[Development of porphyria cutanea tarda in a chronic hepatitis C patient with indetectable viremia under treatment with peg-interferon plus ribavirin].

Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is considered an extra-hepatic manifestation of HCV infection. The frequency of this association varies according to different authors and the mechanism by which the virus can trigger this disease is not yet clear. We present a 47-year-old-man with chronic hepatitis C genotype 1b who, during the treatment with peg-interferón alfa 2b plus ribavirina, with no detectable viremia at weeks 12th, 24th, and 48th, developed dermatological photosensitive lesions at week 44th.

Schizophrenia: a study comparing a family therapy group following a paradoxical model plus psychodrugs and a group treated by the conventional clinical approach.

A 'short family therapy' in schizophrenia, according to a specific systemic model (the 'Elementary Pragmatic Model' or EPM) with a strong paradoxical structure is presented. A total of 38 schizophrenic patients, randomly allocated, were treated according to the EPM model combined with psychotropic drugs (19 cases, each of whom underwent 10 weekly sessions of family therapy) or a traditional clinical-pharmacological approach (19 cases). With regard to all measures (number of drop-outs, symptoms according to the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, social activity according to the Strauss-Carpenter Outcome Scale and an interactive test) the EPM group showed better results.

A living-in community for adolescents: a systemic methodology for training and management.

An experience in managing a lodging house for young psychotic girls is described. Model is referred to the relational theory. Meetings with families and educators, institutional crises and results are considered.