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FUGUE [11 records]

Record 1 2024-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
CONT

Formerly called psychogenic fugue, dissociative fugue, is a psychological state in which a person loses awareness of their identity or other important autobiographical information. This subtype of dissociative amnesia often includes some form of unexpected travel. People who experience a dissociative fugue may suddenly find themselves in a place, such as on the beach or at work, with no memory of traveling there.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
CONT

La fugue dissociative(anciennement appelée fugue psychogène) implique l'oubli ou la perte de conscience de son identité, en partie ou en totalité, et peut impliquer la création d’une nouvelle identité et/ou le déplacement vers un nouvel endroit sans savoir comment on y est arrivé.

OBS

En 1994, le DSM-IV [Manuel diagnostique et statistique des troubles mentaux, 4e édition] modifie les appellations de quatre des cinq troubles : l'amnésie psychogène devient l'amnésie dissociative; la fugue psychogène, la fugue dissociative [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos mentales
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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Record 2 2020-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music
DEF

A musical composition in which one or two themes are repeated or imitated by successively entering voices and contrapuntally developed in a continuous interweaving of the voice parts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique
DEF

Forme de composition contrapuntique fondée sur l’entrée et le développement successifs de voix selon un principe strict d’imitation qui donne à l’auditeur l’impression que chaque voix fuit ou en poursuit une autre.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
CONT

Amnesia is the total or partial blocking of memories concerning certain past events or periods of time. When this memory blocking occurs over an extended period of time, the condition is termed a fugue state.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
DEF

[The] act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be.

CONT

Elopement occurs when a resident leaves a healthcare facility without staff knowledge of the departure. Elopers can be differentiated from wanderers by their purposeful, overt, and often repeated attempts to leave the building and premises.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • Health Law
CONT

... the evolution of health promotion for STD [Sexually Transmitted Diseases] prevention .... The public health approach offered advice about chemical, chemotherapeutic, and barrier prophylaxis, but avoided the issue of social prophylaxis. With the failure of antimicrobial agents to eradicate syphilis in the 1960s, rapid increases of viral sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and resistant strains of gonorrhoea in the 1970s, and the discovery of AIDS in the 1980s, alternatives to the traditional public health approach were sought and supported with a modest increase of resources. Three major innovations have been introduced to STD prevention as a result: social marketing, community involvement, and behaviour change programmes bases on social and psychological concepts and theoretical models.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

[...] combattre l’antisémitisme et le racisme est un acte de prophylaxie sociale [...]

OBS

La prophylaxie sociale se spécialise dans la prévention de diverses problématiques sociales notamment le suicide, la prostitution, le vandalisme et la fugue.

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
OBS

Most dogs accept comings and goings with a sigh, but others might have a hard time understanding why their owners are there one moment and gone the next. The dog may feel insecure and worry that his owner won't come back. And while he is gone, the dog may bark, whine or howl in fear.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chiens et chats
OBS

Cet état d’anxiété est provoqué par la solitude dans laquelle se trouve l'animal une fois que son maître est parti. Très fréquent chez le chiot, il se traduit par la fugue, l'aboiement, le grattage de porte, la destruction d’objet... Le traitement de ce trouble nécessite la participation active du maître.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de perros y gatos
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Record 7 1998-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

The act of running away.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
DEF

Action, fait de s’enfuir momentanément du lieu où l’on vit habituellement.

CONT

Chez l'enfant, la fugue est une fuite du milieu familial, de l'école ou d’une autre collectivité. Elle serait plus fréquente chez les enfants dont le milieu familial est dissocié.

Spanish

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Record 8 1996-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
OBS

International Project Return is a joint initiative among Revenue Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that helps abducted children and runaways return to their homes. Revenue Canada has more than 3,500 customs inspectors on the alert for abducted children and runaways at international airports and land border crossings. International Project Return is also part of a network of agencies from more than 40 countries. This network regularly exchanges information to help member agencies find missing children and reunite them with their families.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
OBS

Le Projet retour international est un projet conjoint de Revenu Canada, de Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada et de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada, dont l'objet est d’aider les enfants qui ont été enlevés ou qui ont fait une fugue à retourner à la maison. À cette fin, plus de 3 500 inspecteurs des douanes de Revenu Canada, affectés au aéroports internationaux et aux postes frontaliers, redoublent de vigilance à l'égard des enfants enlevés et des fugueurs. Le Projet retour international fait également partie d’un réseau d’organismes situés dans plus de 40 pays. Ce réseau permet l'échange régulier de renseignements susceptibles d’aider les organismes membres à retrouver les enfants disparus et à les ramener dans leur famille.

Spanish

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Record 9 1986-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
  • Social Services and Social Work
CONT

throwaway children: children (usu. ages 1-13 yrs) whose parents do not want them at home.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

Enfants en fugue, ou mis à la porte, qui traînent dans les rues.

Spanish

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Record 10 1986-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
  • Social Services and Social Work
CONT

Throwaway children: children (usu. ages 1-13 yrs) whose parents do not want them at home.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

Enfant en fugue, ou mis à la porte, qui traîne dans les rues.

OBS

laissé-pour-compte : Ce dont personne ne veut (chose ou personne).

Spanish

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Record 11 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

the element that characterizes fugue most clearly is flight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

sous ce nom, on désigne des conduites de déambulation, d’errance [et] de vagabondage.

Spanish

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