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A standardized interview including parts of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule was used to determine the prevalence of depressive and generalized anxiety disorders among female family practice patients in San Antonio, Texas, and Monterrey, Mexico. Rates of depression and anxiety were not significantly different in Texas and Mexico. There were differences in age-specific rates of anxiety with the disorder being prominent among middle-aged women in Mexico. In both countries, women with mental disorders had higher rates of hospitalization, use of psychotropic medication(s), and physical complaints than women without such disorders.
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Comparação Transcultural , Transtornos Mentais/epidemiologia , Americanos Mexicanos/estatística & dados numéricos , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Transtornos de Ansiedade/epidemiologia , Transtornos de Ansiedade/psicologia , Estudos Transversais , Transtorno Depressivo/epidemiologia , Transtorno Depressivo/psicologia , Medicina de Família e Comunidade , Feminino , Humanos , Incidência , Masculino , Transtornos Mentais/psicologia , Americanos Mexicanos/psicologia , México/etnologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Texas/epidemiologiaRESUMO
A standardized interview including parts of the NIMH-Diagnostic Interview Schedule was used to determine the prevalence of depression (major depression or dysthymia) and generalized anxiety in a random sample of predominantly low-income Mexican American patients attending an inner-city family health center. Overall rates of current DSM-III-diagnosable depression and anxiety were similar to rates reported for other primary care patient populations in the United States. There were racial/ethnic and sex differences in the rates of these disorders, with Anglo females having disproportionately high rates. Among women, the rate of mental disorders was higher for those with many somatic symptoms, three or more children, low scores on a scale of family integration, and numerous missed appointments in the last year.
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Transtornos de Ansiedade/epidemiologia , Transtorno Depressivo/epidemiologia , Hispânico ou Latino/psicologia , Encaminhamento e Consulta/estatística & dados numéricos , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , México/etnologia , Atenção Primária à Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , TexasAssuntos
Terremotos , Petróleo , 34661 , Gestão de Riscos , Manutenção Preventiva , Avaliação de DanosRESUMO
This study examined pulpal blood flow and oxygen consumption by the dental pulps of dogs. Blood flow was measured by the radioactive microsphere method and oxygen uptake was determined by the indirect Warburg approach. These variables were assessed 2 days after the canine teeth had been exposed and treated with either a cotton pellet impregnated with 1 per cent prednisolone or normal saline. The analysis indicated that the pulpal blood flow as well as the oxygen consumption did not differ between the steriod-treated tooth and the corresponding saline-treated tooth in the same jaw.
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Polpa Dentária/irrigação sanguínea , Polpa Dentária/efeitos dos fármacos , Consumo de Oxigênio/efeitos dos fármacos , Prednisolona/farmacologia , Animais , Polpa Dentária/metabolismo , Cães , Microesferas , Fluxo Sanguíneo Regional/efeitos dos fármacos , Radioisótopos de EstrôncioRESUMO
This paper reports preliminary finds of a study of coping abilities of Mexican-American families. The purpose of the study was to identify variables related to styles of behavior that can be characterized as adaptive. A complex of factors differentiated families who were judged to be dealing effectively with their environment ("copers") from those who were not ("noncopers"). The factors included the health status of the children, various child-rearing attitudes and practices, and patterns of decision making as they related to a more general ability of parents to conceptualize and organize time.
