American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2021

  • Human Visualization of Brain Tumor Classifications Using Deep CNN: Xception + BiGRU

    Ashley Seong

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 147-156
    Received: 27 September 2021
    Accepted: 9 October 2021
    Published: 19 October 2021
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    Abstract: Throughout the world, brain tumors have become a medical priority as more people suffer from this malignant disease worldwide. In the field of computer science, researchers have been studying to utilize MRI scans to its fullest potential, in recognizing signs of tumors early on, and utilizing computers and convolutional neural networks to process m... Show More
  • New Challenge for Addiction Care-MSM with Chemsex Consumption Pattern

    Anne Iking, Katrin Gruemer

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 157-162
    Received: 28 May 2021
    Accepted: 22 June 2021
    Published: 24 November 2021
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    Abstract: The present article reflects on the need for Men who have sex with men (MSM) with addicted chemsex consumption behavior and presents a specified treatment concept. The individual therapeutic challenges for this group of users consists of the distinct functionalization of substance use for initiating and engaging in sexual activity as well as the re... Show More
  • Psychopathology and Operational Definition of Signs and Symptoms in Present Forensic Psychiatry: A Second Look

    Saeed Shoja Shafti

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 163-169
    Received: 13 June 2021
    Accepted: 26 June 2021
    Published: 24 November 2021
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    Abstract: Jaspers regarded a delusion as a perverted view of reality that is incorrigibly held. According to him, delusions have three components: They are held with unusual conviction, and are not amenable to logic; meanwhile the absurdity or erroneousness of their content is manifest to other people. While Norman Cameron’s pseudo-community, a supposed comm... Show More
  • Dance Therapy in the Management of the Disorder of the Aggressive Behaviour of a Patient Followed at the Addictology and Mental Hygiene Service (SAHM) of Abidjan

    Yao Etienne Kouadio, Etobo Innocent Ahounou, Brahim Samuel Traoré, Ettié Silvie Kouassi, Yessonguilana Jean-Marie Yéo-Ténéna

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 170-174
    Received: 19 October 2021
    Accepted: 8 November 2021
    Published: 11 December 2021
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    Abstract: Dance as a method of treatment for behavioural disorder is very old and goes beyond dancing by using the whole body to reach the patient mainly on a non-verbal and creative level. It assists in the understanding, integration and well-being of clinical populations by alleviating their adverse symptoms. Dance therapy is very useful in the management ... Show More
  • Social Network Misuse in Black African Subjects: Results of the Application of the Facebook Addiction Scale to 1000 Students in Ivory Coast

    Traoré Brahim Samuel, Amichia Affibè Woria, Ahounou Etobo Innocent, Goncé Dion Aristide, Coulibaly Pornan, Ipou Yves Stéphane, Yeo-Tenena Yessonguilana Jean-Marie

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 175-180
    Received: 25 October 2021
    Accepted: 19 November 2021
    Published: 29 December 2021
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    Abstract: With the popularization of digital tools in Black Africa, the observation of the problematic use of Facebook raises questions about the emergence of new forms of behavioral addiction in a socio-cultural space that seemed to be spared from it until now. In conducting this descriptive cross-sectional study of 1000 black students at the University of ... Show More
  • Machado Joseph's Disease in a Togolese Family: A Case Report

    Vinyo Kodzo Kumako, Kokouvi Panabalo Waklatsi, Kossivi Apetse, Komi Igneza Agbotsou, Komi Assogba, Agnon Ayelola Koffi Balogou

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 181-184
    Received: 30 October 2021
    Accepted: 14 December 2021
    Published: 29 December 2021
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    Abstract: Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are rare neurodegenerative disorders of adults characterized by autosomal dominant inheritance. Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) or ASC type 3 is the most common worldwide. We report the first cases of MJD in a Togolese family. We performed a cross-sectional study based on a case of MMJ disease confirmed by genetic testin... Show More
  • Evaluation of the Oral Status of Persons Living with Epilepsia in a Rural Community in Togo

    Vinyo Kodzo Kumako, Damelan Kombate, Kossivi Apetse, Agba Lehleng, Georges Todin Dovi Djagba, Mofou Belo, Agnon Ayelola Koffi Balogou

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 185-188
    Received: 30 October 2021
    Accepted: 10 December 2021
    Published: 29 December 2021
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    Abstract: Purpose: Epilepsy, one of the most common brain disorders in the world, is a universal disease with multiple causes, often curable. Frequent seizures are the cause of trauma of all kinds, wounds, fractures, burns. Lesions often concern the face and the oral sphere. This study took place in a rural environment, in Nadoba in the Tamberma country, in ... Show More
  • The Theme of the Self and the Relationship Between Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience

    Giorgio Mattana

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 189-200
    Received: 29 November 2021
    Accepted: 23 December 2021
    Published: 29 December 2021
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    Abstract: The theme of the Self helps to enlighten the relationship «by difference» between psychoanalysis and neuroscience. They in fact investigate human subjectivity by different methods, conceptual and linguistic systems. The psychoanalytical models of the Self as the experience that everyone has of himself and the psychoanalytical models of the Self as ... Show More