An exploration of young adults' progress in treatment for dissociative disorder.

Although treatment outcome research on dissociative disorders (DD) is increasing, an examination of treatment progress in young adults with these disorders remains noticeably absent from the literature. Many studies of DD patients report mean ages over 35. The present study examined the response to treatment of a subsample of young adults ages 18-30 with dissociative identity disorder and dissociative disorder not otherwise specified who participated in a naturalistic, longitudinal study of DD treatment outcome.

Stability of maternal depressive symptoms among urban, low-income, African American adolescent mothers.

Background: Maternal depressive symptomatology is an important public health issue with negative consequences for both mothers and infants.

Methods: This study examined prevalence and patterns of depressive symptoms among 181 urban, low-income, first-time, African American adolescent mothers recruited from urban hospitals following delivery. Follow-up evaluations were conducted at 6 (N=148; 82%) and 24 (N=147; 81%) month home visits.

Depressive symptoms among rural Bangladeshi mothers: implications for infant development.

Objective: To examine how maternal depressive symptoms are related to infant development among low-income infants in rural Bangladesh and to examine how the relationship is affected by maternal perceptions of infant irritability and observations of caregiving practices.

Methods: Development was measured among 221 infants at 6 and 12 months with the Bayley Scales II. Mothers reported on their depressive symptoms and on perceptions of their infant's temperament, and a home visit was made to complete the HOME Inventory.

Assessment of genuine and simulated dissociative identity disorder on the structured interview of reported symptoms.

Little is known about how to detect malingered dissociative identity disorder (DID). This study presents preliminary data from an ongoing study about the performance of DID patients on the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS, Rogers, Bagby, & Dickens, 1992), considered to be a "gold standard" structured interview in forensic psychology to detect feigning of psychological symptoms. Test responses from 20 dissociative identity disorder (DID) patients are compared to those of 43 well informed and motivated DID simulators.

Iron and zinc supplementation promote motor development and exploratory behavior among Bangladeshi infants.

Background: Iron and zinc deficiency are prevalent during infancy in low-income countries.

Objectives: The objectives were to examine whether a weekly supplement of iron, zinc, iron+zinc, or a micronutrient mix (MM) of 16 vitamins and minerals would alter infant development and behavior.

Design: The participants were 221 infants from rural Bangladesh at risk of micronutrient deficiencies.

The Working Alliance Inventory: modification and use with people with serious mental illnesses in a vocational rehabilitation program.

Sixty-four people with serious mental illness participating in a vocational rehabilitation program completed a modified version of the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI), an instrument designed to assess therapeutic alliance. Individuals and their providers completed parallel forms. Reliability data show that the modified instrument demonstrates fair to moderate test re-test reliability and modest internal consistency.

Substance abuse and the transmission of hepatitis C among persons with severe mental illness.

Objectives: The authors sought to better understand the relationship of substance abuse to higher rates of transmission of hepatitis C among persons with severe mental illness.

Method: S: The authors assessed 668 persons with severe mental illness for HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C infection through venipuncture. Demographic characteristics, substance abuse, and risk behaviors for blood-borne infections were assessed through interviews and collection of clinical data.

Somatic healthcare utilization among adults with serious mental illness who are receiving community psychiatric services.

Background/objective: Somatic health care utilization was studied among individuals with serious mental illness who were receiving community-based psychiatric services.

Research Design: Cross-sectional study.

Subjects: A total of 200 outpatients, 100 with schizophrenia and 100 with affective disorder, were recruited from randomly selected samples receiving care at two psychiatric centers.

Cognitive correlates of job tenure among patients with severe mental illness.

Objective: There is clear evidence that cognitive performance is a correlate of functional outcome among patients with schizophrenia. However, few studies have specifically examined the cognitive correlates of competitive employment performance or the longer-term outcomes of vocational rehabilitation. The objective of the present study was to examine the cognitive predictors of vocational functioning in the context of a controlled clinical trial by comparing two approaches to vocational rehabilitation.