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I Ferrand

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PubMed1991

Dot counting by brain damaged subjects.

In this study, we examine how brain damaged adults (aphasics, right-brain lesioned subjects (RBD), and demented subjects) perform a basic education skill: determining the cardinality of different sets of objects (dots). The RBD subjects encountered more difficulty with the spatial correspondence components of the task (correct pointing to the dots), while the aphasics experienced more difficulty with the verbal components (the production of the correct number-word sequence). The deficit evidenced by the demented patients was less systematic. However, qualitative analyses of patients' behavior suggested an organization that tended to minimize the impact of their cognitive deficits on the object-counting task, and an analysis of their counting indicates that the basic counting principles proposed by Gelman (1982) and Fuson (1988) may be preserved.

Aphasia↗
PubMed1991

[A catamnestic study of 73 patients hospitalized in psychiatric units].

The purpose of this study was to describe, among 73 patients, the evolution of their symptoms and the conditions of their psychiatric follow-up care within two years after their first hospitalization. These patients (who had never been hospitalized before in any type of psychiatric unit) were admitted in the psychiatric emergency unit of a general hospital. Five groups were characterized: affective disorders, adaptative disorders, psychotic disorders, substancious disorders, and anxious disorders. The group of affective disorders showed only few improvements in symptoms, although a longer and more regular follow-up care was sustained. The adaptative disorders group had a good prognosis despite a high frequency of follow-up interruptions. Finally, in spite of very frequent symptom aggravations, the group of delusional disorders presented a bad acceptance of psychiatric treatment.

Depressive Disorder↗
PubMed1981

[Tranquilizers].

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Anti-Anxiety Agents↗
PubMed1981

[Organic illness and depression (author's transl)].

Depression constitutes a major health problem. Its prevalence in any one year is about 3 per cent of the general population. Most depressed patients are seen by general practitioners, and represent approximately 10 to 18 per cent of their patients. Depression should be present in about 20 per cent of the inpatients in general medicine departments. Depression and organic pathology are very often associated, thus leading to diagnosis mistakes and delays in medical care. Depressions masked by somatic symptoms frequently provoked such mistakes. Depressions occurring during and after medical illnesses, and more specifically chronic illnesses, are often completely neglected. These depressions hinder the patient's readaptation and impair his recovery although they would, in the majority of cases, be accessible to chemotherapeutic and/or psychotherapeutic treatment.

Adjustment Disorders↗
PubMed1981

[An open study of Mianserin (author's transl)].

The authors present a synthesis of 277 observations collected in France from open studies of mianserin. The product has shown positive results in 65 per cent of the patients considered, based on the global clinical judgement of the prescriber at the beginning and the end of a 28 days open study. The data from Hamilton's scale for depression and Beck's Inventory, even though concerning a smaller number of patients, seem to provide similar results. The improvement appears from the first week, and seems to concern the overall depressive mood, anxiety, psychomotor inhibition, and sleep. The evaluation of the respective results for each target-symptom is made difficult due to the lack of precise data concerning the associated psychotropic drugs. Tolerance has generally been good; there have only been five drop-outs as a result of unpleasant side effects.

Adolescent↗
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[Psychiatric aspects of Crohn's disease (author's transl)].

We have examined 13 patients suffering from Crohn's disease, almost all of them during an active spell. Three patients had a well-structured personality, four patients an obsessional one, one patient a narcissistic personality, and five patients a passive-dependant personality structure. Four patients seemed depressed and anxious. The texts dealing with the psychological aspects of Crohn's disease acknowledge the influence of a stress as a precipitating factor. Patients' passivity and dependence is an idea emphasized by several authors, and the frequency of obsessive personality traits is pointed out in different studies. In short, no author allows us to conclude formally in favour of a psychosomatic origin of Crohn's disease, which confirms our impression after examination of the patients we have talked with or seen regularly.

Adult↗