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The effects of 25 mg propiomazine were examined in ten healthy volunteers in a sleep laboratory setting. A significant decrease in sleep latency and a corresponding decrement in subjectively assessed sleep latency was found during drug treatment. The distribution of the different sleep stages was affected to a relatively small extent. Some evidence for a suppression of REM-sleep in the early part of the treatment period was found. Based on subjective assessment, the subjects rated their sleep quality as significantly improved during treatment. Ratings of 'drowsiness in the morning' were not different during baseline and drug treatment, but there was a significant decrease at withdrawal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, researchers undertook a buccal smear survey of all institutionalized mentally retarded males in three western counties in Sweden. Authors found six out of 778 subjects to be chromatin positive. Chromosomes of four were examined and all showed XXY sex-chromosome complement, one having the symptoms of Down's syndrome and also having an extra G-group chromosome. The results confirm that the incidence of chromatin positive males amongst the mentally retarded, although above that of the general population, is less than that of antisocial mentally retarded males, amongst whom researchers in 1963 found an incidence of 1.98 per cent.

Sweden was the first country to legislate on sex reassignment procedures in 1972. Patients with gender dysphoria are in Sweden referred to one of six university clinics specialised in the field; all surgery, however, is centralised to the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm. The aetiological strivings regarding transsexualism have to date been inconclusive; however, several lines of evidence speak in favour of an early biological influence on gender identity. The vast majority of studies addressing outcome have provided convincing evidence for the benefit of sex reassignment surgery in carefully selected cases. The current article summarises the state of the art regarding work-up and treatment of transsexuals.

The aim of this research was to evaluate the effect of augmentation mammaplasty on women and to determine if it is possible to predict which women will benefit most from the operation. Interviews were conducted with both women who were about to undergo augmentation mammaplasty and those who had undergone the surgery. These interviews were compared with interviews from a control group composed of a normally distributed population. The women who apply for augmentation mammaplasty are a homogeneous group who experience their breast problems in a very similar way. Our study revealed that they are distinctly different from the control group in personality and childhood environment. Most of the women were generally satisfied with the operation even though many had complaints about the technical result. Certain behaviors had changed, but despite these positive results these changes were not radical and in reality the improvement was not as the women initially described it. The women's behavior reactions rarely changed enough to become similar to the reactions of the control group. Using a personality test, it is possible to predict which women will benefit most from the operation. When an assessment of psychiatric problems was made using the neurosis scale in a personality test, the women who scored low on a scale of neurotic self-assertion were satisfied with the operation to a greater extent.