Higher Autistic Traits Among Criminals, But No Link to Psychopathy: Findings from a High-Security Prison in Portugal.

The relationship between autism, criminality and psychopathy has gained increased attention in recent years, although research has focused on autism spectrum disorders, and not autistic traits. We measured autistic traits (with the Autism Spectrum Quotient) in a sample of 101 inmates from a high-security prison and compared them to a control group, using a logistic regression model that included age, education, psychopathology, psychopathy and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder as covariates. Prisoners had more autistic traits (OR 1.

[Satisfação com o Internato Médico em Portugal].

Introduction: In the last years, the global context of medical education and Medical Residency programs in Portugal suffered substantial changes. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate and characterize medical residents ́ satisfaction with medical residency programs in Portugal and to identify features that could be improved.

Material And Methods: We utilized as model the survey Postgraduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure that has been developed in the United Kingdom and is speci cally targeted to medical residents.

Nitric oxide production and nitric oxide synthase expression in platelets from heroin abusers before and after ultrarapid detoxification.

Prolonged heroin abuse has been associated with neurotoxicity. Thus, the involvement of nitric oxide (NO) in heroin-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity could be a reasonable explanation for heroin-induced changes in brain. Enzymatically derived NO has been implicated in numerous physiological and pathological processes in the brain.