Development and preliminary evaluation of a telephone-based mindfulness training intervention for survivors of critical illness.

Rationale: Persistent symptoms of psychological distress represent an unmet need among intensive care unit (ICU) survivors.

Objectives: We aimed to develop and pilot test a simple telephone-based mindfulness training intervention to address this population's unique needs.

Methods: Open trial involving survivors of medical and surgical critical illness and their informal caregivers, using a pretest-posttest design.

Laboratory diagnosis of factitious disorder: a systematic review of tools useful in the diagnosis of Munchausen's syndrome.

Aims: To assist clinicians in the diagnosis of factitious disorder.

Methods: This is a systematic review of the role of laboratory, radiologic, procedural, and pathological modalities to assist in the diagnosis of factitious disorder (Munchausen's syndrome). The review evaluated 3104 article titles and abstracts that were identified from MEDLINE as of January 2010.