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I recently reviewed Dr Richard Noll's article 'Speak, Memory' (as posted on Psychiatrictimes. com, March 19, 2014 at http:// www.psychiatrictimes.com/history-psychiatry/speak-memory), including the attached commentaries from Drs David Spiegel, Richard Kluft, [...]

Two letters to the editor in response to the article "Reforming Mental Health Care: How Ending 'Recovered Memory' Treatments Brought Informed Consent to Psychotherapy" by R. Christopher Barden, PhD in the June 2014 issue, and a response from the author of the same article are presented.

Background: Although initial reports on posterior cruciate ligament-retaining total knee arthroplasty in patients with rheumatoid arthritis have been encouraging, a high rate of late instability necessitating revision has been reported recently. The purpose of the present prospective study was to analyze the results of posterior cruciate ligament-retaining total knee arthroplasty in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.Methods: Seventy-two posterior cruciate ligament-retaining total knee arthroplasties in fifty-one patients with rheumatoid arthritis were studied prospectively. All procedures were performed with the Miller-Galante I prosthesis. Eighteen patients (twenty-four knees) died before the eight-year follow-up and one patient (two knees) was lost to follow-up, leaving forty-six knees (thirty-two patients) for review. These forty-six knees were evaluated clinically (with particular attention to posterior instability) and radiographically at annual intervals for a mean of 10.5 years (range, eight to fourteen years).Results: Forty-four (95%) of forty-six knees had a good or excellent result at a mean of 10.5 years. However, nine (13%) of the original seventy-two knees had revision of the implant, with six of the revisions performed because of failure of a metal-backed patellar component. The rate of survival at ten years was 93% 4% with femoral or tibial revision for any reason as the end point and 81% 5% with any reoperation as the end point. There was no aseptic loosening in any knee. Posterior instability was identified clinically and/or radiographically in two (2.8%) of the original seventy-two knees; both unstable knees were in the same patient.Conclusion: Posterior cruciate ligament-retaining total knee arthroplasty yielded satisfactory clinical and radiographic results in patients with rheumatoid arthritis at intermediate-term follow-up (mean, 10.5 years). Therefore, we believe that it remains an excellent treatment option for these patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Within the framework of a systematic study of 0→1 Β-transitions in theSn region, the decay of the neutrondeficient isotopeCd was investigated. This isotope was produced inO+Mo andNi+Cr heavy-ion reactions and in proton-induced spallation ofSn, and mass-separated samples were prepared by means of the GSI and the ISOLDE on-line mass separators, respectively. Observations of X-rays, γ-rays, and conversion-electrons studies have led to an improvedCd→Ag decay scheme which includes six 0→1 Gamow-Teller transitions. The half-life ofCd was redetermined with higher accuracy to be 345±8 s. Using a Si(Li)-BGO-Ge spectrometer, the Β endpoint energy of the main decay component was measured, yielding a Q value of 2587±8 keV. This very small uncertainty of Q, combined with the improved knowledge of half-life and decay scheme, allows an accurate determination of the observed Gamow-Teller decay strength B(GT)=1.513±0.055 forCd. This result is discussed in comparison with predictions from model calculations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]