Personality characteristics of the child accident repeater. 1967.

From 8874 boys and girls aged 4 to 18 in Berkeley-Oakland, California, 684 were selected to represent high-, intermediateor low-accident-liability children, based on records of medically attended injuries. Using data from intensive interviews with mothers supplemented with school records, we found a statistically significant relation between accident liability and indexes of extraversion, daring, roughhousing, and other traits tending to expose children to hazards. Similar relations held for traits such as poor discipline, aggressiveness toward peers, and, for girls, attention-seeking, which compete with the child's ability to cope with hazards.

Clinical variables in pharmacoepidemiology.

Pharmacoepidemiology traditionally concerns itself with the rates at which drugs are prescribed and used in the general population. Interpretations of these data frequently assume that the rates--for psychotropic drugs--reflect primarily the reinforcing properties of the drugs. This paper, in contrast, focuses on the influence of certain clinical characteristics of consumers on patterns of psychotherapeutic drug use.

Survey method for post-marketing drug surveillance: a demonstration.

Distinguishing characteristics of a community survey method for post-marketing drug monitoring are described, as are results of a pilot study of the method. Representative samples of outpatients treated with tricyclic antidepressants or benzodiazepine anxiolytics were identified in a clinic or pharmacy and interviewed at baseline and specified intervals thereafter in the home or by telephone. Data were collected by lay interviewers trained to use a detailed interview schedule designed with input from experts in pharmacology, relevant clinical disciplines, and survey research.