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S Rachlin

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PubMed1980

Basic antiinflammatory compounds. N,N',N''-Trisubstituted guanidines.

A variety of basic N,N',N'',-trisubstituted guanidines was prepared and tested for antiinflammatory activity. Compounds with a thiazolylguanidine moiety linked to the 4 position of the 2-methylquinoline ring exhibited fairly high antiinflammatory activity. Optimal activity was associated with the presence of N-cycloalkyl substituents on N''-4-(2-methylquinolyl)-N'-2-thiazolylguanidine. Pharmacological data on N-cyclohexyl-N''-4-(2-methylquinolyl)-N'-2-thiazolylguanidine (SR 1368, 44) are presented and discussed.

Animals↗
PubMed1979

Patients without communities: whose responsibility?

The authors conducted a study at an urban state hospital to determine if a patient's place of residence--within or outside the hospital's service district--was reflected in the admission rates or the quality of care received. No differences between in-district and out-of-district patients could be found on any parameter studied. The authors believe the results support the unique role of the state hospital as a facility that accepts its mandate as a referral of last resort.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1978

When schizophrenia comes marching home.

Deinstitutionalization of the chronically mentally ill has only recently been recognized as a phenomenon which may not be in the best interests of the patients involved. The reasons for this include the lack of adequate community-based resources for domiciliary, treatment, and rehabilitative services, plus the response of society to deviant behavior. However, the most fundamental problem is likely to be the severity of the illnesses with which we are concerned, so that the solution cannot be as simple as the sending "home" of the long-term patients. Prevention of institutionalization is seen as a more feasible goal than its cure. This requires a comprehensive program incorporating, among other things, a recognition of the necessary role of the mental hospital, and the need to improve the quality of care provided therein.

Aftercare↗
PubMed1977

Countersymbiotic suicide.

In the course of studying the outcome of treatment for severely disturbed schizophrenics on a special ward, the authors encountered three instances of suicide with many features in common. All three cases involved young Hispanic male patients who demonstrated pathologically symbiotic relationships with their mothers. None had a history of overt suicide attempts prior to their actual death by jumping. These incidents occurred while the patients were en route to, or at, the maternal home on an unauthorized leave from the hospital. We present the case histories and offer a dynamic interpretation. In each case, it is likely that the underlying desire was to kill the mother. This either was not permissible or, alternatively, the patients' ego boundaries were not sufficiently clear to permit differentiation of self and mother. The patients saw any attempt, short of suicide, to loosen the symbiotic bond as being futile, hence, our terminology of the event as "countersymbiotic suicide."

Adolescent↗
PubMed1975

Civil liberties versus involuntary hospitalization.

The authors examine the issue of involuntary hospitalization for mental illness with particular reference to legal rights and civil liberties. Follow-up data of patients treated on a closed ward, as well as other available evidence, indicate that society is not ready for the abolition of involuntary hospitalization. The authors believe that the most fundamental right of the patient is that of adequate treatment, and therefore this should take precedence over an absolute right to liberty.

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PubMed1975

One right too many.

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Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders↗