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Studies in the psychology of dwarfism. II. Personality maturation and response to growth hormone treatment in hypopituitary dwarfs
Studies in the Psychology to Growth Hormone
of Dwarfism. II. Personality Treatment in Hypopituitary
By John Money and Ernest0 Pollitt.
J. Pediatrics
Maturation Dwarfs
68: ~1-390,
and
Response
Hlarch, 1966.
Seventeen dwarfs were studied psychologically, either prior to or at the time of initiating investigative therapy with human growth hormone (HGH) . The longitudinal study ranged from 8 months to 10 years. The maximum dura.tion of HGH therapy was 3$ years. In all cases, the degree of psychomaturation achieved bore a complementary relationship to the success of adults, notably the parents, in t,reating the dwarf according to his age instead of his size. Two cases were complicated by low intelligence quotients. When psychomaturational lag was complicated by psychopathologic mechanisms of the personality, they were related to retreat, inhibition, dissociation, and neglect or constriction of the cognitive field. There was an absence of psychopathologic personality mechanisms related t,o aggression and acting out. Psychosis was not found in the present sample, although frank paranoid delusion was observed once in another sample of untreated patients. Norms of Size and Maxillae in Girls
Annual Increments of Seven Anatomical From Three to Sixteen Years of Age
By 1. J. Singh and B. S. Savara. Angle Orthodontist 1966.
Measures
36: 313-324,
of
October,
A mixed longitudinal cephalometric study was made of growth in maxillary height, length, and width in fifty girls 3 to 16 years of age. Landmarks were located in three dimensions to represent the maxillae. Seven dimensions (four for height, one for length, and two for width of maxillae), corrected for magnification and distortion, were investigated for patterns of size and increments. Norms and variability of size and annual increments were provided for each dimension. From 10 to 12 years of age, an adolescent spurt in maxillary growth is seen. Measurements of height utilizing prosthion as a landmark reflect changes in alveolar height associated with loss of deciduous incisors and eruption of permanent central incisors, Maxillary growth changes are most marked in height, less in length, and least in width. Bituberosity width shows a higher growth rate than width at the level of zygomaticomaxillary sutures during the earlier ages; no difference exists in the later ages. The differential growth rates of height, length, and width would necessarily change the form of the face. An
Assessment
of Class
Ill Malocclusion
By J. R. E. Mills. D. Practitioner
16: 452-465, August,
1966.
For the purpose of this study, Class III malocclusion is considered to exist when at least three upper incisors occlude lingually to the corresponding lower incisors. This is different from Angle’s definition, which was based on molar relationship. The sample consisted of forty-four patients treated at the Eastman Dental Hospital. The average age at the beginning of treatment was 12 years,
of Dwarfism. II. Personality Treatment in Hypopituitary
By John Money and Ernest0 Pollitt.
J. Pediatrics
Maturation Dwarfs
68: ~1-390,
and
Response
Hlarch, 1966.
Seventeen dwarfs were studied psychologically, either prior to or at the time of initiating investigative therapy with human growth hormone (HGH) . The longitudinal study ranged from 8 months to 10 years. The maximum dura.tion of HGH therapy was 3$ years. In all cases, the degree of psychomaturation achieved bore a complementary relationship to the success of adults, notably the parents, in t,reating the dwarf according to his age instead of his size. Two cases were complicated by low intelligence quotients. When psychomaturational lag was complicated by psychopathologic mechanisms of the personality, they were related to retreat, inhibition, dissociation, and neglect or constriction of the cognitive field. There was an absence of psychopathologic personality mechanisms related t,o aggression and acting out. Psychosis was not found in the present sample, although frank paranoid delusion was observed once in another sample of untreated patients. Norms of Size and Maxillae in Girls
Annual Increments of Seven Anatomical From Three to Sixteen Years of Age
By 1. J. Singh and B. S. Savara. Angle Orthodontist 1966.
Measures
36: 313-324,
of
October,
A mixed longitudinal cephalometric study was made of growth in maxillary height, length, and width in fifty girls 3 to 16 years of age. Landmarks were located in three dimensions to represent the maxillae. Seven dimensions (four for height, one for length, and two for width of maxillae), corrected for magnification and distortion, were investigated for patterns of size and increments. Norms and variability of size and annual increments were provided for each dimension. From 10 to 12 years of age, an adolescent spurt in maxillary growth is seen. Measurements of height utilizing prosthion as a landmark reflect changes in alveolar height associated with loss of deciduous incisors and eruption of permanent central incisors, Maxillary growth changes are most marked in height, less in length, and least in width. Bituberosity width shows a higher growth rate than width at the level of zygomaticomaxillary sutures during the earlier ages; no difference exists in the later ages. The differential growth rates of height, length, and width would necessarily change the form of the face. An
Assessment
of Class
Ill Malocclusion
By J. R. E. Mills. D. Practitioner
16: 452-465, August,
1966.
For the purpose of this study, Class III malocclusion is considered to exist when at least three upper incisors occlude lingually to the corresponding lower incisors. This is different from Angle’s definition, which was based on molar relationship. The sample consisted of forty-four patients treated at the Eastman Dental Hospital. The average age at the beginning of treatment was 12 years,