ch 15 treatment of mentally ill juvenile offenders

... Psychiatry 1991, 158 :540-548 doi:10.1186/1744-859X-9-4 Cite this article as: Elsayed et al.: Characteristics of mentally ill offenders from 100 psychiatric court reports Annals of General Psychiatry ... reported that 34% of homicide offenders were mentally ill and only 5% of them were schizophrenic, but this was in a larger scale study Additionally, 50% of murderers had a history of substance abuse, ... A total of 58% of offenders had a history of previous contact with the psychiatric healthcare system prior to the offence, and significantly the mean duration of last contact with psychiatric...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... condition of terminally ill patients who are at the end stage of their illness [55] Further analysis of differences between physically ill and mentally ill participants is beyond the scope of the ... Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-100) questionnaire in physically ill, mentally ill and healthy participants WHOQOL six domains Physically ill (n = 124) Mentally ill (n = 234) Healthy (n ... context of the Danish WHOQOL validation study [42] Regarding mentally ill participants, two distinct groups of patients were included: (1) chronic psychiatric outpatients diagnosed within the schizophrenia-psychotic...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... there has been a rapid increase in the number of and types of agents available for treatment of JIA While much of the treatment of childhood arthritis builds on experience gained from adult patients ... exposure, treatment of children with JIA involves a careful balancing of risks and benefits of interventions The present article will focus on recent advances in the medical treatment of JIA In ... antibody which binds specifically to the β isoform of IL-1 (IL-1β) and blocks downstream effects of the molecule The mechanism of action of ACZ885 thus differs from anakinra and rilonacept, which block...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:22

... relapse of the wrist and arthritis of the left elbow, both joints were treated with TCHA Despite a weekly administration of 20 mg of subcutaneous MTX, he developed massive effusions of multiple ... prednisone and chloroquine, which was subsequently replaced by sulphasalazine Despite this treatment regimen the patient developed recurrent arthritis of both knees requiring multiple TCHA treatment, ... day for days A second cycle of treatment was applied weeks after the end of the first cycle Patients were examined before each treatment cycle, and months after the end of the second cycle and subsequently...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23

... results of the study encourage the initiation of controlled trials to compare the efficacy of DSG with established drugs such as MMF, which will answer the question of the true efficacy of this ... Initiation of treatment with angiotensin converting Table Patient characteristics CRF # Age (years) Time since first diagnosis Time since first diagnosis of of SLE nephritis LN-WHO type Pre -treatment of ... this trial on the efficacy of DSG in the treatment of LN Only a controlled randomized trial can help to define the efficacy of DSG in therapy of LN Page 10 of 12 During treatment, renal function...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:22

... critically ill patients Chest 1999, 115: 462-474 Catchpole CR, Andrews JM, Brenwald N, Wise R: A reassessment of the in vitro activity of colistin sulphomethate sodium J Antimicrob Chemother 1997, ... patients with cystic fibrosis undergoing chronic prophylactic treatment with inhaled colistin [18], 81% of strains of P aeruginosa from such patients are still susceptible to colistin [14] With ... presence of at least two of fever (>38.3°C), leukocytosis or leukopenia, and purulent bronchial secretions; and a new and persistent infiltrate on chest radiography On isolation of strains of P aeruginosa...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:22

... end of infusion The 15 patients in the mannitol group had a total of 53 episodes of increased ICP exceeding 20 mmHg requiring infusion of study medication (3.5 treatments/patient) For 49 of these ... of cerebral vessels] Fortschr Med 1973, 91:1279 58 Bosse O, Kuschinsky W, Wahl M: [Effects of osmolarity changes on the resistance regulation of the pia mater vessels in the cat] Pflugers Arch ... hypertonic saline solutions in treatment of cerebral edema and intracranial hypertension Crit Care Med 2000, 28:3301-3313 62 Schwarz S, Georgiadis D, Aschoff A, Schwab S: Effects of hypertonic (10%) saline...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:22

... psychiatric disorders and serious psychosocial problems [2] Earlier research showed that psychosocial adversity is different for offenders and non -offenders, as well as for various groups of offenders ... included For reasons of readability the juveniles will be referred to as offenders, although they were officially only suspected of a criminal offense Mean age of the subjects was 15. 9 years (SD = ... experts (psychologist and child psychiatrist) These sixty-six offenders did not differ from the total BARO sample on age, gender or type of offense Both the psychologist and the child psychiatrist...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:22

... levels of IV Ibuprofen, see Table Figure demonstrates the mean plasma concentrations of ibuprofen for each of the three drug dosage arms in both the critically ill and non-critically ill populations ... compared to of 28 (32%) of the placebo group with a temperature

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:20

... will appeal to researchers, clinicians, and students in clinical and health psychology and psychiatry AR I E L ST R AV Y N S K I is Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology ... probes 155 6.3 Measurements of neuroendocrine function 158 6.4 Neuroimaging studies 160 6.5 Approaches to the study of genetic transmission and respective quality of evidence 174 6.6 Studies of genetic ... 217 7.4 Cognitive effects of pharmacotherapy (FNE) 218 8.1 Psychometric characteristics of the Scale for Interpersonal Behavior (SIB) 230 8.2 Psychometric characteristics of the Simulated Social...

Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 10:54

... What are the adverse effects of any treatment? Can (preventive) treatment of atrial fibrillation improve survival? Can (preventive) treatment of atrial fibrillation improve morbidity? Should we ... criteria of evidence-based medicine Even the questions of whether AF is the cause of mortality or just an epiphenomenon [3] and of whether treatment improves outcome are still not answered A treatment ... K, Chiba S, Tanaka S, Hirata M, Suzuki Y: Adrenergic mechanism participating in induction of atrial fibrillation by ACh Am J Physiol 1968, 215: 1183-1191 28 Edwards JD, Wilkins RG: Atrial fibrillation...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:35

... antipsychotics [26] Table 1: Diabetes Mellitus Screening Recommendations For Patients Treated with Atypical Antipsychotics [29] Initiation of Treatment First Year of Treatment Duration of Treatment ... of our patients develop renal disease, psychiatrists must be aware of the effects of psychotropics on the kidneys, as well the effects of decreased renal functioning on the pharmacokinetics of ... that the prevalence of obesity in this study of outpatients was related to the use of antipsychotics, but less so lithium or anticonvulsants Of those persons prescribed no psychotropics, less than...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:51

... mind, in the presence of adherent scars, after having infiltrated the whole area with a solution of Lidocaine 0.5% and Epinephrine 1:200,000 very close to one of the two edges of the scar, a small ... recreation of relapses, stitches formed in a U-shape are made in Nylon or Monocril 2-3/0 are made with a large needle and are placed close together so that a wide aversion is achieved at the margins of ... Normally, the dissection plane of subcision is rather superficial: it is a subdermal dissection performed successfully in the treatment of acne scars In this novel technique, we perform a deeper...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:00

... Position of Occlusion Begnning of the CCA Begnning of the CCA Begnning of the ICA Left cavernous sinus part of the ICA, right beginning of the ICA Begnning of the ICA Symptom Other aeurysms SAH PCA SAH ... endovascular approach Concurrent aneurysms of other arteries can be treated simultaneously in the same technique Conflict of Interest The authors have declared that no conflict of interest exists ... 2003; 45:441-4 20 Kawaguchi S, Sakaki T, Morimoto T, et al Characteristics of intracranial aneurysms associated with moyamoya disease A review of 111 cases Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1996; 138: 1287-94...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:04

... Conflict of Interest The authors have declared that no conflict of interest exists References 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Timofeev I., Hutchinson PJ Outcome after surgical decompression of severe ... unable to take effect, because of the limited space .15 The procedure of subtemporal craniectomy, which was introduced by Cushing,11 involves removing the part of the skull beneath the temporal ... in ischemic necrosis of the portion of the herniated brain Coskay et al introduced an interesting method called the “vascular tunnel” to avoid this complication.33 Following removal of part of...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:40

... implant failure in atrophied maxilla There is no agreement about the indication of techniques for the treatment of this kind of surgical complication Spontaneous healing of to mm openings can occur, ... therefore the spontaneous closing of the perforation3 Many techniques have been described in order to prevent the consequences of a chronical presence of OAC, such as buccal flap, palatal rotation-advancement ... many characteristics of OAC/OAF; the apexes of tooth 26 were in extremely close approximation to the maxillary sinus, and an area of periapical rarefaction was evident (Fig 1) After the failure of...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:48

... Percutaneous radiofrequency rhizotomy of the lumbar facets: ten years' experience Mt Sinai J Med 1991;58:177-8 Schaerer JP Radiofrequency facet rhizotomy in the treatment of chronic neck and ... Percent change in VAS pain score at long-term follow-up according to location of facet joint pain % Change VAS Cervical Thoracic Lumbar No Change (N) 11 1-24% (N) 11 25-49% (N) 15 50-74% (N) 15 75-100% ... dorsal root axons should be incapable of re-innervating the joint In this study we investigate the long-term efficacy of facet debridement for the treatment of chronic back pain originating in the...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:32

... research of lymphedema with excellent results attending the necessities of patients from distant localities This option of simple and feasible treatment can change the lives of millions of people ... adaptation and the development of new forms of treatment are necessary This team is composed of the lymphologist or professional trained in the treatment of lymphedema, psychologists, nutritionists, ... creation of a laboratory of apparatuses for the treatment of lymphedema 14 ,15 All these devices are used associated with compression mechanisms and were created after a pilot study which evaluated...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:39

... they adhered to the dosing schedule less than 75% of the time Method of assigning patients to treatment groups Patients were assigned to treatment groups (order of treatments) using computer-generated ... of concomitant prohibited medication (narcotics, oral NSAIDs, topical NSAIDs) within four weeks of randomization Use of acetaminophen or ibuprofen within days of randomization Subject is unwilling ... prescriptions The diverse clinical patterns of OA are observed in approximately 10% of people older than 60 years thus compromising the quality of life of millions of Americans In addition, OA costs the...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:48