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Compulsive Pornography Use to Relieve Constipation: Double Whammy of Shame Obsessive compulsive disorder is commonly associated with symptoms that are often distressing to the patients. In most cases part of the distress is due to shame associated with the symptoms. In this report, we highlight a case of an adult male presenting with compulsive pornography use in order to relieve him of chronic constipation, a rare mode of presentation causing added distress due to its phenomenology which has not been reported earlier. The neurobiological and psychodynamic background behind this rare presentation is also discussed. To view more… Full Text To know more about… Behavioral science To know more about… Juniper Publishers    

Psychiatric Induced Births in Jamaica: Homicide and Death Effects on Pregnancy Authored by Paul Andrew Bourne Evaluate the role of homicide on admissions to a maternity hospital (or during pregnancy), Assess whether or not deaths can induce pregnancy or birth, Determine the responsivity of hospitalization at a mental health facility among pregnant women; & Calculated the responsivity of hospitalization to a maternity institution based on changes in homicide or deaths. The data for this study were taken from a Jamaica Government Publication. Data were also obtained from the Ministry of Health (2005-2015) on admissions to a national mental health public hospital in Jamaica, which is the Bellevue Hospital (referred to as Bellevue). The period for this work is from 2005 through to 2015. Homicide has an effect on admissions to the maternity institution, Victoria Jubilee hospital, using the positive elasticities, especially those greater than one. Pregnancy has an...