Comparison perception of singular transcranial magnetic stimuli by subjectively electrosensitive subjects and general population controls.

Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex by single pulses of varying field intensities was used to measure thresholds of individual perception and motor response in three groups of subjects: subjectively electrosensitive people, general population controls with a high burden of complaints related to electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure in the literature (highest decile in complaint burden), and general population controls with a low burden of complaints (lowest decile in complaint burden). The major study endpoint was the ability of the subjects to differentiate between real magnetic stimulation and a sham condition. There were no significant differences between groups in the thresholds, neither of detecting the real magnetic stimulus nor in motor response.

[Segregated or mixed sex treatment in the psychiatric clinic--what do patients prefer?].

Objective: Preference on separate or mixed sex treatment should be evaluated from the viewpoint of patients of a psychiatric hospital.

Methods: The preference of patients were surveyed by questionnaire before and after mixing four single sex wards. The adjusted response rate was 74.

[Single or Mixed Sex Wards in Psychiatric Hospital from the Patients' Viewpoint].

OBJECTIVE: Preference on separate or mixed sex treatment should be evaluated from the viewpoint of patients of a psychiatric hospital. METHODS: The preference of patients were surveyed by questionnaire before and after mixing four single sex wards. The adjusted response rate was 74.