Participation, health and the development of community resources in Southern Brazil.

This article seeks to contribute to the debate about participation and health by presenting a framework for psychosocial interventions in primary health care. It highlights the social psychological dimensions of participation and the role it plays in improving conditions of living and thus health. The Freirean concepts of dialogue, recognition and conscientization, combined with understanding of local knowledge are suggested as guiding notions for psychosocial interventions seeking to enhance community participation and develop the local level.

Familial Alzheimer disease affecting only females.

A family lineage is reported in whom several subjects, all of them females, suffered from SDAT. The existence of a subgroup of inherited dementias affecting only females is discussed.