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S Bloch

Publications and source records attributed to S Bloch.

At least 127 records · Page 7Linked to original sources
PubMed1977

The impact of a weekend group experience on individual therapy.

Thirty-three patients in long-term individual therapy were referred to one of three weekend groups: two experimental (affect-arousing, gestalt therapy) groups and one control (meditation-Tai Chi) group. The impact of the weekend group experience (WGE) on individual therapy was examined six and 12 weeks later. At six weeks the patients in the experimental groups showed, on some measures, a significantly greater improvement in their individual therapy than did controls. By 12 weeks, there were no demonstrable differences. The WGE was not without risk: even though the group leaders were highly trained, responsible clinicians, two patients suffered considerable psychological damage. The control (meditation-Tai Chi) group offered a relatively innocuous experience; there was no risk, but few members found the specific procedures useful in their lives. Intense affect arousal in the WGE was not related to positive change in subsequent individual therapy. Those expressing the greatest affect in either experimental group were no more likely to have had a measurable positive impact on their subsequent individual therapy than patients expressing little or no measurable affect.

Adjustment Disorders↗
PubMed1977

Patient compliance in glaucoma.

Of a randomly selected sample of 40 patients with chronic simple glaucoma 11 were identified as having failed to comply adequately with medical advice. Noncompliers were more likely: to be men, to have had no other medical disorder but glaucoma, not to rank glaucoma as most troubling if they had another illness, to have experienced side effects from the treatment, and not to have appreciated the association between glaucoma and blindness. Detailed clinical study revealed that several interrelated psychosocial factors contributed to noncompliance.

Adult↗
PubMed1977

Outcome in psychotherapy evaluated by independent judges.

To overcome common limitations in assessing the outcome of psychotherapy, the following method was used: independent assessment by teams of experienced psychotherapists; individualized measures of outcome; and videotaped clinical interviews to allow the judges to rate, at one sitting, a patient's clinical state before and after eight months of therapy. Agreement between the judges' ratings was low both for the severity of the clinical state and for its outcome. Possible reasons for this low agreement are discussed.

Adult↗
PubMed1976

[Observations on the acceleration of the sexual maturation of female mice by the presence of males and by exogenous oestrogen (author's transl)].

The influence of the presence of adult males on the acceleration of sexual maturation of female mice was examined under various experimental conditions and compared with the influence of exogenous oestrogen. The criteria of sexual maturation were not equally influenced. It is concluded that sexual maturation is a complex feature and that acceleration of single criteria does not signify sexual maturation.

Animals↗
PubMed1976

Cranial and intracranial tuberculosis.

The radiographic appearances of cranial and intracranial tuberculous lesions are reviewed. The manifestations of cranial and intracranial tuberculosis vary according to the location, severity of involvement and the chronicity of the disease.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1976

Lipomata of the central nervous system.

The radiological features and some clinical aspects of lipomata of the central nervous system are discussed, with examples of the different sites of involvement.

Brain Neoplasms↗
PubMed1976

[A progesterone-dependent pheromone of the female mouse (author's transl)].

Female mice kept in groups exhibit less oestrous smears than females kept singly. Ovariectomized females have only slightly reduced number of oestrous smears, but ovariectomized females injected with progesterone act on other females like intact ones. It is concluded that a progesterone-dependent pheromone excreted by dioestrous females acts oestrus-depressing on other females.

Animals↗