Biomedical subjects

J A Suddeth

Publications and source records attributed to J A Suddeth.

2 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1985

Hallucinations of widowhood.

Widowed residents of two nursing homes who were oriented to person, time, and place were interviewed to determine the extent to which they had hallucinatory experiences of their deceased spouse. Fifty-two interviews were completed with 46 widows and six widowers. Results are reported for the widows. Twenty-eight (61%) of the widows reported hallucinatory experiences of their deceased spouse. Twenty-four (86%) of the widows described the experiences as good or helpful. Thirteen (46%) reported that the experiences continue to happen. Nineteen (54%) of the widows had never discussed the experiences with anyone before this study. These results are surprisingly similar to previously published findings by Rees in Wales and suggest that these experiences are more common in the United States than has been recognized.

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PubMed1983

Organic brain dysfunction and the difficult patient.

Sixteen patients considered "difficult" by the staff of a family practice center were matched for age and sex with sixteen "average" patients, and both groups were tested on two standard indicators of organic brain dysfunction. Both groups of patients showed abnormal impairment of visual-motor coordination, with greater impairment among the difficult patients. Difficult patients showed significantly greater impairment of verbal abstract reasoning, indicating problems with cognitive skills. These findings suggest the presence of organic brain dysfunction among the difficult patients, yet none carried a diagnostic listing or hypothesis of organicity. With the current emphasis upon the "biopsychosocial" medical model, patients with organic brain impairment may be mislabeled with psychiatric or psychosocial diagnoses.

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