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S Hodgins

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PubMed1987

Psoriasis and stress: a prospective study.

In previous works, stress has been found to be related to psoriasis but only retrospectively and/or by means of nonstandardized measures. In our study the relationship between psoriasis and stress was examined prospectively over a period of 20 weeks by means of standardized measures. A multivariate statistical method indicated a positive correlation between the severity of psoriasis symptoms and psychologic distress (partial r = 0.31; p less than 0.01) and the impact of adverse life events (partial r = 0.23; p less than 0.05). According to these results, stress reduction could be regarded as part of the treatment offered to some patients suffering from psoriasis.

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PubMed1987

Community programs for chronic patients: towards a conceptual framework.

Community services for persons suffering from major psychological disorders have often been developed without prior consideration of the results of studies measuring the effectiveness of such programs or of the problems presented by this population once they leave hospital. In this article we attempt to develop a conceptual framework useful for planning and evaluating community programs. To do so, we examine the role and objectives of these programs, the characteristics of the clientele, and the importance of appropriate research in the planning and implementation of effective community services for chronic psychiatric patients.

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PubMed1987

[The componants of efficiency of community treatment programs for people with mental disorders.].

Community programmes are designed to help clients establish themselves permanently in the community to succeed, these programmes must include several treatment components each addressing a specific problem presented by the clients. These components include : drug therapy, an intervention to encourage clients to take medications as prescribed ; an intervention to train staff and clients to evaluate symptoms aetiology ; a stable relationship ; social skills training ; vocational training or an intervention which aims to help clients participate regularly in an activity of their choice ; stress innoculation ; problem solving ; an intervention to reduce the use of alcohol ; residences which will provide support to the clients.

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PubMed1984

Ejaculatory incompetence: a theoretical formulation and case illustration.

Three theoretical formulations of ejaculatory incompetence have been proposed in the literature. They include: (1) aversive conditioned inhibition of the ejaculatory reflex, (2) an "autosexual" orientation associated with discrepant levels in the cognitive and physiological dimensions of sexual arousal, and (3) a discriminative learning model. These three models are discussed in relation to their theoretical and therapeutic implications. Clinical data supporting the discriminative view is presented.

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PubMed1984

[Retrospective study of mental patients who have committed criminal acts].

The study presented here aims to gather descriptive information which would be useful to the development of research hypotheses, policies, and treatment programmes for persons suffering from mental illness who commit crimes. The project tracked a cohort of 225 persons for the seven to nine years after they had been judged unfit to stand trail or not guilty by reason of insanity. A comparison is made here between the cases treated in a maximum security hospital and those treated in other hospitals. The population studied is characterised principally by its misery. The majority are individuals who have been diagnosed as psychotic, who have few, if any, personal or social resources and who live on the edge of society. Thirty-six percent of these cases were treated in a security hospital. Of all the variables studied, only a few distinguished these cases: the place and type of crime of which they were initially accused, the length of out-patient treatment, the type of residence once released from hospital, and the occupation. Questions are raised with respect to appropriate treatments for such persons.

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