Development of a Short Self-Report Disability Questionnaire for Health Conditions.

For use in mental epidemiological survey research, a short self-report questionnaire measuring current disability is needed to assess the severity of health symptoms of respondents. A questionnaire, measuring current disability at the somatic, mental, and social domains in the environments of work, family (social) life, and leisure time was made along guidelines issued at the 54th World Health Assembly regarding the acceptance of the . This article presents the reliability and validity of the Self-Report Disability Questionnaire (SRDQ).

[A monitor for the emergency psychiatric service chain].

Background: Many organisations are involved in the delivery of psychiatric emergency care to patients in crisis. We therefore refer to these organisations as the Psychiatric Emergency Chain (PEC). The quality of the PEC determines the quality of the psychiatric emergency care in a region.

Performance anxiety among professional musicians in symphonic orchestras: a self-report study.

155 of 650 professional musicians playing symphonic orchestras in The Netherlands completed a self-report questionnaire concerning performance anxiety. 91 of the 155 respondents reported experiencing or having experienced performance anxiety seriously enough to affect their professional or personal lives. There appeared to be no difference in prevalence between men and women.

Effects of the pure antiandrogen RU 23.903 (anandron) on sexuality, aggression, and mood in male-to-female transsexuals.

Sexuality, aggression, and mood were investigated in 14 presurgical male-to-female transsexuals, undergoing antiandrogenic treatment with anandron, a pure antiandrogen. Subjects were given a test battery the morning prior to treatment onset and after 8 weeks of treatment. In addition they were requested to complete daily forms concerned with sexual behavior and mood.

Prolactin cells and plasma prolactin levels in the aging male Wistar rat: an immunocytochemical and biochemical study.

Non-neoplastic pituitary glands of 12 age-groups of 10 male Wistar rats (subpopulation 1) and of 228 rats with age-related disorders (population 2) were studied. For subpopulation 1 a positive correlation was found between body weight, pars distalis volume and total prolactin (PRL)-cell volume. These values increased during the first half of the life span and decreased to values similar to that found in young rats, after the 50% survival age was reached.