Word: iv
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Zdravko Grebo, a professor of law at the University of Sarajevo, says the referendum issue highlights Bosnia's deeper structural problems. "The problem is Bosnia's actual legal and constitutional framework," he says. "Dayton is a peace accord, but it includes our constitution in Annex IV. ... I cannot recall an example in constitutional history where a peace accord has been changed." Grebo says the act of holding a referendum is not in itself unconstitutional and that all citizens have the right to express their views on issues of governance. But, he adds, that doesn't mean a referendum can call...
...when I talk about an “alter ego,” I don’t mean it in the DSM-IV sense of a symptom of Multiple Personality Disorder. Rather, I mean it more along the lines of “someone you’re usually not” (courtesy urbandictionary.com). In this sense, alter egos seem to be everywhere these days: Beyoncé can’t get out in a leotard and spread her legs for the “Single Ladies” dance as herself—it?...
This week we got the first comprehensive look at what might go into the book's latest version, the DSM-5. Currently, the DSM is disjointed and disorganized - at times well researched and at times anachronistic. The present version, the DSM-IV-TR (the TR stands for "text revision"), was published in 2000. It begins with "mild mental retardation" moves on to common illnesses like depression and odd ones like dyspareunia (painful sexual intercourse not due to a medical condition) and ends with the vague "personality disorder not otherwise specified." The rhyme and reason behind the DSM have always been...
...could define as disordered. One example: depression. The pre-1980 definition had described "depressive neurosis" as "an excessive reaction of depression due to an internal conflict or to an identifiable event such as the loss of a love object." The much longer 1980 definition (which carried on into DSM-IV and DSM-IV-TR, with slight modifications) omitted the requirement that symptoms be "excessive" in proportion to cause. In fact, the revised manual said nothing about causes and listed symptoms instead...
...diagnosed him with Combat Operational Stress Reaction (COSR), an Army term to describe typical and transient reactions to the stresses of warfare. COSR is not a condition recognized by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV, the bible of the psychiatry profession, something the Army is well aware of, since it doesn't even consider COSR an ailment. As one Army journal article puts it, "Those with COSR are not referred to as 'patients,' but are described as having 'normal reactions to an abnormal event.' " Thus Marrs, believing Green's psychological state to be normal, prescribed...