RELATION OF EYELID CONDITIONING TO MANIFEST ANXIETY, EXTRAVERSION, AND RIGIDITY.
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Learning in the adult years set or rigidity.
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A rigid, transparent manipulandum for visual displays.
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Causes and consequences of harsh parental punishment. An empirical investigation in a representative sample of 570 German families.
This article examines a multifactorial model of causes and consequences of harsh parental punishment. The social-psychological model as developed by Gelles was extended to also include the antecedent conditions leading to rigid assertion of parental power relating to the child. Furthermore, personality problems of the child observable as consequences of harsh parental punishment were included in our model. The conditions which predict harsh parental punishment are--in the rank order of their importance: a child perceived as difficult to handle, i.e., a "problem child"; parental anger-proneness; the rigid assertion of parental power; and intra-familial problems and conflicts. As consequences of harsh parental punishment and rejection as perceived by the child, two types of personality problems were observed: a syndrome named "Conduct Disorder" and a syndrome including personality problems such as anxiety and helplessness.
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Prosthetic fitting immediately after below-knee amputation.
Frequently surgical amputation of a lower extremity is required when gangrene develops as a result of peripheral vascular disease. This is particularly true in geriatric patients. A below-knee amputation, with refinements in the surgical procedure, and immediate rigid-cast prosthetic fitting are strongly advocated by our group. The progress of two patients treated in this manner is described. Preservation of the knee joint improves the amputee's prognosis for ambulation with a below-knee prosthesis. The rigid-cast dressing on the below-knee amputation reduces edema and postoperative pain, is of psychologic value to the patient, and permits him to stand at from one to two days postoperatively.
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[Organic dementia as a first symptom of infantile Huntington's chorea (author's transl)].
A loss of intellectual capacity at the age of 10 was the first symptom in a case of infantile Huntington's chorea. Subsequently a rigid hypokinetic syndrome occurred only at the age of 20. The dementia syndrome was confirmed in psychological tests. Auxiliary findings such as a diffuse abnornal EEG, as well as a dilatation of the lateral ventricles and an extension of the subarachnoid spaces in the PEG corresponded to a positive diagnosis of Huntington's chorea.
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[Diagnostic and therapeutic applications of intracavernous injection of vasoactive drugs in impotence. Defense for the use of facilitating drugs. Part I--Pharmacology, classification and complications of active drugs].
The article discusses drugs which promote erection when injected via the intracavernous (IC) route during consultation. The diagnostic and therapeutic applications in the treatment of impotence are discussed also. 25% of impotent patients noted an improvement after this treatment while 50% of patients suffering from impotence of psychological origin noted an improvement. Auto-injection is also discussed. IC treatment now seems justified in most cases which have not responded to traditional therapeutic approaches and this includes cases of psychological origin. Vasoactive drugs can be described as being inducers (use of these drugs induces a rigid erection, even in the presence of the doctor), facilitating drugs (which produce a rigid erection only if sexual stimulation is present also) and inhibitors (which stop the erection). The former group (which has papaverine as leader) produces a significant number of side effects, not least of these being priapism; there is a risk of lasting iatrogenic impotence which is not negligible. These risks are reduced considerably when one uses facilitating drugs which, although less powerful, suffice in treating a large proportion of cases of impotence. Papaverine can not be replaced as a diagnostic drug but facilitating drugs should be used first in therapy and inducers should be used only if these facilitating drugs have failed.
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[Principles of rehabilitation of colostomy patients].
The authors, after pointing out the number of enterostomized patients in the last years was more and more increasing, study all the repercussions of metabolic, functional and psychologic nature which are arising in the patients subjected to ultimate colostomy. Then, they describe the principles of a correct rehabilitative program for such patients, consisting in performing a correct colostimy and rigidly following hygienicodietetic rules. At last the authors, as a conclusion, affirm the rehabilitation, through the creation of proper centers with specialized staff, should also aim at the resolution of the remarkable psychologic problems affecting such patients, so as to have them reinserted in the social context they are coming from.
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Patient-reported erectile dysfunction: a cross-validation study.
Previous work highlighting a significant correspondence between patient-reported sex history information and physiological indices of erectile functioning was cross-validated. The matched sample comprised of 46 older male veterans presenting with erectile dysfunction, with many experiencing chronic physical illnesses. All subjects underwent a comprehensive medical and psychological evaluation, followed by 2 consecutive nights of in-hospital Rigiscan diagnostic monitoring, to evaluate penile rigidity, tumescence, and duration of erectile episodes. Stringent criteria were employed to control for confounding of Rigiscan results, with elimination from the study for affective, thought, or sleep disorders. Results from the multiple regression analyses showed that patient reports of AM erections and erectile quality accounted for significant proportions of the variance in the Rigiscan criterion measures, with 3 of the 4 R2 values falling within the Herzberg criterion for cross-validation. Results confirm the diagnostic significance of patient self-report for the population of older, chronically ill men who present with impaired erectile functioning.
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Adaptation of residents to consultation-liaison psychiatry. I. Working with the physically ill.
When working with hospitalized physically ill patients, psychiatry residents may impose a pseudoanalytic, rigidly biological, or overly sympathetic approach. These approaches often fail to address the special requirements and altered psychological state of the physically ill. To have a therapeutic impact on such patients, the psychiatrist needs to assume an engaging, more spontaneous "therapeutic stance" and deviate from anonymity, abstinence, and neutrality. In learning how these deviations are dictated by the therapeutic intent by the patient's character style and psychodynamics, the resident acquires a model of influence useful in other areas of psychiatry.
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[Parkinsonism-ALS-dementia complex: case report].
We are presenting a case of Parkinson-ALS-Dementia complex in 53 years old male. Outstanding bulbar signs with muscular atrophy of tongue, muscular atrophy of shoulder girdle together with massive fasciculations (myoclonus type descending from spinal cord) have been observed. Clear Parkinson's syndrome coexisted--bradykinesia, rigidity with cogwheel resistance, "masking" of the face, disturbances of body balance and significant vegetative signs. Moreover psychological testing has shown psycho-organic syndrome of frontal type, MRI scans proved the existence of slight brain general atrophy that is most prominent in frontal et temporal poles. Diseases of this kind occur all over the world sporadically. The case of ALS--dementia complex was observed in our clinic a year ago.
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Psychological aspects of painful medical conditions in children. I. Developmental aspects and assessment.
The assessment and development of pain in children is reviewed in the first part of a two-part series. Assessment of pain in children has relied on self-report measures that have included visual analogue procedures using concrete stimuli for ratings. Behavioral assessment procedures are more sophisticated, but research on behavioral assessment of pediatric pain has begun to emergy only recently. There has been very little research on the developmental aspects of pain tolerance and pain threshold in children. There are preliminary indications that children's thoughts and attitudes about pain may change with age in a manner that contributes to more intense feelings of pain in adolescence than childhood. Children undergoing painful medical procedures show declining emotional outbursts with age and increasing signs of self-control and muscular rigidity. Possibilities for integrating the study of the developmental aspects of pain with social learning theory, cognitive developmental theory, and the psychology of physical symptom perception are discussed.
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Family therapy with anorexic-bulimic girls. Beyond systemic rigidity.
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Two scales to measure cognitive rigidity.
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The 'problem' with automation: inappropriate feedback and interaction, not 'over-automation'.
As automation increasingly takes its place in industry, especially high risk industry, it is often blamed for causing harm and increasing the chance of human error when failures do occur. I propose that the problem is not the presence of automation, but rather its inappropriate design. The problem is that the operations under normal operating conditions are performed appropriately, but there is inadequate feedback and interaction with the humans who must control the overall conduct of the task. When the situations exceed the capabilities of the automatic equipment, then the inadequate feedback leads to difficulties for the human controllers. The problem, I suggest, is that the automation is at an intermediate level of intelligence, powerful enough to take over control that used to be done by people, but not powerful enough to handle all abnormalities. Moreover, its level of intelligence is insufficient to provide the continual, appropriate feedback that occurs naturally among human operators. This is the source of the current difficulties. To solve this problem, the automation should either be made less intelligent or more so, but the current level is quite inappropriate. The overall message is that it is possible to reduce error through appropriate design considerations. Appropriate design should assume the existence of error, it should continually provide feedback, it should continually interact with operators in an effective manner, and it should allow for the worst situations possible. What is needed is a soft, compliant technology, not a rigid, formal one.
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Geriatric rigidity and its psychotherapeutic implications.
The elderly tend to be more rigid than younger adults in their attitudes and personalities, and such rigidity is correlated with poor adjustment. However, the rigidity is not the cause of the poor adjustment; rather, it is an attempted solution. One of the patterns of rigidity is an outgrowth of the lifestyle of pessimism, suspicion, self-reliance, self-discipline, determination, and endurance. Two case studies are presented illustrating how rigidity can channel thoughts and prevent the brooding which works itself into depression or anxiety, while simultaneously reinforcing self-help behavior. Geriatric psychotherapy should be problem-centered and should not launch a frontal assault on rigidity or attempt to reconstruct the patient's personality. Behavioral modification, authority, and motivation slogans can be used in conjunction with the rigidity to improve the patient's coping ability.
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Boundary and intimacy.
Personal boundaries are essential for psychological stability. In psychopathology, they may be too porous, as in the case of borderline personalities, or too rigid, as in the case of narcissistic and paranoid personalities. A developmental model which could explain abnormal boundaries would postulate neglect producing porous boundaries, and intrusiveness producing rigid boundaries. Case material is presented in which patients with narcissistic personality traits had grown up with an intrusive, controlling mother, and without a father to provide a buffer. This led to an inability to tolerate intimacy in adult relationships. The transference of both patients reflected their extreme sensitivity to impingement on their boundaries. Such patients suffer from inner emptiness because of their inability to incorporate positive experiences.
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