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A discussion of the problem of obesity control in post-adolescent residents who are diagnosed as having Prader-Willi Syndrome is presented with a description of the syndrome, a brief case history of one of the residents with the syndrome, and an outline of the program used by a residential facility for exceptional young adults in managing this difficult problem.
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Desenvolvimento Infantil , Obesidade/terapia , Síndrome de Prader-Willi/psicologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Terapia Comportamental , Serviços Comunitários de Saúde Mental , Feminino , HumanosRESUMO
The author presents and comments on recently acquired police suicide data from several cities in the United States and from the Metropolitan Police Department of London and on extensive archival police suicide files. He also explores some of the psychosocial factors that may affect the high incidence of suicide among people who actively specialize in police work.
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Controle Social Formal , Suicídio/epidemiologia , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Divórcio , Humanos , Londres , Masculino , Casamento , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Aposentadoria , Alienação Social , Estresse Psicológico , Estados UnidosRESUMO
This paper suggests some of the possible advantages of a liquid lithium preparation and describes an open, cross-over, pilot study comparing solid (capsule or tablet) with liquid lithium salt preparations in terms of obtained blood levels and side-effects for a nonmanic-depressive prison population.
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Lítio/administração & dosagem , Administração Oral , Ensaios Clínicos como Assunto , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Avaliação de Medicamentos , Humanos , Lítio/efeitos adversos , Lítio/sangue , Masculino , PrisioneirosRESUMO
Between January 1, 1934 and January 1, 1940, 91 New York City policemen committed suicide. Dr. Paul Friedmann, in the only previously published account describing this special group, speculated that the high suicide rate for those years was due, in part, to the turbulence caused by changes in New York City's political administration attendant to Tammany Hall's fall from political hegemony as a result of the 1933 election of Fiorello H. La Guardia. The purpose of this paper is to reexamine the original police files and case histories, now residing in the Zilboorg-Friedman Archives, and to offer new comments and speculations concerning these police suicides. Involved in this examination will be (a) the use of the "psychological autopsy" in assessing several equivocal deaths; (b) the use of statistical techniques to analyze both previously unpublished archival material and recently acquired police suicide data from other cities in America and England; and (c) a discussion of the impact of Tammany Hall politics on the police department, including an assessment of the effects of the La Guardia election in 1933.
