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Clinical Articles / BY: Pierre Leichner, MD, FRCPC January/February 2005
... good results and improving client satisfaction. [1] The new approach—often referred to as Motivational ... Precontemplation  or the  Contemplation  stage ( Figure 1 ). In our research with youth, we have learned that many ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jorge L. Pinzon, MD, FRCPC, FAAP, FSAM January/February 2005
... affect adolescent females and have a high morbidity risk. [1]  Treatment is changing from a rigid prescribed medical ... budding” (first sign of pubertal development) and 1 year prior to menarche (mean age in North America, 12.5 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marina Leichner, RN January/February 2005
... Recommendations for treatment include the following: (1) continue with care in the community; (2) attend a BCCH ... patient get through hospitalization with minimal harm. [1]  Some patients who are asked to take responsibility for ... to larger meals, a plan that will promote a weight gain of 1 kg per week. The dietitian also explains that the patient ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ronald S. Manley, PhD, RPsych January/February 2005
... interviews the family physician has to conduct. [1] Varying periods of time may have elapsed between the onset ... recommend that the physician consult the work of Strober, [1,2]  as we have drawn heavily on his thinking, both in our ... sample discourses with patients or quoted them directly. [1]  Also, in the discussion of the consultation process that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Pat Roles, MSW, RSW, BCATR January/February 2005
... involves developing a strong therapeutic alliance. [1]  This first contact with the family is the foundation for ... Lower Mainland: 604 875-2084; toll-free elsewhere in BC: 1 800 665-1822) or by e-mail ( edrcbc@direct.ca ) for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ronald S. Manley, PhD, RPsych January/February 2005
... with a patient struggling with an eating disorder. [1]  The nature of an eating disorder is such that it lends a ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Barbara Cadario, BSc, BScPhm, MSc January/February 2005
... related to medical mismanagement in Canadian hospitals. [1]  Since adverse drug reactions were included in the ... (8%) were fatal.  Based on these data, approximately 1.6% of patients admitted to acute care hospitals in Canada ...
Letters / BY: John Sehmer, MD January/February 2005
... in British Columbia are undertreating osteoporosis. [1]  They conclude as a possible solution, “Patients with ... women 65 years or older should undergo repeat DEXA every 1 to 2 years regardless of the results of the initial DEXA ...
Letters / BY: Douglas C. Drummond, MD January/February 2005
... These included a report of a consensus conference (TREAD) [1]  attended by numerous local leaders in the field. Some ... be viewed with skepticism. Consider the following points. (1) Donepezil (the drug under study) was already available and ... era of treatable Alzheimer disease,” September 2004  [1]  has generated and for the opportunity to respond to the ...
News January/February 2005
... Ms Brenna Inthavixay (604 638-2849 or toll free in BC at 1 800 665-2262 ext. 2849, e-mail  binthavixay@bcma.bc.ca ) ... contributing to an RRSP to qualify for a 2004 deduction is 1 March 2005. To guarantee payment of your CPRSP benefit by ... be able to make a matching contribution to your RRSP by 1 March 2005. If you have not already submitted your claim, I ...