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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857) Pathography

Jul 01, 2007; Breitenfeld, Darko; Thaller, Vladko; Kerekovic, Marijan; Grubisic, Vladimir; Breitenfeld, Tomislav; Jagetic, Nada ... Summary - M.I. Glinka, Russian composer, had a sensible-neurotic personality, and was a symptomatic alcoholic. It is presumed that he had a neurosyphilis. In his fifties, he quickly (in a few days) died in Berlin of delirium, pneumonia and ascites. Key words: M.I. Glinka, pathography, ...

Aristotle's Opinions of Addiction

Jul 01, 2007; Friedl, Ales ... Summary - In his Nicomacheian Ethics Aristotle, among other things, writes about some phenomena which can be applied to the field of addiction. He mentions the pleasure principle, exaggeration, the consequences of addiction. He distinguishes between two types of addicts, namely the incontinent ...

Serum Lipids and Lipoproteins Changes During Three Weeks of Abstinence in Patients with Alcohol Dependence

Jul 01, 2007; Matosic, Ana; Karlovic, Dalibor; Vrkic, Nada; Marusic, Srdan; Kovak-Mufic, Ana; Martinac, Marko; Potkonjak, Jelena ... Summary - The goal of this research was to observe changes in serum lipids and lipoproteins in long-time alcoholics at the beginning of treatment and after three weeks of abstinence from alcoholic beverages. For the purposes of this research we have examined the previously mentioned ...

Changes in Blood and Brain Glucose and Lipid Levels Induced by Ethanol and the Associated Microstructural Alterations in Brain Tissue of Albino Rabbits

Jul 01, 2007; Innocent, Onyesom; Oko, Anosike Emmanuel; Ebele, Ebite Lilian; James, Ekanem Victor ... Summary - Derangements or inbalances in products of intermediary metabolism have been reported to cause brain malfunction. It is therefore, thought necessary to study the changes in blood and brain glucose, triacylglycerol (TAG) and cholesterol, as these analytes could be disturbed by ethanol ...

Forthcoming Congresses and Conferences

Jul 01, 2007; Anonymous ... WPA Thematic Conference »Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Review« XVI International Symposium Sexuality: Pleasures November 23-25, 2007, Caracas, Venezuela Info: Organizer: WPA section on Psychiatry and Human Sexuality Contact: Dr. Ruben ...

Personality Characteristics of Alcoholic Criminal Offenders and Non-offenders

Jul 01, 2007; Palijan, Tija Zarkovic; Kovacevic, Drazen; Kovac, Marina; Turcinovic, Marjeta Knez; Medak, Jelena ... Summary - The research was based on some personality traits of alcoholics, such as special qualities of psychopathological and socio-pathological characteristics of alcoholic offenders according to the type of criminal offence and non-offenders. The research was carried out in prison and ...

The Level and Structure of Alcohol-Related Mortality in Grodno, Belarus

Jul 01, 2007; Razvodovsky, Yury; Stickley, Andrew ... Summary - The aim of the study was to examine the impact of alcohol on the level and structure of mortality in the province of Grodno, Belarus. All death certificates for the year 2002 were collected and examined for information concerning the presence of alcohol as either a direct or an ...