Assessing Insanity Acquittee Recidivism in Connecticut.

For over 30 years now the movement and status of insanity acquittees in Connecticut has been supervised by the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB). During this time, 365 acquittees have been committed to the jurisdiction of the PSRB, 177 individuals have achieved conditional release (CR) and 215 acquittees have been discharged from PSRB jurisdiction. This article examines revocation of CR by the PSRB, arrests of acquittees on CR, and provides the first report of arrests following discharge from the PSRB's jurisdiction.

[Results of an educational program on the autonomy of patients tracheotomized for chronic respiratory insufficiency].

In 1984 an educational programme was drawn up for patients with chronic respiratory failure and tracheotomies (IRCT) aimed at their obtaining independence and self-sufficiency. A prospective evaluation was made in parallel with the diary cards of the nurses (SI) measuring the level of dependence of care, defined by 15 characteristics and based on objective and analysable data. After excluding those patients who are already independent (22), decreased or transferred on account of decompensation (23) or removal of the tracheostomy tube (27), 92 patients (46 obstructive and 46 restrictive) coming from 31 centres of respiratory care or intensive care were studied between January 1985 and December 1986: 17 patients were bed-ridden and non-educable and were used as control subjects (T), and 75 patients entered the educational programme.