Disease relevance of Catharsis

• Magnesium toxicity secondary to catharsis during management of theophylline poisoning [1].

Psychiatry related information on Catharsis

• Hypermagnesemia associated with catharsis in a salicylate-intoxicated patient with anorexia nervosa [2].
• SOURCE: The author's personal experience hosting a TV program entitled, "Best Books in Town". CONCLUSIONS: Discussing literature can promote emotional catharsis, active problem solving, and personal insight in those who chose to participate [3].

High impact information on Catharsis

• These structural and functional alterations may contribute to intraluminal accumulation of fluid and catharsis that can result from administration of ricinoleic acid (castor oil) [4].
• An adequate catharsis was obtained with an equivalent mean (+/- 1 S.D.) daily dose of 26 +/- 5 gm lactitol or 31 +/- 7 ml (21 +/- 5 gm) lactulose syrup [5].
• Increased serotonin after a suicide attempt: coincidence or catharsis [6]?
• An adequate catharsis was achieved with a mean (+/- 1 SD) equivalent daily dose of 31.9 +/- 11.2 g of lactitol or 32.9 +/- 16.7 ml (21.9 +/- 11.1 g) of lactulose syrup [7].
• Thus, the data suggest that only certain types of CMC may be proabsorptive when added to ORS, while high-viscosity and high-DS CMC or MC induce electrolyte malabsorption and eventual catharsis [8].

Chemical compound and disease context of Catharsis

• An investigation was undertaken to determine if sorbitol catharsis enhanced the antidotal efficacy of activated charcoal [9].
• Sorbitol catharsis does not enhance efficacy of charcoal in a simulated acetaminophen overdose [9].
• Activated charcoal alone produced a mean transit time of 23.5 hours; magnesium citrate catharsis occurred in 4.2 hours, magnesium sulfate catharsis occurred in 9.3 hours, and sorbitol catharsis occurred in 0.9 hours [10].
• Charcoal administration at 1 h was 91.2% effective in preventing theophylline absorption and at 6 h was 57.3% effective, while combined charcoal and catharsis at 6 h was 63.3% effective [11].
• To evaluate the frequency and magnitude of serum magnesium elevations after the use of repetitive magnesium catharsis, we prospectively evaluated 102 patients who received multiple doses of magnesium citrate as a part of treatment of an overdose [12].

Gene context of Catharsis

• Early theorists described physical diseases (e.g., asthma, ulcers) thought to be associated with the inhibition of weeping (e.g., Alexander 1950), and catharsis theories (Breuer and Freud 1895/1955; Koestler 1964) postulated that unexpressed emotion accumulated as in a tank, and then overflowed as tears when a threshold level was exceeded [13].
• A questionnaire assessing endorsement of the hostility catharsis hypothesis was developed and administered to 102 undergraduate students and 131 American and Canadian psychologists (randomly selected from 4 divisions of APA) [14].
• Six hundred Israeli students responded to a questionnaire dealing with five motives for participating in vandalism: anger/frustration, boredom, erosion, aesthetics, and catharsis (Cohen, 1984) [15].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Catharsis

• INTERVENTIONS: Catharsis with bisacodyl, magnesium citrate, NaCl 0.9%; dissolution with heated, dilute barium administered rectally in conjunction with external manipulation; laparotomy [16].

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