{"title":"Position paper on \"withholding treatment\".","authors":"W Kushner","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9551,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Psychiatric Association journal","volume":"24 4","pages":"375-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11670563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1979-06-01DOI: 10.1177/070674377902400411
G H Miller, B Willer
The purpose of the study was to assess the feasibility of using demographic and social competence information to predict length of stay in a psychiatric hospital. The results indicated that social competence variables were much better predictors of length of stay than demographic variables. Moreover, no combination of demographic and social competence variables led to more accurate predictors than social competence information alone.
{"title":"Length of hospitalization predicted by self assessment of social competence.","authors":"G H Miller, B Willer","doi":"10.1177/070674377902400411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/070674377902400411","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of the study was to assess the feasibility of using demographic and social competence information to predict length of stay in a psychiatric hospital. The results indicated that social competence variables were much better predictors of length of stay than demographic variables. Moreover, no combination of demographic and social competence variables led to more accurate predictors than social competence information alone.</p>","PeriodicalId":9551,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Psychiatric Association journal","volume":"24 4","pages":"337-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/070674377902400411","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11671761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychosurgery. The position of the Canadian Psychiatric Association.","authors":"J D Earp","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9551,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Psychiatric Association journal","volume":"24 4","pages":"353-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11671763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1979-06-01DOI: 10.1177/070674377902400403
F H Lowy, H Prosen
Although there has been much criticism of specialty certification examinations there is general agreement that they are an important safeguard of competence in medical specialties where the consumer cannot judge this. The Canadian Royal College has made strenuous attempts to improve certification techniques but these have not been heretofore widely reported. This paper reports on the rationale for the replacement of the essay examination by multiple choice questionnaires, the problems associated with MCQ, and the efforts made to improve the fairness, validity and reliability of the clinical (oral) examination. These efforts have been in the areas of selection of examiners, training for examiners, standardization of marking and the conduct of the examination. A description is given of the conduct of the examination and what the examiners look for in the candidate's performance. The development and increasing importance of the In-Training Evaluation are discussed. The publication of A Resident's Guide to Psychiatric Education with multinational participation advances the possibility of future reciprocity in psychiatric examinations conducted in several English speaking countries.
{"title":"The Canadian certification examination in psychiatry. III. Towards better certification techniques.","authors":"F H Lowy, H Prosen","doi":"10.1177/070674377902400403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/070674377902400403","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although there has been much criticism of specialty certification examinations there is general agreement that they are an important safeguard of competence in medical specialties where the consumer cannot judge this. The Canadian Royal College has made strenuous attempts to improve certification techniques but these have not been heretofore widely reported. This paper reports on the rationale for the replacement of the essay examination by multiple choice questionnaires, the problems associated with MCQ, and the efforts made to improve the fairness, validity and reliability of the clinical (oral) examination. These efforts have been in the areas of selection of examiners, training for examiners, standardization of marking and the conduct of the examination. A description is given of the conduct of the examination and what the examiners look for in the candidate's performance. The development and increasing importance of the In-Training Evaluation are discussed. The publication of A Resident's Guide to Psychiatric Education with multinational participation advances the possibility of future reciprocity in psychiatric examinations conducted in several English speaking countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":9551,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Psychiatric Association journal","volume":"24 4","pages":"292-301"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/070674377902400403","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11671756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1979-06-01DOI: 10.1177/070674377902400404
E Persad, P Garfinkel
This report is based on a survey of all those postgraduates in psychiatry who graduated from the training program at the University of Toronto between the years 1966–1976. We were interested in obtaining the views of our colleagues about the Certification Examination in Psychiatry, because it was our impression that there has been a great deal of dissatisfaction with the examination procedure over the years. A total of 238 questionnaires were sent out and 140 replies were received. Our analysis indicated that 90% of those responding had been successful in the certification examination, but 85.3% were dissatisfied with the examination process. It is significant that 85.3% of our sample felt that some form of certification procedure was necessary. The certification procedure is designed to determine whether an adequately trained physician is “safe and competent” to practise as a specialist in psychiatry. The examination's ability to assess areas of psychiatric practice (somatic and social therapies, interview and diagnostic technique, research and teaching skills) were also evaluated. The Royal College has made changes in the examination procedure over the last few years, for example the changeover to complete multiple choice questions was well received by our sample. Other suggested changes are examined in terms of our colleagues’ enthusiasm for their in-corporation into the examination procedure.
{"title":"Practising psychiatrists' views of the certification examination in psychiatry.","authors":"E Persad, P Garfinkel","doi":"10.1177/070674377902400404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/070674377902400404","url":null,"abstract":"This report is based on a survey of all those postgraduates in psychiatry who graduated from the training program at the University of Toronto between the years 1966–1976. We were interested in obtaining the views of our colleagues about the Certification Examination in Psychiatry, because it was our impression that there has been a great deal of dissatisfaction with the examination procedure over the years. A total of 238 questionnaires were sent out and 140 replies were received. Our analysis indicated that 90% of those responding had been successful in the certification examination, but 85.3% were dissatisfied with the examination process. It is significant that 85.3% of our sample felt that some form of certification procedure was necessary. The certification procedure is designed to determine whether an adequately trained physician is “safe and competent” to practise as a specialist in psychiatry. The examination's ability to assess areas of psychiatric practice (somatic and social therapies, interview and diagnostic technique, research and teaching skills) were also evaluated. The Royal College has made changes in the examination procedure over the last few years, for example the changeover to complete multiple choice questions was well received by our sample. Other suggested changes are examined in terms of our colleagues’ enthusiasm for their in-corporation into the examination procedure.","PeriodicalId":9551,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Psychiatric Association journal","volume":"24 4","pages":"303-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/070674377902400404","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11671757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Position paper on \"withholding treatment\".","authors":"E Tunks, L Monti","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9551,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Psychiatric Association journal","volume":"24 4","pages":"375"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11671764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1978-12-01DOI: 10.1177/070674377802300806
J R Handforth
Difficulty in concentration is a common functional symptom, and students suffering from a variety of psychiatric conditions are liable to come to the Health Service with study difficulty as their presenting complaint. It then becomes necessary to determine whether this symptom is indeed secondary to some other problem of a situational, developmental, or psychiatric nature, or whether any associated emotional distress is secondary to study difficulties deriving from poor study habits. In this paper a pragmatic distinction has been made between Primary Study Difficulty and Secondary Study Difficulty, and between various subcategories of the latter. Useful as such a classification may be it remains, like most classifications, somewhat arbitrary and artificial. In any given case it is usually possible to relate a student's presenting complaints to a variety of factors, and to discern a subtle intertwining of cognitive and emotional determinants. The diagnostic and remedial needs of students with such problems are therefore best served by a clinic which involves psychiatrists and psychologists working in close collaboration.
{"title":"Study difficulty. Psychiatric and psychological aspects.","authors":"J R Handforth","doi":"10.1177/070674377802300806","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/070674377802300806","url":null,"abstract":"Difficulty in concentration is a common functional symptom, and students suffering from a variety of psychiatric conditions are liable to come to the Health Service with study difficulty as their presenting complaint. It then becomes necessary to determine whether this symptom is indeed secondary to some other problem of a situational, developmental, or psychiatric nature, or whether any associated emotional distress is secondary to study difficulties deriving from poor study habits. In this paper a pragmatic distinction has been made between Primary Study Difficulty and Secondary Study Difficulty, and between various subcategories of the latter. Useful as such a classification may be it remains, like most classifications, somewhat arbitrary and artificial. In any given case it is usually possible to relate a student's presenting complaints to a variety of factors, and to discern a subtle intertwining of cognitive and emotional determinants. The diagnostic and remedial needs of students with such problems are therefore best served by a clinic which involves psychiatrists and psychologists working in close collaboration.","PeriodicalId":9551,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Psychiatric Association journal","volume":"23 8","pages":"549-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/070674377802300806","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11919443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"The 'impossible' child.\" Some approaches to treatment.","authors":"P Barker","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9551,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Psychiatric Association journal","volume":"23 Spec Suppl ","pages":"SS1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11929696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1978-12-01DOI: 10.1177/070674377802300807
H F Azim, T D Weiden, W D Ratcliffe, R W Nutter, R J Dyck, B G Howarth
The present study examined characteristics of comparable samples of patients admitted to nonaffiliated day and full-time psychiatric hospitals. Moreover, the influence of the day hospital program on symptomatology and social functioning was assessed. In general, the results indicated that day patients were of higher socioeconomic status and had fewer previous hospitalizations in comparison to 24-hour patients. While fewer day patients were diagnosed as psychotic, they did obtain higher scores of social inadequacy, depression and social introversion. Participation in the day hospital program was generally found to be related to decreased psychopathology, increased self-esteem and social role activities, and symptom relief. However, patients suffering from functional psychoses were found to demonstrate improvement below the average of the patient sample. These results were discussed in relation to previous research.
{"title":"Current utilization of day hospitalization.","authors":"H F Azim, T D Weiden, W D Ratcliffe, R W Nutter, R J Dyck, B G Howarth","doi":"10.1177/070674377802300807","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/070674377802300807","url":null,"abstract":"The present study examined characteristics of comparable samples of patients admitted to nonaffiliated day and full-time psychiatric hospitals. Moreover, the influence of the day hospital program on symptomatology and social functioning was assessed. In general, the results indicated that day patients were of higher socioeconomic status and had fewer previous hospitalizations in comparison to 24-hour patients. While fewer day patients were diagnosed as psychotic, they did obtain higher scores of social inadequacy, depression and social introversion. Participation in the day hospital program was generally found to be related to decreased psychopathology, increased self-esteem and social role activities, and symptom relief. However, patients suffering from functional psychoses were found to demonstrate improvement below the average of the patient sample. These results were discussed in relation to previous research.","PeriodicalId":9551,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Psychiatric Association journal","volume":"23 8","pages":"557-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/070674377802300807","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11919446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}