Prescription Opiate Medications: Clinical Assessment and Treatment of Tolerance and Dependence

2010 ◽  
pp. 227-237
Author(s):  
Norman S. Miller ◽  
Lucy Chen ◽  
Jianren Mao
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Assessment ◽  
Assessment And Treatment

Reliability of the Multi-Dimensional Voice Program for the Analysis of Voice Samples of Subjects With Dysarthria

1999 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray D. Kent ◽  
Houri K. Vorperian ◽  
Joseph R. Duffy
Keyword(s):  
Computer Program ◽  
Clinical Assessment ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Speech Disorders ◽  
Clinical Applications ◽  
Automatic Analysis ◽  
Acoustic Parameters ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Quantitative Assessments

Computer-based analysis systems are increasingly available for the clinical assessment of speech and voice functions. These systems have the potential to provide immediate quantitative information to assist clinical assessment and treatment. The Multi-Dimensional Voice Program (MDVP) is a computer program that can calculate as many as 33 acoustic parameters from a voice sample. The MDVP appears to have potential for rapid quantitative assessments of voice in both research and clinical applications. This report evaluates the robustness and reliability of MDVP for vocal analyses of 32 individuals with dysarthria of various etiologies. It is concluded that the reliability is generally very good and that MDVP has potential as a tool for the semi-automatic analysis of voice samples in dysarthria. Some parameters appear to hold particular value in the description of voice qualities in these speech disorders.

scholarly journals Exposing racial bias in midwifery education: a content analysis of images and text in Myles Textbook for Midwives

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mairi Harkness ◽  
Chlorice Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Clinical Assessment ◽  
Racial Bias ◽  
Skin Colour ◽  
Severe Morbidity ◽  
Midwifery Education ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
European Norm ◽  
Colour Skin ◽  
Quality Evidence

Objective To determine how people of different races and skin colours are represented within Myles Textbook for Midwives and whether the identified content is clinically relevant to people of all skin colours. Design Content analysis of text and images in Myles Textbook for Midwives 17th Edition, 2020 Findings The images overwhelmingly depict light skinned people of White European appearance. When people of colour are shown they are more likely to be positioned in prominent imagery without specific link to the chapter topic. Descriptions of skin colour in the context of clinical assessment and/or treatment often applied mostly or solely to people with light colour skin. This included text referring to serious conditions or situations associated with severe morbidity or mortality. Key conclusions Myles Textbook for Midwives presents a light skinned White European norm and often fails to include information that is clinically relevant to the assessment and treatment of people with darker skin colours. This may lead to disparity in midwifery education and contribute to poorer outcomes for women and babies. Implications for practice Concrete efforts are required to identify and root out racial bias at all levels of midwifery education. This needs to happen alongside addressing current lack of good quality evidence required to support practice.

Training clinicians online to be e-therapists: the ‘Anxiety Online’ model

2010 ◽  
pp. 459-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Austin ◽  
Britt Klein ◽  
Kerrie Shandley ◽  
Lisa Ciechomski
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Clinical Assessment ◽  
Treatment Service ◽  
Clinician Training ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Virtual Clinic

Chapter 49 considers Anxiety Online - a 'virtual' online clinical assessment and treatment service, and describes an online clinician training program for online low intensity practitioners (‘etherapists’) to work ‘in’ the Anxiety Online virtual clinic, and the challenges and solutions involved.

Clinical Guides to the Assessment and Treatment of Depressed Patients

1966 ◽  
Vol 11 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 25-28
Author(s):  
Saul Wilner
Keyword(s):  
Diurnal Variation ◽  
Sleep Disturbance ◽  
Depressed Patient ◽  
Clinical Assessment ◽  
Psychomotor Retardation ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Doctor Patient Relationship ◽  
Main Thesis ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
First Interview

The main thesis of this presentation is the contention that in the clinical assessment of a depressed patient one must use not only the relatively coarse criteria of changes of mood and affect, psychomotor retardation, diurnal variation, sleep disturbance, etc. but also the finer criteria centering around his object relationships (2). These latter can be seen in the doctor/patient relationship even in the first interview. A most crucial criterion revolves around how, and to what extent, the patient reaches out towards, or withdraws from, the doctor. The use of these criteria clarifies the indications and contraindications for psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, drugs or E.C.T. in the depressed patient.

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