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The brain and higher mental function.

Aust N Z J Psychiatry

June 1991

Monash University Department of Psychological Medicine, Monash Medical Centre Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria.

Critical evaluation of biological theories of psychiatric disorder requires an understanding of current concepts of higher mental function and its related biology. Both the nature of the topic and the rapidity of advances in the field make it difficult to obtain an updated synthesis. Part I of this paper attempts to provide that by reviewing current concepts of the mind/body relationship, emotion, arousal, attention, consciousness and motivation.

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Psychiatric morbidity in parents of twins born after in vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques.

J In Vitro Fert Embryo Transf

December 1990

Department of Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Monash Medical Centre Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

A matched comparison was made of 158 parents of preschool twins conceived under three conditions; spontaneously, after infertility workup including drug treatment, and after in vitro fertilization (IVF). Indications of probable psychiatric caseness were obtained using the 60-item General Health Questionnaire. IVF parents' mean scores were similar to those of parents who spontaneously conceived, and both were significantly greater than those who conceived after an infertility workup.

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