ASSESSMENT OF OVERRANGING AS A FUNCTION OF PITCH, COLLIMATION AND ROTATION TIME FOR THREE OF THE MOST RECENT AND WIDESPREAD CT SCANS IN FRANCE.

Purpose: to assess overranging (OR) as a function of pitch, collimation and rotation time for three commonly used CT models in France.

Methods: OR was measured using XR-SP2 Gafchromic films (Ashland, USA) and computed from exposure data for three widely used CT models in France. The impact of collimation, pitch and rotation time on OR was analyzed while comparing the three CT models.

Psychodynamic interventions in cancer care I: psychometric results of a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of psychodynamic interventions in cancer care.

Methods: Between 2006 and 2009, each consecutive outpatient of the Oncology Center of the University Hospital of Lausanne was invited to participate in a trial evaluating the effects of psychological support. Accepting patients were randomly assigned to an immediate intervention or a delayed intervention [4-month waiting list].

[Follow-up of the cancer patient, maintaining self-identity].

The individual facing the diagnosis of cancer is subjected to abrupt changes with regard to his inner world, his life, habits and social relationships. The patient's capacity to cope, to integrate changes in the way of living and to face the future is determined by his personal resources. However, psychological support may also be an important mean to search for and find sense to the singular experience of the illness.

[The role of the auxiliary ego in the care of the chronic pain patient].

The management of the patient suffering from chronic pain, situated on the interface between body and psyche, necessitates a global approach and often a coordinated, stable and containing network of care. Liaison psychiatry has become part of this network, together with various health care professionals from somatic disciplines. Based on these experiences, this article aims to better understand the therapeutic role of those who take care of the chronic pain patient by identifying the auxiliary ego as a key element of care.

[Psychological support of cancer patients in the oncological consultation].

Due to its life threatening character, a cancer diagnosis represents an existential rupture, disturbing an individual's life trajectory perceived beforehand as a continuum. As a consequence, a patient's physical, psychological, social and spiritual equilibrium may be disturbed, calling for a support by clinicians, which surpasses biomedical treatment. A key element of support relies on patient-centered communication, which not only demands technical skills, but also a reflective approach on interpersonal factors which shape the relationship, on the choice and the idealized representation of the clinician's profession as well as its limits.