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M A Peszke

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PubMed1980

Studies of platelet monoamine oxidase activity in Epstein-Barr and dengue virus infections.

As part of a prospective, psychosocial, and biochemical study of infectious mononucleosis, platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity has been evaluated as a host factor. It was found that platelet MAO activity may be a possible predisposing host factor but not a precipitating factor. The results on infectious mononucleosis, a viral disease which involves the host's cell-mediated immune system, are compared with an evaluation of platelet MAO activity in dengue, a viral disorder involving the host's humoral immune system. The platelet MAO activity in these disorders has been compared to that in schizophrenia, a disease for which low platelet MAO activity has been postulated, from retrospective and twin studies, to be a risk factor. One hypothesis suggests that low platelet MAO activity predisposes to development of schizophrenia, but also increases cell-mediated immune system responses.

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PubMed1978

Psychiatrists' familiarity with legal statutes governing emergency involuntary hospitalization.

The authors sent out questionnaires regarding knowledge of statutes governing emergency involuntary hospitalization to psychiatrists in Connecticut and in the District of Columbia. Fifty-five percent (N=207) of the sample in Connecticut and 25% (N=87) of the sample in the District of Columbia responded. The responses showed that few of these psychiatrists had a thorough familiarity with the legal statutes governing emergency involuntary hospitalization in their jurisdictions. The most frequently cited criterion was the dangerousness standard, especially in the District of Columbia sample, and many psychiatrists were not sure of the nature of their statutory authority when their patients met the criteria for emergency hospitalization.

Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders↗
PubMed1978

Competency evaluations in Connecticut.

New procedures for conducting competency evaluations were adopted in Connecticut in 1975 as a result of a change in the state law. The accused person is now evaluated in the setting in which he finds himself by virtue of his conflict with the criminal justice system, rather than automatically being remanded to the state hospital for evaluation. The criteria used are legal rather than medical-psychiatric, and the evaluations are conducted by a mental health team consisting of a psychiatric social worker, a psychiatrist, and a psychologist. The authors describe the procedures and discuss the benefits deriving from them, as well as some of the real and potential problems.

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PubMed1976

Letter: Dr. Peszke replies.

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Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders↗
PubMed1975

Is dangerousness an issue for physicians in emergency commitment?

The laws of many of the states require a physician to determine that a mentally ill individual presents a danger to others before the disturbed person can be civilly committed for involuntary treatment. The author contends that the prediction of dangerousness is not and should not be within the competence of medicine, but that physicians are competent to judge whether or not the severity of mental illness impairs a patient's competence to make an informed decision regarding treatment. The basic issue in emergency commitment is the patient's welfare, not his potential dangerousness. Dr. Alan A. Stone comments on Dr. Peszke's presentation.

Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders↗