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Purpose This study aims to determine the effect of the distribution of practice on learning the forehand shot in tennis. Method Twenty-four beginner tennis players participated in the study (13 males and 11 female; 8.63 ± 0.92 years old). The players were separated after groups -massed practice ( N = 12) and distributed practice ( N = 12). Each group practiced the forehand shot for 12 sessions, 4 series per session and 10 trials/series (6 weeks). The accuracy and efficacy were measured through one post-test and one retest, carried out 2 weeks after the last learning session. Results Significant improvements in accuracy between the pre-test and post-test ( p=.004) and between pre-test and re-test ( p=.006) were found in the massed practice group. Significant improvements in accuracy between the pre-test and post-test ( p=.002) and between pre-test and re-test ( p=.001) were found in the distributed practice group. No significant differences were found between groups but there was a favourable trend toward better learning in both, with improved accuracy and efficacy. Conclusion The motor learning through the distribution of practice among children has been noted, with a significant improvement in the skill acquisition of the forehand shot in the two groups. The results are useful because they clear up the doubts about how to plan the teaching of this stroke in tennis, confirming the suitability of carrying out learning programs based on massed and distributed practice.

Introduction: In the last decade has objectified a change in the profile of patients attending psychiatric emergencies in Spain. Research papers published recently on this subject have an overwhelming agreement to maintain a change in the demand for care at psychiatric emergency units, characterized not only by the increase in these, but also by a series experienced as negative aspects: patients ´frequent repeaters´, demands urgent assistance is not even considered not as a crisis. (Teijeiro 2003, Centeno 2002, Vila Grifoll 2002) Objectives: Measure the importance of psychiatric problems in the emergency services of the CHUA. Describe the characteristics of patients who have access to these emergency services. Methods: 634 patients (52% females, mean age 35.4 +/-12.8 years) consecutively attended in June-July 2011 in emergency psychiatric service of CHUA were assessed to sociodemographic variables, diagnosis and the treatment plan. Results: 62.4% were referred from primary care, 65.4% were domiciled in Albacete, 42.1% had a psychiatric history, 70% lived with a partner, 60.2% were being treated with psychotropic drugs. 21.3% received no diagnosis included in DSM-IV. 9.62% were admitted for observation, 12.61 admitted to an inpatient psychiatric ward. 1.1% came to more than 3 times the psychiatric emergency service. The treatment plan was not significantly related to the sociodemographic variables studied. Conclusions: An average of 10.39 patients per day is attended in emergency psychiatry CHUA. 1.1% would qualify as "frequent repeaters".

IntroductionPharmacological treatment of patients with schizophrenia and other psychoses get scientific backing of its main clinical trials. Methodological guarantees these test tend to strengthen the internal validity of the results at the expense of external validity and the ability to generalize the results to the clinical population. For this reason, and to minimize the shortcomings of external validity while maintaining internal validity, has been promoted in recent years to carry out large clinical trials based on clinical practice. This type of test expands the criteria for inclusion, limiting the exclusion criteria to incorporate as many patients as possible. The first and most significant of these trials was the CATIE trial (Lieberman et al, 2005).ObjectivesDiscuss eligibility patients admitted during the year 2009 in a psychiatric inpatient unit with a diagnosis of schizophrenia for participation in CATIE.MethodsA total of 145 patients (27.6% females, mean age 39.6+/−12.8 years), consecutively admitted to an inpatient psychiatric ward with a clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia or other psychoses were assessed to test if they would fulfill criteria for participation in CATIE.Results60 (41.4%) patients did not fulfill CATIE inclusion criteria. Mental retardation (n = 22, p < 0.001), absence of consent (n = 15, p < 0.001) and refusal to take oral medication (n = 12, p < 0.001) were the main factors responsible for not meeting criteria. Meeting the criteria was not significantly related to gender or specific diagnosis.ConclusionsThe 41.38% of patients did not meet criteria for participation in the CATIE study.

Introduction: The psychiatric emergency would be one situation or medical condition that a given moment generates a demand for attention and resolution assistance immediately as requested by the patient, family, other specialists ... In the last decade has objectified a change in the profile of patients attending psychiatric emergencies in Spain. Research papers published recently on this subject have an overwhelming agreement to maintain a change in the demand for care at psychiatric emergency units, characterized not only by the increase in these, but also by a series experienced as negative aspects (patients ´frequent repeaters´). (Teijeiro 2003, Centeno 2002, Vila Grifoll 2002). Objectives: Measure the importance of psychiatric problems in the emergency services of the CHUA and to describe the characteristics of patients who have access to these emergency services for the purpose of psychiatric treatment. Methods: 634 patients (52% females, mean age 35.4 +/-12.8 years) consecutively attended in June and July 2011 in emergency psychiatric service were assessed to sociodemographic variables, diagnosis and treatment plan. Results: 62.4% were referred from primary care, 65.4% were domiciled in Albacete, 42.1% had a psychiatric history. 21.3% not included in DSMIV diagnosis. 9.62% were admitted for observation, 12.61% admitted to an inpatient psychiatric ward. 1.1% came to more than 4 times the psychiatric emergency service. Treatment plan was not significantly related to the sociodemographic variables studied. Conclusions: An average of 10.39 patients per day is attended in emergency psychiatry CHUA. 1.1% would qualify as "frequent repeaters"