Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie
April 2011
G Paslakis, P Gass, M Deuschle
An increasing significance has been attributed to the glutamatergic system in the pathophysiology of affective disorders. Glutamate is the most important excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. Glia cells are crucial regulators of the glutamatergic metabolism. Several studies have reported a dysfunction or reduced number of glia cells in patients suffering from depression....
Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie
January 2010
S Tschöke, T Steinert
We present a case of dissociative identity disorder in which Schneiderian first rank symptoms were present besides of various states of consciousness. Thus the diagnosis of schizophrenia had to be considered. Formally, the symptoms met ICD-10 criteria for schizophrenia. However, taking into account the lack of formal thought disorder and of negative symptoms as well as a typical history of...
Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie
February 2009
M K Bernhard, K Ulrich
Recurrent disturbances of vision associated with headaches are typical signs of a migraine. A 15-year-old girl suffered from common migraine. The patient had a headache and nausea five days after a first and proved intake of LSD. Shortly later, a complete blindness of both eyes developed within seconds. These symptoms continued for 48 hours. As the pupillar reactions were intact the findings...
Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie
March 2005
M L Schäfer
This article begins with an orientational survey of the historical evolution of analytical philosophy of mind (APM) which was formulated in the last 40 years as "philosophy of mind" in the Anglo-Saxon scientific-cultural world and which, in the meantime, dominates to a great extent contemporary German philosophy. Then there follows a discussion of the currently most popular mind-brain theories...
Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie
August 1, 2001
J Schlimme, D Rada, U Schneider
Cannabis consumption is a social and cultural phenomenon. It has a specific place in each society, therefore psychotropic effects are judged differently. In medieval Islam cannabis consumption showed connections with religious and mystic events and was basically formed through consuming sufis. The main risk of cannabis use was especially the induction of "madness" or psychotic states in case of...
Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie
October 1, 1998
C Scharfetter
The concepts and main themes of occultism, parapsychology and esoterics are set in comparison to religion, spirituality, mysticism. The cultural relativity of these concepts is emphasised. Occultism means dealing with phenomena, processes, and/or powers which are not accessible to "normal perception". The manipulation of such powers is effected via (white, black, grey) magic. Parapsychology, in...
Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie
August 1998
K Podoll, V Mühlbauer, I Houben et al.
Macrosomatognosia and microsomatognosia, in which the entire body or parts of the body are perceived as abnormally large or small, can occur as hypnagogic hallucinations in sane and healthy subjects. A review of the literature and five original observations are presented. The mouth and the hands are anatomic regions which are frequently affected, paralleling the dominance of their...
Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie
December 1996
L Hermle, E Gouzoulis-Mayfrank, M Spitzer
The concepts of intoxication, intoxication psychosis, and drug-induced psychosis are frequently used to refer to psychopathological states caused by the intake of hallucinogenic substances. The considerable increase of intoxications with substances of the chemical class of amphetamines (in particular, "Ecstasy") in western countries should cause major concern. Moreover, the number of...
Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie
September 1995
J Frommer
Psychopathography usually intends to point out the impact of pathological feelings and behaviour on the work of the artist. Our own approach is different from this definition. The article emphasizes that Hölderlin's philosophical manuscripts, developed in the context of German Idealismus, examine more closely the psychopathology of schizophrenic experience of the own self and the world. In...
Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie
September 1995
M Schmidt-Degenhard
In this study delusion is regarded from the aspect of a phenomenology of imagination. Delusion as an experience of fictitious actualities is interpreted as the attempt of a psychotic person, to find a sense of existence in view of the threat by mental illness. After explaining the philosophical fundamentals, imagination is considered to be the dynamic origin of delusion and hallucinations. The...
Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie
February 1992
J F Spittler
In German neuropsychiatric literature there is an established tradition of viewing the disturbance of consciousness as a leading symptom of the acute, potentially reversible organic psychoses. Following the late H. H. Wieck acute organic psychoses which are characterized by a disturbance of wakefulness (syndromes of somnolence, sopor, coma), have to be distinguished from those with preserved...
Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie
November 1991
J Fischer, K L Täschner
The present study tries to find an answer to the question, whether the consumption of cannabis can cause flashbacks, and, if so, under what circumstances they occur. This is of interest for the treatment, prognosis and also from the legal viewpoint. The definition of a flashback is often unclear. Empirical investigations are often not sufficiently comparable, the supplementary data are very...
Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie
July 1, 1983
K L Täschner
From 237 patients examined for drug-induced psychoses, 50 cannabis psychoses were examined according to the criterion "main cause of addiction" and 107 were examined according to the criterion "consumption during the last three months before hospitalization". The cannabis psychoses were compared to the other drug-induced psychoses as well as to a control group consisting of 219 schizophrenic...