Should Psychotherapy be taught to Psychiatric Residents? A Debate.

Much of this discussion was inspired by a debate held at the 1984 APA Annual Meeting, entitled Does Psychodynamic Theory Have Little Relevance to Contemporary Psychiatric Care? We saw the need for a debate, resident generated, that would address a corollary issue in residency training. Our program will include an introduction, a debate involving statements for the affirmative, that is, that psychotherapy should be taught to psychiatric residents, and two statements for the negative, that psychotherapy should not be taught to psychiatric residents. Concluding remarks will follow. If our title is provocative , if what we have to say inspires you to participate in this critical discussion, either by way of pleasing, stimulating, or offending you, then we have served our purpose well

Dung Beetles and Long-term Habitat Fragmentation in Alter do Chão, Amazônia, Brazil

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Effect of Race and Sex on Primary Care Physicians' Diagnosis and Treatment of Late-Life Depression

To examine primary care physician (PCP) contributions toward racial and sex differences in the diagnosis and treatment of late-life depression. Design : Survey using a computerized instrument incorporating video interviews and text, with volunteer PCPs randomly assigned to one of four standardized video vignettes of an elderly patient depicting late-life depression. Vignettes differed only in the patient/actor's race (white/African-American) or sex. Setting : American Academy of Family Physicians meeting, San Diego, California, 2002. Participants : One hundred seventy-eight U.S.-practicing postresidency PCPs who were asked to participate in a clinical decision-making study. Measurements : The computerized survey instrument assessed PCPs' diagnoses, first-line treatment and management recommendations, and judgment of personal characteristics/behaviors for the patients in the vignettes. Results : Eighty-five percent of all PCPs correctly diagnosed the elderly patient(s) with major depression. There were no significant differences in the diagnosis of depression, treatment recommendations, or PCP assessment of most patient characteristics by the race or sex of the patient/actor in the vignette, but PCP characteristics, most notably the location of medical school training (U.S. vs international), affected the likelihood of a depression diagnosis and treatment recommendations. Conclusion : Given standardized symptom-pictures, PCPs are just as likely to diagnose and treat depression in African-American as in white older people, suggesting that bias based simply on apparent patient race is not a likely explanation for the lower rates of depression diagnosis and treatment in older African Americans. PCPs who have trained at international medical schools may benefit from targeted training initiatives on the diagnosis and treatment of late-life depression.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/65962/1/j.1532-5415.2005.53255.x.pd

A Multidisciplinary Investigation of a Polycythemia Vera Cancer Cluster of Unknown Origin

Cancer cluster investigations rarely receive significant public health resource allocations due to numerous inherent challenges and the limited success of past efforts. In 2008, a cluster of polycythemia vera, a rare blood cancer with unknown etiology, was identified in northeast Pennsylvania. A multidisciplinary group of federal and state agencies, academic institutions, and local healthcare providers subsequently developed a multifaceted research portfolio designed to better understand the cause of the cluster. This research agenda represents a unique and important opportunity to demonstrate that cancer cluster investigations can produce desirable public health and scientific outcomes when necessary resources are available

Technical Review of Pioneer Aggregates Request for Statewide General Permit for Disposal of Construction/Demolition Waste in Abandoned Mines and Construction Sites in Pennsylvania

Report provides technical concerns on request to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection from Pioneer Aggregates for a statewide general permit for disposal of construction/demolition wastes mixed with Portland Cement to be utilized statewide in abandoned coal and non coal mine sites and construction sties

Hazleton Creek Properties (Hazleton, Pennsylvania) Reports Statistical and Marcellus Waste Concerns

Historical and unresolved technical concerns regarding poor statistics defining metals permit levels, alleged shallow burial of 8,000 hazardous waste drums, misleading public relations provided to public, and potential radiation and hazardous waste constituents in various wastes disposed in unlined strip pits