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Gilles de la Tourette’s syndrome
Published in David Enoch, Basant K. Puri, Hadrian Ball, Uncommon Psychiatric Syndromes, 2020
David Enoch, Basant K. Puri, Hadrian Ball
Associated psychological symptoms are often present, although these vary considerably and are non-specific. They include absent-mindedness and an inability to concentrate, together with restlessness and depression of various degrees. Controlled studies have shown increased rates of depression. Depression is more severe among those with a longer history of the syndrome, possibly suggesting that it is a reactive phenomenon to a chronic, disabling and stigmatising disorder.
Psychology and Pedagogics of Attention
Published in L.S. Vygotsky, V.V. Davydov, Silverman Robert, Educational Psychology, 2020
To be attentive to some one thing inevitably presupposes being distracted with regard to everything else. The relationship here assumes the wholly mathematical character of a direct proportionality, and we can say quite frankly that the greater the force of attention, the greater the force of distraction. In other words, the more precise and the more highly perfected an orientation to some one reaction, the less adapted is the organism to other reactions. This psychological law of the relationship between attention and distraction finds its most brilliant confirmation in well-known anecdotes of the absentmindedness of scholars and, in general, of anyone occupied with one particular thought. The absentmindedness of the scholar, the absentmindedness of the scientist, always denotes an exceptional degree of focus of his thoughts on a single point. In this sense, from the scientific point of view, it would be correct to speak, not of the education of attention and the struggle to overcome distraction, but of the proper education of both attention and distraction together.
Working with Filipino American Families
Published in Gwen Yeo, Linda A. Gerdner, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Ethnicity and the Dementias, 2018
Based on informant interviews in the Filipino American community and results of focus groups with Filipino caregivers, a common belief about memory loss is associated with the aging process and/or part of God’s plan. It is also an opportunity to take care of a parent or grandparent out of respect for the elder, emotional bond, obligation and strong sense of utang na loob, filial responsibility, compassion, gratitude, reciprocity for raising them, their grandchildren, and for their kindness (Galang, 1995). Illnesses such as diabetes or hypertension are not readily attributed as the likely cause of cognitive decline, but side effects of medications are often linked to changes in cognition. In casual conversation, impaired memory is seldom called “dementia,” but “Alzheimer’s” or “senility” are used to talk about cognitive changes. There are occasions when memory loss is presented as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) without a formal medical diagnosis. Absent-mindedness, wandering, and being “picky” are also considered signs of memory loss, explained as “too much going on in the brain” (McBride, Fee, & Yeo, 2004). A study identified Tagalog (Philippine national language) descriptors used for dementia or memory loss: nagbabalik sa pagkabata (going back to childhood); tumatandang paurong (growing old backwards); ulianin (occasional forgetfulness); and, for severe cases, wala na (mind gone, there is none) or tapos na (done or finished) (Braun & Browne, 1998).
Journeying to Ixtlan: Ethics of Psychedelic Medicine and Research for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
Published in AJOB Neuroscience, 2023
Andrew Peterson, Emily A. Largent, Holly Fernandez Lynch, Jason Karlawish, Dominic Sisti
Pathological changes in the brain manifest in one’s subjective experience of the world. Initially, these changes may be subtle, perceptible only to the patient or to the patient’s family and friends. For Daniel Gibbs, a neurologist who has written about his experience of living with MCI caused by AD—an early stage of the loss of cognitive abilities—the disease insinuated itself in the most quotidian of ways: Two incidents of absent-mindedness in a single day disturbed me. Both were glitches in ordinary kitchen routines I’d done a million times. I always make the salad for dinner. That night I peeled the cucumber into the salad bowl instead of into the compost container next to the salad bowl. I didn’t notice it at all until [my spouse] asked quizzically why there was cucumber peel in the salad […]. Then, unloading the dishwasher, I put a coffee mug on the shelf with my beer mugs. Not a big deal, but I have never done that before, and again I didn’t recognize that I had done it until [my spouse] pointed it out. (Gibbs and Barker 2021, 71) As these “glitches” worsen, lived experience vacillates between lucidity and confusion. Persons living with AD/ADRD “hyper-monitor” their thoughts to assure they are in order, until this remembering is also forgotten (Gibbs and Barker 2021). Many also have emotional and behavioral problems, such as apathy, depression, and agitation. Their caregivers—often close family who support activities of daily living—also experience existential suffering and trauma. Spouses and adult children of persons living with AD/ADRD serve as the backbone of our nation’s long-term care system. While caregiving may be a source of satisfaction or lend a sense of purpose, it also exacts a significant physical, emotional, and financial toll.
Ensuring tuberculosis treatment adherence with a mobile-based CARE-call system in Thailand: a pilot study
Published in Infectious Diseases, 2020
Ratchanit Ratchakit-Nedsuwan, Supalert Nedsuwan, Vuddhichai Sawadna, Boonchai Chaiyasirinroje, Surasit Bupachat, Jintana Ngamwithayapong-Yanai, Tassawan Kantima, Sarmwai Luangjina, Pimporn Boonyamanonukul, Jiraporn Wongyai, Sureerat Thawthong, Yongyut Losuphakarn, Kanlayanee Akkarakittimongkol, Yutaka Yasui, Surakameth Mahasirimongkol
Having this box is good. The box raises awareness for patients to take medicine. Without this box, patients will forget taking medicine. Absent-mindedness happens easily. If patients forget taking medicine, how could health staff know if there were no boxes? That will be a problem. This box reminds the patients to take responsibility to take medicine, to cure the disease. (Participant #2)