[Modification of the risk profile of obese essential hypertensive patients by the group "hypertension discussion" program].

The programme "Discussions on Hypertension" is a programme for group treatment of obese essential hypertensives in medical practices on the basis of behavioural therapy. A co-operation model was developed between the Department for General Medicine of the "Medizinische Hochschule Hannover", the Institute for Medical Psychology of the "Philipps-Universität Marburg" and the company Galenus Mannheim and was offered to doctors in general practice. The effects of the programme on the modifying of the risk profile for coronary heart disease was investigated in a controlled study in 137 patients by nine general practitioners.

Comparative studies of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease in children and adolescents.

Ten patients suffering from Crohn's disease and seven children diagnosed as having Ulcerative Colitis were studied with regard to psychopathology, locus of control and several parameters of family functions. A comparison with findings from matched controls revealed higher rates of psychiatric disturbance among the clinical groups. Patients of the two groups did not differ from each other; neither in the amount nor the type of disorder.