Lost in documentation: a study of case-formulation documentation in letters after outpatient assessment.

Objective: The authors sought to find out how frequently case-formulation is documented by psychiatrists after initial assessment in an outpatient clinic.

Method: Assessment letters for 150 new referrals/new referrals to a psychiatric clinic in Rotherham, U.K.

Predictors and sequelae of fractures in the elderly: the Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA).

The objective of this study was to describe the incidence, type, risk factors, and sequelae of fractures experienced by community-dwelling elderly Canadians. Data are from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA), a longitudinal cohort study, collected in three waves: baseline (1991), wave 2 (1996), and wave 3 (2001). In CSHA-2 (1996), fractures were reported by 3.

Psychosis related to ephedra-containing herbal supplement use.

Ephedra, a psychoactive substance with stimulant properties, is found in many herbal products. Often perceived by the lay public as benign, the potential health-related dangers of using these products are beginning to be recognized. We review four cases associated with ephedra-containing herbal products and report three additional cases.