45 research outputs found
A randomized pilot trial of growth hormone with anastrozole versus growth hormone alone, starting at the very end of puberty in adolescents with idiopathic short stature
Interviewing children in cases of suspected child endangerment: pitfalls and quality assurance
Interstitial deletion in Xp22.3 is associated with X linked ichthyosis, mental retardation, and epilepsy
We describe monozygotic male twins with an interstitial deletion of Xp22.3 including the steroid sulphatase gene (STS). The twins had X linked ichthyosis, X linked mental retardation, and epilepsy. A locus for X linked mental retardation has been assigned to a region between STS and DXS31 spanning approximately 3 Mb. Recently the locus was further refined to an approximately 1 Mb region between DXS1060 and GS1. By PCR analysis of flanking STS gene markers in our patients we succeeded in narrowing down the locus to between DXS6837 and GS1.


Keywords: Xp22.3 deletion; X linked mental retardation; X linked ichthyosis; epilepsy; Rudd syndrom
Structured interviewing of children in suspected child endangerment cases: The German version of the revised NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol
Neurocognitive Development in Children Experiencing Intrauterine Growth Retardation and Born Small for Gestational Age: Pathological, Constitutional and Therapeutic Pathways
Psychosocial care of children and adolescents in departments for pediatric and adolescent medicine and pediatric surgery
Personal values in soldiers after military deployment: associations with mental health and resilience
BACKGROUND: After military deployment, soldiers are at an increased risk of developing posttraumatic psychiatric disorders. The correlation of personal values with symptoms, however, has not yet been examined within a military context.
METHOD: Schwartz's Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ), the Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale (PDS), and the 11-item version of the Resilience Scale (RS-11) were completed by 117 soldiers of the German Armed Forces who had recently been deployed to Afghanistan (n=40 undergoing initial psychiatric treatment, n=77 untreated).
RESULTS: Logistic regression showed that the value types of hedonism (-), power (-), tradition (+), and universalism (+) were significantly correlated with the probability and severity of PTSD and whether the participant was in treatment or not. The effects were partially mediated by the RS-11 scale values.
CONCLUSIONS: Value types seem to be associated with psychiatric symptoms in soldiers after deployment. These results could contribute to the further development of therapeutic approaches