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Regulating Systemic Risk: Towards An Analytical Framework, Iman Anabtawai, Steven L. Schwarcz

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Seasonal Affective Disorder: Sad Or Fad?, J. Thomas Pichot, Md, Peter S. Jensen, Md

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and phototherapy have recently been the subject of a great deal of interest in the psychiatric literature. First described in 1984 (I), SAD is now defined as "a cyclic illness characterized by recurrent episodes of fall/winter depression alternating with periods of spring/summer euthymia (normal mood) or hypomania (mild elation and behavioral activation)" (2) . Recent findings indicate that there may be at least two additional patterns of seasonal depressions, one characterized by annual summer depressions with euthyrnic, hypomanic or manic symptoms in the winter, and the other characterized by depressive episodes occurring in both winter and …

Between Victim And Agent: A Third-Way Feminist Account Of Trafficking For Sex Work, Shelley Cavalieri

Indiana Law Journal

Feminist legal theorists have devoted enormous attention to conceptualizing the issues of sex work and trafficking for sexual purposes. While these theories vary, they typically fall into one of two camps. The abolitionist perspective, having grown out of dominance feminist theory, perceives sex work as inherently exploitative. In contrast, a second group of theorists adopts a liberal notion of individual choice and draws on the poststructuralist rejection of gender essentialism to envision a theoretical model of sex-worker rights. The legal and public policies that grow from these two models are similarly polarized. Radical feminist abolitionists are often strange bedfellows with …

Fulfilling The Promise Of Payne: Creating Participatory Opportunities For Survivors In Capital Cases, Megan A. Mullett

Indiana Law Journal

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Beyond Equality? Against The Universal Turn In Workplace Protection, Jessica A. Clarke

Indiana Law Journal

Sexual harassment law and family leave policy originated as feminist reform projects designed to protect women in the workplace. But many academics now ask whether harassment and leave policies have outgrown their gendered roots. The anti-bullying movement advocates taking the “sexual” out of harassment law to prohibit all forms of on-the-job mistreatment. Likewise, the work-life balance movement advocates taking the “family” out of leave policy to require employers to accommodate all types of life pursuits. These proposals are in line with recent cases and scholarship on civil rights that reframe problems once seen as issues of inequality as deprivations of …

The Justiciability Of Climate Change: Acomparison Of Us And Canadian Approaches, Hugh Wilkins

Dalhousie Law Journal

Climate change-related disputes, which often include novel, complex,or politically sensitive matters, have experienced a mixed reception by the courts. Defendants both in Canada and the United States have raised the issue of justiciabilitythe question of whether a matter is of the quality or state of being appropriate or suitable for review by a court-with some success in attempts to have these cases summarily dismissed. The author reviews the types ofclimate change cases that have been launched, examines the US and Canadian laws of justiciability analyzes the.paths in which the caselaw regarding justiciability in these countries is headed, and suggests how …

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Three Year Anniversary Report, United States: Office Of The Special Inspector General For The Tarp

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Outcomes And Risk Factors Associated With Endophthalmitis After Intravitreal Injection Of Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Agents., Chirag P Shah, Sunir J Garg, James F Vander, Gary C Brown, Richard S Kaiser, Julia A Haller, The Post-Injection Endophthalmitis (Pie) Study Team

Wills Eye Hospital Papers

OBJECTIVE: To describe outcomes of and risk factors for endophthalmitis after intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injection.

DESIGN: Single-center, consecutive, case series and retrospective case-control study.

PARTICIPANTS: Between January 1, 2009, and May 31, 2010, 16 vitreoretinal surgeons administered a total of 27 736 injections. During this period, 23 cases of presumed infectious endophthalmitis occurred. Each surgeon used his own preferred injection technique.

INTERVENTION: Vitreous or aqueous tap, or both, with intravitreal antibiotic injection and subsequent topical antibiotic and steroid drops.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Visual acuity, bladed lid speculum use, conjunctival displacement, hemisphere of injection, bevacizumab versus ranibizumab, and …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 60, Number 4, Fall 2011

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Features:

• Retainer Physicians: Old-Fashioned Medicine or Destabilizing Trend?
• Advancing Therapeutics for Sickle Cell and Leukemia Patients
• JMC, the American Civil War and the Birth of Modern Emergency Medicine

Untangling The Web: Exploring Internet Regulation Schemes In Western Democracies, Renee Keen

San Diego International Law Journal

This Comment investigates past censorship schemes proposed and implemented by selected democratic administrations, in order to develop an improved framework and accompanying infrastructure that may accomplish the goals that these policies envisioned, but failed to achieve. The difficulty of this undertaking is in developing the intermediate and legally defensible parameters under which a regulation scheme can endure and gain support in a democratic society. The greater difficulty lies in developing a system that can accomplish these objectives in the burgeoning and ever-changing cyber realm. The challenges posed by Internet activity are novel ones, and the legitimacy of the actions taken …

Divided We Stand: The Haudenosaunee, Their Passport And Legal Implications Of Their Recognition In Canada And The United States, Nicole Terese Capton Marques

San Diego International Law Journal

There are several indigenous nations divided by the international border between the U.S. and Canada (hereinafter, border tribes). Part II will provide historical background on the Haudenosaunee and the Haudenosaunee passport, as well as on the Jay Treaty's free passage right as recognition that the international border was not to affect border tribes. Part III of this comment will examine the trust-like duty both federal governments owe to indigenous populations in general, briefly describe benefits and services offered, and then discuss the legal effects of current legislation and regulations by the American and Canadian governments on Haudenosaunee tribal members living …

A Decade After Drug Decriminalization: What Can The United States Learn From The Portuguese Model?, Jordan Blair Woods

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

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Review Of Federal Reserve System Financial Assistance To American International Group, Inc., United States: Government Accountability Office (Gao)

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Report to Congressional Requesters: Financial Crisis -- Review of Federal Reserve System Financial Assistance to American International Group, Inc.

National Credit Union Administration 2010 Annual Report, United States: National Credit Union Administration (Ncua)

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Financial Crisis: Review Of Federal Reserve System Financial Assistance To American International Group, Inc., United States: Government Accountability Office (Gao)

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Report to Congressional Requesters

In The Beginning...Phylogeny In Freud's Overview Of The Transference Neuroses: A Review-Essay, Emanuel E. Garcia, Md

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

A PHYLOGENETIC FANTASY

I. Grubrich-Simitis, editor

A. Hoffer and P. T. Hoffer, translators

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.

1987

Dysmorphophobia In A Diastrophic Dwarf: A Psychiatry-Dermatology Liaison Approach, Donald J. Kushon, Md

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

This is a case study of a 30-year-old male diastrophic dwarf who complained of hypertrichosis on his back and nose of 3 years duration. He had no previous psychiatric history, and although the distortion he described on his back was not apparent to others, there was a minimal amount of dark hair growth on his nose. He had unresolved conflicts concerning his disproportionate arms and legs and had sought surgical correction for many years from many orthopedic surgeons to no avail. After a diagnosis of dysmorphophobia was made by a psychiatric consultant, weekly visits with the dermatologist were arranged for …

Transparency And Termination In Group Psychotherapy: A Resident's Perspective, Althea Donovan, Md

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

Termination has been seen as a difficult and complex process in group psychotherapy. Although termination of group members has be en explored, little is written on the subject of the therapist's termination; i.e., in the case of a group which continues after the therapist departs. This circumstance must occur frequently, however, especially since 91% of psychiatric programs, (Yalom (1985) citing Pinney) have at least one year of group psychotherapy training. This implies that group therapist termination must occur on a regular basis at some training programs. Even so, there are no specific guidelines or more general exploration of an inexperienced …

Evaluation Of Fhfa's Oversight Of Fannie Mae's Management Of Operational Risk, United States: Federal Housing Finance Agency (Fhfa): Office Of The Inspector General

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Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of Inspector General

Presentation And Differential Diagnosis Of Hyponatremia In A Schizophrenic Adult Male, Michael J. Sedlacek, Md

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

The diagnosis o f hyponatremia can prove to be a challenging task since initial symptomatology may mimic psychiatric illness. Accurate diagnosis and subsequent treatment is essential as this disorder can progress to seizures, coma and death if not recognized. Neither the true incidence nor the etiology of hyponatremia in the schizophrenic population has been established, but a definite association has been shown to exist. A recent retrospective study involving over 20,000 hospital admissions found a 5.8% incidence of hyponatremia in the schizophrenic population as compared with a 0.36% incidence for all admissions (1). The following case illustrates the features of …

Supervising Residents Treating Multiproblem Patients: Transformations Of Therapeutic Narcissism, Susan J. Olson, Md, Valerie A. Westhead, Md, Jean M. Goodwin, Md, Mph

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

While much of the literature on psychotherapy supervision focuses on teaching psychotherapeutic techniques, most residents and supervisors realize that there is another agenda: making the often drained and narcissistically injured therapist feel better. The beginning therapist's self-esteem is especially vulnerable to injury because most psychiatric residents have "heavily committed themselves to a field of endeavor for which ... they are relatively untested" (I). Coupled with this, they are often assigned the most difficult and demanding patients, those with narcissistic disorders who are unable to soothe themselves. Both Searles (2) and Balint (3) describe the barrage of counter transferences usually experienced …

Letters To The Editor

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

Letters to the Editor.

Hypnosis In The Criminal Case: Facts And Fallacies, Phyllis E. Amabile, Jd, Md, Thomas H. Jobe, Md

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

Throughout the past century, criminal cases have been documented in which a party has sought to introduce into evidence information obtained through the process of hypnosis. The usefulness of the technique of hypnosis in various psychological the rapies has already been well established. The courts, however, have differed markedly in their decisions on the admissibility of hypnotic material into evidence. Consequently, no clear rationale or guidelines for admissibility have been established.

Letters To The Editor

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

Letters to the Editor.

Psychosis In A Case Of Mycoplasma Pneumonia Encephalopathy, Alan Jay Cohen, Md

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

Mycoplasma pneumonia, a well known cause of acute respiratory infection in man, has been reported to frequently include central nervous system manifestations as part of its clinical course (1,2). The spectrum of neurologic syndromes associated with the disease is vast, ranging from direct invasion of brain and meninges by the organism to non-invasive parainfectious encephalopathy (3). This is a case report of an individual who presented to the emergency room in an acute psychotic state as the single manifestation of a parainfectious encephalopathy secondary to mycoplasma pneumonia infection of the lung.

Dynamic Considerations In Psychiatric Crisis Intervention, Keith Cheng, Md

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

One of the most challenging tasks for psychiatrists and psychiatric residents is emergency room triage. This task becomes more frequent as more patients depend on the emergency room for psychiatric treatment. Various social and economic pressures account for an increased utilization of psychiatric triage. The government funds that were to provide community care for the ex-patients of state hospitals have never materialized in adequate amounts (1). Many of these patients become dependent transients who in a crisis must use the emergency room as a psychiatric clinic. To keep premiums down, some insurance companies have eliminated their outpatient psychiatric coverage, often …

Masochistic Personality Disorder: A Diagnosis Under Consideration, A. Kenneth Fuller, Md

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

In the past three decades, few diagnoses in psychiatry have had a more turbulent history than the personality disorders (1). Labels such as inadequate, emotionally unstable, and asthenic personalities entered the official nomenclature and were later withdrawn. Borderline, antisocial and compulsive personality disorders are additions that have become entrenched in the classification of mental disorders. The turmoil maintains its course with a diagnosis of Masochistic Personality Disorder under consideration to join the existing categories of personality disorders in the revised edition of DSM-III (DSM-III-R) (2).

The category of Masochistic Personality Disorder does not exist in the three earlier versions of …

Faculty Advisor's Column, Harvey J. Schwartz, Md

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

The challenge of understanding and treating the increasing number of patients who suffer from some form of eating disorder has been addressed at length in the past issues of the JeJferson Journal. Beginning in the July 1985 issue, Dr. Eric Levin presented a clinical and theoretical report entitled "Bulimia as a Masturbatory Equivalent." The last issue contained an "In Response" column by Dr. C. Philip Wilson, a foremost authority on the psychoanalytic approach to this problem. This issue brings forth further commentary by Dr. Jeffrey Jonas, a recognized leader in the pharmacologic concept of treatment. The differences in approach are …

In Search Of The "Fundamental Rule" Of Supportive Psychotherapy, Jeffrey R. Sarnoff, Md

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

Early in my first year of residency training in psychiatry, while working between acute-care inpatient units and a busy crisis service, it appeared that virtually every patient was said to have been treated with supportive psychotherapy, in conjunction with psychotropic medication. This appearance was deceiving, and if not for thorough supervision, reading, discussion with faculty and peers, and autocritical review, I might still believe that my earliest, and perhaps sickest, patients were indeed treated with supportive psychotherapy. In retrospect, some were and some were not; the explanation for this discrepancy came with the realization that I did not have very …

Considering The Constitutionality Of Nonstate Intervenors In Original Jurisdiction Actions, John C. Sullivan

Notre Dame Law Review

The article discusses the constitutionality of allowing non-state parties to intervene in original jurisdiction lawsuits in the U.S. The author examines the history of non-state party involvement in U.S. Supreme Court cases, including Alabama v. North Carolina (130 S. Ct. 2295), South Carolina, v. North Carolina (130 S. Ct. 854), and Oklahoma v. Texas (258 U.S. 574). The author analyzes U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' argument against non-state intervention in the Alabama case.