A Heusser | PubMed Health

PubMed1990

EEG development in early treated PKU patients from birth to 6 years of age.

In 126 early treated PKU patients (type I and type II) a close EEG follow up was performed from birth up to 6 years of age. A total of 1465 EEGs were performed before and after onset of dietary treatment and on 11 more subsequent occasions. The composition of the background activity was normal up to 6 years when only a small number of the children (19) showed no dominant alpha activity. The frequency of epileptiform activity of generalised as well as focal type was low in the first 2 years of life, but afterwards slightly enhanced in comparison to normal control groups. Other findings like generalised theta paroxysms or focal slow waves were rarely observed. Under a standardised protein load at 6 months (52 patients) and at 5 years of age (42 patients) a moderate generalised slowing of the background activity but no other abnormalities were noted.

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PubMed1990

Process analysis in behavioral family therapy.

Process research in behavioral family therapy (BFT) is a hitherto neglected area with the notable exception of the work of Alexander and Patterson with their colleagues. However, the development of instruments to assess therapist's behavior during the treatment session seems timely for the following reasons: (a) to investigate the relationship between therapist behavior and outcome, (b) to improve therapist training/supervision, (c) to establish treatment integrity in comparative outcome studies, and (d) to monitor treatment progress. For these purposes two sets of instruments were developed: (a) a category system to describe the content of a session, which is rated every 30 seconds and (b) several rating scales to evaluate therapist behavior, including relationship competency, ability to structure a session, didactic competence, ability to initiate behavioral probes, use of appropriate intervention strategies, use of reinforcement, and dealing with uncooperativeness. Scales are described, and data on their reliability and utility are presented.

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