Parent–child contact problems and family intensive interventions: The crisis of adolescent suicidality and the role of social media

Although clinicians, educators and parents have been alarmed by the decline in the mental health of children and adolescents commensurate with the Covid-19 pandemic, statistics indicate there has been a downward spiral over the last decade. This has been evident in the overall increase in suicide rates for young people. For legal and mental health professionals working in the Family Court system, this has provided unique challenges. Most vulnerable has been those children and adolescents embroiled in high conflict divorces, especially those exhibiting parent child contact problems. This article focuses upon that population exhibiting parent child contact problems, and their treatment, specifically Family Intensive Intervention. Building Family Resilience is an Intensive family treatment program that has had to address this deterioration in child and adolescent mental health and increase in suicidality. The role of social media in both exacerbating and/or ameliorating mental health issues is explored.     

Mentalisation-based therapy (MBT) in a high-secure hospital setting: expert by experience feedback on participation

Evidence for mentalisation-based therapy (MBT) is increasing in relation to the treatment of personality disorder. Individuals with personality disorder are over-represented in inpatient, forensic and forensic inpatient mental health services. This study explores MBT within a forensic setting as an intervention designed to moderate deficits linked to violence and to improve adaptive coping. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was conducted on interviews with four patients who completed MBT at a high-secure hospital. Findings suggest that MBT-enhanced participants’ mentalising which had a positive impact upon their capacity to manage their behaviour and emotions. MBT further enabled participants to process past experiences of violence and develop some degree of empathy for others, which led to a trend in abstinence from risk behaviours. Findings contribute a secure inpatient perspective on the experience of MBT and to MBT clinical outcomes.     

针刺调节缺血性脑卒中患者颅内动脉血流动力学参数临床观察

目的 采用经颅彩色多普勒检查评价针刺对缺血性脑卒中患者脑血流动力学参数的影响。方法 将100例缺血性脑卒中患者随机分为联合组和对照组,每组50例。联合组采用针刺风池、风府配合常规针刺治疗,对照组采用常规针刺治疗。采用改良爱丁堡+斯堪的纳维亚评分观察两组临床疗效;针刺后即刻、针刺2个疗程后,分别测定两组颅内各动脉平均血流速度(mean flow velocity,Vm)和血管搏动指数（pulsatility index,PI）。 结果 ①联合组临床疗效优于对照组（P<0.05）。②针刺后即刻,联合组各动脉Vm较针刺前均显著增加（P<0.01）,且联合组大脑后动脉(posterior cerebral artery,PCA)、大脑前动脉（anterior cerebral artery, ACA）、椎动脉（vertebral artery, VA）、基底动脉（basilar artery, BA）Vm较对照组显著增加（P<0.05,或P<0.01）;两组各动脉PI值与针刺前比较,及两组之间比较,差异均无统计学意义（P>0.05）。③针刺2个疗程后,两组各动脉Vm均较针刺前显著增加（P<0.01）;且联合组各动脉Vm均显著高于对照组（P<0.05）;联合组PCA、VA、BA的PI值较针刺前显著降低（P<0.05,或P<0.01）,且联合组PCA、VA的PI值显著低于对照组（P<0.05）。结论 针刺风池、风府配合常规针刺对缺血性脑卒中有较好的治疗作用,且脑血流量增加,脑血液循环改善明显。     

谈世博类大型安保检查站警员的自我调适

在上海世博、北京奥运等安保工作中都出现了＂护城河＂检查站。参加这样大型安保工作的检查站警员会因多种因素而导致出现诸多身心问题。因此,参加世博类大型安保检查站工作的警员要努力适应检查站的安全要求、树立正确的荣辱观、尽快找到归属感、学会自我激励、选择实施行为疗法,以保持自身旺盛的战斗力。     

Is regulatory innovation fit for purpose? A case study of adaptive regulation for advanced biotherapeutics

The need to better balance the promotion of scientific and technological innovation with risk management for consumer protection has inspired several recent reforms attempting to make regulations more flexible and adaptive. The pharmaceutical sector has a long, established regulatory tradition, as well as a long history of controversies around how to balance incentives for needed therapeutic innovations and protecting patient safety. The emergence of disruptive biotechnologies has provided the occasion for regulatory innovation in this sector. This article investigates the regulation of advanced biotherapeutics in the European Union and shows that it presents several defining features of an adaptive regulation regime, notably institutionalized processes of planned adaptation that allow regulators to gather, generate, and mobilize new scientific and risk evidence about innovative products. However, our in-depth case analysis highlights that more attention needs to be paid to the consequences of the introduction of adaptive regulations, especially for critical stakeholders involved in this new regulatory ecosystem, the capacity and resource requirements placed on them to adapt, and the new tradeoffs they face. In addition, our analysis highlights a deficit in how we currently evaluate the performance and public value proposition of adaptive regulations vis-à-vis their stated goals and objectives.     

Multidimensional Family Therapy in Theory and in Practice

This article reviews the family therapy case of an adolescent substance abuser through the lens of multidimensional family therapy (MDFT). Initially, the adolescent presented with suicidal ideation, depression, academic difficulties, and behavior problems. The family experienced chronically high levels of conflict, which related to the mother's depression, the father's harsh discipline, and the adolescent's sister's frequent suicidal threats and outbursts. Family therapeutic interventions helped to decrease family conflict and improve the adolescent's grades and behavior. In particular, conjoint work with the parents had a stabilizing effect on the family system. As predicted by MDFT, this stabilizing effect was shown to place the adolescent on a healthier developmental trajectory. Limitations of the case and implications for future research are also presented.     

Performing sinners: The Asobi and the Buddhist discourse of Tsumi

This essay addresses how Oprah's book choices are inevitably affective but not necessarily feminist. By reading Oprah's book choices as highly individualistic, I analyze how her choices might be more aggressive and more complex, thereby offering a sense of community rather than the power of individuality to her huge audiences. My argument is based on a belief in Oprah's communicative power, and especially if her book choices were invested with more complications than individual resolutions.     

清热化痰运脾消积法治疗小儿急性支气管炎痰热夹滞证30例

目的观察清热化痰、运脾消积法治疗小儿急性支气管炎痰热夹滞证的临床疗效。方法将60例急性支气管炎痰热夹滞证患儿随机分为治疗组与对照组,每组各30例。治疗组采用清金化痰汤加运脾之品临证化裁治疗,对照组予小儿消积止咳口服液治疗,连续治疗7d。结果治疗组临床疗效明显优于对照组(P0.05)。治疗组在改善咳嗽、咳痰、肺部啰音、不思乳食、腹胀腹痛、口干口渴、口臭、大便不调和脉象方面明显优于对照组(P0.05)。两组治疗后主症积分、次症积分、症状总积分均较治疗前明显降低(P0.05),治疗组治疗后主症积分、次症积分、症状总积分下降值显著大于对照组(P0.05)。结论清热化痰、运脾消积法治疗小儿急性支气管炎痰热夹滞证疗效确切。     

补肾益精法治疗远端肾小管酸中毒致低钾血症31例

目的 观察补肾益精法治疗远端肾小管酸中毒（distal renal tubular acidosis,dRTA）致低钾血症的疗效。方法 将62例dRTA患者随机分为观察组31例和对照组31例,对照组仅给予常规西医补钾治疗,观察组加用补肾益精中药进行综合治疗。比较两组的临床疗效及血清钾浓度的变化。结果 两组临床疗效的分布比较,差异具有统计学意义（P<0.05）,观察组临床疗效显著优于对照组;随着治疗时间延长,两组血钾浓度均较前一时点显著升高（P<0.05）;治疗48 h和72 h后,观察组血钾浓度显著高于对照组（P<0.05）。结论 补肾益精法联合西医补钾治疗能提高dRTA致低钾血症患者血钾水平,提高临床疗效。     

中医综合治疗早中期慢性肾功能衰竭脾肾气虚证疗效观察

目的 观察中医综合治疗早中期慢性肾功能衰竭（chronic renal failure,CRF）脾肾气虚证临床疗效。方法 将60例CRF患者随机分为对照组和治疗组,每组30例。两组均给予西医常规治疗,治疗组患者在此基础上口服补肾健脾方配合擦背辅助治疗,对照组患者口服百令胶囊,两组疗程均为8周。比较两组患者治疗前后估算的肾小球滤过率（estimated glomerular filtration rate,eGFR）、血尿素氮（blood urea nitrogen,BUN）、血清肌酐（serum creatinine,SCr）、血红蛋白（hemoglobin,Hb）、白蛋白（albumin,ALB）的变化,评价两组临床疗效及症状改善情况。结果 与治疗前比较,两组患者治疗后SCr、BUN水平均显著下降（P<0.05）,eGFR、ALB、Hb水平均显著升高（P<0.05）。治疗组患者治疗后SCr、BUN水平下降程度以及eGFR、ALB、Hb水平上升程度较对照组更为显著（P<0.05）。两组中医证候疗效分布、临床疗效分布比较,差异均有统计学意义（P<0.05）。结论 西医常规疗法联合中医综合治疗可以显著改善CRF患者的肾功能,提高患者生存质量。