Hektoen International

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Tag: Sergei Jargin

  • Psychopathological aspects of the war in Ukraine

    Sergei JarginMoscow, Russia Paranoid leaders can remain in positions of great power in nations that lack appropriate checks and balances.1 This is particularly likely in one-party states where mass intimidation and imposed homogeneity of thinking prevail and where everyone conforms with the ruling party. Grave consequences can occur when paranoid and delusional ideas coexist in…

  • Gilyarovsky and Gannushkin psychiatric hospitals in Moscow

    Sergei JarginMoscow, Russia The Gilyarovsky and Gannushkin psychiatric hospitals can be discussed together because the latter was founded in 1913 as a branch of the former, becoming a separate institution only in 1931. Both hospitals are located not far from each other, near the Sokolniki Park and Yauza River.1 The Gilyarovsky hospital, founded 1808 (Fig.…

  • A poem about plagiarism

    Sergei JarginMoscow, Russia  (After Edgar Allan Poe) Not Pushkin am I, neither Poe,So great is not my fame.I am a humble Russian poet,S. Jargin is my name. To plagiarize is worse than stealWe love the Copyright,And by quotations we revealThe source from which we write. Great Bear is roaring in morassAnd rising up upright,Reminding Russian…

  • Uncle and nephew: Alcohol-related dementia

    Sergei JarginMoscow, Russia This essay is a composite of several stories published by different authors on the subject of alcohol induced dementia. It concerns two men, an uncle and his nephew. The uncle was more muscular than the nephew. The nephew had started binge drinking at the age of twelve and had obviously damaged his…