Relation of Color Responses on the Rorschach to Qualitative Scores on the Porteus Maze Test

1965 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-62
Author(s):  
Richard C. Labarba
Keyword(s):  
Random Sample ◽  
State Hospital ◽  
White Male ◽  
Acting Out ◽  
Rorschach Test ◽  
Maze Test ◽  
History Of ◽  
Male Patients

Qualitative scores on the Porteus Maze Test have been claimed to differentiate delinquents and non-delinquents and criminals and non-criminals, to indicate impulsivity and acting-out tendencies. Such characteristics are also claimed to be described and predicted by the use of color responses on the Rorschach test. Both tests were administered to a random sample of 15 white male patients in a state hospital, who ranged in age from 16 to 50. No significant correlations between qualitative scores on the Porteus and Rorschach responses were obtained. Porteus scores differentiated those Ss with a history of acting out or arrests more accurately than did Rorschach color responses.

Mind Cure

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wakoh Shannon Hickey
Keyword(s):  
White Male ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Scientific Psychology ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Performance ◽  
And Gender ◽  
First Americans ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Political Economic

Mindfulness is widely claimed to improve health and performance, and historians typically say that efforts to promote meditation and yoga therapeutically began in the 1970s. In fact, they began much earlier, and that early history offers important lessons for the present and future. This book traces the history of mind-body medicine from eighteenth-century Mesmerism to the current Mindfulness boom and reveals how religion, race, and gender have shaped events. Many of the first Americans to advocate meditation for healing were women leaders of the Mind Cure movement, which emerged in the late nineteenth century. They believed that by transforming their consciousness, they could also transform oppressive circumstances in which they lived, and some were activists for social reform. Trained by Buddhist and Hindu missionaries, these women promoted meditation through personal networks, religious communities, and publications. Some influenced important African American religious movements, as well. For women and black men, Mind Cure meant not just happiness but liberation in concrete political, economic, and legal terms. The Mind Cure movement exerted enormous pressure on mainstream American religion and medicine, and in response, white, male doctors and clergy with elite academic credentials appropriated some of its methods and channeled them into scientific psychology and medicine. As mental therapeutics became medicalized, individualized, and then commodified, the religious roots of meditation, like the social justice agendas of early Mind Curers, fell away. After tracing how we got from Mind Cure to Mindfulness, this book reveals what got lost in the process.

scholarly journals Postoperative Urinary Retention Following General Anesthesia for Endoscopic Nasal Surgery in Men Aged Older Than 60 Years: A Retrospective Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 014556132110331
Author(s):  
Yong Won Lee ◽  
Bum Sik Kim ◽  
Jihyun Chung
Keyword(s):  
General Anesthesia ◽  
Incidence Rate ◽  
Urinary Retention ◽  
Nasal Surgery ◽  
Prostate Hyperplasia ◽  
Postoperative Urinary Retention ◽  
Asa Classification ◽  
History Of ◽  
Male Patients ◽  
Endoscopic Nasal Surgery

Objectives: Postoperative urinary retention (POUR) is influenced by many factors, and its reported incidence rate varies widely. This study aimed to investigate the occurrence and risk factors for urinary retention following general anesthesia for endoscopic nasal surgery in male patients aged >60 years. Methods: A retrospective review of medical records between January 2015 and December 2019 identified 253 patients for inclusion in our study. Age, body mass index (BMI), a history of diabetes/hypertension, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification, and urologic history were included as patient-related factors. Urologic history was subdivided into 3 groups according to history of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH)/lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and current medication. The following was analyzed as perioperative variables for POUR development: duration of anesthesia and surgery; amount of fluid administered; rate of fluid administration; intraoperative requirement for fentanyl, ephedrine, and dexamethasone; postoperative pain; and analgesic use. Preoperatively measured prostate size and uroflowmetry parameters of patients on medication for symptoms were compared according to the incidence of urinary retention. Results: Thirty-seven (15.7%) patients developed POUR. Age (71.4 vs 69.6 years), BMI (23.9 vs 24.9 kg/m2), a history of diabetes/hypertension, ASA classification, and perioperative variables were not significantly different between patients with and without POUR. Only urologic history was identified as a factor affecting the occurrence of POUR ( P = .03). The incidence rate among patients without urologic issues was 5.9%, whereas that among patients with BPH/LUTS history was 19.8%. Among patients taking medication for symptoms, the maximal and average velocity of urine flow were significantly lower in patients with POUR. Conclusions: General anesthesia for endoscopic nasal surgery may be a potent trigger for urinary retention in male patients aged >60 years. The patient’s urological history and urinary conditions appear to affect the occurrence of POUR.

Y Chromosomes in Male Psychiatric Patients above 180 cm. Tall

1968 ◽  
Vol 114 (517) ◽  
pp. 1589-1590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Chromosome Number ◽  
State Hospital ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Chromosome Analysis ◽  
Y Chromosomes ◽  
Sex Chromatin ◽  
Male Patients

All male patients above 180 cm. tall who were resident in the Århus State Hospital on 13 April, 1966, were registered: they numbered 42 out of the total of 440 resident males (8 · 1 per cent.). One patient, a 78-year-old man, died before chromosome analysis was made. Sex-chromatin analysis was made on Feulgenstained buccal smears and chromosome analysis was made on leucocyte cultures according to the method described by Moorhead et al. (1960), slightly modified. Not less than 25 metaphases were counted, at least 15 metaphases with the modal figure and all metaphases with a chromosome number deviating from the modal figures were analysed.

INDEX OF SUSPICION

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 435-437
Author(s):  
Summer Smith ◽  
John L. Green ◽  
Susan K Lynch ◽  
Mark J. Polak
Keyword(s):  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Physical Exertion ◽  
Tanner Stage ◽  
Pubic Hair ◽  
Acting Out ◽  
History Of ◽  
Prolonged Fatigue ◽  
Axillary Hair ◽  
Case Presentations ◽  
Diagnosed Diabetes

This section of Pediatrics in Review reminds clinicians of those conditions that can present in a misleading fashion and require suspicion for early diagnosis. Emphasis has been placed on conditions in which early diagnosis is important and that the general pediatrician might be expected to encounter, at least once in a while. The reader is encouraged to write possible diagnoses for each case before turning to the discussion, which is on the following page. We invite readers to contribute case presentations and discussions. Case 1 Presentation A 17-year-old boy is admitted to the hospital for evaluation and management of recently diagnosed diabetes mellitus. His mother expresses concern about his acting-out behavior and about frequent difficulties in drinking from a glass due to tremors. On examination he is found to be 68.5 inches tall, and he has a mild scoliosis. Evaluation of sexual development reveals axillary hair at Tanner stage III, pubic hair at stage V, penile length of 8 cm, left testicular volume of 3.0 x 1.8 cm, and an undescended right testicle. No breast tissue is palpable. Case 2 Presentation A 16-year-old girl is seen at your office with a history of prolonged fatigue and weakness. She has missed school frequently over the past 4 to 5 months, having had many vague complaints of "no energy," headaches, sore throats, aching knees, and the feeling that she will almost "pass out" if she does gymnastics or physical exertion of any kind.

An Investigation as to the Therapeutic Value of Thyroid Feeding in Mental Diseases

1912 ◽  
Vol 58 (242) ◽  
pp. 424-447
Author(s):  
Richard Eager
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorder ◽  
State Hospital ◽  
Thyroid Extract ◽  
Valuable Addition ◽  
Therapeutic Value ◽  
Mental Diseases ◽  
History Of

The history of the use of thyroid extract in insanity dates back to the year 1893, when McPherson (1), of Larbert Asylum, reported a case of myxódematous insanity which recovered from both the myxódema and the mental disorder under its use. Its use in cretinism has also met with much success. My investigations, however, are confined to its use in mental conditions not associated with myxódema or cretinism. In 1894 McClaughey (2), of the District Asylum, Maryborough, reported two cases as improved, and in 1894–5 McPhail and Brace's results (3) and observations of treatment were published in detail. The publication of their results and their belief that “in thyroid feeding we possess a valuable addition to our armamentarium in the treatment of certain cases of insanity” incited many other alienists to test its efficacy. Besides Clarke, Brush and Burges in America must be mentioned Mabon and Babcock (4), who give a review of the results obtained in 1032 collected cases of insanity from twenty-four different observers, and who show that 23·9 per cent. recovered and 29·4 per cent. were improved. They also report on a further use of thyroid on sixty-one cases at the St. Lawrence State Hospital.

scholarly journals Adventitial cystic disease of the radial artery

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriano Carvalho Guimarães ◽  
Ricardo Herkenhoff Moreira ◽  
Walter Junior Boim de Araujo
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Renal Replacement Therapy ◽  
Radial Artery ◽  
Cystic Lesion ◽  
White Male ◽  
Rare Condition ◽  
Cystic Disease ◽  
Adventitial Cystic Disease ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
History Of

Abstract Adventitial cystic disease (ACD) of the radial artery is a rare condition, with few cases described in the literature. We report the case of a 62-year-old white male with a history of diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease with indications for renal replacement therapy who was found to have a cystic lesion of the radial artery while undergoing surgical creation of an arteriovenous fistula. The surgical technique adopted was resection of the cystic segment and preservation of the radial artery. Fistula creation was completed successfully. Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment of ACD are effective, and can prevent complications and recurrence.

scholarly journals Study on clinical and genetic characteristics of male patients with non-obstructive azoospermia

2021 ◽  
Vol 141 (5) ◽  
pp. 39-45
Author(s):  
Nguyen Hoai Bac ◽  
Hoang Long
Keyword(s):  
Sex Chromosome ◽  
Chromosomal Abnormalities ◽  
Klinefelter Syndrome ◽  
Obstructive Azoospermia ◽  
Genetic Characteristics ◽  
Azfc Deletion ◽  
Genetic Abnormalities ◽  
History Of ◽  
Male Patients ◽  
Infertile Patients

We examined 501 patients with non - obstructive azoospermia to evaluate clinical, subclinical, and genetic characteristics. The results show that the average age of patients in the study was 29.8 ± 5.5 years. Primary infertility accounts for the majority, with a rate of 90.3%. There was 38.6% of patients had a history of mumps orchitis. The average levels of FSH, LH, testosterone were 31.6 ± 16.5 mIU/mL, 15.5 ± 10 mIU/mL and 12.8 ± 7.13 nmol/L, respectively. The prevalence of chromosomal abnormalities was 30.7%. Of these, the sex chromosome aneuploidy with 47,XXY karyotype (Klinefelter syndrome) accounted for 27.3%. The incidence of AZF microdeletion was 13.8%. Of these, AZFc deletion was the most common at the rate of 42.1%, AZFa deletion, which accounted for 2.6%, were the least prevalent, and the frequency of AZFd deletion was 5.3%. However, there was no solitary AZFb deletion, which combined with other AZF deletions with 34.2%. Our research shows that mumps orchitis and chromosomal abnormalities are the leading causes of azoospermia. Screening for genetic abnormalities plays an important role in infertile patients with non - obstructive azoospermia.

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