Symptomatic Disorders in Adults and Adolescents With Borderline Personality Disorder.

Symptomatic disorders often co-occur with borderline personality disorder (BPD). This study's purpose was to compare the rates of comorbidity reported by adult and adolescent inpatients with BPD, including complex comorbidity (i.e.

Socioeconomic outcomes in adults malnourished in the first year of life: a 40-year study.

Objective: Lifelong functional, adaptive, and economic outcomes of moderate to severe infantile malnutrition are not well known. We assessed social status and income at midlife in a cohort of Barbadian adults, hospitalized for protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) during the first year of life, with good nutrition and health thereafter, in the context of a 40-year longitudinal case-control study. We also examined to what extent childhood IQ mediated any group differences.

Infant malnutrition predicts conduct problems in adolescents.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the prevalence of conduct problems in a well-documented sample of Barbadian adolescents malnourished as infants and a demographic comparison group and to determine the extent to which cognitive impairment and environmental factors account for this association.

Methods: Behavioral symptoms were assessed using a 76-item self-report scale in 56 Barbadian youth (11-17 years of age) with histories of protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) limited to the first year of life and 60 healthy classmates. Group comparisons were carried out by longitudinal and cross-sectional multiple regression analyses at 3 time points in childhood and adolescence.

A classification and meta-analysis of community-based directly observed therapy programs for tuberculosis treatment in developing countries.

In many developing countries, Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) for tuberculosis has been undertaken mainly in the clinic setting. However, clinic-based DOT may create a high patient load in already overburdened health facilities and increase barriers to care by requiring patients to travel to clinic frequently for therapy. Community-based DOT (CBDOT) may overcome some of these problems.

Primary-care clinician perceptions of racial disparities in diabetes care.

Background: Primary-care clinicians can play an important role in reducing racial disparities in diabetes care.

Objective: The objective of the study is to determine the views of primary-care clinicians regarding racial disparities in diabetes care.

Design: The design of the study is through a survey of primary-care clinicians (response rate = 86%).