[Evaluation of the effectiveness of a cognitive remediation program in anorexia nervosa using new neuropsychological tools: A case study]. / Évaluer un programme de remédiation cognitive dans l'anorexie : nouveaux outils.

The management of anorexia nervosa (AN) remains complex with insufficient success rates. Based on clinical and empirical observations implicating neuropsychological difficulties in AN, cognitive remediation (CR) therapy appears to show positive effects. Nevertheless, these results remain subject to debate as some studies do not show this improvement, or in the case of positive improvements, a smaller effect size on cognitive performance. A possible explanation could lie in the cognitive tests used to assess CR. The aim of this study is to propose a new protocol for the evaluation of cognitive remediation for patients suffering from ED through the presentation of a case study.

Suggestibility, Facebook use and relationship with substance addictive behaviors.

OBJECTIVE: Several health issues related to the us of social networking sites (SNS) are documented. One concept that is not clearly studied is suggestibility as the tendency of a person to accept and internalize communication. The aim of the study is to test a model in which suggestibility of people can predict SNS use, which in turn can predict substance use. METHODS: Participants answered a questionnaire measuring suggestibility, alcohol consumption, dependence to nicotine and Facebook use. Linear regression and a structural equation model (SEM) were carried out to assess which utilization of Facebook variables explained best the level of alcohol consumption or nicotine dependence and to assess how suggestibility predicted Facebook use. RESULTS: Linear regression analyses indicate that only the number of friends on Facebook is a predictor of the level of alcohol consumption (P<0.001). Suggestibility predict the frequency of Facebook use (P<0.001) and of the number of friends on Facebook (P=0.022). The SEM demonstrates that participants with a higher level of suggestibility have more friends on the SNS, which can influence substance consumption. CONCLUSION: Individuals' level of suggestibility affects Facebook use. People with a higher level of suggestibility are more likely to have many friends on the SNS resulting in a possible environmental influence on substance use.

[Strategy and stopping smoking interventions in smokers with tuberculosis]. / Stratégie et modalités d'aide à l'arrêt du tabac chez les fumeurs tuberculeux.

Tuberculosis (TB) and smoking are causing a heavy mortality worldwide. Tobacco smoke increases the risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis disease, including severe pulmonary tuberculosis, resistant bacilli forms and death from this disease. Smoking patients with TB have poorer compliance with treatment of tuberculosis than non-smokers. In countries with high TB incidence and smoking prevalence tending to increase, smoking cessation is a means of controlling the TB epidemic. Stopping smoking improves the course of tuberculosis and promotes its final cure, it is accompanied by a better therapeutic observance. WHO recommended coordination between national tuberculosis and tobacco control programs to optimize control of the TB epidemic. The mobilization of health professionals in helping smokers with tuberculosis stopping smoking is required.

La tuberculose et le tabagisme sont à l'origine d'une lourde mortalité dans le monde. La fumée du tabac augmente les risques d'infection à Mycobacterium tuberculosis et de tuberculose active, appelée tuberculose-maladie (TM) dont le risque de tuberculoses pulmonaires sévères, à bacilles résistants et des décès dus à cette maladie. Les patients fumeurs atteints de tuberculose ont une moins bonne observance du traitement antituberculeux que les non-fumeurs. Dans les pays à forte incidence de tuberculose où la prévalence du tabagisme tend à augmenter, l'arrêt du tabac représente un moyen de contrôle de l'épidémie de tuberculose. L'arrêt du tabac améliore le cours de la tuberculose et favorise sa guérison définitive; il s'accompagne d'une meilleure observance thérapeutique. L'OMS a recommandé une coordination entre les programmes nationaux de lutte antituberculeuse et antitabac pour optimiser le contrôle de l'épidémie de tuberculose. La mobilisation des professionnels de santé dans l'aide à l'arrêt des fumeurs atteints de tuberculose est requise.