Neuroticism, alexithymia, negative affect and positive affect as predictors of medically unexplained symptoms in primary care.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of and factors associated with depression and stress with perceived quality of life and the salivary cortisol levels in Community Health Agent (CHA). Materials and Methods Cross-sectional descriptive study of CHAs in Pelotas-RS, Brazil. Data collection, including sociodemographic i...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Knuth BS,Cocco RA,Radtke VA,Medeiros JR,Oses JP,Wiener CD,Jansen K

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aims of this study were to determine the dominant affective temperament changes in stroke survivors and whether temperament affects the disability. METHODS:A total of 63 stroke patients were included in this study. Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego Autoquestionnaire was used to...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Kurt E,Karacan I,Ozaras N,Alatas G

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Female patients with anorexia nervosa differ significantly from the control women in various dimensions of personality. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the personality dimensions measured with the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) in adolescent patients with restrictive-type and bulimic/purging-type anorex...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Rybakowski F,Slopien A,Zakrzewska M,Hornowska E,Rajewski A

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Prisoners categorised as 'dangerous' are a category of prisoners that require and/or force into using special measures of caution, protection and security. The aim of the study was to examine the intensity of anxiety (as a state and as a trait) experienced by officers working with 'dangerous' prisoners and st...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Tsirigotis K,Gruszczyński W,Pęczkowski S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite various studies, supportive evidence for the efficacy of exercise in treatment of mental illness is still weak. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare two forms of exercise, namely running therapy (RT) and physiotraining therapy (PT), on stationary devices. METHODS:Patients in a day treatme...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Judith Haffmans PM,Kleinsman AC,van Weelden C,Huijbrechts IP,Hoencamp E

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to report the frequency of autoimmune disorders and autoantibodies in 22 patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO), as well as whether the seropositivity for autoantibodies differs between anti-aquaporin 4 (AQP4) positive and AQP4 negative NMO patients. METHODS:Demographic, medical r...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Pereira WLCJ,Reiche EMV,Kallaur AP,Oliveira SR,Simão ANC,Lozovoy MAB,Schiavão LJV,Rodrigues PRDVP,Alfieri DF,Flauzino T,Kaimen-Maciel DR

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The FATIMA study (FAst TItration of quetiapine fumarate in bipolar I MAnia) evaluated the safety, tolerability and efficacy of a rapid dose escalation of quetiapine in acutely ill bipolar I patients experiencing a manic episode. METHODS:In an open-label, phase II pilot study, 29 patients aged 18 years or old...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Constant E,Seghers A,Ranalli E,Ryckmans V,Snauwaert P,Parent M,Vandenhoven G

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For more than 20 years, patients with borderline personality disorder have been treated as in-patients in the UC St-Jozef in Kortenberg, Belgium. The majority of these patients were treated in a psychoanalytical or a behavior therapy ward. During these years, the treatment programs of these wards were gradually adjust...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Pieters G,Vermote R

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Encephalitis due to anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antibodies (ANMDARE) is the most frequent immune-mediated encephalitis. It is distinguished by the subacute onset of neuropsychiatric symptoms. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the characteristic neuropsychiatric symptoms and their outcome in patients diagnosed wi...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Restrepo-Martinez M,Ramirez-Bermudez J,Bayliss L,Espinola-Nadurille M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is a frequent comorbid disorder of many inflammatory diseases and it is suggested that brain inflammatory processes have a pathogenic role in mood dysregulation. Several immunocompromised patients have been treated with cytokines and long-term treatments have resulted in a variety of neuropsychiatric side-e...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Fekkes D,Van Gool AR

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the current study was to examine whether and to what extent mood disorders, comprising major depression and bipolar disorder, are accompanied by structural changes in the brain as measured using voxel-based morphometry (VBM). METHODS:We performed a VBM study using a 3Т MRI system (GE Discovery 750...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Kandilarova S,Stoyanov D,Sirakov N,Maes M,Specht K

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The incidence of restless legs syndrome (RLS) is presumed to be higher among people with schizophrenia who take antipsychotic medication, most of which blocks the dopamine D2 receptor. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the G-protein β3 subunit (GNB3) C825T polymorphism is associated with anti...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Kang SG,Lee HJ,Choi JE,Park JH,Lee SS,Han C,Kim YK,Kim SH,Lee MS,Joe SH,Jung IK,Kim L

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the involvement of nod-like receptor pyrin domain-containing protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome in schizophrenia-like behaviour in young animals exposed to maternal immune activation (MIA). METHODS:To this aim, on the 15th gestational day, the females received an injection of lipopolysaccharides. Whe...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Ventura L,Freiberger V,Thiesen VB,Dias P,Dutra ML,Silva BB,Schlindwein AD,Comim CM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin is a hormone secreted by the pineal gland mainly during the night. The discovery that this melatonin secretion decreases under the influence of bright light, gave rise to the use of light therapy in some affective disorders. The literature on the relationship between melatonin secretion and mood is reviewed ...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Beullens J

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The differentiation between a 'non-organic' depressive episode and an organic depressive disorder on the basis of clinical grounds might be challenging. METHODS:We report a case with an initially typical severe depressive episode without any focal neurological deficits. RESULTS:Only medical history from a t...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Etgen T,Fleissner S

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The mechanisms involved in the dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, especially in the functioning of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) in depressed patients, are not well elucidated. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review of art...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Von Werne Baes C,de Carvalho Tofoli SM,Martins CM,Juruena MF

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent observations demonstrate a significant ameliorative effect of add-on transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) in schizophrenia. Of the many SNPs, NRG1 rs35753505 and catechol-o-methyl transferase (COMT) rs4680 polymorphisms have shown to have a strong asso...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Chhabra H,Shivakumar V,Subbanna M,Kalmady SV,Bose A,Agarwal SM,Sreeraj VS,Dinakaran D,Narayanaswamy JC,Debnath M,Venkatasubramanian G

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Shared decision making (SDM) is an essential component of patient-centered care, but there is little information about its use in the psychiatric care. OBJECTIVE:To measure to what extent psychiatric patients feel they were involved in the process and steps of decision making about treatment choice and to a...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： De las Cuevas C,Peñate W

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To observe spike activity in electroencephalograms (EEGs), patients with symptomatic partial epilepsy are rarely monitored during the hyperventilation stages. CASE:A 38-year-old woman suffered from a ruptured arteriovenous malformation in the left temporal lobe. One and a half years later, the patient exper...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Asano S,Hara T

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective This study explored the utility of the Health Belief Models (HBM) in explaining medication adherence in subjects with severe affective disorders. Method Well established measuring instruments, with confirmed reliability and validity, were used to assess each component of two HBMs and adherence with mood stab...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Scott J

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mazindol is a sympathomimetic amine, widely used as an anorectic agent in the treatment of obesity. This drug causes psychostimulant effects because of its pharmacological profile similar to amphetamine, acting like a monoamine reuptake inhibitor. However, the mechanisms underlying the action of mazindol are...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Gonçalves CL,Scaini G,Rezin GT,Jeremias IC,Bez GD,Daufenbach JF,Gomes LM,Ferreira GK,Zugno AI,Streck EL

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis is a complex process involving T cell mediated autoimmunity at initial stage of disease. A long standing view that Th1 cells are critical for early inflammatory development of lesions is challenging by recent findings that Th1 helper cells with Th17 phenotype are even more impo...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Brinar V

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past decade, neuroimaging research has identified key components in the neural system that underlies bipolar disorder (BD). The ventral prefrontal cortex (VPFC) and amygdala are highly interconnected structures that jointly play a central role in emotional regulation. Numerous research groups have reported prom...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Womer FY,Kalmar JH,Wang F,Blumberg HP

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ginsenosides, biologically-active components of the root of Panax ginseng, have been reported to have therapeutic benefits in a number of disease states including psychiatric conditions such as major depressive disorder. Our objective was to determine if a standardized commercial ginseng extract, G115®, could...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Terstege DJ,MacDonald DS,Tasker RA

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recognition memory dysfunction has been frequently reported in schizophrenic populations, and has been linked with the development of delusions and thought disorder. A range of neuropsychological abnormalities have also been documented in the biological asymptomatic relatives of patients with schizophrenia; ...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Edelstyn NM,Drakeford J,Oyebode F,Findlay CD

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Long chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCn-3PUFA) are in increasing use in the general population to treat health problems. The objective of the current article is to review the evidence for the rationale and benefit of LCn-3PUFA in the treatment of common psychiatric disorders in children and adoles...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Clayton EH,Hanstock TL,Garg ML,Hazell PL

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:ConstaTRE is an open-label, randomised, controlled, relapse prevention trial in patients with stable schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder switched to risperidone long-acting injectable (RLAI) or oral quetiapine, and was designed to test the hypothesis that injectable antipsychotic treatment with risperid...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Rouillon F,Eriksson L,Burba B,Raboch J,Kaprinis G,Schreiner A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate how individuals with a history of affective disorder use and perceive their use of social media and online dating. METHODS:A questionnaire focusing on affective disorders and the use of social media and online dating was handed out to outpatients from unipolar depression and bipolar disorder ...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Rydahl KFK,Brund RBK,Medici CR,Hansen V,Straarup KN,Straszek SPV,Østergaard SD

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A psychofysiological study of the cardiac adaptivity to attention-demanding reaction time tasks demonstrated that children with a lesser variant of the pervasive developmental disorder (DSM-IV: PDDNOS) exhibit less cardiac responsiveness to attention tasks than healthy children do. We studied changes in heart rate var...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Althaus M,Aarnoudse CC,Mulder LJ,Mulder G,Minderaa RB

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to analyse demographic and clinical characteristics, as well as psychiatric diagnoses to identify gender differences in patients with attempted suicide in a Mexican population. METHODS:Between September 2010 and September 2012, 140 suicide attempts were documented in the Depa...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Fresán A,González-Castro TB,Peralta-Jiménez Y,Juárez-Rojop I,Pool-García S,Velázquez-Sánchez MP,López-Narváez L,Tovilla-Zárate CA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00