[Montreal syndrome: Conophobia].

IF 0.4 Q4 PSYCHIATRY
Sante Mentale au Quebec Pub Date : 2024-01-01
Emmanuel Stip
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The objective of this perspective article is to explore the creation of a new syndrome specific to the Canadian city of Montreal: Conophobia. In a more academic way, the aim is to think about the process which leads to the creation of a new clinical entity and to question how the name of a disease is chosen. In the literature, it is illustrated by syndromes with a name of a city: Stockholm syndrome, Stendhal syndrome, Pisa syndrome, Havana syndrome, Paris syndrome, Lima syndrome or Copenhagen syndrome. Conophobia is a neologism reflecting a potential syndrome linked to the growing observation of an original suffering invading the metropolis of Quebec: anxiety in relation to a clearly identified object that we calls the Cone. New traffic cones have in fact appeared on the streets, by the thousands dotted throughout the neighborhoods, to mark the start of work on public roads. In the context of this invasion, the first observable behavioral anomalies appeared in the population, signs of suffering, and feelings of helplessness among citizens. Media coverage appeared. Almost 30% of orange cones in a given area remained on the streets for no apparent reason, causing unnecessary obstruction and aesthetic nuisance. We were able to observe some vignettes of this phenomenon which cannot be called a clinical vignette at this stage but which in many respects shares links with phobias. Videos that went viral on the networks even showed individuals in several places enraged by the road works, getting out of their cars, grabbing orange cones and throwing them onto the ground next to the street. To our knowledge, there have yet been no hospitalizations or visits to the emergency unit specifically due to a cone. This new semiology or phenomenology can lead the clinician to be attentive to a possible shift in behavior from normal to pathological. The cursor which demarcates this border needs to be studied. The so-called Montreal syndrome allows us to think about the link between mental health and the identity of a city. This relation needs to be improved. Aid and therapies for individuals already suffering from this insidious syndrome could call for individual interventions by health professionals or more community-based prevention interventions. The creation of such a syndrome is part of a biopsychosocial approach which is familiar to the scientific activity of the University Institute of Mental Health of Montreal (IUSMM).

[蒙特利尔综合症:恐惧症]。
这篇透视文章的目的是探讨加拿大蒙特利尔市特有的一种新综合症的产生:恐惧症。从更学术的角度来看,其目的是思考导致创建一个新的临床实体的过程,并质疑如何选择疾病的名称。在文献中,以一个城市的名字来说明综合症:斯德哥尔摩综合症、司汤达综合症、比萨综合症、哈瓦那综合症、巴黎综合症、利马综合症或哥本哈根综合症。圆锥恐惧症是一个新词,反映了一种潜在的综合症,这种综合症与人们越来越多地观察到入侵魁北克大都市的原始痛苦有关:对一个我们称之为圆锥的清晰识别物体的焦虑。事实上,新的交通锥已经出现在街道上,成千上万的交通锥点缀在各个社区,标志着公共道路建设的开始。在这次入侵的背景下,第一个可观察到的行为异常出现在人口中,痛苦的迹象,以及公民的无助感。媒体开始报道。在某一特定地区,几乎有30%的橙色锥体无缘无故地留在街道上,造成了不必要的阻碍和审美障碍。我们能够观察到这种现象的一些小插曲,在这个阶段不能被称为临床小插曲,但在许多方面与恐惧症有联系。在网络上疯传的视频甚至显示,在几个地方,人们对道路工程感到愤怒,他们下了车,抓起橙色的锥体扔在路边的地上。据我们所知,目前还没有因锥虫而住院或到急诊室就诊的病例。这种新的符号学或现象学可以引导临床医生注意到行为从正常到病理的可能转变。需要研究划分这个边界的光标。所谓的蒙特利尔综合症让我们思考心理健康与城市身份之间的联系。这种关系需要改善。对已经患有这种潜伏综合症的个人的援助和治疗可能需要卫生专业人员的个人干预或更多以社区为基础的预防干预。这种综合症的产生是生物心理社会方法的一部分,蒙特利尔大学心理健康研究所(IUSMM)的科学活动对此很熟悉。
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期刊介绍: In 1976, the community mental health centre (Centre de santé mentale communautaire) of Saint-Luc Hospital organized the first symposium on sector psychiatry. During deliberations, the participants expressed the idea of publishing the various experiences that were then current in the field of mental health. With the help of the symposium’s revenues and the financial support of professionals, the Centre de santé mentale communautaire edited the first issue of Santé mentale au Québec in September 1976, with both objectives of publishing experiences and research in the field of mental health, as well as facilitating exchange between the various mental health professionals.
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