A comparison of psychopathology in eating disorder patients from France and the United States.

Objective: This study compares Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) profiles of subtypes of eating disorder patients in France and the United States.

Method: The patients were hospitalized in psychiatric hospitals in France and the United States. Diagnoses were made by independent clinicians who reviewed the clinical material.

Relationship of religion and perceived social support to self-esteem and depression in nursing home residents.

This study is an examination of the relationship of religiosity and perceived social support to depression and self-esteem in nursing home residents. Answers to questionnaires administered to 83 nursing home residents indicated that perceived social support from family, public religious activity, and length of stay in the home were related to self-esteem and to depression. Past occupational status was also associated with self-esteem.