The key idea behind the multi-family therapy is not to maximise the agony, but to overcome the social isolation. The Dresden psychiatrists have been working with multi-family therapy for two years now. And although there has not yet been any hard statistical study, only an intermediate report, the new therapeutic approach does seem to be proving effective. All 22 adolescents treated displayed a marked increase in weight, and their condition was stabilised. Only one girl, who had discontinued the therapy, later suffered a relapse.
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Computer programmers are now using the insects tricks to optimise factory processes. The volunteers suffered the state of weightlessness on board a special Airbus. Adventurous show flights like this are part of ESA s effort to rid itself of its boring image. Vegetarian, lady-killer, truth fanatic the early beginnings of the artist Otto Dix, who was surrounded by scandal, are documented in his home town of Gera by newly discovered pictures and writings. Not even the experts suspected that these documents existed.