[Sexuality: social and cultural aspects].
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R A Zoccali
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[Mental disease between norm and history].
After a brief discussion of the concept of statistical, social and functional norm, the authors stress that the latter is related to the constant evolution and hence uncertain nature of scientific knowledge. With regard to mental disease it is underlined that, during the history of psychiatrics, social aspects have often been confused with functional ones, and uncommon statistical aspects have been interpreted as abnormal. Likewise, as it changes over time even the social norm has interfered with functional norms and consequently with the pathological process.
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[The hypothesis of season of birth as a risk factor in schizophrenia. Recapitulation and critical review].
The literature on the relationship between season of birth and schizophrenia is reviewed. Analysis of the available data suggests that various factors may be involved in causing the phenomenon. The hypotheses that have been formulated on this epidemiological discovery are analysed and a possible interaction between relational and environmental factors presumably implicated in the explanation of the connection in question is suggested.
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[Informatics in mental sciences: clinical data management and "expert systems"].
The role of information systems and particularly that of expert systems in medicine is analysed in brief. It is pointed out that, unlike other branches of medicine, in mental sciences the role of expert systems has so far been more limited because of certain intrinsic problems of programming on the one hand, and the scientific models of the psychiatrist on the other. An improvement in information technology and programming languages and better empirical classification of mental disturbances could provide useful bases for the realisation of computerised consultancy systems in mental sciences.
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