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E S Charles

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Synthesis of substituted benzamides and benzimidazoles as anthelmintic and antimicrobial agents.

The synthesis and biological activity of a series of substituted benzamides (5-8, 14-17) 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acids (12, 13, 18) and benzimidazoles (9-11, 19-21) are described. Compounds 5, 6, 7, 12 and 14 showed 40-50% clearance of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis in rats at a dose of 250 mg/kg given daily for 3 d while a few compounds inhibited the growth of various strains of bacteria and fungi.

Animals↗

Age factors in patient-therapist relationship.

This paper reports on the effects of therapist and patient age as factors in the evaluation and treatment of adult psychiatric outpatients. Therapist ratings and patient self-ratings are contrasted in three age groups. Rating scales include symptomatology, motivation, insight, and prognosis. In addition, a chart review follow-up of 68 patients includes disposition and drop-out. The data suggest that older patients are perceived as sicker, but less treatable than younger patients or patients of the same age group as the therapist. Residents express a strong preference for treating younger patients, but more readily develop a treatment relationship with same age patients. Both older and younger patients were significantly less likely to remain in treatment. Age of therapist and patient as a significant, frequent unrecognized factor in psychotherapeutic intervention is discussed and modifications in psychiatric training programs are suggested.

Adjustment Disorders↗

A three-year follow-up study of the elimination of the internship. A comparative study of internship- and noninternship-trained residents in a psychiatric outpatient setting.

The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology eliminated the internship as a requirement for certification in psychiatry in 1970. Preliminary study on a psychiatric inpatient service of internship-trained first-year residents with that of a matched group of residents who entered the same program without the internship disclosed differences in patient care practices. The same group of residents in their subsequent years of training in a psychiatric outpatient service were compared. A chart review comparison disclosed differences in areas of management in psychiatric outpatient treatment, referral patterns, and use of medication. Supervisory ratings of the residents were found to differ substantially in nine of the 15 measured categories.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗

Mid-adult development and psychopathology.

The authors studied a group of 193 psychiatric outpatients with varying diagnoses and a comparison group of 136 nonpatients across nine measures: sense of self; feelings about marriage, sex, career, and leisure time; relationship to parents, friends, and children; and sense of time passing. They found significant differences between the groups at specific ages in the areas of sense of self, feelings about career and sex, and relationship to parents, children, and friends. They discuss these results with a view toward identifying and elucidating normal and pathological factors in the adult life cycle.

Adolescent↗

Supervision of the initial interview. A study of two methods.

Two methods of supervision of the initial evaluation of outpatients by psychiatric residents were compared. In condition 1, residents evaluated patients and then presented the case material to a supervisor in the traditional manner. In condition 2, the supervisor observed the interview directly. Supervisor and residents then independently completed ratings of psychopathology, motivation, insight, and prognosis of the patients. Significant differences in several variables between the two conditions were noted. Resident and supervisor ratings of patients were in clear agreement when both observed the interview.

Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale↗

Attitudes of psychiatric residents toward the necessity of internship.

The authors note that the elimination of the internship requirement for board certification has engendered much discussion and has called attention to the need for further study of training in psychiatry. To help clarify the issue, they investigated demographic and career choice factors, individual internship decisions, and perceptions and feelings about these decisions in 57 psychiatric residents. The results indicate that the career plans of students have a strong influence on their training choices--those who are oriented toward inpatient psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine view the internship as more relevant than those who plan to concentrate in other areas. The authors suggest further research on the relation between career choice and training preferences.

Adult↗

Emotional factors in juvenile diabetes mellitus: a study of the early life experiences of eight diabetic children.

The developmental history of eight diabetic children was compared with that of their nondiabetic siblings. On the basis of data obtained through interviews with the children and their families, as well as a chart review, we advance the hypothesis that an as yet unspecified metabolic "pre-diabetic" pathophysiological condition may be reflected in disturbances of appetite, satiation and weight regulation appearing early in life in those children who may later develop clinical diabetes mellitus. We further hypothesize that these dysfunctions are accompanied by a disturbance in important psychological developmental processes, compounding the liability a physiologically susceptible individual suffers. The results are discussed in terms of previous psychosomatic research.

Adolescent↗