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Machado de Assis' Original Sin.
Authors: de Freitas GR Abstract Machado de Assis (1839-1908) suffered from temporal lobe epilepsy, probably with origin in the non-dominant hemisphere. The evidence for this is provided by the detailed reports of the characteristics of his seizures by his contemporaries and by his correspondence with other writers. He was treated with bromides and homeopathy. It is unclear whether his neurological disorder influenced his artistic performance. What is evident is that he was deeply ashamed of the disease - he avoided the word "epilepsy" and just wrote about it in his personal correspondence with friends in the last y...
Source: Frontiers of Neurology and Neuroscience - November 14, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Front Neurol Neurosci Source Type: research

Cultural aspects of anxiety disorders in India.
Authors: Khambaty M, Parikh RM Abstract Cultural factors have influenced the presentation, diagnoses, and treatment of anxiety disorders in India for several centuries. This review covers the antecedents, prevalence, phenomenology, and treatment modalities of anxiety disorders in the Indian cultural context. It covers the history of the depiction of anxiety in India and the concept of culture in the classification of anxiety disorders, and examines the cultural factors influencing anxiety disorders in India. We review the prevalence and phenomenology of various disorders, such as generalized anxiety disorder, panic...
Source: Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience - September 6, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Dialogues Clin Neurosci Source Type: research