Biomedical subjects

G J Clavet

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PubMed1999

Adolescent inhalant abuse: environments of use.

A questionnaire survey of 285 consecutively recruited adolescents who were adjudicated to juvenile correctional facilities in Virginia was conducted using the Inhalant Use Questionnaire (1). White youths (36.1%) and youths from other ethnic backgrounds (44.4%) are significantly more likely to report past inhalant use than black youths (1.4%). The median age reported for first-time use of inhalants is 13 years. Youths were divided between those who experimented with inhalants (27%) and those who were heavy users (27%). Huffing was preferred by 60% of youths. Of the youths, 52% reported using inhalants with friends present, whereas 34% used inhalants when they were alone. Sites where youths reported inhalant use include at a friend's home (68%), at home (54%), on the street (40%), at parties (28%), on school grounds (26%), and at school (18%). There are no gender differences in age of onset of inhalant use, lifetime frequency of inhalant use, frequency of inhalant use in the past year, or preferred method of using inhalants. The five substances most frequently used as inhalants include gasoline (by 57.4%), Freon (40.45%), butane lighter fluid (38.3%), glue (29.8%), and nitrous oxide (23.4%). There were no gender differences for use of other products.

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PubMed1998

Patient satisfaction with psychiatric treatment of menopausal women in a multidisciplinary women's midlife center.

OBJECTIVE: Menopause may be associated with new onset psychiatric symptoms or may exacerbate or heighten preexisting psychiatric problems in women. We present a model center for midlife women, with a multidisciplinary approach to treating this population, and patients' perceptions of satisfaction with treatment received during referral visits to an outpatient psychiatry clinic. DESIGN: In this study, 59 patients were referred from their primary care provider at the midlife center for evaluation by a faculty psychiatrist in an outpatient setting. A brief telephone interview was administered within 1 year of initial evaluation, using items from the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8 (CSQ-8) to assess patient satisfaction with psychiatric services received during the referral visits. Findings were based on responses provided by 50 women who were successfully contacted by telephone for the follow-up assessment. RESULTS: For this sample, the mean total client satisfaction score was 27.8 (s = 5.4) of a possible score of 32, which indicated that most women who were referred for psychiatric services reported a positive experience with the services provided by outpatient psychiatrists and reported being very satisfied with their treatment. CONCLUSIONS: We feel that this model center represents a unique way to identify and treat psychiatric disorders in a patient population that may be at high risk for depression and other psychiatric disorders.

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PubMed1997

The Changes in Sexual Functioning Questionnaire (CSFQ): development, reliability, and validity.

The Changes in Sexual Functioning Questionnaire (CSFQ), a structured interview/questionnaire designed to measure illness- and medication-related changes in sexual functioning, is presented with evidence of its validity and reliability. Medical students (n = 122) and psychiatry residents (n = 33) completed the CSFQ on two separate occasions. Residents also completed the Derogatis Interview for Sexual Functioning-Self-Report (DISF-SR), a reliable, validated measure used in research on sexual functioning in patient populations. Concurrent validity was established between the CSFQ and the DISF-SR and test-retest reliability was high. The CSFQ is a reliable and valid measure of sexual functioning, useful in both clinical and research settings.

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PubMed1997

Comparison of sexual functioning in clinical and nonclinical populations using the Changes in Sexual Functioning Questionnaire (CSFQ).

The Changes in Sexual Functioning Questionnaire (CSFQ), a structured interview/questionnaire designed to measure illness- and medication-related effects on sexual functioning, is presented with initial evidence of its clinical usefulness in differentiating between those who have sexual dysfunction and those who have no dysfunction. Individuals from clinical and nonclinical samples completed the CSFQ. The sample groups were compared on mean scores on the CSFQ and its subscales. Comparative findings indicate that psychiatric patients diagnosed with a mood disorder have significantly lower sexual functioning when compared with nonpsychiatric outpatients, medical students, and psychiatry residents combined. The CSFQ is a useful measure for assessing medication- or illness-related effects on sexual functioning in a systematic way.

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Assessment of sexual functioning during the menstrual cycle.

In a study of 115 women who presented with complaints of premenstrual symptoms, we investigated the relationship between the menstrual cycle and different aspects of sexual functioning, using the Changes in Sexual Functioning Questionnaire. Women who were assessed at the screening visit during the late luteal phase of their menstrual cycle reported less desire to engage in sexual activity and less frequent sexual activity than women who were assessed during other phases of the menstrual cycle. The 24 women who returned for the second and third visits reported less frequent orgasms and less satisfaction from their orgasms premenstrually than during midcycle.

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