An Analysis of Chaplains' Narrative Chart Notes Describing Spiritual Care Visits with Gender Affirmation Surgical Patients.

Purpose: The benefit of spiritual care for patients is well described, but little is known about the role of spiritual care in transgender and nonbinary patients recovering from gender affirming surgeries (GASs).

Methods: A single-center retrospective chart review was performed on patients who underwent GAS in 2017. Demographic information, surgery type, and chaplains' narrative notes were examined.

Common Mental Disorders at the Time of Deportation: A Survey at the Mexico-United States Border.

Deportations from the Unites States (US) to Mexico increased substantially during the last decade. Considering deportation as a stressful event with potential consequences on mental health, we aimed to (1) estimate the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD) among deported migrants; and (2) explore the association between migratory experience, social support and psychological variables, and CMD in this group. In repatriation points along the border, a probability sample of deportees responded to the Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ).

Actinomycetoma by Nocardia brasiliensis in a girl with Down syndrome.

We describe the case of a 14-year-old girl with Down syndrome and a large cutaneous plaque localized to the right neck and shoulder that had enlarged over five years after a minor traumatic injury. The plaque was characterized by numerous inflammatory nodules and fistulae that secreted purulent discharge. Nocardia grains were identified and Nocardia brasiliensis was identified by culture.

Comparative analysis of cognitive impairment among Mexicans and Spanish-speaking immigrant's elders.

Objective: This study aims to compare the prevalence of cognitive impairment among older Mexicans and Spanish-speaking U.S. immigrants.

Cognition, functional status, education, and the diagnosis of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in Spanish-speaking elderly.

A group of 314 Spanish-speaking elders were classified in 55 participants with mild to moderate dementia, 74 participants with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and 185 control participants, according to clinical evaluation derived. Sensitivity, specificity, and detection characteristics of frequently cognitive and functional tests were calculated in comparison with the clinical evaluation: Minimental State Examination, Brief Neuropsychological Test Battery, Short Blessed test, Pfeffer Functional Activities Questionnaire, and Blessed Dementia Scale. Influence of education on sensitivity and specificity values varied along the tests.

Nongenetic factors as modifiers of the age of onset of familial Alzheimer's disease.

Objective: The purpose of this research was to identify environmental and personal factors that could be related to the variability in the age of onset of familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) (36-62 years).

Methods: A sample was taken of 49 subjects with FAD and with the mutation E280A in the presenilin-1 gene on chromosome 14; the sample was divided into two subgroups: 27 individuals with age of onset of the disease between 36 and 46 years (early onset) and 22 individuals whose disease began between 47 and 62 years (late onset). Information on environmental and personal factors was collected by means of a questionnaire answered by the patients if their clinical condition allowed it, or by their relatives; such information was organized in a categorical way.