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3. CRIMINAL JUSTICE: POLICE: ISSUES : CRIMINAL JUSTICE: HOMICIDE AND
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4. COUNTRIES: GREAT BRITAIN : HISTORY: ARCHIVES: The National Archives:
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5. The Canadian International Polar Year newsletter for January 2007
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6. Yellowknife: IPY GeoNorth 2007, the "First International Circumpolar
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7. PSYCHOLOGY: DISORDERS: BIPOLAR DISORDER : PSYCHOLOGY: CHILD: Extrem
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1. MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS: TARGETED AND SEGMENT MARKETING: Do
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:25 pm ((PST))
MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS: TARGETED AND SEGMENT MARKETING:
Do Agencies and Marketers Walk-the-Talk
Do Agencies and Marketers Walk-the-Talk
Wednesday January 31, 2007
Center for Media Research
Research Brief
<http://www.centerformediaresearch.com/cfmr_brief.cfm?fnl=070131>
According to a new strategic leadership study conducted by Louws
Management Corporation, while 80% of 711 advertising and marketing
professionals surveyed said they are strongly aware of their company's
brand positioning, only one fourth of them "...can clearly articulate
(their) company's brand position to... clients, customers or prospective
clients." This includes 30 percent of senior management, notes the report.
The study makes several critical observations regarding the use of
advertising tools that would lead to strategic solutions for clients.
One conclusion of the study report is that with companies placing more
emphasis on establishing superior business strategy, strategic planning
skills are still not a priority, and strategic, media and creative briefs
are not generating measurable or innovative outcomes.
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3. CRIMINAL JUSTICE: POLICE: ISSUES : CRIMINAL JUSTICE: HOMICIDE AND
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Thu Feb 1, 2007 3:51 am ((PST))
CRIMINAL JUSTICE: POLICE: ISSUES :
CRIMINAL JUSTICE: HOMICIDE AND MURDER:
Woman Who Miscarried After Arrest Sues Police:
Driver Arrested, Held Overnight; Loses Premature Baby Next Day
Woman Who Miscarried After Arrest Sues Police:
Driver Arrested, Held Overnight; Loses Premature Baby Next Day
MSNBC News
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16908366/>
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A woman who lost her premature baby a day after she was
thrown in jail is suing the police department and two arresting officers
who repeatedly ignored her pleas for medical help.
A police videotape released Tuesday shows Sofia Salva telling officers
numerous times last Feb. 5 that she was pregnant, bleeding and needed to
go to a hospital.
After the ninth request, the tape shows, a female officer asked: How is
that my problem?
Salva was held overnight on traffic violations and outstanding city
warrants. After being released the next morning, she delivered a premature
baby boy who died immediately after birth, according to the lawsuit filed
Friday in Jackson County Circuit Court.
Salva sued officers Melody Spencer and Kevin Schnell and the department
for wrongful death, personal injuries and failure to provide medical
assistance. Salva is seeking actual damages exceeding $25,000 and punitive
damages.
The officers went into this with a preconceived idea of who and what they
were dealing with, and they were wrong, said Salvas attorney, Andrew
Protzman.
The videotape was released to the media after The Kansas City Star
requested it under Missouris open records law.
Police have opened an internal investigation, Capt. Rich Lockhart said.
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Woman Says Police Caused Miscarriage
Thursday February 1, 2007 4:01 AM
By ANDALE GROSS
Associated Press Writer
Guardian
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6384974,00.html>
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A woman who miscarried her fetus a day after she
was thrown in jail is suing the police department and two arresting
officers who ignored her pleas for medical help.
A police videotape released Tuesday shows Sofia Salva telling officers
numerous times last Feb. 5 that she was three months pregnant, bleeding
and needed to go to a hospital.
After the ninth request, the tape shows, a female officer asked: ``How is
that my problem?''
Salva was held overnight on traffic violations and outstanding city
warrants. After being released the next morning, she suffered a
miscarriage, according to the lawsuit filed Friday in Jackson County
Circuit Court.
``It's tragic, it's disappointing, it's frustrating, it's sickening at
times,'' said Salva's attorney, Andrew Protzman. ``This is a lady who was
in severe medical distress and clearly needed emergency medical attention
and medical treatment.''
Salva sued officers Melody Spencer and Kevin Schnell and the department
for wrongful death, personal injuries and failure to provide medical
assistance. Salva is seeking actual damages exceeding $25,000 and punitive
damages.
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The department correctly ordered an investigation
Disturbing video of KC officers treatment of pregnant woman
Posted on Thu, Feb. 01, 2007
Kansas City Star
<http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/opinion/16591680.htm>
Sofia Salva was clearly pleading for medical assistance when two Kansas
City police officers arrested her a year ago. The officers ignored the
pregnant womans plight, and the next day she suffered a miscarriage.
A court may ultimately decide whether the officers and police department
are responsible for the death of the fetus, injuries to Salva and failing
to provide medical assistance. A lawsuit filed last week makes those
allegations.
A videotape of the encounter, however, reveals a callousness that Kansas
City cannot accept from its police officers.
Salva, a Sudanese native stopped on traffic violations, posed no threat to
public safety. She informed the officers she was pregnant and bleeding. A
woman officer responded by asking, How is that my problem?
Instead of calling an ambulance, the officers had an arrest van take Salva
to jail.
Patrol officers often hear excuses from citizens trying to avoid arrest.
But Salvas pleas were persistent. A potentially unnecessary ambulance call
would have been a much better alternative than forcing Salva to suffer
through a night in jail when she apparently needed immediate medical
attention.
The videotape, which The Star has posted on its Web site, presents a
disturbing picture of police work by two officers. But the fact that the
tape has been made public is a good sign that the police administration
isnt condoning or covering up the officers actions.
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4. COUNTRIES: GREAT BRITAIN : HISTORY: ARCHIVES: The National Archives:
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Thu Feb 1, 2007 4:13 am ((PST))
COUNTRIES: GREAT BRITAIN :
HISTORY: ARCHIVES:
The National Archives: United Kingdom: Research Guides: A to Z
The National Archives: United Kingdom: Research Guides: A to Z
<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesindex.asp>
Admiralty Correspondence, How to use the Admiralty Indexes and Digests,
ADM 12
Admiralty Maps and Charts
Admiralty, High Court of
Agricultural Statistics
America and the West Indies, Transportation to, 1615-1776
America and West Indies: Calendars of State Papers Colonial, 1574-1739
America and West Indies: Colonies before 1782
American Revolution
Apprenticeship Records as Sources for Genealogy
Archaeology - NEW
Architectural Drawings in The National Archives
Architectural History, Sources for
Armed Forces, Sources for the History of
Armed Forces, Tudor and Stuart Militia Muster Rolls
Armed Forces: Medieval and Early Modern Soldiers
Armed Forces: Militia, 1757-1914
Art, Sources for the History of Fine Art and Artists
Arts, Broadcasting and Film: An Overview
Assizes: Criminal Trials, 1559-1971
Assizes: English, 1656-1971, Key to Series for Civil Trials
Assizes: English, Key to Criminal Trials, 1559-1971
Assizes: Welsh, 1831-1971, Key to Classes for Criminal and Civil Trials
Australia, Transportation to, 1787-1868
Bankruptcy Records After 1869
Bankrupts and Insolvent Debtors, 1710-1869
Births, Marriages and Deaths at Sea
Boundaries, International: Maps and other documents
British Army Lists
British Army: Auxiliary Forces (Volunteers, Yeomanry, Territorials and
Home Guard), 1769-1945
British Army: Campaign Records, 1660-1714
British Army: Campaign Records, 1714-1815
British Army: Campaign Records, 1816-1913
British Army: Campaign Records, 1914-1918, First World War
British Army: Campaign Records, 1939-1945, Second World War
British Army: Campaign Records, 1945-
British Army: Courts Martial, 17th-20th Centuries
British Army: Courts Martial: First World War, 1914-1918
British Army: Muster Rolls and Pay Lists, c1730-1898
British Army: Officers' Commissions
British Army: Officers' Records, 1660-1913
British Army: Officers' Records, 1914-1918, First World War
British Army: Soldiers' Discharge Papers, 1760-1913
British Army: Soldiers' Papers, 1914-1918, First World War
British Army: Soldiers' Pensions, 1702-1913
British Army: Useful Sources for Tracing Soldiers
Business History, Sources for
Byelaws
Cabinet Committees
Cabinet Office Records
Canals: Administrative and Other Records
Captured Enemy Documents: Films of German Foreign Ministry (GFM) Archive
and Other Sources
Catholic Recusants
Census Advice: Read This First
Census, 1801-1901: Statistical Reports
Chancel Repairs
Chancery Masters' and Other Exhibits: Sources for Social and Economic
History
Chancery Masters' Reports and Certificates
Chancery Proceedings: Equity Suits before 1558
Chancery Proceedings: Equity Suits from 1558
Change of Name
China, Records relating to, in The National Archives - New
Citing Documents in The National Archives
Civil Servants
Civil War Soldiers, 1642 - 1660
Coal Mining Records in The National Archives
Coastguard
Colonial Office: Advisory Committees
Colonial Office: Registers of Correspondence, 1849-1926
Colonial Office: Registers of Correspondence, 1926-1951
Colonies and Dominions, Researching British
Companies and Businesses: Registration
Convicts and Prisoners, 1100-1986, Sources in The National Archives
Copyright Records: Stationers' Hall
Coroners' Inquests
Court of Requests, 1485-1642: A Court for the Poor
Court of Star Chamber, 1485-1642
Court of Wards and Liveries, 1540-1645: Land Inheritance
Court, Funds in
Crime and Law in England, Sources for the History of
Criminal Courts in England and Wales from 1972 - New
Criminal, Tracing a 19th Century
Crown, Church and Royalist Lands, 1642-1660
Customs and Excise Officials and Tax Collectors
Customs' Accounts, Medieval
Death Duty Records, From 1796
Death Duty Registers, How to Interpret
Diplomatic Sources Before 1509
Dissolution of the Monasteries
Divorce Records After 1858
Divorce Records Before 1858
Domesday Book
Dominions Office
Ecclesiastical Census of 1851
Education: Elementary (Primary) Schools
Education: Inspectorate and HMI Reports
Education: Secondary Schools
Education: Sources for the History of
Education: Special Services, Records of
Education: Teachers, Records of
Education: Technical and Further Education
Embassy and Consular Archives
Emigrants
Emigrants to North America after 1776
Enclosure Awards
Enclosure Records, An Example
Equity Proceedings in the Court of Exchequer
Eyres, General, 1194-1348
Family History in England and Wales
Family History, Medieval and Early Modern Sources
Film, Television and the Performing Arts, Sources for the History of
First World War: Conscientious Objectors and Exemptions from Service,
1914-1918
First World War: Disability and Dependants, 1914-1918
First World War: The Conduct of the War, 1914-1918
First World War: Women's Military Services
Foreign Office Records from 1782
Foreign Office: Card Index, 1906-1910
Foreign Office: Card Index, 1910-1919
French Lands of the English Kings
French Revolution, Great Britain and the
Garden History, Sources for
Gay and Lesbian History at The National Archives: An Introduction
German Foreign Ministry, 1920-1945
Government Gazettes of the British Empire and Commonwealth
Health between the Wars,1919-1939
Health: 19th Century Public Health and Epidemics, Sources in The National
Archives
Hearth Tax, 1662-1689
Hedgerows (Research Note)
Home Office Correspondence,1839-1959
Immigrants
Imperial and Commonwealth History, Sources for
Indian Indentured Labour, Family History Sources for - NEW
Indonesia Since 1945
Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry III - Charles I : Landholders and Their
Heirs
Intelligence Records in The National Archives
International Organisations: 20th Century Europe
Internees: First and Second World Wars
Inventions: Patents and Specifications
Ireland: Roger Casement
Ireland: The Easter Rising 1916
Irish Genealogy
Jack the Ripper: The Whitechapel Murders (Research Note)
Jacobite Risings, 1715 and 1745
Jewish History, Anglo-Jewish History, 18th-20th Century, Sources in The
National Archives
King's Bench: Crown Side, 1675-1875
Labour History, Sources for
Land Conveyances: Enrolment of Deeds, and Registration of Title
Land Conveyances: Feet of Fines, 1182-1833
Land Conveyances: Trust Deeds (Land for Charitable Uses), 1736-1925
Land: Common Lands
Land: Contaminated Land
Land: Requisitioned Land
Lawyers: Records of Attorneys and Solicitors
League of Nations
Local History, English: A Note For Beginners
Lunacy and the State
Lunatic Asylums, 18th-20th Centuries
Manor and Other Local Court Rolls, 13th Century to 1922
Manorial Documents Register and Manorial Lordships
Manorial Records in The National Archives
Maps and Plans: Overseas Relations
Maps in The National Archives
Maps, Bomb Census, 1940-1945
Maps, Military Maps of the First World War, 1914-1918
Maps, Military Maps of the Second World War, 1939-1945
Maps, Plans and Architectural Drawings, Using The National Archives to
search for - NEW
Maritime History, Sources for
Markets and Fairs
Medals: British Armed Services, Campaign, and other Service Medals
Medals: British Armed Services, Gallantry
Medals: British Armed Services, Gallantry, Further Information
Medals: Civilian Gallantry
Merchant Seamen: Abbreviations Found in the RGSS Registers
Merchant Seamen: Interpreting the Voyages in the Registers of Seamen's
Tickets and the Alphabetical Registers of Masters
Merchant Seamen: Interpreting Voyage Details in the Registers of Officer's
Services
Merchant Seamen: Interpreting Voyage Details in the Registers of Seamen,
Series II
Merchant Seamen: Medals and Honours
Merchant Seamen: Officers Service Records, 1845-1965
Merchant Seamen: Records of the RGSS, A Guide to Research Guides
Merchant Seamen: Registers of Service, 1835-1857
Merchant Seamen: Sea Service Records, 1913-1972
Merchant Shipping: Crew Lists and Agreements After 1861
Merchant Shipping: Crew Lists and Agreements, 1747-1860
Merchant Shipping: Registration of Ships, 1786-1994
Mines and Quarries, Sources for the History of
Ministry of Labour Records
National Farm Surveys of England and Wales, 1940-1943
Naturalisation and Citizenship: Grants of British Nationality
Newspapers and the Press: Sources for the History of
Nurses and Nursing Services: British Army
Nurses and Nursing Services: Civilian
Nurses and Nursing Services: Royal Air Force
Nurses and Nursing Services: Royal Navy
Oath Rolls and Sacrament Certificates after 1660
Old Bailey and the Central Criminal Court: Criminal Trials
Ordnance Survey Records
Ordnance, Board of
Outlawry in Medieval and Early Modern England
Palestine: Land Registration before 1948 (Research Note)
Parliamentary Papers, Printed
Parliamentary Records After 1500
Passenger Lists
Passport Records
Photographic Series in The National Archives, An Inventory of
Photographs in The National Archives: An Introduction
Pipe Rolls, c1130-1300
Police, Metropolitan (London), Records of Service
Police, Transport
Polish National and Military Archives: Disposal after 1945 (Research Note)
Poor and the Poor Laws
Poor Law Records, 1834-1871
Port Books, 1565-1799
Prime Ministers Office
Prisoners of War in British Hands, 1698-1949 (Ex-PoWs and Displaced
Persons, 1945 onwards)
Prisoners of War, British, 1939-1953
Prisoners of War, British, c1760-1919
Privy Council and the Colonies
Privy Council Correspondence From c1481
Privy Council Proclamations, Orders in Council, and Statutory Instruments
Privy Council Registers 1540 onwards
Propaganda, British, in the 20th Century
Railways: An Overview
Railways: Staff Records
Refugees and Minorities
Registered Designs and Trade Marks
Registered Designs: Diamond Marks
Religious Houses and their Lands, c1000-1530
Rights of Way, Public
Roman Numerals, How to Read
Royal Air Force Service Records: Second World War, 1939-1945
Royal Air Force, RFC and RNAS Service Records: First World War, 1914-1918
Royal Air Force: Operational Records
Royal Air Force: Research and Development Records
Royal Grants: Letters Patent and Charters, 1199 to Present Day
Royal Household and Wardrobe Before 1660
Royal Irish Constabulary Records
Royal Marines: Further Areas of Research
Royal Marines: How to Find a Division
Royal Marines: Officers' Service Records
Royal Marines: Other Ranks' Service Records
Royal Naval Dockyards
Royal Naval Research and Development
Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Navy: Commissioned Officers' Pay and Pension Records
Royal Navy: Log Books and Reports of Proceedings
Royal Navy: Officers' Service Records
Royal Navy: Officers' Service records, First World War, 1914-1918, and
Confidential Reports, 1893-1943
Royal Navy: Operational Records, 1660-1914
Royal Navy: Operational Records, First World War, 1914-1918
Royal Navy: Operational Records, Second World War, 1939-1945
Royal Navy: Operations and Policy after 1945
Royal Navy: Ratings Service Records, 1667-1923
Royal Navy: Ratings' Pension Records
Royal Navy: Warrant Officers' Pension Records
Royal Warrant Holders and Household Servants
Royal Warrant Holders and Suppliers of Goods From 1600
Seals
Second World War: Home Front, 1939-1945
Second World War: The War Cabinet, 1939-1945
Second World War: War Crimes, 1939-1945
Ships Wrecked or Sunk
Slave Trade, British Transatlantic: Abolition
Slave Trade, British Transatlantic: Acts of Parliament
Slave Trade, British Transatlantic: Britain and the Trade
Slave Trade, British Transatlantic: Emancipation
Slave Trade, British Transatlantic: Introduction
Slave Trade, British Transatlantic: Slavery
State Papers Domestic: Charles II - Anne, 1660-1714
State Papers Domestic: Commonwealth, 1642-1660
State Papers Domestic: Edward VI - Charles I, 1547 - 1649
State Papers Domestic: George I to George III, 1714-1782
State Papers Domestic: Miscellaneous Classes
State Papers: Foreign
State Papers: Ireland, 1509-1782
State Papers: Letters and Papers of Henry VIII
Supreme Court: Appeal Cases After 1875
Supreme Court: Chancery Division Cases After 1875
Taxation Records Before 1689
Titanic
Tithe Records
Treasury Board: Letters and Papers, 1557-1920
Treasury Solicitor
Treaties
Unidentified Flying Objects (Research Notes)
Valuation Office Records: The Finance (1909-1910) Act
War Dead: First and Second World Wars
Wills and Death Duty Records After 1858
Wills and Probate Records
Wills Before 1858: Where to Start
Zimmermann Telegram (Research Note)
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Research Guides : Research guides
Family History in England and Wales
<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=84>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/2dt3u3>
Contents
1. Starting Out
2. Is Anyone Else Researching Your Family?
3. Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths From 1 July 1837
4. Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths Before 1837
5. Censuses of Population, 1841-1901
6. Wills from 1858
7. Wills before 1858
8. Death Duty Registers
9. Other Sources in The National Archives
10. Useful Information, Addresses and Web Sites
12. The National Archives' Library Bibliography
1. Starting Out
Family history demands a step by step approach, working back in time.
Begin by finding out what your family already knows. Who is your earliest
known relative? Do you have the date and place of that person's birth,
marriage or death?
Draw up a family tree showing the known people in your family, their
dates, and how they relate to each other, starting with yourself at the
bottom. Then you can see where there are gaps.
2. Is Anyone Else Researching Your Family?
Genealogical research directory: national and international, ed K A
Johnson and M R Sainty (Sydney, 2006) contains similar information about
world-wide ancestral researches, and includes a section on one-name
studies. This indicates collectors of every reference to particular
surnames. You can search a consolidated list of entries between 1990 and
1999 on CD-ROM at the Family Records Centre.
The Guild of One-Name Studies, Box G, Society of Genealogists, 14
Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA
([EMAIL PROTECTED]), regularly publishes its Register of One Name
Studies. This is also available online at www.one-name.org.
3. Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths From 1 July 1837
Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths began in England and
Wales on 1 July 1837. Copies of the register entries are kept by the
Office for National Statistics and have been indexed. The indexes are
organised alphabetically for each year in quarterly volumes to 1983,
thereafter annually. They can be inspected free of charge at the Family
Records Centre. Microfiche copies of the indexes are also available at The
National Archives and in many local libraries and record offices.
Microfilm copies of the indexes can be searched at Family History Centres
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (to find the nearest
one to you, contact the British Isles Family History Service Centre, 185
Penns Lane, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham B76 1JU: 0121 384 2028, or visit
<http://www.familysearch.org>
Read more at the URL immediately above.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
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5. The Canadian International Polar Year newsletter for January 2007
Posted by: "George Lessard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] themediamentor
Date: Thu Feb 1, 2007 5:34 am ((PST))
Click here to read the newsletter
http://www.industrymailout.com/Industry/View.aspx?id=39923&q=26107512&qz=adc8b8
Also visit:
IPY Canada website
http://www.ipycanada.ca
IPY website
http://www.ipy.org
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6. Yellowknife: IPY GeoNorth 2007, the "First International Circumpolar
Posted by: "George Lessard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] themediamentor
Date: Thu Feb 1, 2007 5:44 am ((PST))
IPY GeoNorth 2007, the "First International Circumpolar Conference on
Geospatial Sciences and Applications" in Yellowknife, Northwest
Territories is back on track. They are looking forward to welcoming you in
Yellowknife, August 20-24, 2007.
A unique opportunity to better understand the nature and behaviour of the
circumpolar regions and their role in the functioning of our planet.
Hosted by the Government of CanadaThe conference is organized by the Earth
Sciences Sector of Natural Resources Canada in collaboration with the
Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG) and the NWT Centre for Geomatics -
Government of the Northwest Territories. IPY GeoNorth 2007 has the support
of the International Polar Year (IPY) Committee and other international
organizations such as ISPRS (International Society for Photogrammetry and
Remote Sensing), the OGC (Open GIS Consortium) and ISO/TC 211 (the ISO
Technical Committee 211 - Geographic information / Geomatics). Users and
scientists interested in the generation and use of geospatial information
in northern environments will have the opportunity to share their
knowledge and experience. Through a series of scientific and technical
sessions, IPY GeoNorth 2007 will demonstrate that geospatial information
is an essential tool to support earth sciences studies and to facilitate
sound decision making on a wide range of developmental initiatives.
http://ess.nrcan.gc.ca/ipygeonorth/index_e.php
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101 - 5202 49th St
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
X1A 1P9, Canada
Yellowknife Land Line # (867) 873-2662
Yellowknife Cell # (867) 445-9193
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7. PSYCHOLOGY: DISORDERS: BIPOLAR DISORDER : PSYCHOLOGY: CHILD: Extrem
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Thu Feb 1, 2007 8:46 am ((PST))
PSYCHOLOGY: DISORDERS: BIPOLAR DISORDER :
PSYCHOLOGY: CHILD:
Extreme Irritability: Is It Childhood Bipolar Disorder?
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:26:28 -0500
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Subject: Extreme Irritability: Is It Childhood Bipolar Disorder?
EXTREME IRRITABILITY: IS IT CHILDHOOD BIPOLAR DISORDER?
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EXTREME IRRITABILITY: IS IT CHILDHOOD BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Brain's electrical signals provide clues.
Results of a new study may help improve the diagnosis and treatment of two
debilitating childhood mental disorders -- pediatric bipolar disorder (BD)
and a syndrome called severe mood dysregulation (SMD). When the brain's
electrical signals were measured during mildly frustrating situations,
researchers from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), of the
National Institutes of Health, found a very different pattern in children
with SMD, compared with children who had BD. The results indicate that
different brain mechanisms may lead to irritability in children with SMD,
suggesting that they may have an illness other than BD and may require
different treatments.
"These aren't children with the occasional bad moods you see in most kids.
They're typically very ill, with symptoms that interfere with their lives
in major ways. Establishing clear diagnostic criteria is an essential
step toward making sure they get the help they need," said NIMH Director
Thomas R. Insel, M.D.
Children have a comparatively low rate of BD, but the rate increases with
age, to approximately 1 percent among adolescents. About 3 percent of
pre-adolescent and adolescent youth are estimated to have SMD.
Mood-stabilizing and antipsychotic medications are used to treat children
with BD, although the data on their effectiveness are limited and several
studies are underway. Since SMD was only recently defined, there are no
systematic studies on its treatment, and children with SMD are often
treated as if they have BD.
Defining pediatric BD is a major issue in child psychiatry, because the
disorder tends to be severe in this age group and the rate of diagnosed
cases is rising. Until recent years, most studies of BD were conducted in
adults. Some researchers maintain that pediatric BD should be defined
more broadly to include children with SMD, an assertion countered by the
new finding. Results of the study were published in the February 2007
issue of the "American Journal of Psychiatry."
The classic definition of BD
<http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/bipolarupdate.cfm>
includes extreme, sustained mood swings that range from over-excited,
elated moods and irritability -- the manic phase of the disorder -- to
depression. In contrast, children with SMD are extremely irritable and
hyperactive, but do not have clear-cut manic episodes.
One component of irritability is the tendency to get acutely frustrated
when a goal is not met. Thus, through electroencephalograms (EEGs), the
researchers could observe the brain's electrical signals that occurred
during frustration while children with either disorder performed simple
tasks.
The new study shows that clinicians some day could use biological
measurements, such as EEGs, to help make psychiatric diagnoses, in
combination with clinical symptoms. Currently, clinicians diagnose mental
illnesses based on symptoms alone. The difficulty of diagnosing BD in
children is compounded by the frequent co-occurrence of one or more other
mental disorders.
"We're approaching the day when we'll be able to use neuroscience
techniques to improve psychiatric diagnoses. Pediatric BD has some of the
most pressing needs in this regard, because of its severity and because of
questions about how to best make the diagnosis," said senior author Ellen
Leibenluft, M.D., Chief of the Unit on Bipolar Spectrum Disorders in the
Emotion and Development Branch of the NIMH Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Research Program.
In this study, scientists obtained EEGs of 35 children with classic BD, 21
children with SMD, and 26 healthy children (average age 12 to13) while
they performed a task repeatedly; each time they did the task, they won or
lost 10 cents. The task was frustrating because the children often lost
money.
The researchers found that while both the children with BD and those with
SMD became more frustrated than did healthy children performing the same
task, the brain mechanisms associated with their frustration differed.
Children with BD had an abnormality in the brain's P3 electrical signals,
which measure ability to purposefully direct attention, but children with
SMD had abnormalities in N1 signals, which occur when a stimulus grabs
someone's attention. Both abnormalities suggest deficits in the brain's
attention-related activity, but in different phases of that activity.
"If future research indicates that BD and SMD are two separate disorders,
this could guide parents and physicians toward the right treatments," said
first author Brendan Rich, Ph.D., of the NIMH Unit on Bipolar Spectrum
Disorders. "A good example is that medication prescribed for symptoms
seen in SMD, such as stimulant medication, might be inappropriate for a
child with classically defined bipolar disorder," he said.
NIMH scientists Mariana Schmajuk, B.S., and Daniel Pine, M.D., also
contributed to the research, as did University of Maryland scientists
Koraly E. Perez-Edgar, Ph.D., ("currently at George Mason University") and
Nathan A. Fox, Ph.D.
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) mission is to reduce the
burden of mental and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain,
and behavior. More information is available at the NIMH website:
<http://www.nimh.nih.gov/>
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The Nation's Medical Research
Agency -- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal
agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational
medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures
for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its
programs, visit
<http://www.nih.gov>
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This NIH News Release is available online at:
<http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/feb2007/nimh-01.htm>.
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8. MEDICAL: HOSPITAL: INTENSIVE CARE: Improving Communication In The
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Date: Thu Feb 1, 2007 9:03 am ((PST))
MEDICAL: HOSPITAL: INTENSIVE CARE:
Improving Communication In The Icu About End-Of-Life Care In The ICU
Reduces Symptoms Of Stress, Anxiety, And Depression In Family Members
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 10:45:38 -0500
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Subject: Improving Communication In The Icu About End-Of-Life Care In The
ICU Reduces Symptoms Of Stress, Anxiety, And Depression In Family Members
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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IMPROVING COMMUNICATION IN THE ICU ABOUT END-OF-LIFE CARE IN THE ICU
REDUCES SYMPTOMS OF STRESS, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION IN FAMILY MEMBERS
An intervention to improve communication between clinicians in the
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and family members of a dying patient
significantly reduces feelings of stress, anxiety, and depression in the
family members, according to a study that appears in the February 1, 2007
issue of the "New England Journal of Medicine." The study, funded in part
by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), a component of the
National Institutes of Health (NIH), showed that this intervention also
allows family members to express their emotions and arrive at a more
realistic expectation of the outcome.
The researchers evaluated a set of communication guidelines for family
conferences between ICU clinicians and family members. Based on earlier,
extensive end-of-life research conducted by one of the collaborating
researchers, Dr. J. Randall Curtis of the University of Washington, and
funded by NINR, the guidelines followed the mnemonic VALUE: to Value what
the family members said, Acknowledge their emotions, Listen, Understand
the patient as a person through asking questions, and Elicit questions
from the family members.
"Communication in these difficult situations is vital to all involved,
including the patients, the family members, and the ICU physicians and
nurses," said Dr. Patricia Grady, the Director of NINR. "This research
furthers our understanding of how clinicians can work with family members
in the decision-making process and help them cope with the impending loss
of a critically ill loved one."
"I think this is a remarkable moment in end-of-life care," said Dr.
Curtis, "because [this study] shows that improving communication about
end-of-life care in the ICU results in a dramatic reduction in symptoms"
related to post-traumatic stress disorder in family members up to 3 months
later.
Families of a patient near death in the ICU are often under great stress,
and they rely on clinicians for information and support. A family
conference, bringing together the family and the involved clinicians in a
quiet room to discuss the patient's prognosis and care options, can be an
important component of communication. However, the structure and conduct
of these conferences has not previously been evaluated.
The study involved the family members of 126 critically ill patients cared
for in 22 ICUs. When an ICU physician believed that the death of the
patient was likely within a few days, a proactive family conference was
called, with the aim of deciding whether life-sustaining measures such as
mechanical ventilation should be continued or withdrawn. In half of these
cases, the family conference proceeded under the customary ICU practice.
In the other half, the physicians conducted the conferences in accordance
with the VALUE guidelines. They also provided the families with a brochure
on bereavement.
The ICU patients ranged in age from 56 to 80 years, most were male, and
they were admitted to the ICU for respiratory, cardiac, or renal failure;
coma; or shock. The involved family members averaged 54 years of age, most
were female, over 60 percent were Catholic, and over 80 percent were
either the spouse or the child of the patient.
On average, the customary-practice conferences involved two family members
and lasted 20 minutes, with the family speaking roughly five minutes; the
intervention conferences involved three family members and lasted 30
minutes, with the family speaking for over 13 minutes. While all
conferences were led by the attending ICU physician, the patient's nurse
was also present in 60 percent of the customary-practice conferences and
81 percent of the intervention conferences. All conferences resulted in a
decision to forgo further life-sustaining treatment.
After the conference, 95 percent of family members in the intervention
group reported they had been able to express their emotions to the ICU
clinicians, as compared to 75 percent of family members in the
customary-practice group. In addition, among family members who initially
disagreed with the decision to forgo life-sustaining treatments, those in
the intervention group were more likely to concur with the decision at a
later time.
"Since 1997, NINR has been the lead institute at NIH for end-of-life
research. We will continue to investigate this area of science that
eventually affects every one of us," Dr. Grady noted. "Findings from this
study will help inform clinicians world-wide who are involved with
critically ill patients and their families."
This project was led by Dr. Alexandre Lautrette of the Hopitaux de Paris,
France. Other collaborators include Dr. Michael Darmon, Dr. Sylvie
Chevret, Dr. Fabienne Fieux, Dr. Nancy Kentish Barnes, Dr. Frederic
Pochard, Dr. Benoit Schlemmer, and Dr. Elie Azoulay, of the Hopitaux de
Paris; Dr. Bruno Megarbane of Lariboisiere Hospital; Dr. Cedrid Bruel of
Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital; Dr. Gerald Choukroun, of Cochin Hosptial
and Paris 5 Rene Descartes University; Dr. Luc Marie Joly of Rouen
University Hosptial; Dr. Cristophe Adrie of Saint-Denis Hospital; Dr.
Didier Barnoud of University Hospital, Grenoble; Dr. Gerard Bleichner of
Argenteuil Hospital; Dr. Richard Galliot of Pontoise Hospital; Dr. Maite
Garrouste-Orgeas of Saint-Joseph Hospital; Dr. Hugues Georges of Tourcoing
Hospital; Dr. Dany Goldgran-Toledano of Gonesse Hospital; Dr. Merce
Jourdain of Salengro Hospital; Dr. George Loubert of Raymond Pointcare
Hosptial, University of Versailles; Dr. Jean Reignier of La Roche! sur
Yon Hospital; Dr. Faycal Saidi of Nemours Hospital; Dr. Bertrand Souweine
of Clermont-Ferrand Hospital; and Dr. Francois Vincent of Avicenne
Hospital. In addition to NINR, this research was funded by Assistance
Publique-Hopitaux de Paris and the French Society for Critical Care
Medicine.
The primary mission of the NINR, one of 27 Institutes and Centers at the
National Institutes of Health, is to support clinical and basic research
and establish a scientific basis for the care of individuals across the
life span. For additional information, visit the NINR web site at
<http://ninr.nih.gov>
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The Nation's Medical Research
Agency -- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal
agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational
medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures
for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its
programs, visit
<http://www.nih.gov>
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REFERENCE: Lautrette, A., et al. (2007). A communication strategy and
brochure for relatives of patients dying in the ICU. "The New England
Journal of Medicine," 365:469-478.
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This NIH News Release is available online at:
<http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/feb2007/ninr-01.htm>
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