BACKGROUND: This study sought to evaluate the acceptance of two brief psychological interventions for depressed individuals, contacted through a community survey, and to look for predictors of adherence at the patient level. METHOD: The authors used data from the Outcomes of Depression International Network (ODIN) study, which included a randomized...
The study investigated problem solving ability in schizophrenia. Thirty DSM-IIIR schizophrenic patients and 27 matched normal controls were tested on the Three-Dimensional Computerised Tower of London Test (3-D CTL Test) (Morris et al., 1993). The patients took significantly more moves to solve a series of problems and solved significantly fewer pr...
Alma Mater Studiorum · Universita` di Bologna FACOLTA` DI SCIENZE MATEMATICHE, FISICHE E NATURALI Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Informatica Competenze e competizioni di informatica: valutazioni sperimentali Tesi di Laurea in Storia e Didattica dell’Informatica Relatore: Chiar.mo Prof. Giorgio Casadei Presentata da: Luca Leoni Sessione III Anno Acca...
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the issues raised by participants as 'barriers' to the development of Practice-based Commissioning (PBC) in 'early adopter' sites in England. METHODS: Detailed case studies of five PBC consortia in three Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). Data collection included interviews with a wide range of respondents (46 in total), includi...
Published in Buletinul ştiinţific al Academiei Trupelor de Uscat
Throughout the years, preparing the individuals for a demanding life and providing the society with socially and intellectually mature citizens have been one of the most important missions of schooling. Assuming this noble mission, educators have sought ways to fulfill the individual’s need of being proficient enough to cope with the challenges of ...
Since the time of Plato, philosophers and educational policy-makers have assumed that the study of mathematics improves one's general ‘thinking skills’. Today, this argument, known as the ‘Theory of Formal Discipline’ is used in policy debates to prioritize mathematics in school curricula. But there is no strong research evidence which justifies it...
Problem-solving ability was investigated in 25 DSM-IIIR schizophrenic (SC) patients using the Tower of Hanoi (TOH) task. Their performance was compared to that of: (1) 22 patients with neurosurgical unilateral prefrontal lesions, 11 left (LF) and 10 right hemisphere (RF); (2) 38 patients with unilateral temporal lobectomies, 19 left (LT) and 19 rig...
