SP appears to be a true and frequently severe pathological condition. The awareness of GPs and the general population should be improved.

This study suggested that anxiety but not depression was independently associated with an increased risk for high blood pressure.

In our study, low blood pressure was a risk factor for, but not a consequence of, high depressive symptomatology.

The adenosine uptake site has been localized in rat brain by an in vitro light microscopic autoradiographic method, using [3H]nitrobenzylthioinosine ( [3H]NBI) as the probe. The binding characteristics of [3H]NBI on slide-mounted sections are comparable to those seen in studies performed on brain homogenates. A very high density of uptake sites occurs in the nucleus tractus solitarius, in the superficial layer of the superior colliculus, in several thalamic nuclei, and also in geniculate body nuclei. A high density of sites are also observed in the nucleus accumbens, the caudate putamen, the dorsal tegmentum area, the substantia nigra, and the central gray. The localization of the adenosine uptake site in brain may provide information on the functional activity of the site and suggests the involvement of the adenosine system in the central regulation of cardiovascular function.

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Phobic symptoms are frequent in patients with type I diabetes. The intensity of phobic symptoms and anxiety-depression negatively influences metabolic control. Increased fear of blood and injury may lead some patients to perform few home blood glucose measurements and may result in poorer glycemic control. This suggests that, by decreasing the fear of blood, injury, and injection, metabolic control may be improved.

The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of sertraline and clomipramine in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Outpatients with DSM-III-R defined OCD for 1 year or longer and scores of >/=20 on the YaleBrown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), >/=7 on the National Institute of Mental Health Global Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (NIMH-OC), >/=4 on the Clinical Global Impression Severity of Illness Scale (CGI-S) and