Measurement-based care in forensic psychiatry.

Measurement-based care (MBC) is the systematic evaluation of a patient's symptoms or factors before or during an encounter. It is used to inform treatment and behavioral health interventions. This article argues that MBC is the natural consequence flowing from evidence-based practice.

Risk factors for acquisition of endemic blastomycosis.

Background: Blastomycosis is potentially fatal, but environmental risk factors for acquiring blastomycosis are not well established.

Method: Matched cross-sectional questionnaire of 112 patients with history of blastomycosis and 118 control subjects in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario.

Results: The most common tissues involved with blastomycosis were pulmonary, skin and soft tissues, and bone.