Iowa Community Empowerment Newsletter, April 2002, Vol. 3, no. 8

Monthly newsletter for the Iowa Department of Public Health

ABD e-News October 8, 2004

Weekly newsletter for the State of Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division

Sudden death among young people with first-episode psychosis: an 8-10 year follow-up study.

Individuals with first episode psychosis (FEP) experience high rates of premature mortality, in particular due to suicide. The study aims were to: a) Estimate the rate of sudden death among young people with FEP during an 8-10 year period following commencement of treatment; b) Examine and describe the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics associated with sudden death; and c) Examine the timing of death in relation to psychiatric treatment.This was a cohort study. The sample comprised 661 patients accepted into treatment at the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre between 1/1/1998 and 31/12/2000. Demographic and clinical data were collected by examination of the medical files. Mortality data were collected via a search of the National Coroners Information System; the Victorian State Coroner's office and clinical files. Nineteen patients died and just over two thirds of deaths were classified as intentional self-harm or suicide. Death was associated with male gender, previous suicide attempt and greater symptom severity at last contact. People with FEP are at increased risk of premature death, in particular suicide. A previous suicide attempt was very common amongst those who died, suggesting that future research could focus upon the development of interventions for young people with FEP who engage in suicidal behaviour.

The Security Blanket, April/May 2002, Issue 8

Newsletter for Information Technology Department

Qualités psychométriques du Consumer satisfaction questionnaire (CSQ-8) et du Helping alliance questionnaire (HAQ) [Psychometric properties of the Consumer Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) and the Helping Alliance Questionnaire (HAQ)].

BACKGROUND: This study was based on data from a quality of care assessment survey conducted in 2011 in outpatient polyclinics of the Vaud Canton in Switzerland, comprising questionnaires completed by 568 children over the age often and 672 parents of children of all ages. The objective of this study was to evaluate the psychometric qualities of the eight-item French versions for children of the Helping Alliance Questionnaire (HAQ) and the Consumer Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) to allow formal validation and clinical application of these tools in the context of French-speaking child psychiatry. METHODOLOGY: Responses from children over the age often to the HAQ and CSQ-8 questionnaires were submitted to confirmatory factorial analysis (CFA) for ordinal data to verify their good fit with the original long versions. Construct validity (correspondence between scores on the scales and other external criteria considered to evaluate similar concepts) of the child questionnaires was tested by Spearman's correlation with the parents' responses and their feeling of being reassured or in agreement with respect to the first visit, and with the perception of the help provided by individual and family interviews. RESULTS: CFA showed an acceptable fit with the one-dimensional model of the original scales, both for the HAQ and the CSQ-8. Significant positive correlations of the scales with the parents' responses and with other convergent external criteria confirmed the good construct validity. CONCLUSIONS: These psychometric analyses provide a basis for the validation and clinical application of the abridged French versions of the HAQ and CSQ-8 in quality of care assessment in child psychiatry.

ABD e-News April 8, 2005

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[8 phot. par B. Danilovic: 3 personnages, dont la fille du donateur et 5 paysages de Serbie. Don Yakchitch en 1885]

Donateur : Yakchitch, Vladimir (18..-19..? ; Statisticien)

Ordonnance de M. le Maître en la Maîtrise particulière des Eaux et forêts de Paris, qui ordonne l'exécution des ordonnances, arrêts, sentences et réglements intervenus concernant la communauté des maîtres oiseleurs de la ville de Paris et conformément à iceux, ordonne aux maîtres de ladite communauté de fournir... jusqu'à la concurrence de 400 oiseaux, aux syndic et adjoints d'icelle pour être par eux lâchés... lundi prochain 8 février présent mois, dans l'église de Notre-Dame de Paris... pour le Te Deum qui sera chanté... en action de grâce de l'heureuse délivrance et convalescence de notre auguste reine

[Acte. 1779-02-01. Paris]

Footnotes, July/August 2005, Vol. 29, no. 7/8

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ABD e-News July 8, 2005

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Special Investigation Letter to Jones County, March 8, 2005

County Audit Report - Special Investigation Letter