Psychodynamics: The State of the Art

PSYCHODYNAMIC CONCEPTS IN GENERAL PSYCHIATRY Harvey J. Schwartz, MD with Efrain Bleiberg, MD and Sidney Weissman, MD editors American Psychiatric Press, Inc., in press

Make Your Mark!

Welcome! Kristin Chenoweth’s song “I was here” speaks volumes when it comes to our theme for the 2016 Women’s Summit – Make Your Mark! The words struck a chord with me, especially, “You will notice me. I’ll be leaving my mark like initials carved in an old oak tree. Just wait and see. I want to do something that matters, say something different, something that sets the whole world on its ear.” Last year, our opening keynote speaker, Sallie Krawcheck, told us that women want to engage in work that allows them to find meaning and purpose in their professional lives. They are more likely to seek employment from a company if the work is meaningful and gives them a purpose for going to work every day, she noted. I find meaning and purpose in my work at Bryant University, which includes creating the Women’s Summit for the past 19 years. I believe in the Women’s Summit mission: to empower those who attend to be professionally, personally, and financially successful. The Women’s Summit Committee works hard to present nationally recognized keynote speakers and breakout sessions that are led by experts in their fields, enabling attendees to experience renewed enthusiasm and confidence that can inspire them at work and at home. The contributions you make to your profession, your family, and your community have great value. If you can help just one person, then you have made a difference in his or her life. Our goal is to provide encouragement and educationally enriching programs that motivate you to continue to succeed. Attending the conference also allows you to focus on your health and well-being by providing you with a day to step back, review your current situation, and set goals. In his book, The Road to Character, David Brooks writes: “When we think about making a difference or leading a life with purpose, we often think of achieving something external: performing some service that will have an impact on the world, creating a successful company, or doing something to benefit the community. These are not the only parameters that measure our success. We also have internal moral qualities of humility and learning that require us to confront our weaknesses,” according to Brooks. It is the combination of these qualities, plus being mindful about our health and well-being, which will help us all to make our mark! At this time I would like to thank the Women’s Summit Co-chairs and Women’s Summit Committee, as well as everyone at Bryant University who devote so much time and energy to the creation of another successful conference. The Women’s Summit would not be possible without the help of our generous sponsors who enable us to continue this educationally enriching conference each year. We appreciate their contributions and support in advancing women through their sponsorship. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – anne frank Sincerely, Kati Machtley Director, The Women’s Summit Bryant Universit

Perspectives On Psychotherapy: In Our Evolving Profession

MOMENTS OF ENGAGEMENT: INTIMATE PSYCHOTHERAPY IN A TECHNOLOGICAL AGE Peter D. Kramer , M.D. W.W. Norton & Co.1989 Hardcover, 260 pp., $24.9

Exploring Frontal Lobe Dysfunction in Schizophrenia with Positron Emission Tomography

Frontal lobe dysfunction in schizophrenic pa tients has been highly suspected for many years. Many psychiatrists and patients, however, are awaiting solid proof of a biological manifestation of this disease. While positron emission tomography does not uniformly demonstrate such a manifestation, it does demonstrate a prefrontal cortex deficit in most reported studies. Further, a localization of the attention deficit of schizophrenia, in the prefrontal cortex, is strongly suggested by some studies. INTRODUCTION Positron emission tomography (PET) has enabled investigators in modern clinical psychiatry to demonstrate that schizophrenia is, at least in part, a frontal lobe disorder. PET studies of many patients with schizophrenia exhibit a decreased level of metabolism in the frontal cortex. Other brain areas have also been in vestigated for their role in schizophrenia. These regions include the hippocampus (I), basal ganglia, limbic system, and other brainstem areas (2). This review , however, is limited to the deficit most consistently reported with PET brain metabolism studies-hypofrontality

Ultradian Cycles of Mood in Normal and Depressed Subjects

Objective: To study ultradian cycles of mood in four inpatient groups. Method: We assessed the mood of depressed and nondepressed subjects, on an hourly basis, between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. for two consecutive days using a visual analog scale of mood. Hourly mood scores for each group were plotted against time. Results: We found ultradian cycles with mean lengths of 3-4 hours in all groups. The major depressive episode and adjustment disorder depression groups, however, had ultradian cycles of significantly greater amplitude than ward staff. Conclusions: Depressed patients demonstrate greater amplitude in ultradian cycles of mood than nondepressed subjects

SATURN – A User’s Manual. AMDAHL V7 Version.

SATURN is a detailed traffic simulation and assignment model intended for use in the evaluation of traffic management schemes. This document describes the preparation of the required input data and gives information on how to run the model on the Leeds University Amdhal V7 computer. Also included here are details on how to update a trip matrix from traffic counts using the ME2 program in conjunction with SATURN. Other facilities available for use with the mode1,such as network plotting and matrix manipulation,are also described

Gabapentin in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

Gabapentin, a relatively new anti-epileptic drug (AED), is emerging as a therapeutic option for treatment refractory and rapid-cycling bipolar illnesses. Pharmacotherapy for bipolar disorders traditionally involves valproate, carbamazapine, or lithium, drugs which are associated with numerous adverse effects. Conversely, gabapentin has an attractive pharmacokinetics profile and relatively few side effects. There are no large randomized controlled clinical trials to date examining gabapentin’s role in mood stabilization. However, informal reports have cited encouraging results in up to 80% of patients and general tolerance to side effects. These findings make the new drug a possible choice for patients who have failed to respond to traditional agents or developed side effects which interfere with medication compliance

The surface density of Extremely Red Objects in high-z quasar fields

We report on a study of the surface density of Extremely Red Objects (EROs) in the fields of 13 radio-loud quasars at 1.8 < z < 3.0 covering a total area of 61.7 sqr arcmin. There is a large variation in the ERO surface density from field to field, and as many as 30--40 % of the fields have roughly 4--5 times more EROs than what is expected from a random distribution. The average surface density exceeds the value found in large random-field surveys by a factor of 2--3, a result which is significant at the >3 sigma level. Hence, it appears that the quasar lines of sight are biassed towards regions of high ERO density. This might be caused by clusters or groups of galaxies physically associated with the quasars. However, an equally likely possibility is that the observed ERO excess is part of overdensities in the ERO population along the line of sight to the quasars. In this case, the non-randomness of quasar fields with respect to EROs may be explained in terms of gravitational lensing.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, to appear in "Radio galaxies: past, present and future", eds. M. Jarvis et al., Leiden, November 200

A review of split-cycle engines

This article reviews split-cycle internal combustion engine designs. The review includes historical work, assessment of prototypes and discussion of the most recent designs. There has been an abundance of split-cycle engine designs proposed since the first in 1872. Despite this, very few prototypes exist, and no split-cycle engines are reported to be in series production. The few split-cycle prototypes that have been developed have faced practical challenges contributing to limited performance. These challenges include air flow restrictions into the expansion cylinder, late combustion, thermal management issues, and mechanical challenges with the crossover valve actuation mechanism. The main promoted advantage of split-cycle engines is the increased thermal efficiency compared to conventional internal combustion engines. However, an efficiency improvement has not thus far been demonstrated in published test data. The thermodynamic studies reviewed suggest that split-cycle engines should be more efficient than conventional four-stroke engines. Reasons why increased thermal efficiency is not realised in practice could be due to practical compromises, or due to inherent architectural split-cycle engine design limitations. It was found that the number of split-cycle engine patents has increased significantly over recent years, suggesting an increased commercial interest in the concept since the possibility of increased efficiency becomes more desirable and might outweigh the drawbacks of practical challenges

The Optical Model Analysis of 200 MeV p + 16-O Elastic Scattering

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation Grant NSF PHY 81-14339 and by Indiana Universit