in a constructive way. It argues that the proximity of the Balkans to the great powers is the main reason for instability and decline. Britain, Russia, Austria-Hungary, France and finally the USA had conflicting ambitions and interests in the region. Russia had imperial designs before and after the 1917 Revolution. The Western powers sometimes tolerated these or encouraged undemocratic local forces to exercise control in order to block further Soviet expansion. Leading authority Tom Gallagher examines the origins of these Western prejudices towards the Balkans, tracing the damaging effects of policies based on Western lethargy and cynicism, and reassesses the negative image of the region, its citizens, their leadership skills and their potential to overcome crucial problems.

Personality. --- Psychiatry. --- Psychotherapy. --- Psychagogy --- Therapy (Psychotherapy) --- Mental illness --- Clinical sociology --- Mental health counseling --- Medicine and psychology --- Mental health --- Psychology, Pathological --- Personal identity --- Personality psychology --- Personality theory --- Personality traits --- Personology --- Traits, Personality --- Psychology --- Individuality --- Persons --- Self --- Temperament --- Treatment

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Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder that can devastate the lives of patients and their families. The condition is chronic and may persist throughout patients' lives, disrupting education and work and greatly reducing the quality of life. Affecting nearly 0.8% of the population worldwide, schizophrenia is a serious public health problem demanding improved treatment. Recent progress in neuroscience and biological studies of schizophrenia is promising. However, to understand the concomitant behavioral characteristics and implement effective treatment programs, multifaceted approaches are required. "Comprehensive Treatment of Schizophrenia" was the subject of the 8th Keio University International Symposium for Life Sciences and Medicine, held in Tokyo. From the symposium, 40 papers were chosen to be included here in nine sections covering the broad spectrum of recent clinical progress in the treatment of schizophrenia and allied disorders.

Schizophrenia --- Neurobehavioral Manifestations. --- Psychiatry --- Dementia praecox --- Schizophrenic disorders --- Psychoses --- Schizotypal personality disorder --- Cognitive Manifestations --- Neurobehavioral Signs and Symptoms --- Cognitive Symptoms --- Signs and Symptoms, Neurobehavioral --- Cognitive Manifestation --- Cognitive Symptom --- Manifestation, Cognitive --- Manifestation, Neurobehavioral --- Manifestations, Cognitive --- Manifestations, Neurobehavioral --- Neurobehavioral Manifestation --- Symptom, Cognitive --- Symptoms, Cognitive --- therapy. --- methods. --- Neurobehavioral Manifestations --- therapy --- methods --- Methods --- Therapy --- Psychiatry. --- Medicine and psychology --- Mental health --- Psychology, Pathological --- Schizophrenie --- Psychiatrie --- Therapeutique --- Congres --- Methodologie