Little is known about the perception of mental illness in the English-speaking Caribbean. This study was conducted in 1995 to determine the attitudes, knowledge, and help-seeking practices for emotional disorders in the Commonwealth of Dominica. Two groups in Dominica were surveyed: 67 community leaders, consisting of nurses, teachers, and police officers; and 135 community members grouped into...

The critical care literature in the US has recently brought attention to the impact an ICU experience can have long after the patient survives critical illness, particularly if delirium was present. Current recommendations to mitigate post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) are embedded in patient and family-centered care and aim to promote family presence in the ICU, provide support for decision-m...

congenital cutis laxa is an exceptional condition. no large scale pedigree has been reported from iran. we report a family with 106 members with two members affected with cutis laxa. our cases were two patients (male and female) with pre- and postnatal growth retardation, cutis laxa, characteristic facies and other manifestations which proved that they were affected with cutis laxa. their famil...

BACKGROUND Although neurologists commonly self-treat for migraine and other conditions, little is known about the patterns of self-treatment by physicians in the United States. OBJECTIVES The aim was to obtain information about neurologist's self-treatment and treatment of family members and their attitudes about self-treatment by other physicians. METHODS A survey was performed among neuro...

Husband, P., and Hinton, P. E. (1972). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 47, 396. Families of children with repeated accidents. The families of 24 children who attended an accident department with repeated injuries are described. The children frequently had an extrovert type of personality and there were often associated family problems. Coexistent psychiatric or organic illness in other member...