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Kurt Leese, Die Religion des protestantisahen Menschen, 1948
No full textN. M. Kurt Leese, Die Religion des protestantisahen Menschen, 1948. In: Revue des Sciences Religieuses, tome 23, fascicule 3-4, 1949. p. 412
Kurt Leese, Die Religion des protestantisahen Menschen, 1948
No full textN. M. Kurt Leese, Die Religion des protestantisahen Menschen, 1948. In: Revue des Sciences Religieuses, tome 23, fascicule 3-4, 1949. p. 412
How (not) to talk about technology::International Relations and the question of agency
No full textIn advances in both physical and digital aspects of technology have led to the development of powerful new technologies such as so-called Autonomous Weapons Systems, algorithmic software tools for counterterrorism and security, or “smart” CCTV surveillance. International Relations (IR) answers to “the question concerning technology,” to borrow from M. Heidegger’s seminal essay, have come with quite a degree of variance, depending on assumptions about the essence of the international system, the possibilities and conditions for change or stability, and the general relationship between technology, politics, and society. In IR, agency has been most prominently discussed as part of the “agent-structure problem”. Starting from the question whether human agency or the social structure within which it is embedded determines international action, debates about agency have mostly been concerned with how to situate agency and structure vis-à-vis each other, as well as vis-a-vis monocausal structuralist or intentionalist theories
Routine use of mental health outcome assessments: choosing the measure
No full textBackground: There is little consensus about which outcome measures to use in mental healthcare. Aims: To investigate the relationship between the items in four staff-rated measures recommended for routine use. Method: Correlation analysis of total scores and factor analysis using combined data from the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS). The Camberwell Assessment of Need Short Appraisal Schedule (CANSAS), the Threshold Assessment Grid (TAG) and the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) were performed. Procrustes analysis on factors and scales, and Ward's cluster analysis to group the items, were applied. Results: The total scores of the measures were moderately correlated. The Procrustes analysis, factor analysis and cluster analysis all agreed on better coverage of the patients' problems by HoNOS and CANSAS. Conclusions: A global severity factor accounts for 16% of the variance, and is best measured with TAG or GAF. The CANSAS and HoNOS each provide a detailed characterisation of the patient; only CANSAS provides information about met needs
Screening attendance, age group and diabetic retinopathy level at first screen
No full textAIMS:
To report on the relationships between age at diagnosis of diabetes, time from registration with the screening programme to first diabetic eye screening and severity of diabetic retinopathy.
METHODS:
Data were extracted from four English screening programmes and from the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish programmes. Time from diagnosis of diabetes to first screening and age at diagnosis were calculated.
RESULTS:
Time from registration with the screening programme to first screening episode is strongly related to age at registration. Within 18 months of registration 89% of 3958 young people under 18 years of age and 81% of 391 293 people over 35 years of age were seen. In 19 058 people between 18 and 34 years of age, 80% coverage was not reached until 2 years and 9 months. The time from diagnosis of diabetes to first screening is positively associated with severity of disease (P < 0.0001).
CONCLUSIONS:
This report is the first that to demonstrate that those in the 18-34 year age group are least likely to attend promptly for screening after registration with a higher risk of referable diabetic retinopathy being present at the time of first screen. Date of diagnosis should be recorded and prodigious efforts made to screen all people promptly after diagnosis. Screening programmes should collect data on those who have not attended within one year of registration
Definition and prevalence of severe and persistent mental illness
No full textBackground: There is little consistency in how severe mental illness (SMI) is defined in practice, and no operational definitions. Aims: To test two operationalised definitions, based on the National Institute of Mental Health (1987) definition: the first uses three criteria (diagnosis of psychosis; duration of service contact ≥ 2 years; GAF score ≤ 50), the second only the last two. Method: Annual prevalence rates of SMI in two European catchment areas for each criterion and the criteria combined were calculated. Results: The first definition produced rates of 2,55 and 1.34/1000 in London and Verona, respectively; the second permitted an additional 0.98/1000 non-psychotic disorders to be included in Verona. Conclusions: The three-dimensional definition selects a small group of patients with SMI who have psychotic disorders. The two-dimensional approach allows estimates of SMI prevalence rates which include all forms of mental disorder. Declaration of interest. Funding provided by the University of Verona and the Bethlem and Maudsley NHS Trust
The experience of carers of patients with severe mental illness: a comparison between London and Bologna.
No full textPURPOSE: The experience of care giving inventory (ECI) is a self-reported measure of the caregiving experience as seen by the carer of a person with a serious mental illness. It comprises eight negative subscales and two positive subscales; positive and negative scores are obtained from these (ECI total positive and ECI total negative). This study aims to assess the validity and the
reliability of the Italian version of the ECI and to compare the experience of carers in London and Bologna as measured by the ECI.
METHOD: The sample consisted of 95 Bologna carers and 69 London carers of patients suffering from a functional psychotic disorder. The internal consistency of the Italian ECI and
correlation between the Italian ECI total negative and the GHQ-12 (external validity) were estimated. Independent t-tests and chi-squared tests were used to compare sample characteristics and mean ECI scores. Regression analyses were used to control for confounders.
RESULTS: Internal consistency and validity of the Italian ECI were similar to these previously found. The Bologna caregivers had a higher ECI total negative than London carers; this difference was
partially explained by worse patients' functioning and by a higher proportion of parents in Bologna. Bologna carers scored significantly lower on ECI total positive after controlling for relationship and patient functioning.
CONCLUSIONS: The Italian ECI is a well-accepted and valid instrument to describe caregiving experiences. The similar scores in ECI total negative between London and Bologna underline a cross-cultural consistency of negative experience of caregiving and re-emphasise the importance of patients functioning in different
cultural contexts. The differences found for ECI total positive suggest area for further research
Leese, Mrs. M. C.
No full textPhotograph from the C.R. Savage Portrait Studio. Name associated with the photograph: Mrs. M. C. Lees
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