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S Lipshitz

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PubMed1984

The combined prostatectomy.

A modified method of suprapubic-retropubic prostatectomy is described. This technique appears to offer several advantages over other open methods of prostatectomy. Dissection anterior and lateral to the surgical capsule is minimal. Simultaneous access to the lumen of the expanded prostatic urethra, vesical neck and bladder permits inspection of all areas and establishes nearly complete hemostasis. Corrective procedures at the vesical neck are accomplished easily, additional suprapubic transvesical drainage is unnecessary and closure of the prostatic urethra is simplified. Three-fourths of our patients were discharged from the hospital 8 days postoperatively. The amount of blood loss, mortality and morbidity were extremely low.

Drainage↗
PubMed1976

An intensive case-study of a therapeutic group.

A therapeutic group with eight members was studied, using psychometric tests, improvement ratings based on pre-treatment statements of patients' hopes, and of therapists' aims rated for achievement on the basis of post-treatment interviews, and two forms of repertory grid testing. The In-Group Grid yielded a number of measures relating to outcome and to aspects of the group process. Most patients improved by some criteria, and most measures of improvement intercorrelated positively but not, in most cases, highly. Few clear relations between process and outcome measures were demonstrated.

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LD, interpersonal understanding, and social behavior in the classroom.

This study used Baron and Kenny's (1986) criteria for mediation to investigate the extent to which interpersonal understanding mediates the relation between learning disabilities (LD) and social adaptation in the classroom. Twenty-two children with and 22 children without a diagnosis of LD completed a semistructured developmental clinical interview measure of interpersonal understanding. They were also rated by their fourth- and fifth-grade teachers on a measure of social adaptation in the classroom. Interpersonal understanding and social adaptation in the classroom were found to be positively correlated. Children with LD exhibited less interpersonal understanding and social adaptation. Although this group difference on social adaptation was greatly reduced when interpersonal understanding was statistically controlled, it remained statistically significant. These results suggest that reduced social adaptation in the classroom and lower interpersonal understanding are both associated with a diagnosis of LD. However, they do not conclusively support the claim that interpersonal understanding mediates the relation between LD and social adaptation. Thus, whether the social difficulties of people with LD stem from the same complex phenomena that produce these people's learning problems remains an open question.

Adaptation, Psychological↗