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Spores J. (2013). Clinician's Guide to Psychological Assessment and Testing: With Forms and Templates for Effective Practice.

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- Evaluation, Clinical Assessment
- by Gilles Rode
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- Clinical Sciences, Clinical Assessment, Bottom Up

Despite all available evidence of its effectiveness, cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention (CRSP) is still insufficiently implemented in current clinical practice. Based on an analysis of implementation problems, recently the Dutch clinical algorithm for the assessment of patient's CRSP needs was revised. The purpose of this paper is to describe the revision process and its results to improve CRSP guideline implementation. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines manual for conducting guideline revisions was followed. Information on the use of the algorithm in practice was collected from electronic medical records and by conducting semi-structured interviews. Next, an expert advisory group identified the problems for use in daily practice and defined the scope for the revision. A multidisciplinary guideline development group subsequently wrote the revised algorithm. A large variation in assessed patient needs was observed between CRSP...

- by Roderik Kraaijenhagen and +1
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- Algorithms, Evidence Based Medicine, Quality of Mental Health Care, Risk assessment
- by Jules Mihigo and +1
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- Medical Microbiology, Malaria, Quality of Mental Health Care, Health Policy
- by Mark Serper
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- Schizophrenia, Comorbidity, Humans, Substance Abuse
- by P. Ellaway
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- Neurology, Ethics, Clinical Trial, Inclusion

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is characterized by a selective destruction of pancreatic beta cells. Recent data suggest a role of insulin resistance (IR) along with the deficient insulin reserve. Fifty-eight consecutive patients of T1DM, with low C-peptide levels were included. Patients with an obvious secondary cause like steroid therapy, fibrocalculous pancreatic disease, chronic infections or comorbid illness were excluded. A clinical assessment for the presence of obesity was made based on anthropometric data. Clinical markers of IR and the insulin dose required to achieve a stable glycemic control calculated in terms of body weight were also studied. There were 30 males and 28 females with a mean age of 16.5 +/- 2.3 (5-39) years. The mean body mass index (BMI) was 19.21 +/- 3.7 and the waist circumference was 67 +/- 5.2 cms. Nineteen ( 32.75%) and six (10.34%) patients were overweight (BMI > 23) and obese (BMI > 27) respectively while 16 (27.58%) had abdominal obesity. ...

- by Bibek Roy Chowdhury
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- Adolescent, India, Insulin Resistance, Humans
- by Kathryn Magruder
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- Primary Care, Psychiatry, Sexual Abuse, Mental Health
- by Birgitta Söder
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- Dentistry, Humans, Female, Male
- by Paola Zinzi
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- Occupational Therapy, Depression, Cognition, Treatment Outcome
- by Maxine Patel
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- Psychiatry, Health Belief Model, Medication Adherence, Motivational Interviewing

To investigate the effects of an intensive, inpatient rehabilitation programme on individuals affected by Huntington's disease. A pilot study. Within-subjects design. Inpatient rehabilitation home of the Italian welfare system. Forty patients, early and middle stage of the disease, were recruited to an intensive, inpatient rehabilitation protocol. The treatment programme included respiratory exercises and speech therapy, physical and occupational therapy and cognitive rehabilitation exercises. The programme involved three-week admission periods of intensive treatment that could be repeated three times a year. A standard clinical assessment was performed at the beginning of each admission using the Zung Depression Scale, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Barthel Index, Tinetti Scale and Physical Performance Test (PPT). Tinetti and PPT were also used at the end of each admission to assess the outcomes in terms of motor and functional performance. Each three-week period of trea...

- by Paola Zinzi
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- Occupational Therapy, Depression, Cognition, Treatment Outcome
- by Boudewijn Van Houdenhove
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- Pain, Manual Therapy, Medical History, Humans
- by Jean Shope
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- Psychology, Transportation, Knowledge, Safety
- by Nurit Yirmiya
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- Pediatrics, Communication, Child Development, Language
- by Peter Schiff
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- Ultrasound Imaging, Breast Cancer, Radiation Therapy, Ultrasound
- by Gabriella Milos
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- Eating Disorders, Suicide, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa
- by Rich Simpson
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- Algorithms, Computer Networks, Space Technology, Speech
- by George Grossberg
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- Cognitive Science, Neurology, Public Health, United States
- by peter smith
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- Ultrasound, Head and Neck, Differential Diagnosis, Fine needle aspiration cytology
- by Arshad Mahmood
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- Psychology, Cognitive Science, Personality, Personality and Individual Differences
- by Jackie Oldham
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- Program Evaluation, Physiotherapy, Primary Care, Primary Health Care
- by Malcolm Collins
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- Mechanical Engineering, Sports, Humans, Risk factors
- by Theresa Gannon
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- Criminology, Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Forensic Psychology

Previous research has found that pedophilic men referred for clinical assessment of their sexual behavior are more likely to report that they suffered head injuries before their 13th birthday than are nonpedophilic men referred for the same purpose. This study investigated whether pedophilic patients are also more likely to report head injuries after their 13th birthday. The 685 participants represented all patients with usable data from a consecutive series of men referred to a clinical laboratory specializing in phallometric assessment of erotic preferences. In addition to phallometric testing, participants were administered a brief neuropsychological test battery and a companion interview, which included questions on head injury, drug abuse, and childhood diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The results showed that the pedophilic patients reported more head injuries before age 13 than did the nonpedophilic patients, but they did not report more head injuries after age 13. The association between pedophilia and childhood head injuries could mean either that subtle brain damage after birth increases a boy's risk of pedophilia, or that neurodevelopmental problems before birth increase a boy's accident-proneness along with his risk of pedophilia. Additional analyses showed that self-reported head injuries before age 13 were associated with attentional problems and with left-handedness; in contrast, head injuries after age 13 were associated with drug abuse and promiscuity. These analyses suggest that, among patients with primary presenting complaints of sexual rather than cognitive problems, childhood head injuries cluster with neuropsychological phenomena, whereas later head injuries cluster with lifestyle variables.

- by Ray Blanchard
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- Psychology, Psychometrics, Adolescent, Humans
- by Janet Wilson
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- Dysphagia, Stroke, Humans, Early Warning System

Regulatory frameworks around the world mandate that health and social care professional education programs graduate practitioners who have the competence and capability to practice effectively in interprofessional collaborative teams. Academic institutions are responding by offering interprofessional education (IPE); however, there is as yet no consensus regarding optimal strategies for the assessment of interprofessional learning (IPL). The Program Committee for the 17th Ottawa Conference in Perth, Australia in March, 2016, invited IPE champions to debate and discuss the current status of the assessment of IPL. A draft statement from this workshop was further discussed at the global All Together Better Health VIII conference in Oxford, UK in September, 2016. The outcomes of these deliberations and a final round of electronic consultation informed the work of a core group of international IPE leaders to develop this document. The consensus statement we present here is the result of ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy comparison of Pueraria mirifica (PM), name in Thai is Kwao Kruea Khao, against conjugated equine estrogen (CEE) with/without medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) in the treatment of perimenopuasal women with climacteric symptoms. MATERIAL AND METHOD Perimenopausal women attending the Menopausal clinic of Hat Yai Regional Hospital were voluntarily recruited. The vasomotor symptoms such as hot flushes and night sweats, as well as other unpleasant symptoms, urogenital and psychological symptoms, were also assessed. Patients were voluntarily enrolled and randomly received daily 50 mg raw material of PM, Group A, or daily 0.625 mg of conjugated equine estrogen (CEE) with/without 2.5 mg of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), Group B, depend on non-hysterectomized/hysterectomized condition. RESULTS Seventy-one patients were enrolled. Eleven of those were excluded for failing to complete the initial work-up and follow-up. Sixty cases were evaluated, 30 cases i...

- by Verapol Chandeying
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- Tropical Medicine, Treatment, Thailand, Comparative Study
- by Drew Westen
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- Pathology, Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Personality Assessment
- by Mridula Sharma and +2
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- Humans, Cochlear Implant, Female, Male
- by Gerard Gioia
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- Psychology, Cognitive Science, Psychometrics, Personality Assessment

1. In the line of Zuckerman's studies on sensation seeking and optimal level of arousal, the authors hypothesized that high sensation seeking might be used to compensate for anhedonia due to basal arousal deficit. A population of interest was found with parachutists practicing skydiving, generally described as very high sensation seekers. 2. After clinical assessment of emotional and affective components, amplitudes of the frontal P3 of the ERP were used as indices of arousal. 3. Skydivers presented more negative symptoms (anhedonia and blunted-affect) than controls. This was observed in isolation from any depressive episode, which would suggest the presence of emotional deficit as a trait. As expected, skydivers presented more sensation seeking than controls. These two results taken together could indicate that sensation seeking is an adaptive reaction to anhedonia. 4. ERP results showed that frontal P3 amplitudes were larger in skydivers than in controls, whereas in a previous...

- by J. Le Houezec and +1
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- Personality, Risk Taking, Emotions, Evoked Potentials

The Family Health Scale is an instrument designed to quantify the quality of family functioning from the perspective of an external clinical observer. Rating may be based on whatever information is available on the family but, ideally, should be derived from a valid standardized method of direct observation like the Family Task Interview (Kinston and Loader, 1986). Clinical judgement must be exercised in rating, and new methods to enhance its quality have been devised. The scale may be used with nonlabelled, as well as psychiatrically labelled, families. The FHS has demonstrated consistently high inter-rater agreement, and test-retest reliability. Evidence is also offered for its validity and specificity.

- by Warren Kinston
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- Psychology, Social Work, Family Health, Clinical Assessment
- by Kenneth Krajewski and +2
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- Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorder, Suicide, Comorbidity
- by Petrus de Vries
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- Psychology, Human Development, Adolescent, Mental Retardation
- by M. Stokdijk
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- Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Humans, Clinical Biomechanics

Nine chronic stroke subjects trained over a period of 6 weeks, with 3 one-hour sessions of robot-assisted therapy per week, consisting in two exercises requiring active participation pro-moted by therapeutic games. Behavioral data... more

- by Seng Kwee Wee
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- Motion control, Rehabilitation robotics, Physical Therapy, Data Collection
- by Donato Altomare
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- Humans, Constipation, Chronic Disease, Female
- by A. Broquetas
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- Inverse Scattering, Microwave Imaging, Spatial Variation, Clinical Assessment
- by Ezio Adriani and +1
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- Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Treatment Outcome, Adolescent, Endoscopy
- by Ute Kessler and +2
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- Bipolar Disorder, Quality of life, Suicide, Treatment Outcome

- by James Cantor
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- Psychology, Psychometrics, Adolescent, Medicine
- by Gerard Breart
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- Algorithms, Pediatrics, Ultrasound, Public Health
- by Ellen McPhail
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- Flow Cytometry, Histology, Immunohistochemistry, Clinical Biochemistry
- by Candice Skrapec
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- Psychology, Gender Roles, Gender Identity, Homosexuality
- by Per Fink and +1
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- Adolescent, Anxiety, Humans, Major Depressive Disorder
- by Ken Pedersen
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- Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Female, Animals, Male