Critique of “Born Unwanted: Observations from the Prague Study”
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A 5 page paper critiquing a longitudinal study of children born of unwanted pregnancies. David, Dytrych and Matejcek (2003) report on a large and long-term study designed to assess the consequences of being born unwanted, expressed in terms of sound mental health in adulthood. The authors identified 220 children born between 1961 and 1963 in Prague, Czech Republic. All of these study children were born of women who had sought and been denied an abortion at least twice for the pregnancy that produced the study subject. The researchers concluded that unwantedness was a significant risk factor for mental health problems in later life. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSpsycBornUnwan.rtf

CRITIQUE: STUDY OF YOUNG CHILDREN’S SLEEP PROBLEMS
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This paper critiques a pilot study about sleep disorders in young children, and whether such disorders can be determined in infancy. The paper acknowledges that while such studies are important, this particular one had a variety of flaws that need to be addressed in future studies. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MTslechil.rtf

Depression And Diabetes: Article Reviews
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10 pages in length. The relationship between diabetes and depression is an unmistakable - and perhaps unavoidable - occurrence of comorbidity. Each of these articles illustrates the importance of patient self-care and appropriate life choices as a means by which to offset the prevalence toward the comorbidity of depression and diabetes. While one study seeks to determine the most provoking factors that draw out the tendency toward both major and minor depression, another finds no more correlation between depression and diabetes than there is with those who do not have diabetes. Similarly, a third study sought to determine if those with either major depression or diabetes were more or less functionally disabled than those with diabetes and comorbid major depression. Another study examines how different locale and ethic composition impacts comorbidity, while the final article provides a broad overview of how depression and diabetes are often misdiagnosed and inappropriately treated. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLCDepDiabRV.rtf