11. The Rejection of Psychological Approaches to Mental Disorder in Late Nineteenth-Century British Psychiatry
Madhouses, Mad-Doctors, and Madmen, 1981
Queen Square: A History of the National Hospital and its Institute of Neurology
Jean Itard: A Memoir on Stuttering
Psychology of Language and Thought, 1980
Jean-Marie-Gaspard Itard1 was born at Oraison in Provence in April, 1774, and was educated at Rie... more Jean-Marie-Gaspard Itard1 was born at Oraison in Provence in April, 1774, and was educated at Riez and Marseilles (latterly by the Orato-rians) during the closing years of the ancien regime in France. His parents, who were comfortably well-off, had originally intended him for a career in banking and commerce in Marseilles, but the upheavals of the French Revolution were to give an altogether different direction to his career. During the siege of Toulon in 1793, at the height of the Revolution, Itard, despite having had no previous medical training or experience whatever, became attached to the military hospital at Soliers as a surgeon, through the influence of a clerical uncle, in order to procure his exemption from active military service. However, Itard soon discovered a genuine vocation for his new career, and after serving as a military surgeon with the Army of Italy at Toulon from 1795 to 1796, he removed to Paris at the end of 1796 to continue his medical studies as an assistant surgeon to the Baron De Larrey at the military hospital of Val-de-Grâce.
The new age of mobile communication brought on by the internet has meant that people now have mob... more The new age of mobile communication brought on by the internet has meant that people now have mobile access to a wealth of information and services. Although the benefits of mobile information access are acknowledged through the empowering influence over its audience, a concern is noted with reference to largely uncensored forums offering mobile communication exchange to children. The proliferation of mobile technologies available, in conjunction with applications facilitating social networking, has steadily increased the attack surface minors are exposed to in an online environment. Most minors engaging in online activities do so through mobile technologies such as the cell phone. This device, as a consequence of its mobility, offers access to the internet that circumvents controls of supervision. This paper presents an approach that offers an alternative to existing solutions, available to the commercial market, that are driven by static configurations. The proposed solution seeks to avail a state of digital forensic readiness in order to deliver a proactive solution, this is accomplished through risk profiling of a user through usage which dictates the level of protection accordingly. It is suggested that this proposal will benefit children engaging in online interactions through the implementation of proactive strategies.
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