SILENCE LENDS INTEGRITY TO SPEECH: TRANSCENDING THE OPPOSITES OF SPEECH AND SILENCE IN THE ANALYTIC DIALOGUE

In this paper the interplay between silence and the spoken words used by analyst and patient will be explored within the context of clinical practice. Both analyst and patient, it is argued, are engaged in a personal struggle to try to discover an integrative connection between silence, often experienced as nothingness, and speech, often experienced as suffocating or mendacious. The uses of silence in aiding speech to attain integrity will be described with reference to two clinical vignettes. Selections from psychoanalytic theory and practice will be discussed, throwing some light on silence and analytic spoken dialogue, and it will be argued that a Jungian perspective contributes a further, unique, insight through the concept of transcendent function. This is a way of seeing silence and speech as opposites, out of which new levels of meaning arise as a result of union and unconscious cooperation in the relationship between them. This union is known as coniunctio.     

SOME DEVELOPMENTAL FACETS OF SILENCE: A CASE STUDY OF A STRUGGLE TO HAVE A PROXIMITY FIGURE

ABSTRACT The phenomenon of silence in therapy has not elicited a great deal of research in the past 50 years, but cases that were published acknowledged the many facets of silence in therapy and its having a communicative function and being part of the transference. The aim of this article is to demonstrate a case in which a patient exhibited different kinds of silences which stemmed from different sources over the course of nine years of psychotherapy. In analysing the case, it was proposed that the patient used silences in order to attain proximity to the therapist as an attachment figure and to base the proximity and distance in relation to her. It was also proposed that his silences matured and developed from expressing avoidance to the expression of intimacy thus facilitating the maturation of his capacity to maintain a dialogue. The possibility of interpreting silences is discussed in terms of attachment theory.     

TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MEASURE OF SOCIOPOLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: LISTENING TO THE VOICES OF SALVADORAN YOUTH

A mixed methods approach was used to explore dimensions of sociopolitical development of youth in El Salvador. Photovoice was used to engage 2 groups of adolescents from a rural village to document and discuss their community. Using previous theory and models of sociopolitical development as a guide, themes were identified to inform the development of a quantitative measure we call sociopolitical consciousness. New and preexisting items were combined to create a measure that reflected the themes from the qualitative data. The resulting measure was completed by 682 Salvadoran high school students across 3 different community contexts; 7 factors were subsequently identified representing both individual and collective dimensions of sociopolitical consciousness. The study demonstrates how a contextualized research process can facilitate a synergy between the emic and etic dimensions of sociopolitical development.     

小分子干扰RNA(siRNA)表达载体沉默靶基因的研究

目的研究siRNA表达载体在体外培养细胞中对目的基因的干扰作用,建立利用RNA干扰技术研究基因功能的平台。方法构建针对β-actin基因的表达siRNA载体,转染HeLa细胞,然后在mRNA水平、蛋白水平和细胞形态水平评价siRNA表达载体对β-actin基因表达的抑制作用。结果siRNA表达载体可以有效的抑制体外培养细胞β-actin基因的表达,使β-actin基因的mRNA和蛋白表达量显著下降,细胞形态发生显著变化。结论siRNA表达载体可以在体外培养细胞中有效的沉默β-actin基因,为研究基因功能提供了一个快速、有效的系统。     

shRNAs 介导的EM>Smad2/EM> 基因在小鼠成纤维细胞NIH/3T3中表达的沉默

目的 通过构建5个shRNA表达质粒,对转化生长因子β/Smads信号通路中受体调节性Smads蛋白中的Smad2的表达进行抑制.方法 针对鼠Smad2基因的mRNA序列,设计合成了5条shRNA-Smad2 DNA序列,分别插入至shRNA表达载体中,获得了5个shRNA-Smad2表达质粒,将shRNA表达质粒转染NIH/3T3细胞,采用半定量RT-PCR和Western blotting方法,检测shRNA表达质粒对Smad2表达的抑制效果.结果 编号为2.4的shRNA-Smad2表达质粒能够显著降低Smad2的表达,同时发现由不同的shRNA-Smad2表达质粒组成的RNAi池,产生的抑制效果比单个RNAi表达质粒的抑制效果明显提高.结论 成功地构建了特异、高效抑制Smad2表达的shRNA表达质粒.     

FUNCTIONS OF SUPPORT GROUP COMMUNICATION FOR WOMEN WITH POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION: HOW SUPPORT GROUPS SILENCE AND ENCOURAGE VOICES OF MOTHERHOOD

This phenomenological study sought to determine how social support communication compares between types of support groups for women with postpartum depression (PPD). Participants were 27 women who had given birth. Participants attended one of three types of support groups: a PPD support group, a local mothers’ group, or a working moms’ group. Findings indicate that there are differences in the way social support functions between these groups; however, all participants indicated attending group support as a means of sharing with and obtaining information from similar others. For women with PPD, condition‐specific support groups were reported to be most helpful. These support groups encourage disclosure, provide contact with similar others, and pulls the condition away from the margins. Findings further indicate that, despite being beneficial for new mothers, women with PPD may receive all the benefits of social support groups only while attending condition‐specific groups.     

FAILURE TO FIND H-2-ASSOCIATED SUSCEPTIBILITY TO LCM DISEASE

Nine strains of mice bearing five distinct H-2 genotypes were inoculated intracerebrally with LCMV. There was no association found between particular K or D allotypes and susceptibility to acute LCM disease.     

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INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

<正>GENERAL INFORMATION World Journal of Virology(World J Virol,WJV,online ISSN 2220-3249,DOI:10.5501)is a peer-reviewed open access(OA)academic journal that aims to guide clinical practice and improve diagnostic and therapeutic skills of clinicians.Aim and scope WJV covers topics concerning arboviral infections,bronchiolitis,central nervous system viral diseases,DNA virus infections,encephalitis,eye infections,fatigue syndrome,hepatitis,meningitis,     

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

<正>GENERAL INFORMATION World Journal of Virology(World J Virol,WJV,online ISSN 2220-3249,DOI:10.5501)is a peer-reviewed open access(OA)academic journal that aims to guide clinical practice and improve diagnostic and therapeutic skills of clinicians.Aim and scope WJV covers topics concerning arboviral infections,bronchiolitis,central nervous system viral diseases,DNA virus infections,encephalitis,eye infections,fatigue syndrome,hepatitis,meningitis,     

VULNERABLE TO DEPRESSION

abstract    One notable aspect of femininity is the two-fold higher rate of depression among women. This paper outlines bio-psychosocial models of depression and draws on studies of depressive disorder directly comparing men and women. It is suggested that the finding of consistently higher rates of negative self-evaluation among women may be linked to experiences of parental antipathy and favouritism in childhood, and that there is a continuity of adverse childhood experience between mothers and daughters, but not mothers and sons. It also discusses the implications of the feminine caring role for self-evaluation and affect regulation. The implications for therapeutic practice are outlined.