Personality type and patient education in hand therapy.

Awareness of personality differences can improve the effectiveness of treatment and patient education in hand therapy. Therapists can create treatment plans and patient education efforts that match the communication and learning styles of each individual patient.

Acute methyl iodide exposure with delayed neuropsychiatric sequelae: report of a case.

Background: Methyl iodide is a monohalomethane used as an analytic and organic chemistry reagent, as a methylating agent in organic chemical synthesis, and as a fumigant. In an acute exposure, methyl iodide is a pulmonary and dermal irritant. Chronic neurotoxicity has been reported in survivors of acute exposure.