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The Sympathizer is the 2015 debut novel by Vietnamese-American professor and writer Viet Thanh Nguyen. It is a best-selling novel, [ 6] and recipient of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The novel received generally positive acclaim from critics. [ 7] It was named on more than 30 best book of the year lists and a New York Times Editor's Choice.
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder [ 17][ 7] characterized by hallucinations (typically hearing voices ), delusions, disorganized thinking and behavior, [ 10] and flat or inappropriate affect. [ 7] Symptoms develop gradually and typically begin during young adulthood and are never resolved. [ 3][ 10] There is no objective diagnostic test ...
Insulin shock therapy. Insulin shock therapy or insulin coma therapy was a form of psychiatric treatment in which patients were repeatedly injected with large doses of insulin in order to produce daily comas over several weeks. [ 1] It was introduced in 1927 by Austrian-American psychiatrist Manfred Sakel and used extensively in the 1940s and ...
Schizophrenia is diagnosed 1.4 times more frequently in males than females, and typically appears earlier in men [ 7] —the peak ages of onset are 20–28 years for males and 26–32 years for females. [ 9] Onset in childhood, before the age of 13 can sometimes occur. [ 10][ 11] A later onset can occur between the ages of 40 and 60, known as ...
Chuukese / tʃuːˈkiːz /, also rendered Trukese / trʌˈkiːz /, [ 2] is a Chuukic language of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily on the islands of Chuuk in the Caroline Islands in Micronesia. There are communities of speakers on Pohnpei, and Guam. Estimates show that there are about 45,900 speakers in Micronesia.
A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia (French: Mille plateaux) is a 1980 book by the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze and the French psychoanalyst Félix Guattari. It is the second and final volume of their collaborative work Capitalism and Schizophrenia. While the first volume, Anti-Oedipus (1972), was a critique of contemporary ...
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy ( CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated trauma to the head. The encephalopathy symptoms can include behavioral problems, mood problems, and problems with thinking. [ 1][ 4] The disease often gets worse over time and can result in dementia.
The Revised Vietnamese Version Bible (RVV11): This translation, published by the United Bible Societies (UBS), was published in 2010. It is not a new translation, but is a revision of the traditional 1925/1934 version, done by a UBS translation team to translate from the more archaic Vietnamese language to a more current Vietnamese language.