Historical studies of premenstrual tension up to 30 years ago: implications for future research.

abstract：:Anxiety disorders are frequently encountered in the elderly, but they are largely undetected and untreated. Epidemiological studies indicate a prevalence ranging from 1.2 to 15 %. With the exception of generalized anxiety disorder and agoraphobia, which can often start in late life, most anxiety disorders in older pat...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Andreescu C,Varon D

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review highlights recent research regarding gender differences in OCD, with a focus on prevalence, course of illness, symptom presentation, comorbidity, and treatment response. RECENT FINDINGS:Overall, findings remain mixed. OCD may be more common among males in childhood, but is more common amo...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Mathes BM,Morabito DM,Schmidt NB

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Greater racial discrimination is associated with poorer mental health among Black Americans; yet, there remains an incomplete understanding of sex differences in exposure to racial discrimination, and further, of how sex differences in coping with racial discrimination may heighten or diminish risk fo...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Brownlow BN,Sosoo EE,Long RN,Hoggard LS,Burford TI,Hill LK

更新日期：2019-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The concepts of healthcare reform and population health are shifting the emphasis from traditional, volume-based care to a model in which value, or quality, predominates. High quality care will be increasingly rewarded, with financial consequences for poor performance. This shift will be accelerated by the use of heal...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Baum RA,Epstein JN,Kelleher K

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term paraphrenia refers to a condition characterized by a strong delusional component with preservation of thought and personality. Most affected patients are women. Although a late age at onset (> 60 years) has been proposed in the literature, evidence for this assertion remains debatable. Deterioration of cognit...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Casanova MF

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of gonadal hormone-related influences on human brain anatomy, function, and chemistry is scarce. The present review scrutinized organizational and functional neuroimaging correlates of the menstrual cycle and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). Supportive evidence of cyclic short-term structural and func...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Comasco E,Sundström-Poromaa I

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of studies have examined both the epidemiology and neuropsychiatric manifestations of dementia among older adults. However, there is a relative dearth of studies focusing on ethnic minority elders in the United States. This article reviews the existing empiric literature in the area of ethnicity and dem...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Harwood DG,Ownby RL

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interest in the relationship between cannabis use and psychosis has increased dramatically in recent years, in part because of concerns related to the growing availability of cannabis and potential risks to health and human functioning. There now exists a plethora of scientific articles addressing this issue, but few ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Ksir C,Hart CL

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral inhibition (BI) during early childhood has been associated with subsequent development of anxiety disorders. However, understanding of the neuroanatomical substrates of BI in humans generally has not kept pace with that of anxiety disorders. Recent interpretations and implementations of Gray's and Kagan's c...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Morgan BE

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe and effective treatment for severe mood disorders. Rarely there can be serious complications, such as postictal agitation, cardiovascular compromise, prolonged seizures, and status epilepticus, all of which are important for the clinician to recognize and treat. Postictal agit...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Cristancho MA,Alici Y,Augoustides JG,O'Reardon JP

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress has been identified as a key risk factor for a multitude of human pathologies. However, stress by itself is often not sufficient to induce a disease, as a large contribution comes from an individual's genetic background. Therefore, many stress models have been created to investigate this so-called gene-environm...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Scharf SH,Schmidt MV

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the association between trauma and personality disorders, particularly borderline personality disorder (BPD), has been well established, the etiologic role of trauma in the development of personality disorders has been a topic of debate. Numerous mediation models have been put forth to explain how trauma can ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Yen S,Shea MT

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the original work of Myklebust et al., the concept of a syndrome of nonverbal learning disabilities (NLD) has undergone considerable development and expansion, most notably in the work of Rourke. These authors have proposed a model of white matter dysfunction, predominantly in the right cerebral hemisphere, whic...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： McDonald BC

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim of this review was to focus solely on youths' behavioral responses to natural disasters and political conflicts in order to fully understand their impact and scope. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent studies in the field of trauma have shown that theoretical conceptions have moved away from a narrow focu...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Nuttman-Shwartz O

更新日期：2019-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell disease (SCD), the most common genetic hemoglobin disorder, affects more than 70,000 Americans, primarily those of African and Mediterranean descent. SCD, characterized by chronic hemolytic anemia; recurrent, episodic painful episodes; vaso-occlusive complications affecting multiple organ systems; and incr...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Benton TD,Boyd R,Ifeagwu J,Feldtmose E,Smith-Whitley K

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This paper explores how motivational interviewing (MI) can be useful to practitioners working with people who have sexually abused. Research has found that the most effective practitioners working with these clients are warm, empathic, rewarding, and directive. Putting these characteristics into pract...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Prescott DS

更新日期：2020-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:We review recent empirical investigations about two core processes subtending impairments in interpersonal functioning and, more precisely, cooperative behaviors in personality disorders: Trust toward others and rejection sensitivity. The main contributions are about borderline and narcissistic person...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Poggi A,Richetin J,Preti E

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review provides an overview of the state of research on alliance ruptures and resolutions in the treatment of personality disorders (PDs). We discuss frequently used instruments to measure alliance ruptures and resolutions. We discuss the effectiveness of rupture resolution processes and highligh...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Schenk N,Fürer L,Zimmermann R,Steppan M,Schmeck K

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal models may be useful in investigating the fundamental mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders, and may contribute to the development of new medications. A computerized literature search was used to collect studies on recently developed animal models for anxiety disorders. Particular cognitive-affective proc...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Uys JD,Stein DJ,Daniels WM,Harvey BH

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of an adequate and satisfying level of functioning for the course and outcome of schizophrenia has been increasingly emphasized by researchers in recent years. Employment status is a major component of the patient's functioning and is generally believed to be essential for well-being, satisfaction in li...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Schennach R,Musil R,Möller HJ,Riedel M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we highlight recent Bipolar Collaborative Network data. We found that childhood-onset bipolar illness is common, often goes untreated for more than a decade, and carries a poor prognosis. During randomized studies of adjunctive medications in depression: 1) Venlafaxine showed higher switch rates than ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Post RM,Altshuler LL,Frye MA,Suppes T,McElroy S,Keck PE Jr,Leverich GS,Kupka R,Nolen WA,Grunze H

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:As rates of suicide continue to rise, there is urgent need for innovative approaches to better understand, predict, and care for those at high risk of suicide. Numerous mobile and sensor technology solutions have already been proposed, are in development, or are already available today. This review se...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Torous J,Larsen ME,Depp C,Cosco TD,Barnett I,Nock MK,Firth J

更新日期：2018-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a dearth of knowledge regarding the diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder in late life. Based on a review of the current research on bipolar disorder in late life, emerging areas of research were identified: 1) methodological challenges in diagnosing bipolar disorder; 2) a lack of guidelines for the tre...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Kilbourne AM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bipolar disorder (BD) is one of the most potentially severe mental disorders. Literature data indicate that despite the current available treatments, a large proportion of patients do not achieve complete remission, with consequent residual symptoms and chronic impairment. We carried out a comprehensive review of new ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Sanches M,Soares JC

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manic symptoms frequently occur in patients with comorbid medical disorders and present a diagnostic and treatment challenge. Manic symptoms may be due to an independent psychiatric illness, may be induced or precipitated by a medical condition, or may result from medication or substance use. The presence of manic sym...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Arora M,Daughton J

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eating disorders anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are severe psychiatric disorders with high mortality. Our knowledge about the neurobiology of eating disorders is very limited, and the question remains whether alterations in brain structure or function in eating disorders are state related, remnants...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Frank GK

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The co-occurrence of substance use disorders (SUDs) and anxiety disorders has been now well established. This association is frequent and can be explained by three models: the shared vulnerability factors model, the self-medication model, and the substance-induced model. General population epidemiological studies prov...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Vorspan F,Mehtelli W,Dupuy G,Bloch V,Lépine JP

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disruptive, chronic, and relatively common disorder that is often difficult to treat. Many patients with PTSD are unresponsive, have only moderate or marginal responses, or have troubling side effects to first-line serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment. Studies suggest that ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Berlin HA

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Marijuana use presents a unique challenge to bariatric surgery programs. We review the recent evidence examining marijuana use on outcomes following bariatric surgery. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent studies have not demonstrated an increased risk of short-term surgical complications or differences in up to 2...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Diggins A,Heinberg L

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Descriptions of mental illness exist throughout recorded history. However, until the mid-twentieth century, there was no standard nosology or diagnostic standard for mental disorders. This limited understanding of these disorders and development of better treatments. As conditions such as dementia praecox and schizoph...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Bhati MT

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00