Early separation and suicidal behaviour in the parental homes of 40 consecutive suicide attempters

Forty suicide-attempt patients who were consecutively admitted to an intensive-care unit, their significant others and treatment personnel were investigated by semistructured interviews. The patients were divided into neurosis (n = 14), abuse (n = 19) and psychosis (n = 7) groups. Twenty-one of the patients (52%) had lost contact with one or both parents before the age of 18, in 25% of cases owing to death and in 27% because of the parents' divorce or separation. Parents and/or siblings of 19 patients (47%) had shown suicidal behaviour in the form of attempted suicide and/or suicide. Differences between the groups were not significant. Alcohol abuse in the parental home was overrepresented in the abuse group compared with the other groups. The role of identification with the dead and suicidal parent in prompting suicidal actions in adulthood is discussed, as well as that of the impeded evolution of stable external object relations owing to parental losses.     

丙种球蛋白治疗危重早产儿临床分析

目的 为评估IVIG治疗危重早产儿的临床疗效。方法 将危重早产儿116例采取随机分为治疗组和对照组，对照组给常规综合治疗，治疗组在常规综合治疗措施上，加用IVIG静脉滴注，比较治疗组与对照组患儿病情平稳率及死亡率。结果 IVIG治疗危重早产儿病情平稳率第5天达75．8％第10天达93．3％，而对照组分别为50％和70．4％；病死率治疗组为6．4％，对照组为11．1％，均优于常规对照组。结论 危重早产儿用IVIG治疗疗效较满意，值得推广。     

Pituitary volume in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder.

BACKGROUND: Abnormalities in the limbic-hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (LHPA) axis have been implicated in the pathogenesis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). To our knowledge, however, no prior study has measured pituitary gland volume in OCD. METHODS: Volumetric magnetic resonance imaging studies were conducted in 31 psychotropic drug-na?ve children (10 boys, 21 girls) aged 8-17 years and 31 case-matched healthy comparison subjects. RESULTS: Pituitary volume was significantly smaller in patients with OCD as compared with healthy control subjects (11% smaller). Smaller pituitary volume in patients with OCD was associated with increased compulsive but not obsessive symptom severity. Boys with OCD had smaller pituitary gland volumes compared with control boys (20% smaller). No significant differences in pituitary volume were observed between girls with OCD and control girls. Boys with OCD had significantly smaller pituitary volumes than girls with OCD (31% smaller), whereas control boys also had smaller pituitary gland volumes compared with control girls (21% smaller). CONCLUSIONS: These findings provide new evidence of reduced pituitary volume in pediatric OCD that seems to be more prominent in male patients. The observed alterations in pituitary volume are consistent with neuroendocrine studies that have reported abnormalities in the LHPA axis in OCD.     

Aggression and substance abuse in bipolar disorder

Objectives:  The goal of this retrospective study was to examine factors differentiating persons with bipolar disorder who did or did not have comorbid lifetime substance use disorders (SUD) at an index assessment. We also explored the chronology of onset of mood and SUD.
Methods:  We studied 146 subjects with DSM-defined bipolar disorder. Subgroups with and without lifetime SUD were compared on demographic and clinical measures.
Results:  Substance abuse disorders in this bipolar sample were associated with male sex, impulsive-aggressive traits, comorbid conduct and Cluster B personality disorders, number of suicide attempts and earlier age at onset of a first mood episode. In a multivariable logistic regression analysis, male sex and aggression and possibly earlier age at mood disorder onset were associated with SUD. In those with or without SUD, the first mood episode tended to be depressive and to precede the onset of SUD.
Conclusions:  In persons with bipolar disorder, an earlier age of onset and aggressive traits appear to be factors associated with later development of comorbid SUD.     

短波紫外线照射对小儿肺炎及中性粒细胞吞噬功能和IL－2的影响

用短波紫外线照射患儿腰背部皮肤辅助治疗小儿肺炎，提示紫外线治疗组与对照组相比，显著缩短患儿发热。咳嗽及肺部湿罗音消失时间（Ｐ＜０．０１）。用化学发光法测定中性粒细胞吞噬功能，治疗组患儿血液内中性粗细胞吞噬功能显著提高（Ｐ＜０．０５）。同时测定治疗组患儿血中ＩＬ－２低于对照组（Ｐ＜０．０５），并对上述结果机理进行了探讨。     

Two deaths from intravenous nifedipine abuse

Summary An incident is reported in which 2 intravenous drug abusers died as the result of uncontrolled experimentation with intravenous injection of the common anti-hypertensive and anti-anginal drug Nifedipine (Adalatt.m. Bayer), probably in mistake for the commonly abused short-acting benzodiazepine drug Temazepam. Large quantities of Nifedipine were identified in the blood of both deceased men by gas chromatography. Apart from intense gastric mucosal congestion, pulmonary oedema and general visceral congestion, the autopsy findings were entirely nonspecific. The similarity in colour, shape and texture between capsules of Nifedipine and those of Temazepam is likely to have prompted the mistake.     

东乡族及回族吸毒人群性激素水平的变化

本文测定了东乡族、回族吸毒者血清睾酮及促黄体生成素含量，发现血清睾酮含量吸毒组（ｎ＝４０，Ｘ＝３４０．１４±１０１．４９ｎｇ／ｄＬ）显著低于非吸毒组（ｎ＝４２，Ｘ＝４４４．５０±９８．８３ｎｇ／ｄＬ），Ｐ＜０．０１。未观察到ＬＨ含量的改变。戒毒期２０日以内组血清睾酮含量（ｎ＝１６，Ｘ＝２９７．９３±７８．２２ｎｇ／ｄＬ），低于戒毒期２０～６０日组（ｎ＝１７，Ｘ＝３８６．２９±８９．４５ｎｇ／ｄＬ），Ｐ＜０．０１。询问１０３名吸毒者，２月后性欲下降２５人（２４．２７％），增强２人（１．９４％），无变化１３人（１２．６２％），不愿回答者６３人（６１．１７％）。吸毒影响性功能，损害性健康。     

单纯性肥胖儿童的智力研究

本调查了１１４名不同肥胖程度的儿童智力状况。结果发现：患儿与正常体重儿童的智力水平没有显差异（Ｐ＞０．０５）。表明单纯性肥胖儿童的智力发育正常。