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Migrant motherhood, between difficulties and survival strategies

That of the international migration it is an ever increasing phenomenon and in which women they play an increasing role. It therefore becomes of great importance to understand their role both in the causes and consequences of migration, especially if one of the most demanding existential stages for women from a physical, psychic and cultural point of view is observed more closely: maternity

migrants, immigration, Culture, maternity, integration, family

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Performance anxiety: that tremendous fear of making mistakes

L'anxiety in its various manifestations it is a very common emotional state that affects a large part of human experience. In some cases it can take the form of "afraid of being afraid”, In the absence of a concrete danger, faced with a situation that does not present a real danger but which represents a threat to adaptation and / or survival. 

psychotherapy, anxiety, fear, make a mistake

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Gambling Disorder: 3 is "better" than 1! Three different paths to addiction.

It is now evident that the disturbance gives gioco d’azzardo both a real public health problem both with regard to the international and Italian context. The main causes of this phenomenon are the continuous and rapid growth of game possibilities on the territory and the increase in the use of forms of gioco d’azzardo online.

hazard, gambling, game

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Trauma and psychic wounds: the function of the therapeutic relationship

The word "trauma" comes from the Greek τραῦμα, which means < >, < >. In organic medicine it indicates a tissue injury. As early as 1920, Freud used the term in a metaphorical sense to emphasize the fact that the mind can be pierced and wound from events.

In this sense the trauma it is an attack on thought that cools and blocks emotions, placing the individual in front of a feeling of total impotence.

psychotherapy, trauma, PTSD, therapeutic relationship, therapist

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What happened to the father? The evolution of the father figure throughout human history

Journey through the thought of the psychoanalyst Luigi Zoja
Review of the book "The gesture of Hector"

In 2000 the psychoanalyst Luigi Zoja published the essay entitled "The gesture of Hector - Prehistory, history, current events and disappearance of the father" with the aim of bringing light onevolution of the father figure throughout human history.

The author does not refer to father as to the male parent but he intends it as principle psychic (or, from the Jungian perspective that belongs to him, "archetype") active in the child's mind, and carries out the discussion by examining a vast series of testimonies such as historical finds, behaviors, artistic productions and scientific studies.

psychology, paternity, father, parenthood, review

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Self-harm between culture and pathology

Defining exactly a phenomenon such as self-harm, which appears to be growing enormously, is very complex and presupposes one flexibility in the categorization which often makes the evaluation criteria uneven. As in all good frameworks, we start from a first coarse but effective division: theself harm culturally recognized and encouraged and the deviant or pathological one. 

Self-harm, Borderline, Cutting, Culture, Psychopathology, Anthropology

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