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H Brierley

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PubMed1984

Cognitive characteristics and homosexuality.

There have been many studies of psychological characteristics of homosexuals, but cognitive characteristics have been relatively neglected. This study investigated the verbal intelligence of 20 homosexual males, 20 heterosexual males, and 20 females, taking into account variables likely to affect verbal ability such as social class and handedness. There were no differences in overall IQ, but group differences in verbal and nonverbal ability were marked. No other differences between the groups were found. The implications are briefly discussed.

Cognition↗
PubMed1982

The effect of hypotensive drugs on the quality of life.

Quality of life after antihypertensive therapy was assessed in 75 patients with controlled hypertension using questionnaires given to patients, close companions and doctors. The overall assessments of the three groups differed significantly.The questionnaire completed by relatives rated 19 patients (25 per cent) to have suffered mild adverse changes, 33 patients (45 per cent) to have had moderate adverse changes and 22 patients (30 per cent) severe adverse changes. The deteriorations were attributed to undue pre-occupation with sickness, decline in energy, general activity and sexual activity, and irritability. The implications of the therapeutic regimes are discussed. The value of such an assessment in social readjustment and occupational rehabilitation is suggested.

Adult↗
PubMed1975

Quality of survival following direct surgery for anterior communicating artery aneurysms.

The authors describe a series of 32 patients with ruptured aneurysms of the anterior communicating artery who were admitted during a 3-year period. In 28, the aneurysms were treated by direct surgery with no deaths; 26 of these patients were studied psychometrically from 4 to 33 months after operation. There was no evidence of postoperative intellectual impairment; however, there were personality changes associated with loss of interest, initiative, and energy. Analysis of the different factors involved suggests to the authors that the outcome of surgery depends mainly on preoperative clinical condition which, in turn, reflects the severity of the hemorrhage.

Adult↗
PubMed1974

Anomalous stress reactions in patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

An experiment is reported in which the forearm muscle blood flow of a group of patients with mixed depressions is compared with that of a group of patients with anxiety states. The blood flow was measured under relaxed conditions and during the presentation of a noise `stress'. The measurements obtained under stressed conditions show that, while the blood flow of those with anxiety states fell with repetition of the stress noise, that of the depressive patients increased. A similar pattern was shown by the relaxed measurements but here the difference was not statistically significant. There was also suggestion that stress produced a fall in blood flow in depressive subjects and an increase in patients with anxiety states. These results tend to support the hypothesis that depressive patients show something akin to a freeze response to stress, while patients with anxiety states show an arousal response.

Adolescent↗