Thirty hospitalized suicidal adolescents were compared with thirty-four hospitalized nonsuicidal teenagers and thirty-five nonhospitalized coping youngsters (controls) on the extent of their problems, their perceptions of peer and family relationships, degree of hopelessness, and locus of control. Suicidals were found to experience the greatest total number of problems, nonsuicidals the ...

The fiberoptic laryngoscope can make difficult or impossible tracheal intubation as easy as a routine procedure. Although this instrument has been available for many years it has never achieved the popularity it deserves because anaesthetists have abandoned it after a few unsuccessful attempts to use it. Detailed procedure for the ...

A brief summary of methods for reconstruction of the external auditory meatus for whatever reason, which have been recommended and used by a number of authors, is presented. Recurrence of the atretic problem occurs in a great percentage of individuals necessitating further attempts with an even greater failure rate. In ...

Monkeys were injected subcutaneously with 6 mg of Crotalus adamanteus venom and a solid phase radioimmunoassay was used to measure levels of venom in plasma and urine. When no attempt was made to retard venom movement from the site of injection, plasma levels as high as 1,300 ng/ml occurred within ...

The use of the medical-grade silicone obturator can aid the prosthodontist attempting prosthetic closure of maxillary defects. This type of obturator prosthesis allows the patient to resume near-normal oral function. It aids in the preservation of the oral structures because it uses the support available from the defect to reduce ...

Having initially briefly reviewed and then compared and contrasted the contributions of Kernberg and Kohut to the theory and treatment of narcissistic problems, the attempt was then made to evaluate critically their merits and possible short-comings. It was felt that in pushing back the frontiers of pathology to earlier and ...

The fundamental deficiency in interactional research has been the lack of definition in the concept of communication rather than the lack of empirical data. An attempt at theoretical clarification was made by Sølvberg and Blakar's experimental manipulation of a communication task presented to parental couples with and without a schizophrenic ...

This article points out several needs. The first is the need to have research on the design of the athlete's mouthpiece. This study demonstrates that the most frequently used athlete's mouthpieces alter the relationship of the lower jaw to the upper jaw. Second, this article expresses the need for design ...

This paper is an attempt to outline a set of hypotheses about the kinds of issues that intensify the problem of fusion in committed lesbian partnerships. We consider also why the likelihood is so great of fusion occurring as a response to stresses both internal and external to the relationship. ...

Two case reports presented describe situations in which a patient presented in trauma due to an accident which masked a suicide attempt. Factors which obscure the suicide intent of an 'accident' include a dangerous vocation, lifestyle, or hobby, and absence of overt depression. These factors may aid in the identification ...

For the purpose of suicide, a man sometimes pours kerosene or gasoline on himself and fires it. In this case in order to clarity the fact that a man killed himself by using kerosene or gasoline, the chemical characteristic of the fuel should be examined from some parts of the ...

A critique of Kohut's "psychology of the self" is presented. This critique derives from the author's view that paradigm competition often unnecessarily polarizes and accentuates differences while obfuscating rather than facilitating communication. An attempt is made to delineate Kohut's valuable contributions and to integrate them within the structural hypothesis . ...

We describe modifications to two cartridges, those for alkaline phosphatase and creatinine, on an 18-channel SMAC (Sequential Multichannel Analyzer Computerized), which allow all 18 tests to be run with a commonly prediluted sample. This decreases the required sample size and eliminates the problem of fibrin clots in the stream-splitter on ...

The purpose of this paper is to present laboratory results showing major problems with the 4-hexylresorcinol method used for acrolein analysis. A discrepancy in the analytical procedure described by ASTM and NIOSH gives rise to underestimation of acrolein levels based on the length of time the mixed reagents have been ...

Laboratory tests indicate that methylated spirits, widely espoused as a first-aid treatment for jellyfish stings, causes massive discharge of nematocysts in living tentacles of the box-jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri. This action, together with demonstrated hazards of flammability and intoxication, casts doubt on this substance as a treatment for Chironex stings. In ...

In recent years, Golden and his associates have devised and presented a standardized version of Luria's neuropsychological examination. One of the main advantages of this battery over Luria's more qualitative approach is the possibility of examining a number of the theoretical statements made by Lauria concerning the relationship of basic ...

An attempt is here made to apply the propositions of psychoanalytic ego psychology and certain ideas from systems theory to problems in the theory of anxiety. Conscious affect experience in adults is taken as a clinical starting point. The propositions advanced place concepts of processes by which events or fantasies ...

Various studies have suggested an increase in the incidence of premarital intercourse among women with a corresponding decline in premarital virginity. The present study was conducted in an attempt to determine perceived value-orientations toward premarital virginity of female virgins and nonvirgins. It examined the possibility of different orientations for different ...

In an attempt to find out what was being done for juvenile firesetters in their metropolitan community the authors reviewed the records of the local fire marshal, juvenile court, and psychiatric clinic. They found that the various agencies involved with 69 juveniles over a 3-year period were unable to coordinate ...

Using the Canter Background Interference Procedure with the Bender-Gestalt Test, a group of 18 adolescent suicide attempters earned test scores indicating they had significantly more problems with visual-motor coordination than did a control group of 21 adolescents. There were also a greater number of school failures and behavior problems among ...

After 10 years of experience using the problem-oriented record (POR), Weed proposed that both patient care and clinical education could be improved by changing traditional medical records to a problem-oriented format. The problem-oriented system of record keeping has since been attempted or adopted by many physicians in the United States ...

McGlashan and Carpenter (1979) have critiqued our article (Goplerud and Depue 1978), in which we suggested that postpsychotic depression and bipolar depressive disorder may well be related. Their critique has many problems and, most importantly, raises new ambiguities concerning the definition of postpsychotic depression. Therefore, we have attempted to clarify ...

The author attempts to clarify two largely different uses of term, Therapeutic Community (TC). By "old" TC he describes a movement which originated in psychiatry in the United Kingdom at the end of World War II. This was an attempt to establish a democratic system in hospitals where the domination ...

The problem of default or irregularity in taking the medicine is a great hinderance to the eradication of the disease. An attempt has been made here to judge this problem from various angles and to pin point the factors leading to default. A cohort of 253 patients have been comprehensively ...

In the previous article we try to give an explanation for the success of models of enzymatic reactions in which coenzymes play a role. However, one vital cofactor that has thus far not yielded appreciably to this approach is biotin. We attempt to show that biotin presents a fundamentally new ...

The purpose envisaged in this report is not to provide a comprehensive monography but rather to give a survey, especially for biologists, of the state of the art and of current research trends in molecular microscopy. Following a brief discussion of the obvious discrepancy between instrumental capabilities and the limits ...

This paper brings up to date a 1970 study of suicide attempters coming to a major emergency room in an United States urban community and reviews international trends in suicide attempts. Results of the study and the review of the international literature indicate that the high rates of suicide attempts ...

Each section of this article has been discussed in severe brevity. Potential pitfalls have been expanded in an attempt to be helpful to the general surgeon who attends patients with these clinical problems. Making the relatives aware of a potential complication in its broadest sense is the responsibility of the ...

The frequency of psychotics among sibs of index cases with a functional psychosis was found by Odegaard (1972) to be positively associated with the number of psychotics in the parents' generation. Odegaard considered this correlation to be indicative of polygenic inheritance. However, an attempt at replicating this fascinating finding in ...

To overcome the problems associated with cutaneous vesicostomies a new concept in vesical conduits was developed and performed in 13 dogs. The principle of the new conduit is the utilization of minimal bladder tissue to create a stoma analogous to that of the ileal conduit and to perform an antireflux ...

Reconstruction of contracted sockets can be extremely difficult and may result in a number of complications. Adherence to certain contraindications in attempting socket reformation can avoid some of these problems. Complications of socket reconstruction as discussed previously are (1) infection and (2) recurrent socket contracture, manifested either by extrusion of ...

In an attempt to determine the extent to which crisis centers meet the needs of black communities, questionnaires were sent to 12 centers. Responses were received from six. Only two centers, in Nashville and Washington, D.C., had statistics of callers identified by race. The findings from these two centers indicate ...

Between April 1971 and June 1974, the first attempt to assess the nutritional status of the non-institutional population of the U.S. was carried out by the DHEW. The survey is known as "HANES" (U.S. Health and Nutrition Examination Survey). Preliminary findings have been released, and further data are expected to ...

Several groups have attempted to develop a clinically usable rechargeable cardiac pacemaker. Because of the technical problems, of the 11 reported efforts, only one has met with success, the unit developed at the Johns Hopkins University. A brief review of rechargeable pacemakers is given, along with a discussion of technical ...

This article attempts to illuminate the understanding of swinging, or mate swapping, an increasingly common form of extramarital sexual activity. A theoretical formulation argues that swinging is a form of extramarital sexual activity which serves to define as good and acceptable a behavior that in other forms and in the ...

Comparison of 726 admissions to Newcastle upon Tyne General Hospital for attempted suicide in the period 1 October 1966 to 30 September 1969 with a previously reported series of 276 in 1962-4 showed an overall increase in annual admissions of 77%. For both sexes under age 30 years and females ...

This article examines methodological problems and unacknowledged moral judgements in Freud's theory of homosexuality. Freud raises the issue of bisexuality in connection with the origins of homosexuality. When critically examined, the theory of bisexuality reduces to a theory of the capacity to be attracted to either females or males, and ...

The paper examines the relationship between patterns of male prostitution and the changing definitions (and regulation) of homosexual behavior in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A series of problems is explored. First, an attempt is made to delineate the changing patterns of legal and ideological control in the ...

With the advent of community psychiatry it has become imperative to reconsider the role and meaning of such basic concepts as ego development, oedipal conflicts, object relations, etc. So much of life in the ghetto has been reduced merely to the struggle for survival. This is even more dramatically evident ...

Constant low-pressure supports such as soft mattresses can feel comfortable because they conform well to the shape of the body. When such mattresses are provided with a highly convoluted surface made up of contiguous foam pillars, their efficacy is improved. The Modular Propad is a highly convoluted, but shallow, foam ...

The COC's attempt to form a consultation bureau which would supply social aid to homosexuals is presented. The details and problems of forming such a group, including financial matters, type of aid to be supplied, and staffing, are discussed. In conclusion, the total reformation of the bureau in the 1980's ...