Estrogen receptor in bovine skeletal muscle.

In connection with investigations of the anabolic action of estrogens, we examined skeletal muscle of veal calves for estradiol receptors. The high speed supernatant of muscle homogenate was incubated with .5 nM 3H-estradiol and for the determination of nonspecific binding with .

Ethics in behaviour therapy: historical aspects and current status.

Ethical problems in clinical practice arise when clinicians confront competing value systems. Historically, behaviour therapy has been criticized because of alleged special ethical, moral and legal problems. These problems are no greater or smaller than in other forms of psychotherapeutic practice.

Differential diagnosis and treatment of the "housebound syndrome".

Not all people who become housebound suffer from agoraphobia. Other emotional illnesses can underlie this behaviour. Early diagnosis is important.

Muscle relaxation techniques: a therapeutic tool for family physicians.

Muscle relaxation techniques are important adjunctive therapy for anxiety-related conditions. Family physicians can learn to teach the techniques so as to try helping anxious patients themselves rather than automatically referring them to a psychiatrist. The exercises are generally acceptable to patients, are easy to learn and do not require expensive equipment.

[Therapeutic leukapheresis in tricholeukocytic leukemia].

Therapeutic leukapheresis was performed in a patient with hairy cell leukaemia (100,000 WBC/mm3; 98 p. 100 hairy cells) without signs of hypersplenism. Twenty-five sessions were carried out in 12 weeks.

Mega-doses of behaviour therapy for treatment-resistant agoraphobics.

This was a pilot project set up to test the feasibility of effectively and inexpensively treating agoraphobic patients who had not responded to adequate trials of behaviour therapy (and other therapy) in the past. We employed a quantitatively intensive program of exposure therapy, calisthenics and muscular relaxation, and have explained the rationales for the choice of each treatment. The results were gratifying in four of the five patients, with follow-up to three years.

Agoraphobia.

The authors focus on the nature of agoraphobia and on treatments for it. A variety of myths about agoraphobia are examined such as those concerning the patient's childhood, sexual development, and marital history, and the conclusion is that none of these helps in understanding the nature of the condition. The recent notion that agoraphobia is merely a form of endogenous depression is refuted.