Responses of mental hospital inpatients on the Draw-A-Person Questionnaire.

This study evaluated accuracy of the Draw-A-Person Questionnaire in distinguishing a diagnostically varied group of mental hospital patients from controls. Subjects were 166 mental health inpatients at a public hospital, paid +3 for participation, and 166 controls selected from a group of 1382 adult volunteers to match the patients on age, race, and sex. All subjects were given the Draw-A-Person questionnaires following drawings of a male and female.

Unusual presentation of primary sclerosing cholangitis.

A 23-year-old man presenting with acute pancreatitis and autoimmune hemolytic anemia was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) without evidence of ulcerative colitis. This constellation of rare associations constitutes a unique mode of presentation of PSC. Within two years he also developed ankylosing spondylitis with sacroiliitis.

Children's peer relations: a meta-analytic review of popular, rejected, neglected, controversial, and average sociometric status.

Two-dimensional sociometric models have had a critical role in the investigation of children's peer relations in the past decade. In a meta-analysis, fitting categorical models (Hedges, 1982), sociometric group differences on behavioral and information source typologies were assessed. The broad-band behavioral analysis showed that popular children's array of competencies makes them likely recipients of positive peer nominations, whereas high levels of aggression and withdrawal and low levels of sociability and cognitive abilities are associated with rejected peer status.

Relationship of lung function to severity of osteoporosis in women.

To determine if the severity of osteoporosis and its resultant hyperkyphosis cause measurable impairment of lung function, 74 women referred for osteoporosis evaluation underwent pulmonary function testing. Women with thoracic wedge compression fractures secondary to osteoporosis had significantly lower percent predicted FVC than did those without fractures. In hierarchical regression analysis, after controlling for age and arm span, there was a significant effect on FVC of the degree of hyperkyphosis as measured by Cobb's angle (increment in R2 = 0.