The Role of Rehabilitation Specialists in Canadian NICUs: A 21st Century Perspective.

Unlabelled: Rehabilitation specialists are an integral part of the team in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). New approaches to rehabilitation practice in the NICU have evolved over the past decade that aim to promote child health and development.

Aims: The aim of this study was to describe the current roles of the occupational therapist (OT), physical therapist (PT) and speech-language pathologist (SLP) in Canadian NICUs as compared to the roles documented in an earlier national survey conducted 15 years ago.

Assessing suitability for short-term cognitive-behavioral therapy in psychiatric outpatients with psychosis: a comparison with depressed and anxious outpatients.

Objective: The Suitability for Short-Term Cognitive Therapy (SSCT) rating procedure has predicted outcome in depressed and anxious patients. This study examines its relevance in assessing patients with psychosis.

Method: Outpatients with psychosis (n=56), depression (n=93), and anxiety (n=264) received cognitive- behavioral therapy in a university hospital teaching unit (mean number of sessions=16, SD=11).