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H Amado

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PubMed1987

Brief reactive psychosis.

A careful reevaluation of 24 patients diagnosed as suffering brief reactive psychosis failed to validate this diagnosis according to DSM-III criteria. Fourteen of the patients had other psychiatric disorders that could explain their symptoms, and 8 had psychosis lasting longer than 2 weeks; the precipitating events were unclear or had uncertain relationships to the psychoses. The criteria proposed for the DSM-III-R do not facilitate the diagnosis of brief reactive psychosis but perhaps make it even more confusing.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1981

Facial electromyography as a predictor of treatment outcome in depression.

Electromyograms (EMGs) from the corrugator, zygomatic and splenius capitis muscle sites and Beck depression inventory scores were obtained from 21 depressed in-patients shortly after admission and after two weeks in hospital. Contrary to the result of a previous study by other investigators, significant covariaton between depressive symptoms and corrugator EMG levels was not seen. However, consistent with a second finding of the previous study, initial corrugator EMG levels were shown to be significantly predictive of treatment outcome. Further, initial EMG from the zygomatic was also found to predict changes in depression. The explanation is unclear and further research is needed.

Adult↗