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C Campillo-Serrano

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PubMed1983

The factor structure of the GHQ: a scaled version for a hospital's general practice service in Mexico.

This paper reports the factor structure of the symptoms comprising the GHQ when it is administered in the general practice service of a hospital. Two shorter versions are proposed: one with 6 scales and 30 items, and the other with 4 scales and 28 items. The latter is compared with the 28-item English version. Preliminary data concerning the validity of the scales are presented. In a comparison of the screening potentiality of the 60- and 28-item versions, no significant differences were found.

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PubMed1982

[Human identity].

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PubMed1981

Validity and reliability of a high school drug use questionnaire among Mexican students.

This study was carried out to ascertain the validity and reliability of data generated through an internationally developed self-administered questionnaire. Data were collected from two student populations in which prevalence of drug use was known (high and low prevalence rates) and information obtained from the questionnaire checked through personal interview. The questionnaire covered both demographic characteristics and drug use items. A total of 474 students were tested and 335 students (70.7 per cent) retested. Although percentages of missing data and inconsistent responses were high, the questionnaire appeared valid and reliable when analysed on a group basis. It was less reliable on an individual basis. In conclusion, it is considered that with minor modifications the questionnaire can be used in the populations studied with enough confidence in validity and reliability to allow comparisons.

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PubMed1981

[Inter-clinician reliability of the Mexican version of Goldberg's "Standardized Psychiatric Interview"].

The Standardized Psychiatric Interview (SPI) was developed by Goldberg et al., for use in community surveys. The authors made the translation and adaptation of this instrument to Spanish and in this paper they present the inter-rater reliability study of different clinicians using the SPI in a sample of 30 women psychiatric out-patients. The raters were 4 psychiatrists and 2 clinical psychologists. A one week training course was developed before the study in order to get acquainted with the instrument, discuss it and use the standard technique to elicit and record psychiatric symptoms on 5 audiotapes and 10 subjects with different degrees of pathology. The inter-rater reliability was tested using the product-moment correlation, the statistic Kappa and a descriptive index of association in order to show the agreement between raters when the symptom was present or absent. A two-way analysis of variance was also carried out in order to test if there were any differences among the raters. The results show a mean product-moment correlation of 0.90 and a mean Kappa of 0.82. In 20 of the interviews a psychiatrist and a psychologist acted as raters and the results were almost the same. The authors conclude that the SPI is an useful technique for further studies in general practice and community surveys in the hands of mental health personnel trained in the use of Standardized Psychiatric Interview.

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[Frequency of neuropsychiatric signs and symptoms in patients with viral encephalitis].

INTRODUCTION: Acute viral encephalitis (AVE) is a frequent condition that usually courses with psychiatric alterations but few systematic studies have been conducted to investigate it. AIMS: To determine the frequency and the progression of the neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with AVE. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective study was carried out. AVE was defined as an acute and progressively coursing condition in previously healthy subjects, with clinical signs of diffuse alteration of the central nervous system, abnormal electroencephalogram and/or inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). We excluded patients who previously had epilepsy, a positive serodiagnosis for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and cases compatible with herpes simplex encephalitis from electroencephalographic or imaging data with focalisation towards temporal, frontal, regions or a positive DNA test for herpes in CSF. Finally, 83 patients were included. The psychiatric signs and symptoms that were produced were recorded during the acute phase and one year after discharge from hospital (sequelae). RESULTS: The psychiatric disorders in the acute phase were psychomotor agitation (67%), drowsiness (55%), disorientation (47%), visual hallucinations (43%) and aggressiveness (34%). One year after hospitalisation, in a sample of 70 patients in a clinical control, we found memory disorders (16%), aggressiveness (9%), aphasia (8%), visual hallucinations (8%), and auditory hallucinations (7%). The mortality rate was 6%. CONCLUSIONS: Neuropsychiatric disorders are very frequent during the acute phase of viral encephalitis, which is relevant for the differential diagnosis in patients who visit emergency departments with behavioural disorders. One year after hospital discharge, the main sequelae are of a neuropsychiatric nature and cognitive impairment is predominant.

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