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L J Cohen

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PubMed1992

Cheryl's scarf.

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Child↗
PubMed1991

The decontextualization of mental illness: the portrayal of work in psychiatric drug advertisements.

This paper explores the decontextualization of mental illness in psychiatric drug advertisements. Taking the portrayal of work in several drug advertisements which appeared in the American Journal of Psychiatry* as the object of our analysis, we show how these ads tend to individualize mental illness and its treatment by failing to consider the social realities that contribute to or, in some way, affect mental illness. We conclude with a discussion of how such ads distort debate over treatment options and legitimize existing social relations and attitudes.

Advertising↗
PubMed1990

Work and mental health. Personal, social, and economic contexts.

This paper offers a critique of the prevailing view of the relationship between work and mental health. The critique is based on an examination of the personal, social, and economic contexts of work, especially in regard to people with serious mental illnesses. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of these contexts for necessary changes in social structures, attitudes, and vocational rehabilitation efforts.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1990

Suicide and schizophrenia: data from a prospective community treatment study.

This article reports the analysis of prospectively gathered data on eight young adults who committed suicide during an ongoing longitudinal study of long-term treatment of schizophrenia in the community. Young adult men with an early onset of psychiatric illness were identified as a high-risk subgroup. At the time of admission to the study, the subjects who eventually committed suicide reported significantly more distress and tended to be less satisfied with their lives than the other subjects. Specifically, baseline measures of self-reported subjective distress were consistently predictive of later suicide, whereas interviewer-rated measures and postbaseline assessments were not.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1987

A modern parable.

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Acute Kidney Injury↗
PubMed1986

Mother's helper.

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Euthanasia↗
PubMed1984

Benign lymphocytic angiitis and granulomatosis: a case report with evidence of an autoimmune etiology.

Benign lymphocytic angiitis and granulomatosis (BLAG) is characterized by dense benign-appearing infiltrates of mature lymphocytes, plasma cells, and histiocytes within the pulmonary parenchyma and vasculature. The disorder typically is restricted to the lungs and has a good prognosis. The authors report a patient with BLAG and involvement of lung, kidney, and prostate. This is the first report of prominent systemic distribution in this disease. Another unique feature of this case was the presence of serum antinuclear antibodies and evidence of immune complex deposition in both lung and kidney, suggesting an underlying autoimmune disorder. An association of this entity with lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LG) has been suggested, and the prominent genitourinary disease in this patient may be indicative of a transitional stage leading to LG. An autoimmune state may be the underlying stimulus for the development of BLAG and LG.

Antibodies, Antinuclear↗
PubMed1980

An unusual movement disorder associated with neuroleptic treatment: tardive dyskinesia?

This case report describes a chronically psychotic man presenting signs of a movement disorder exacerbated by neuroleptic treatment and repeatedly diagnosed as tardive dyskinesia. However, this movement disorder differed from classical tardive dyskinesia both in the nature of specific symptoms and in their relationship to neuroleptic treatment. Closer examination revealed evidence of neurolgical disorder preceding the earliest neuroleptic treatment. Although the nature of this disorder remains unclear, serious doubt exists whether it properly deserved a diagnosis of tardive dyskinesia, which opened the way for medicolegal dispute. The numerous ramifications of tardive dyskinesia speak for restrictive use of this diagnosis and for clear diagnostic criteria.

Adult↗
PubMed1980

Sonography of hepatic amebic abscesses.

The spectrum of gray scale ultrasonographic patterns are described as seen in 17 hepatic amebic abscesses in eight patients. Of the abscesses 16 had a lower gray tone than the adjacent normal liver. In patients with multiple lesions, generally there was a reciprocal relation between abscess size and echogenicity and a direct relation between internal echogenicity and through transmission. The results in these eight patients suggest a role for ultrasound both in the diagnosis and treatment of hepatic amebic abscesses.

Adult↗