Association of Self-Reported Coping Strategies With Speech Recognition Outcomes in Adult Cochlear Implant Users.

Objective: To characterize the degree to which individual coping strategies may influence speech perception after cochlear implantation.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Comparing standard medical care for nonepileptic seizures in Chile and the United States.

Objective: We sought to compare the diagnostic and treatment practices for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) in the United States (US) to Chile.

Methods: A survey on the diagnostic and treatment practices for PNES was administered to practicing clinicians in Chile. Results from 96 Chilean respondents were compared to results from 307 US clinicians.

Psychopathology and resilience following traumatic injury: a latent growth mixture model analysis.

Objective: To investigate trajectories of PTSD and depression following traumatic injury using latent class growth curve modeling.

Method: A longitudinal study of 330 injured trauma survivors was conducted and participants were assessed during hospitalization, and at 1, 3, and 6 months follow-up. Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) was assessed during hospitalization using the Acute Stress Disorder Interview (ASD-I), PTSD was measured at all follow-up with the Post-Traumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale (PDS) and depression was measured at hospitalization with the (BSI) and at follow-up with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESDS).

What is "treatment as usual" for nonepileptic seizures?

Objective: A recent NINDS/NIMH/AES-sponsored international NES Treatment Workshop identified a lack of knowledge in the field regarding standard of care in the management of patients with psychological nonepileptic seizures (NES).

Methods: We administered a survey to AES clinicians to determine actual postdiagnostic instructions given to patients and referral practices, or NES treatment as usual.

Results: The majority of respondents were epileptologists, followed by neurologists, neuropsychologists, and nurses, evenly dispersed across the United States.

Maladaptive eating patterns after weight-loss surgery.

Weight-loss surgery has been shown to contribute to the improved health and well-being of the clinically severe obese, and for many has been seen as their "last resort." Although the majority of patients who choose this option as a means to achieve a healthier weight are successful, for some patients it is not beneficial. Bariatric surgery is not a panacea, and its immediate and long-term success depends on the patient's ability to incorporate lifestyle and behavioral changes.

Return to work outcomes after work-related hand trauma: the role of causal attributions.

Purpose: This study examined the relationship between workers' judgments of responsibility for their accidents (causal attributions) and work-site avoidance after work-related injuries.

Methods: Ninety-two hand-injured workers referred for psychologic treatment of posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms were assessed for their beliefs about the cause(s) of their accidents. Causal attributions were obtained before and after psychologic intervention.

Psychological Treatment of Nonepileptic Events.

Nonepileptic events (NEEs) occur with and without true seizure disorders and vary greatly in clinical presentation. They are often associated with significant psychopathology. This paper proposes six categories of NEE patients based on psychosocial history, NEE etiology, and mechanisms of and response to psychotherapy.

Psychological impact of traumatic injuries: what the surgeon can do.

In their treatment of accident and assault victims, plastic surgeons have unique opportunities to identify and refer patients with posttraumatic stress symptoms. This article describes brief assessments that surgeons or their clinic staff can use to evaluate traumatically injured adults and children for trauma-related psychological symptoms. An immediate postinjury evaluation (within 10 days of the trauma) consists of 11 questions to determine the presence of the following risk factors for posttrauma maladjustment: panic during or immediately after the trauma, reexperiencing symptoms, avoidance, sleep disturbance, injury from an assault, previous trauma and psychiatric history, and blaming someone else for the injury.