Chronic koro-like symptoms - two case reports.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is highly prevalent among Haemodialysis (HD) patients and is known to results in a series of adverse outcomes and poor quality of life (QoL). Although cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) has been shown to improve depressive symptoms and QoL in other chronic illness, there is uncertainty in terms o...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Ling C,Evans D,Zhang Y,Luo J,Hu Y,Ouyang Y,Tang J,Kuang Z

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In clinical practice, sleep disturbance is often regarded as an epiphenomenon of the primary mental disorder. The aim of this study was to test if sleep disturbance, independently of primary mental disorders, is associated with current clinical state and benefit from treatment in a sample representative of p...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Kallestad H,Hansen B,Langsrud K,Ruud T,Morken G,Stiles TC,Gråwe RW

更新日期：2012-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:"Behaviour that Challenges" is common in people living with dementia, resident in care homes and historically has been treated with anti-psychotics. However, such usage is associated with 1800 potentially avoidable deaths annually in the UK. This study investigated the feasibility of a full clinical trial of...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Maidment ID,Damery S,Campbell N,Seare N,Fox C,Iliffe S,Hilton A,Brown G,Barnes N,Wilcock J,Randle E,Gillespie S,Barton G,Shaw R

更新日期：2018-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the dramatic rise in mental disorders and mental illnesses, psychiatry has become one of the fastest growing clinical medical disciplines. This has led to a rise in the number of scientific research papers being published in this field. METHODS:We selected research papers in ten psychiatric journals th...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Wu Y,Duan Z

更新日期：2015-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The time between discharge from hospital and transition to community and home is a critical period for health status among patients with a mental illness, including patients with schizophrenia. This study aimed to investigate crucial patient factors (patient-level) and hospital factors (hospital-level) affec...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Smithnaraseth A,Seeherunwong A,Panitrat R,Tipayamongkholgul M

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Experienced discrimination refers to an individual's perception that they have been treated unfairly due to an attribute and is an important recent focus within stigma research. A significant proportion of mental health service users report experiencing mental illness-based discrimination in relation to pare...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Jeffery D,Clement S,Corker E,Howard LM,Murray J,Thornicroft G

更新日期：2013-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schizophrenia is a chronic mental health disorder associated with increased hospital admissions and excessive utilization of outpatient services and long-term care. This analysis examined health care resource utilization from a 24-month observational study of patients with schizophrenia initiated on risperid...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Crivera C,DeSouza C,Kozma CM,Dirani RD,Mao L,Macfadden W

更新日期：2011-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To protect and maintain the positivity of self-concept, normal people usually show a self-serving bias (internal attribution of positive events and external attribution of negative events) by the motives of self-enhancement and self-protection. Additionally, self-serving assessments predominantly activate th...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Wang Y,Zheng L,Wang C,Guo X

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intensive delivery of evidence-based treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is becoming increasingly popular for overcoming barriers to treatment for veterans. Understanding how and for whom these intensive treatments work is critical for optimizing their dissemination. The goals of the current s...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Zalta AK,Held P,Smith DL,Klassen BJ,Lofgreen AM,Normand PS,Brennan MB,Rydberg TS,Boley RA,Pollack MH,Karnik NS

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic cocaine use is associated with cognitive deficits, including poor performance on neuropsychological tasks of memory, executive functions, theory of mind and decision-making. However, the relationship between cocaine use disorder and social decision-making remains unclear. This is particularly relevan...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Viola TW,Niederauer JPO,Kluwe-Schiavon B,Sanvicente-Vieira B,Grassi-Oliveira R

更新日期：2019-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Major depressive disorders (MDD) is a common mental disorder with high prevalence, frequent relapse and associated with heavy disease burden. Heritability, environment and their interaction play important roles in the development of MDD. MDD patients usually display a wide variation in clinical symptoms and ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Lv X,Si T,Wang G,Wang H,Liu Q,Hu C,Wang J,Su Y,Huang Y,Jiang H,Yu X

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychotropic medications are frequently used to treat challenging behaviour in children with intellectual disabilities, despite a lack of evidence for their efficacy. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the safety and efficacy of pharmacological interventions for challenging behaviour...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： McQuire C,Hassiotis A,Harrison B,Pilling S

更新日期：2015-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This survey followed a cohort of patients with chronic psychosis recruited from five catchment areas (DSMs) of the Sardinian community mental health services. The objective was to examine whether the amount of resources in the different sites may be a determinant of the outcomes. METHODS:Naturalistic follow...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Carta MG,Angermeyer MC,Sancassiani F,Tuligi F,Pirastu R,Pisano A,Pintus E,Mellino G,Pintus M,Pisanu E,Moro MF,Massidda D,Trincas G,Bhugra D

更新日期：2013-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Measuring satisfaction with treatment has proved useful to ascertain the treatment features that are most important to the patients, and to explain increased treatment compliance. However, there are few studies that relate satisfaction to other clinical or self-perceived health status indicators. Recent stud...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： López-Torres J,Párraga I,Del Campo JM,Villena A,ADSCAMFYC Group.

更新日期：2013-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is one of the most common anxiety disorders. The efficacy of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has been examined but to date its effects on Quality of Life (QoL) have not been appropriately evaluated especially in the long term.The study aimed to examine, in the long term, what ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Watanabe N,Furukawa TA,Chen J,Kinoshita Y,Nakano Y,Ogawa S,Funayama T,Ietsugu T,Noda Y

更新日期：2010-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite evidence that psychological stress is an important risk factor for age-related cognitive loss, little research has directly evaluated psychological and physiological mediators of the relationship between stressful experiences and cognitive function. A key objective of the ESCAPE (Effects of Stress on...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Scott SB,Graham-Engeland JE,Engeland CG,Smyth JM,Almeida DM,Katz MJ,Lipton RB,Mogle JA,Munoz E,Ram N,Sliwinski MJ

更新日期：2015-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since 2009 some German health insurance companies have implemented integrated mental health care services along the principles of assertive community treatment in collaboration with local mental health service providers across Germany. Focus of this study is the analysis of effectiveness and cost-effectivene...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Stierlin AS,Herder K,Helmbrecht MJ,Prinz S,Walendzik J,Holzmann M,Becker T,Schützwohl M,Kilian R

更新日期：2014-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the availability of evidence based treatments, many people with major depression receive no or delayed professional treatment, which may put them at risk for adverse outcomes. The aim of this study was to examine which demographic and need factors distinguish early, delayed and no treatment use. MET...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Boerema AM,Ten Have M,Kleiboer A,de Graaf R,Nuyen J,Cuijpers P,Beekman ATF

更新日期：2017-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is a commonly occurring disorder linked to diminished role functioning and quality of life. The development of treatments that overcome barriers to accessing treatment remains an important area of clinical research as most people delay or do not receive treatment at an appropriate time. The workpl...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Deady M,Johnston DA,Glozier N,Milne D,Choi I,Mackinnon A,Mykletun A,Calvo RA,Gayed A,Bryant R,Christensen H,Harvey SB

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mood and anxiety disorders are leading causes of disability and mortality, due largely to their onset during adolescence and young adulthood and broader impact on functioning. Key factors that are associated with disability and these disorders in young people are social and economic participation (e.g. educa...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Iorfino F,Hickie IB,Lee RS,Lagopoulos J,Hermens DF

更新日期：2016-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In their study 'Mental Health in the General Population: Images and Realities' Jean-Luc Roelandt et al. found a huge divide between the French public's conceptualizations of insanity and depression. The study aims to examine whether such differences can be replicated using modern operationalized diagnostic c...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Angermeyer MC,Millier A,Rémuzat C,Refaï T,Toumi M

更新日期：2013-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children of parents with a mental illness or substance use disorder (COPMI) have an increased risk of developing social-emotional problems themselves. Fear of stigmatisation or unawareness of problems prevents children and parents from understanding each other. Little is known about COPMI with mild intellect...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Riemersma I,van Santvoort F,Janssens JM,Hosman CM,van Doesum KT

更新日期：2015-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The categories of functional psychoses build on views of influential professionals. There have long been four main categories - affective, schizophrenic, schizoaffective/cycloid/reactive/polymorphic, and delusional/paranoid psychoses. The last three are included in "psychotic disorders". However, this dichot...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Bergsholm P

更新日期：2016-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Art Therapy has been promoted as a means of helping people who may find it difficult to express themselves verbally engage in psychological treatment. Group Art Therapy has been widely used as an adjunctive treatment for people with schizophrenia but there have been few attempts to examine its effects and co...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Crawford MJ,Killaspy H,Kalaitzaki E,Barrett B,Byford S,Patterson S,Soteriou T,O'Neill FA,Clayton K,Maratos A,Barnes TR,Osborn D,Johnson T,King M,Tyrer P,Waller D

更新日期：2010-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schizophrenia patients with a metabolically abnormal obese (MAO) phenotype have been shown poor cardiovascular outcomes, but the characteristics of their current psychiatric symptoms have not been characterized. This study mainly explored the psychiatric symptoms of schizophrenia patients with the MAO phenot...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Wang J,Zhang Y,Liu Z,Yang Y,Zhong Y,Ning X,Zhang Y,Zhao T,Xia L,Geng F,Tao R,Fan M,Ren Z,Liu H

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cognitive tests currently used in healthcare and research settings do not account for bias in performance that arises due to cultural context. At present there are no universally accepted steps or minimum criteria for culturally adapting cognitive tests. We propose a methodology for developing specific guide...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Waheed W,Mirza N,Waheed MW,Malik A,Panagioti M

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a cohort of migrants in Denmark, we compared somatic disease incidence among migrants diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression with migrants without a diagnosed psychiatric disorder. METHODS:The study builds on a unique cohort of migrants who obtained residence permit in Denmark...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Lolk M,Byberg S,Carlsson J,Norredam M

更新日期：2016-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although persistent negative symptoms (PNS) are known to contribute significantly to poor functional outcome, they remain poorly understood. We examined the heuristic value of various PNS definitions and their respective prevalence in patients with first episode psychosis (FEP). We also contrasted those defi...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Hovington CL,Bodnar M,Joober R,Malla AK,Lepage M

更新日期：2012-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individuals affected by severe Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) are often heavy users of Mental Health Services (MHS). Short-term treatments currently used in BPD therapy are useful to target disruptive behaviors but they are less effective in reducing heavy MHS use. Therefore, alternative short-term tr...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Amianto F,Ferrero A,Pierò A,Cairo E,Rocca G,Simonelli B,Fassina S,Abbate-Daga G,Fassino S

更新日期：2011-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescence has been described as comorbid condition in affective or anxiety disorders, as well as borderline personality disorder (BPD) and is a risk factor for later suicide attempts. Prevalence rates of NSSI decline steeply from adolescence to young adulthood. Yet, to the...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Groschwitz RC,Plener PL,Kaess M,Schumacher T,Stoehr R,Boege I

更新日期：2015-07-18 00:00:00