Biomedical subjects

A Marneros

Publications and source records attributed to A Marneros.

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Unilateral hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms due to otosclerosis.

We report the case of a 35-year-old man suffering from otosclerosis and unilateral auditory hallucinations as well as other psychotic symptoms that disappeared completely after surgery for otosclerosis. The patient experienced a change of his acoustic sensations: the tinnitus was transformed into music, and 4 months later the music changed into commenting and imperative voices. However, on both occasions the transformation from one form to another occurred during an alcohol withdrawal syndrome characterized mainly by vivid visual hallucinations. Some theoretical considerations on hallucinatory predisposition, development of hallucinations, and psychological factors determining psychotic symptoms will be discussed.

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[Homicides--the sociodemographic background of the offender and the behavioral symptoms].

The authors examined 261 forensic-psychiatric reports to determine whether persons convicted of criminal homicide differed from persons convicted of other crimes with regard to personal biography, sociodemographic milieu, and character traits. Both groups were found to come from similarly disadvantaged social backgrounds. Murderers could not be distinguished on the basis of biographical data alone. The parameters found to be distinctive of murderers were: site of the crime, criminal-victim relationship, motive for the act, intoxication at the time of the crime, and the perpetrator's opinion regarding the purpose and intent of the homicide. The present findings confirm some of the results obtained by other authors on this topic.

Adolescent↗

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[Habitual shoplifting in multi-infarct syndrome].

The authors report on a 59-year-old male who repeatedly had been apprehended for shoplifting. The behavior only started after he had suffered multiple ischemic strokes. The deviant behavior is explained as a consequence of frontal lobe lesions leading to behavioral disinhibition. Criminal responsibility had to be denied.

Brain Ischemia↗