Culture, discourse (self-expression) and social development in the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Symptom dimensions, clinical course and comorbidity in men and women with obsessive-compulsive disorder

The study aimed to compare male and female patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) across symptom dimensions, clinical course and comorbidity. A cross-sectional study was undertaken with 858 adult OCD patients (DSM-IV) from the Brazilian Research Consortium on Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders. Patients were evaluated using structured interviews, including the Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DY-BOCS) and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I disorders (SCID-I). The sample was composed of 504 women (58.7%) and 354 men (41.3%) with a mean age of 35.4 years-old (range: 18-77). Men were younger, more frequently single and presented more tics, social phobia and alcohol use disorders. Among men, symptom interference occurred earlier and symptoms of the sexual/religious dimension were more common and more severe. Conversely, women were more likely to present symptoms of the aggressive, contamination/cleaning and hoarding dimension and comorbidity with specific phobias, anorexia nervosa, bulimia, trichotillomania, skin picking and compulsive buying. In the logistic regression, female gender remained independently associated with the aggressive and contamination/cleaning dimensions. In both genders the aggressive dimension remained associated with comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder, the sexual/religious dimension with major depression and the hoarding dimension with tic disorders. Gender seems to be relevant in the determination of OCD clinical presentation and course and should be considered an important aspect when defining more homogeneous OCD subgroups. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.

Dimensions of poverty and directions of measurement: talking point for discussion

Includes bibliography

Social dimensions of economic development and productivity: inequality and social performance

Includes bibliography

Social dimensions of economic development and productivity: inequality and social performance: an overview

Includes bibliography

Haiti, les dimensions de la concentration geographique

Inclut la bibliographie

O telejornal como ato de presença: um estudo da dimensão sensível no Jornal Nacional

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Draft project: creole discourse and social development

Presenta el proyecto preliminar sobre la promocion del desarrollo social y el lenguaje criollo en el Caribe. Incluye antecedentes, objetivos, programa de actividades, instituciones regionales participantes, y aspectos institucionales.

Technological dimensions of economic diversification and development in the Caribbean with specific reference to the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)

Includes bibliography

Climate change: selected economic dimensions

Includes bibliography

Creole discourse and social development

Contiene el informe del proyecto sobre la promoción del desarrollo social y el lenguaje criollo en el Caribe

Liberalismo, comunitarismo e teoria do discurso: sobre as interpretações da justiça na democracia

Pós-graduação em Filosofia - FFC

O discurso do poder e o poder dos discursos em ensaio sobre As intermitências da morte de José Saramago

Pós-graduação em Letras - IBILCE

Reflections on the need for a new discourse on development

This issue of the FAL bulletin reflects on the need to place a new discourse at the centre of the academic, social and political debate, in relation to developing infrastructure services in a sustainable way.