“The Four Kingdom’s of Autism” (NIMH – Director’s Blog)
Here’s a link Director Thomas Insel’s latest post on autism: NIMH » Director’s Blog.
Here’s a link Director Thomas Insel’s latest post on autism: NIMH » Director’s Blog.
“Standing on the Edge of a Thorn” Film Screening Followed by Q & A and ReceptionWomen in Film International Committee / Cast LA / Elemental ProductionsTuesday, March 26, 2013 at 7:30 PMCulver City, CA |
Time
Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Screening starts at 7:30 p.m.
RSVP
By 12 p.m, Tues., March 26. Photo ID mandatory for entry–make sure name matches RSVP. Print out ticket confirmation for easier access and allow time to clear security gate.
Parking
Free at Culver Studios, enter Gate 2, off Ince Blvd.
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Film Screening
“Standing on the Edge of a Thorn” is a short film about the family and community origins of prostitution and sex trafficking in rural Indonesia. Shot over 12 years, it‘s an intimate portrait of a family that descends into the sex trade, amidst poverty and mental illness. “Thorn” shines a light on the conflicts and conditions that propel women to sell their bodies (and the bodies of their children) for monetary gain. (32 min / Documentary short / English subtitles)
Q&A
Panelists:
Robert Lemelson – director and anthropologist, Elemental Productions
Alessandra Pasquino – producer, Elemental Productions
Ima Matul – organizer and survivor, The Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST).
At seventeen, Ima was trafficked for forced labor from Indonesia to Los Angeles and is a former
CAST client.
Moderator: Sandro Monetti, journalist and author
The panelists will discuss filmmaking from both an anthropological and documentary prospective. What are the challenges of bringing a controversial topic to the screen? Of finding subjects willing to open up to the camera? Of working as a male director on women’s issues? The speakers will also address the difficulties of filming in a developing nation and the indispensable role of local contacts and crew. Robert Lemelson will tap his decade of ethnographic filmmaking in Indonesia, while Ima Matul will speak to her work at CAST LA as an advocate for victims of sex trafficking.
Reception
Dessert and wine
http://www.conflictandhealth.com/content/7/1/3/abstract
Peter Ventevogel, Mark Jordans, Ria Reis and Joop de Jong
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Conflict and Health 2013, 7:3 doi:10.1186/1752-1505-7-3
Published: 18 February 2013
Concepts of ‘what constitutes mental illness’, the presumed aetiology and preferred treatment options, vary considerably from one cultural context to another. Knowledge and understanding of these local conceptualisations is essential to inform public mental health programming and policy.
Participants from four locations in Burundi, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, were invited to describe ‘problems they knew of that related to thinking, feeling and behaviour?’ Data were collected over 31 focus groups discussions (251 participants) and key informant interviews with traditional healers and health workers.
While remarkable similarities occurred across all settings, there were also striking differences. In all areas, participants were able to describe localized syndromes characterized by severe behavioural and cognitive disturbances with considerable resemblance to psychotic disorders. Additionally, respondents throughout all settings described local syndromes that included sadness and social withdrawal as core features. These syndromes had some similarities with nonpsychotic mental disorders, such as major depression or anxiety disorders, but also differed significantly. Aetiological concepts varied a great deal within each setting, and attributed causes varied from supernatural to psychosocial and natural. Local syndromes resembling psychotic disorders were seen as an abnormality in need of treatment, although people did not really know where to go. Local syndromes resembling nonpsychotic mental disorders were not regarded as a ‘medical’ disorder, and were therefore also not seen as a condition for which help should be sought within the biomedical health-care system. Rather, such conditions were expected to improve through social and emotional support from relatives, traditional healers and community members.
Local conceptualizations have significant implications for the planning of mental-health interventions in resource-poor settings recovering from conflict. Treatment options for people suffering from severe mental disorders should be made available to people, preferably within general health care facilities. For people suffering from local syndromes characterized by loss or sadness, the primary aim for public mental health interventions would be to empower existing social support systems already in place at local levels, and to strengthen social cohesion and self-help within communities.
This special focus includes reviews by Daniel Schacter & Elizabeth Loftus (memory and law) and Ryan Parsons & Kerry Ressler (ptsd and fear disorders):
doi:10.1038/nn0213-111
Daniel Schacter & Elizabeth F Loftus
doi:10.1038/nn.3294
AbstractMemory and law: what can cognitive neuroscience contribute? | Full TextMemory and law: what can cognitive neuroscience contribute? | PDF– Memory and law: what can cognitive neuroscience contribute?
K Matthew Lattal & Marcelo A Wood
doi:10.1038/nn.3302
Abstractand persistent memory: implications for reconsolidation and silent extinction beyond the zero | Full Textand persistent memory: implications for reconsolidation and silent extinction beyond the zero | PDF– and persistent memory: implications for reconsolidation and silent extinction beyond the zero
György Buzsáki & Edvard I Moser
doi:10.1038/nn.3304
Abstract– neuroscience and health: neurophysiological mechanisms linking social ties with physical health | Full Text– Memory, navigation and theta rhythm in the hippocampal-entorhinal system | PDF– Memory, navigation and theta rhythm in the hippocampal-entorhinal system
Robert Stickgold & Matthew P Walker
doi:10.1038/nn.3303
Abstract– Sleep-dependent memory triage: evolving generalization through selective processing | Full Text– Sleep-dependent memory triage: evolving generalization through selective processing | PDF– Sleep-dependent memory triage: evolving generalization through selective processing
Ryan G Parsons & Kerry J Ressler
doi:10.1038/nn.3296
Abstract– Implications of memory modulation for post-traumatic stress and fear disorders | Full Text– Implications of memory modulation for post-traumatic stress and fear disorders | PDF
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