[Reaching migrants for preventive care: optimization of access and utilization].

abstract：OBJECTIVE:ECT is an effective and safe therapy with fast response for depressive disorders. Nevertheless it's mostly used for therapy resistance. In antidepressive treatments fast response may be related with antidepressive efficacy. We studied, if earlier ECT could result in a shorter hospital stay period after the tr...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Schwerthöffer D,Wolf F,Pitschel-Walz G,Bäuml J

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease is a hereditary and progressive disease of the central nervous system. Sudden and irregular hyperkinesias are prominent. Psychopathological findings are very frequent and often proceed the decline of motor functions for years. Almost all the patients develop a dementia in later stages of the illne...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Weimer E,Ries S,Tost H,Braus DF

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a standardized assessment-procedure for the so-called "Gemeindepsychiatrische Verbünde" in Germany (GPV-Documentation), which are regional combines of community-based mental health care services. It is the first procedure in Germany which puts data on psychiatric care offers, needs for care and se...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Salize HJ,Bullenkamp J,Alscher I,Wolf I

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluation of the changes of ward atmosphere and job satisfaction after the implementation of the Safewards model in acute psychiatry in Germany. METHOD:A multi-perspective pre-post study design was conducted in two locked wards among patients (n = 80) and staff (n = 88) before and after the implementation o...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Jäckel D,Baumgardt J,Helber-Böhlen H,Stiehm N,Morgenstern K,Voigt A,Mc Cutcheon AK,Schöppe E,Velasquez Lecca EE,Löhr M,Schulz M,Bechdolf A,Weinmann S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this article is to discuss various aspects of the concepts of luck and happiness within the field of psychiatric nursing. METHODS:Personal factors, work characteristics and work environment were included and combined with case studies from a local hospital. RESULTS:Fortune and happiness of ps...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Hahn B,Nienaber A,Schulz M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristics of the present ecological threat concerning the mind of men are described. Some psychiatric cases are given describing on one hand psychotic patients whose concern about the endangered natural environment is more accidental, whereas in other patients the feeling to be threatened has been resulted in ps...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Lübeck HD

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychotherapy is an essential part of treating people with mental illness. However, the implementation of psychotherapeutic interventions in the field of inpatient psychiatric treatment remains well behind demand. At the same time, the use of psychotherapeutic interventions by other professional groups - suc...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Wabnitz P,Löhr M,Schulz M,Nienaber A,Oppermann G,Sauter D,Schreiber W,Gouzoulis-Mayfrank E,Claus S,Hohl-Radke F,Jordan W,Pollmächer T

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The "Center of Epidemiologic Studies - Depression scale" (CES-D) is a well-known screening tool for depression. Until now the criterion validity of the German version of the CES-D was not investigated in a sample of the adult general population. METHODS:508 study participants of the Austrian general populati...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Jahn R,Baumgartner JS,van den Nest M,Friedrich F,Alexandrowicz RW,Wancata J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primarily from the perspective of psychopharmacology, schizophrenic symptomatology has recently been dichotomized into "plus" and "minus" symptoms, although the role of cognitive dysfunctions has been regarded as particularly important for the diagnosis since the time of Eugen Bleuler. Many studies show that schizophr...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Sachs G,Katschnig H

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological studies have repeatedly pointed out gender differences in unipolar depression, whereas women have a 1.5 to 3 times higher risk of receiving a diagnosis. This however stands in sharp contrast with the 10 times higher suicide-rate of men, although depression is among the main risk-factors for s...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Zülke AE,Kersting A,Dietrich S,Luck T,Riedel-Heller SG,Stengler K

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A systematic review on empirical results of studies that assess Quality of Life (QoL) in schizophrenic patients. METHOD:A systematic overview of the literature is provided with focus on schizophrenic patients under deprived living conditions. RESULTS:No consistent relationships are found between objective l...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Franz M

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Providing information about the disease and the way of coping with it has a central position in therapeutic interventions with families. By giving basic knowledge about schizophrenia to relatives we developed the practical conception of the psychoeducative relatives' group (information-group), a structured program, wh...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Scherrmann TE,Seizer HU,Rutow R,Vieten C

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a catamnestic study concerning patients of a psychiatric rehabilitation unit are reported. The patients were either longterm inpatients (mean duration of stay 8.5 years) or those, who had been transferred from the acute unit for lack of therapeutic progress and thus were probable to become longterm pati...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Rittmannsberger H,Schöny W

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Theoretical background and first results of a vocational rehabilitation program for unemployed persons with chronic psychiatric disabilities will be presented. The aim of the program is job-placement in the regular labour market. METHODS:After a 3-month preparatory period the participants were given the poss...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Waschkowski H,Bailer J,Fischer S,Lederle K

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is a lack of a psychometrically sound screening questionnaire that assesses important dimensions of traumatic experiences during childhood and adolescence in a time-efficient way. Based on the German version of the "Childhood Trauma Questionnaire" (CTQ, 28 items) we developed a five-item self-report chi...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Grabe HJ,Schulz A,Schmidt CO,Appel K,Driessen M,Wingenfeld K,Barnow S,Spitzer C,John U,Berger K,Wersching H,Freyberger HJ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The report describes the inpatient and out-patient treatment facilities for alcoholics in a defined catchment area and the experience gathered by the initiation of out-patient group therapy for a group of alcoholics at the general community hospital in Offenbach/Main. The goal of the group therapy at the hospital was ...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Fiedler D

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Records of violent behaviour and its sequels gain increasing interest as a matter of quality assurance. The paper presents scales and instruments applied in psychiatric institutions until now. While problems of reliability are solved sufficiently, there are major problems of validity in the measurement of violence. To...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Steinert T,Gebhardt RP

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a questionnaire the therapists of the Psychiatric Hospital in Ravensburg Weissenau were requested for information on the suicidality and symptomato-logy of their patients. This was done to assess the acute and chronic suicidality prevalent in a psychiatric hospital. The number of acute and chronic suicidal patie...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Schmölzer C,Wolfersdorf M,Hole G

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unfortunate that mental patients with long-term hospitalisation patterns are still necessarily scheduled for long-term stay in mental hospitals and institutions designed for the care and treatment of psychiatric cases, since such institutions are characterized by a rather sterile, low-stimulation atmosphere unde...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Schmidt-Michel PO,Konrad M,Heiter-Metzger B,Schiele G

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Psychopathy" describes a type of personality disorder characterized by a dysregulation of emotion processing. Social behaviour, emotion regulation and competency are of particular relevance in forensic psychiatry. Structural-morphological and functional imaging studies prove that emotion regulation, aggressive-impuls...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Müller JL,Schuierer G,Marienhagen J,Putzhammer A,Klein HE

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide an overview of empirical findings with regard to compulsive hoarding. METHODS:A systematic literature search of medical and psychological journals was conducted using PubMed. Relevant publications from the reference lists and recent books were also identified and included. RESULTS:The article rev...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Mueller A,de Zwaan M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective The aim of the present study was to assess the health care situation and barriers to support minor children of mentally ill parents from the perspective of adult psychiatry in Germany. Methods Based on the German Hospital Register mental health practitioners of all psychiatric clinics in Germany were asked t...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Wlodarczyk O,Metzner F,Pawils S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is some evidence that the treatment with new ("atypical") neuroleptics is associated with a higher frequency of hyperlipidemia. AIM:In this study the serum lipid levels of patients with chronic schizophrenia were investigated. METHODS:The serum lipid levels of 177 consecutively admitted schizophrenic ...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Wetterling T,Schneider B,Weber B

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although depression and symptoms of depression belong to the most common disorders in private practice, affected patients are not always diagnosed as early as possible in Germany and often not sufficiently treated. In order to improve the care for persons with depression it is necessary that family doctors are prepare...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Goesmann C,Bühren A,Neuy-Bartmann A

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although guidelines usually recommend monotherapy, in clinical practice, antipsychotic polypharmacy is common especially with chronically ill patients. We therefore assessed the current practice of antipsychotic polypharmacy in "high-utilising" patients with schizophrenia in Germany. METHODS:Antipsychotic m...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Schmidt-Kraepelin C,Puschner B,Loos S,Janssen B

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the compelling evidence for a strong heritability of schizophrenia, the aetiology and genetic underpinnings of this disabling disease still remain unclear. Reasonable explanations for current problems in identifying candidate genes for schizophrenia are the complexity of its genetic background as well as the h...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Opgen-Rhein C,Neuhaus A,Urbanek C,Dettling M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study reports on the evaluation of the Bern Job Coach Placement program, a supported employment intervention, in the routine operation. METHODS:Administrative data of participants from the years 2005 to 2016 were analysed in terms of integration into the general labour market and in terms of achieving a...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Richter D,Hunziker M,Hoffmann H

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To relieve the burden on family caregivers of dementia patients, the utilisation of day hospitals should be increased. Therefore, the predictive variables for utilisation as well as family caregivers' views regarding the quality of day hospitals must be investigated. METHODS:The cross-sectional study was car...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Donath C,Bleich S,Grässel E

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although English is medicine's lingua franca, practising physicians in Germany express the need for articles in German. This study aimed at surveying the number and characteristics of German-language psychiatric journals in Germany. METHODS:Journals were identified by the standard handbook "Fachmedien Gesund...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Heidenreich U,Baethge C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:According to results of the latest research, the state of knowledge of the German population regarding depressive disorders has improved during the last years. The question arises to what extent the print media have contributed to this development. METHOD:All editions of three German dailies--Sueddeutsche Ze...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Kroll M,Dietrich S,Angermeyer MC

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00