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THE NORDIC PSYCHIATRIST
Communication in the Time of Pandemic
Interview with Prof. Rūta Petrauskaitė.
Introduction: Ramunė Mazaliauskienė
Ramunė Mazaliauskienė, Chairman of Nordic Psychiatric Associations.
Reflections on communicating
The chief editor asked me to share some personal experiences, so here it goes – reflections by an experienced clinician, but still a...
The boring patient. Biography and article
Brynjólfur graduated from the Medical School of the University of Iceland in 1966 and after two years of service in Iceland he started...
Problems of expression in psychiatry
According to the Old Testament, the entire human kind spoke one and the same language. There was much arrogance, however, and a decision...
The "Difficult Patient" vs. the "Difficult Doctor"
The following story is an example of how our sessions with a patient may go offtrack without our realizing what is happening until it is...
Psychoanalysis today
In the 19th century and at the turn of the 20th century our understandings of the human mind and the clinical potentialities took a leap.
The Hope
The most famous football match of the Icelandic history of sports took place in Copenhagen in 1967 between Denmark and Iceland. The...
Resilience in Times Epidemic
The Corona virus has spread throughout the world at high speed over the last few months. People's life has totally changed. Existence is...
Psychopathology and the Cinema
Since the creation of motion picture – some 120 years ago – psychiatry has been used repeatedly as an element or the main theme in movies.
Psychiatry in the Time of Corona
The lock down of social interaction in many countries due to the SARS-Cov-2 epidemic has several psychological and psychiatric implications.
Nordic Congress of Psychiatry 2021 Virtual - Connecting Minds
Introduction to Plenary Speakers.
Nordic Congress of Psychiatry 2021 VIRTUAL - Connecting Minds
Interview with Hanna Tytärniemi, chair of Organising Committee.
Editor word: Issue 2 2020
Dear colleague, we are indeed living in different and special times. Never has any of us experienced these new circumstances when our...
About the Importance of the Environment and the Individual's Resilience
Interview with Marie Åsberg, Professor Emeritus KI.
Uncertainty and mental disorders: tolerating the pain of uncertainty
There are many definitions of uncertainty, capturing its various aspects. Generally speaking, uncertainty refers to a state of not...
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