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This paper is part of a project called MOdEAS that aims at creating a model of the Admission Interviews (AIs) in Public Mental Health carried out in Youth Centres of Mendoza Province, Argentina. My study focuses on the Narrative Instances (NIs) that are part of the AIs. The categories of NIs that I apply in my study — Narrations (Labov, 1972) and Recounts, Anecdotes, Exempla and Observations (Plum, 2004; Martin and Rose, 2008) — have been developed by using written narrative texts or oral ones but induced. The NIs of the AIs are, on the contrary, spontaneous and coproduced. As a consequence, it is necessary to make changes in the aforementioned categories of narratives so that they suit the spontaneous and coproduced orality of the NIs of my corpus. Therefore, the purpose of the first stage of my research project is to redefine the narrative categories so that they can be applied to the analysis of the NIs of the AIs. In Salmaso (2009) I redefined the category Recount; in this paper I provide a definition of Anecdotes. For the Anecdotes I propose (i) changes in the schematic structure through (a) the inclusion of the constituents 'abstract', 'record of events', 'interpretation of the reaction' and 'reorientation'; (b) a change in nomenclature from 'extraordinary event' to 'disruption' in order to use the same label for this element in the different categories of NIs since it has the same function in all of them; (c) a redefinition of the function of the 'reaction' and 'coda'; and I also claim that (ii) due to the presence of an 'interpretation of the reaction', the purpose of the Anecdotes is to show the reaction of a participant/ narrator to a disruption and to interpret such reaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite all technological advances in the last decades, kidney patients still need to adapt to emotional and behavioral changes due to chronic kidney disease and its treatment. This paper aims to identify the hemodialysis treatment role on chronic kidney patient's daily life. By means of interviews analyses, ambivalent feelings towards treatment were found as well as symptoms of depression and impotence with prevalence of dependence, which hinders patients' daily activities. Emotional alterations were found to be present, regardless of disease stage, age or gender. Other findings are: the influence of surroundings, with safety and stability stemming from the support network expressed by kidney patients regarding acceptance of the disease and treatment; individual characteristics as a part of the chronic disease treatment process; signs of rebellion and acceptance found in the diseased, which are shown to be a necessary part of the adaptation and adherence process of hemodialysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses adolescent suicide risk factors as well as epidemiologic characteristics of adolescents who attempt or commit suicide from a developmental perspective. Through a non-systematic review of literature from national and international studies about the subject, some risk factors to adolescent suicide behavior were identified such as mental illnesses, alcohol/drug use, exposure to violence, family conflicts, family history of suicide and stressful experiences. Furthermore, gender differences were observed: suicide attempts are more common among girls, but suicide rates are higher among boys because they use more aggressive means in their attempts. Among the major risk factors, depression stands out as having a key role in the development of thoughts and behaviors of death. Knowing suicide behavior dynamics can be a relevant step for planning prevention program [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Studies show that certain types of music can promote the maintenance of mental health, reduce or prevent stress, alleviate physical fatigue and induce emotions, which leads us to reflect on its use as a therapy resource. This paper aims at discussing about the use of music to induce relaxation, the benefits of this resource in the therapeutic process and its application in the Personal Integration Therapy by Unconscious Direct Approach method (ADI/TIP). For this, we performed a literature review explaining the history of the use of music for therapeutic purposes, its effects on the physiological and emotional states and consequent benefits to its use from the induction of relaxation. It was observed that considered sedative music, with slow tempo and few rhythmic variations can reduce stress and promote relaxation, which points to the benefits of its use as a facilitator of the therapeutic process of (ADI/TIP). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper investigates the psychopathological grounds required by Winnicottian psychoanalysis, building its methodological structure with theoretical and critical refl ections on this author's writings. It was possible to notice that his thoughts align coherently with the adoption of a peculiar relational psychopathological model which opposes and rejects a pulsional perspective and values the authentic personal singularity and the human bonds. Therefore, there is the revelation of a differentiated view of emotional health, which brings up important clinical implications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]