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The hegemonic meaning of depression as a universal mental illness embodied by an individualized subject is propped up by psychiatry's clinical gaze. Cinemas of Therapeutic Activism turns to the work of contemporary filmmakers who express a shared concern for mental health under global capitalism to explore how else depression can be perceived. In taking their critical visions as intercessors for thought, Adam Szymanski proposes a thoroughly relational understanding of depression attentive to eventful, collective and contingent qualities of subjectivity. What emerges is a melancholy aesthetics attuned to the existential contours and political stakes of health. Cinemas of Therapeutic Activism adventurously builds affinities across the lines of national, linguistic and cultural difference. The films of Angela Schanelec, Kelly Reichardt, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Kanakan Balintagos are grouped together for the first time, constituting a polystylistic common front of artist-physicians who live, work, and create on the belief that life can be more liveable.

The hegemonic meaning of depression as a universal mental illness embodied by an individualized subject is propped up by psychiatry's clinical gaze. Cinemas of Therapeutic Activism turns to the work of contemporary filmmakers who express a shared concern for mental health under global capitalism to explore how else depression can be perceived. In taking their critical visions as intercessors for thought, Adam Szymanski proposes a thoroughly relational understanding of depression attentive to eventful, collective and contingent qualities of subjectivity. What emerges is a melancholy aesthetics attuned to the existential contours and political stakes of health., Cinemas of Therapeutic Activism adventurously builds affinities across the lines of national, linguistic and cultural difference. The films of Angela Schanelec, Kelly Reichardt, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Kanakan Balintagos are grouped together for the first time, constituting a polystylistic common front of artist-physicians who live, work, and create on the belief that life can be more liveable. Cinemas of Therapeutic Activism offers a novel conception of political aesthetics in the discipline of film studies which takes mental health into consideration. It will be the first to situate Fourth Cinema (the category of global Indigenous feature filmmaking) within the landscape of global art cinema. The book will also creates a bridge between the contemporary neurodiversity movement and the historical sensibility of anti-psychiatry which was important for French theory in the 1970s.

In this decade, we can observe a process of de-democratization in countries having experienced a political transformation, democratic consolidation, and Europeanization (Szymański 2017). The strengthening of the executive power at the cost of the parliament is a part of this process. In this article, Hungary is compared with Poland and Turkey to demonstrate that this phenomenon occurs in more than a single region. I argue that the deterioration of the standards of a liberal democracy has only strengthened the dominance of the executive power that has been gradually developing since the mid-1990s.

Le répertoire de l’Office national du film du Canada (ONF) manifeste une préoccupation de longue date pour la santé mentale. L’auteur étudie une grappe de documentaires, portant sur le vécu des personnes atteintes de maladie mentale, dont l’apport à l’héritage de cinéma militant de l’ONF est exceptionnel. Une analyse minutieuse de quatre documentaires produits entre 1977 et 2010 montre que la position militant radicale adoptée par les cinéastes en matière de santé mentale a remis en question les fondements épistémologiques de la psychiatrie tout en conférant aux discours sur la santé mental une dimension politique et existentielle. The National Film Board of Canada’s catalogue expresses a longstanding concern for mental health. This article proposes a cluster of documentaries about living with mental illness as unique contributors to the NFB’s heritage of activist filmmaking. Through close analysis of four documentaries made between 1977 and 2010, it makes the case that filmmakers enacted a radical type of mental health activism which called into question the epistemological foundations of psychiatry while imbuing discourses of mental health with a political and existential dimension.

Background: Due to the unpredictable nature of COVID-19, there is a need to identify patients at high risk of severe course of the disease and a higher mortality rate. Objective: This study aims to find the correlation between frailty and mortality in adult, hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Methods: Clinical records of 201 patients who suffered from COVID-19 and were hospitalized between October 2020 and February 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Demographic, clinical, and biochemical data were collected. Patients were assessed using Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) and were divided into three groups: CFS 1–3 fit; CFS 4–6 vulnerable and with mild to moderate frailty; CSF 7–9, severe frailty. The association between frailty and in-hospital mortality was the primary outcome. Results: Severe frailty or terminal illness was observed in 26 patients (12.94%) from a cohort of 201 patients. Those patients were older (median age 80.73, p < 0.001) and had more comorbidities. Frailty was also associated with higher requirement for oxygen supplementation, greater risk of in-hospital complications and worse biochemical laboratory results. An increase in CFS score also correlated with higher mortality (OR = 1.89, p < 0.001). The Conclusions: Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) can be used as a potentially useful tool in predicting mortality in patients with COVID-19.

The Republic of Turkey, which conducts its foreign policy on the basis of the “strategic depth” doctrine, has strengthened its position in the Middle East in recent years. One of the main roles it plays in the region is that of mediator in Middle Eastern interstate and intrastate conflicts. Turkey is able to do this because of its many assets, including its geographical and cultural proximity, personal contacts, good economic position and developed relations with the countries of the Middle East; in addition, it is accepted by the Arab world. Turkey employs a variety of mediation strategies, such as the communication-facilitation strategy, where its role is that of facilitator, easing communication between the parties it has good relations with, and trying to help them reach an understanding. However, its attempts are often ineffective due to constraints, such as the problem of neutrality and trust between Turkey and the areas in conflict; the limited capabilities of the Turkish state; the fact that its relations with the EU have deteriorated in recent years; and its own internal political problems. Under certain conditions, Turkey will be able to play the role of mediator in Middle Eastern conflicts in the future. Turkish efforts must be, however, based on a rational policy and benefits-costs analysis in the long term. Moreover, Turkey should not be over-assertive – a more selective approach to the conflicts in the Middle East is advisable. It must also think about the limits of its capabilities, assess them properly, and cooperate with the international community and other partners, especially those that have a greater impact in resolving conflicts in the region.

Film festival review of the 2015 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival.

Many conservative parties which attach a great significance to religion claim that they support the democratic principles. However, their actions are against the liberal model of democracy. The main question posed in this article is if it is religion that is the major factor behind the particular understanding of democracy. The author argues that it is a mixture of conservative, religious and populist (sometimes also nationalist) aspects that in this context can play a crucial role - even in diverse national and cultural settings. The article is a comparative analysis of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey and the Law and Justice party in Poland.

Le répertoire de l’Office national du film du Canada (ONF) manifeste une préoccupation de longue date pour la santé mentale. L’auteur étudie une grappe de documentaires, portant sur le vécu des personnes atteintes de maladie mentale, dont l’apport à l’héritage de cinéma militant de l’ONF est exceptionnel. Une analyse minutieuse de quatre documentaires produits entre 1977 et 2010 montre que la position militant radicale adoptée par les cinéastes en matière de santé mentale a remis en question les fondements épistémologiques de la psychiatrie tout en conférant aux discours sur la santé mental une dimension politique et existentielle.