Childhood Trauma and Minimization/Denial in People with and without a Severe Mental Disorder.

Unlabelled: Childhood trauma has garnered extensive research concerning its role in the psychopathology of mental disorders, including psychosis. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) utilizes a minimization/denial (MD) scale to denote potential under-reporters of trauma, yet MD scores are infrequently reported and validations of the scale are lacking in the literature.

Study Aim: Elucidate differences in MD between patients with severe mental disorders to healthy individuals, and secondly, investigate if MD influences reports of childhood trauma between the groups.

Myxedema coma associated with combination aripiprazole and sertraline therapy.

Objective: To describe a case of myxedema coma (MC) associated with combination aripiprazole and sertraline therapy.

Case Summary: A 41-year-old male presented to the emergency department with confusion, right-sided numbness and tingling, slurred speech, dizziness, and facial edema. His blood pressure was 160/113 mm Hg, with a pulse of 56 beats/min and temperature of 35.

Aseptic meningitis associated with chronic sulindac use for osteoarthritis: a case report.

We report a case of aseptic meningitis thought to be associated with chronic sulindac use in a patient with osteoarthritis. The patient was hospitalized with an acute onset of headache, nuchal rigidity, nausea, and blurred vision. Brain imaging was unremarkable and a lumbar puncture revealed a lymphocytic pleocytosis.

Stevens-Johnson syndrome associated with oral minoxidil: a case report.

Minoxidil is frequently used in patients with advanced renal disease who have been unresponsive to other antihypertensive agents. We describe a case of a 50-year-old man with chronic renal failure who was hospitalized complaining of a 2-week history of sore throat that had progressed to severe oral lesions and multiple pustular blisters on many sites of his body. The patient had been placed on oral minoxidil for uncontrolled hypertension one week prior to the onset of symptoms.

Plasmodium falciparum malaria associated with mefloquine failure in Gambia.

A 25-year-old Caucasian man developed Plasmodium falciparum malaria after traveling to Gambia, despite having received chemoprophylaxis with mefloquine. The patient was hospitalized after returning to the United States. He received a 3-day course of atovaquone-proguanil and made a complete recovery.

Nonestrogen treatment modalities for vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause.

Objective: To systematically review the literature regarding the efficacy and safety of nonestrogen treatments for menopause-associated vasomotor symptoms not due to cancer or chemotherapy.

Data Sources: Pertinent literature and clinical studies were identified by searching MEDLINE (1966-February 2004) and EMBASE (1959-February 2004) using the key search terms vasomotor symptoms, hot flashes, and menopause. Bibliographies of relevant articles were reviewed for additional references.