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Causas de Morte , Prova Pericial/legislação & jurisprudência , Seguro de Vida/legislação & jurisprudência , Suicídio/legislação & jurisprudência , Atestado de Óbito/legislação & jurisprudência , Morte Súbita Cardíaca/patologia , Definição da Elegibilidade/legislação & jurisprudência , Fraude/legislação & jurisprudência , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Suicídio/psicologiaRESUMO
Eighty patients admitted to a specialized alcohol detoxification unit, who had blood alcohol levels of .15% or less and were not currently intoxicated, participated in a double-blind trial involving treatment with either halazepam or chlordiazepoxide. A flexible dosage schedule was followed for 5 days with the objective of using the largest dose on the first day, followed by daily reductions as clinically feasible. Efficacy evaluations indicated that halazepam was as effective as chlordiazepoxide in the control of symptoms in patients hospitalized for the medical management of acute alcohol withdrawal. No significant side effects were noted.
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Ansiolíticos/uso terapêutico , Benzodiazepinas , Benzodiazepinonas/uso terapêutico , Etanol/efeitos adversos , Síndrome de Abstinência a Substâncias/tratamento farmacológico , Doença Aguda , Adulto , Alcoolismo/tratamento farmacológico , Alcoolismo/psicologia , Ansiolíticos/efeitos adversos , Benzodiazepinonas/efeitos adversos , Clordiazepóxido/efeitos adversos , Clordiazepóxido/uso terapêutico , Ensaios Clínicos como Assunto , Método Duplo-Cego , Feminino , Hospitalização , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica , Distribuição Aleatória , Síndrome de Abstinência a Substâncias/psicologiaRESUMO
Administered the Wakefield Self-Assessment Depression Inventory to 173 noninstitutionalized men and 329 noninstitutionalized women over 59 years of age. Separate, principal factor analyses were performed for both sexes, and the resultant factors were compared between sexes. The elderly men and women shared common dimensions of anxious depression and general dissatisfaction. There was also a suggestion that there might be a third dimension for women--sleep impairment. Implications of the results for diagnosing depressive syndromes in the elderly were discussed.