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M Hamilton

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PubMed1976

The Leeds scales for the self-assessment of anxiety and depression.

Self-rating scales are finding an increasing use in psychiatric work. Not only are they widely used in research, but they provide the clinician with a score indicating the patient's psychiatric state at any one time, and these scores if repeated throughout the duration of treatment may be considered to provide a continuing measure of the severity of the illness, as does a temperature chart in a febrile illness. Most scales could be improved by item analysis, and in this study the Wakefield Self-Assessment of Depression Inventory, with added items, was subjected to statistical analysis. It was found that valid scales could be constructed for the measurement of anxiety and of depression in general psychiatric disorders, as well as scales for the measurement of the severity of endogenous (primary) depression and of anxiety states. In addition, the derivation of a 'diagnostic' score was confirmed in a cross-validation study and may be found of use both in research and in clinical practice.

Adjustment Disorders↗
PubMed1976

Compressed air code.

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Decompression Sickness↗
PubMed1976

Chemical safety.

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Chemical Industry↗
PubMed1976

Colour blindness.

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Color Vision Defects↗
PubMed1975

Clinical trials of hepatitis B immune globulin. Development of policies and materials for the 1972-1975 studies sponsored by the National Heart and Lung Institute.

Plasma from persons with high titers of hepatitis B antibody (anti-HBs) was used to manufacture one lot of hepatitis B "immune" globulin sufficient for four interlocking clinical trials of prevention or modification of hepatitis B infections. The trials were carried out in renal dialysis units, in medical personnel with accidental exposures to hepatitis B, in transfused patients, and in patients with fulminant hepatitis. A single policy board developed protocols that allowed comparisons among the four studies while respecting the unique requirements of each.

Antibodies↗
PubMed1975

Immediate effects of improved hospital environment on behaviour patterns of mentally handicapped patients.

In 1972 three old hospitals were closed and patients transferred to a new hospital for the mentally handicapped. Four to six weeks before transfer, disturbed and a sample of non-disturbed patients were rated on a selected scale; they were again rated four to six weeks after transfer. The disturbed patients numbered 39 per cent of the total and both men and women shared a significant improvement, though the men did not improve to the same extent as the women. There was also a significant improvement among the non-disturbed patients, though this did not apply to the epileptic patients.

Adult↗