A pilot music group for young people attending a community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.

Objective: There is a strong and growing body of evidence supporting the mental health benefits of music. With regard to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) there is a need for creative, child friendly approaches to improve rapport and promote engagement. This study was established as an exploratory pilot project to assess the feasibility of a running a music group within a CAMHS setting as well as any potential benefit to the mental health of a group of diagnostically heterogeneous young people attending the service.

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Following the consumption of porc infested with Trichinella spiralis, there were 21 cases of trichinellosis, of which 15 clinical forms and 6 subclinical cases. The clinical picture was polymorphous, characteristic. In one case of an expectant mother, the pregnancy evolved up to term and the child was born normally.