C Zilli's research while affiliated with The University of Western Ontario and other places

Publications (2)

Article
This study examines the attitudes toward committal of patients admitted to a psychiatric facility for the first time. Sixteen patients, from a group of 28 patients consecutively admitted to hospital on an Ontario Form 1 certificate were able to complete a satisfactory interview. In general, patients viewed the committal procedure favourably. They e...
Article
Thirty-one consecutive subjects suffering from oral dysesthesia and without detectable organic disease were seen in a university outpatient dental clinic. They were assessed with a screening test for psychiatric illness, the General Health Questionnaire, 28-item version (GHQ-28). Twelve subjects also completed the Irritability, Depression and Anxie...

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... A great majority of the patients and their nextof-kins stated that decisions regarding compulsory care should be made by doctors, even though many were of the opinion that different categories of professionals, and relatives, should be involved in the decision. These results, which seem to reflect a strong support for the medical profession's involvement in the commitment process, are reminiscent of findings reported in at least one previous study performed on Canadian samples (17). ...
... Regarding symptomatology, the most common term patients use to describe BMS pain is "burning" [7], but allodynia, pricking pain, tingling, electrical discharges, numbness, and itching, have been described [8]. The most frequently affected area is the tongue, in particular symptoms are more constantly localized in the anterior two thirds of the tongue. ...