An EEG should not be obtained routinely after first unprovoked seizure in childhood.
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Biomedical subjects
W Arts
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Do patients suffering from obsessions alone differ from other obsessive-compulsives?
The aim of this study was to determine whether a group of 48 patients with obsessions and compulsions differed from a group of 26 patients with obsessions alone, on the basis of demographic variables, variables relating to obsessive-compulsive neurosis, psychological variables and treatment outcome. It was found that they differed significantly in the following areas: marital status, level of education, age at onset of complaints, psychoactive medication taken when admitted for treatment, severity of obsessive-compulsive complaints, depression and intelligence. No difference was found as far as treatment outcome was concerned. Patients suffering from obsessions alone, would appear to form a distinct sub-group within the group of obsessive-compulsive patients as a whole.
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Exposure and response prevention in patients with obsessions.
The outpatient treatment of patients with obsessions alone is often said to be less successful compared to the outpatient treatment of patients with both obsessions and compulsive symptoms. This article presents the outcome of the treatment of 26 obsessive patients. The success rate, measured after 10 treatment sessions, was 73%. At follow-up after 12-36 months, improvement appeared to have been maintained or to have increased in 61.5% of the patients, figures comparable to the outcome of patients with both obsessions and compulsions.
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Unexpected improvement after prolonged posttraumatic vegetative state.
An 18-year-old girl suffered a severe head injury in a traffic accident. As a result, she was vegetative for about 21/2 years. She then showed signs of a gradually returning responsiveness. Six years after the accident, she is now able to comprehend and communicate, shows considerable interest in her surroundings and is able to establish interpersonal relationships. Moreover, the improvement is still continuing. Her severe contractures, however, prevent her from making full use of these regained mental capacities. Such a mental recovery after such a long-lasting vegetative state of traumatic origin has not previously been described.
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