[Sleep, organic deterioration and general health in the aging population. Study in a basic health zone of Oviedo]. / Sueño, deterioro orgánico y salud general en población involutiva. Estudio en una zona básica de salud de Oviedo.

An epidemiologic approach to the involutive general population was made to detect patients and risk group of insomnia. The survey was carried out in one health area of Oviedo, during the winter of 1990. A total of 329 elderly persons were interviewed, and three questionnaires were used: the G.H.Q., MMSE and a questionnaire "ad hoc". In the study, sleep disorders were correlated with level of general health (Golberg) and cognitive impairment (MMSE).

[Thematic Apperception Test: psychodiagnosis in heroin-dependent patients]. / T.A.T.: psicodiagnóstico en pacientes heroinómanos.

The aim of our work is the search of some differential psychopathologic features or categories in the personality of the heroin addict, through the application of Murray TAT. Which, we try to contrast with another contributions carried out until the present time. On the other hand, other parameters of sociolaboral and demographic character have been valued. We do not detect a structure of uniform personality, through we observe clear differences with respect to people who are not dependent on drugs. According to the results we have found, there are a larger number of psychopathologic elements in the whole of the heroin addict personality, as a greater low self-esteem, a suicidal inclination, a problematic with authority models, an evasión of aggressiveness, feelings of anxiety and quiltiness, without being a universal pattern.

[Psychopathologic traits of patients addicted to heroin]. / Rasgos psicopatológicos en pacientes heroinómanos.

The aim of our work is the search for some differential psychopathologic features in the heroin addict personality, through the 16 PF of Cattell (A form), which we try to contrast with other contributions from studies carried out up to the present. Moreover, other parameters of demographic and socioeconomic interest have been evaluated. Through the results we have gotten, it seems that there is a larger number of psychopathologic elements in the personality of the heroin addict, such as greater introversion, frustration, culpability, radicalism, self-sufficiency, anxiety, over-excitement, actions influenced by their feelings, and a minor acceptance of the rules of the group, though these features do not constitute a standard structure of personality.