Pervasive developmental disorders and psychosis.

abstract：:Children's and adolescent's use of computer games and videogames is becoming highly popular and has increased dramatically over the last decade. There is growing evidence of high prevalence of addiction to computer games and videogames among children, which is causing concern because of its harmful consequences. There...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Weinstein A,Weizman A

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a heterogeneous disorder characterized by inattention, impulsivity, and/or hyperactivity in children and adults. Putative environmental risk factors for ADHD include toxin and prenatal smoke exposure, low socioeconomic status, and parental marital instability and disc...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Ficks CA,Waldman ID

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depressive disorders are among the most common ailments affecting humankind and some of the world's leading causes of medical disability. Despite being common, disabling and a major public health problem, the etiology of depression is unknown. Indeed, investigators have suggested that the causes of depression are mult...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Strakowski SM,Adler CM,Delbello MP

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poststroke depression (PSD) is a form of geriatric depression that is associated with various negative outcomes. This article reviews existing research concerning the etiology, treatment, and prevention of PSD with particular emphasis on the development of a biopsychosocial conceptualization of PSD etiology and treatm...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Mast BT,Vedrody S

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substance use disorder is a chronic condition of compulsive drug seeking and use that is mediated by stable changes in central reward pathways. Repeated use of abused drugs causes persistent alterations in gene expression responsible for the long-term behavioral and structural changes. Recently, it has been suggested ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： McQuown SC,Wood MA

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bipolar depression is considered the most difficult-to-treat phase of bipolar disorder, in relation to its pervasiveness and efficacy and/or tolerability limitations of available treatments. Indeed, most mood stabilizers and atypical antipsychotics are not as effective in ameliorating depressive compared with manic sy...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Dell'Osso B,Ketter TA,Cremaschi L,Spagnolin G,Altamura AC

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last several years, there has been a substantial increase in the number of publications reporting on Internet interventions for mental health and addictions. This paper provides a summary of the recent research on Internet interventions for the most common mental health and addictions concerns-depression, anx...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Cunningham JA,Gulliver A,Farrer L,Bennett K,Carron-Arthur B

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug treatment of patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) is common but mostly not supported by evidence from high-quality research. This review summarises the current evidence up to August 2014 and also aims to identify research trends in terms of ongoing randomised controlled trials (RCTs) as well as res...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Stoffers JM,Lieb K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An "Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders" was published in Sect. III of DSM-5, while the identical categories and criteria from DSM-IV for the personality disorders (PDs) are in Sect. II. Given strong shifts from categorical diagnoses toward dimensional representations in psychiatry, how did the PDs end u...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Skodol AE

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this study was to review the literature on perinatal intimate partner violence, focusing on recent knowledge to guide mental health professionals on the best approaches to identify and treat women exposed to perinatal intimate partner violence. RECENT FINDINGS:Risk factors have been br...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Stewart DE,Vigod SN,MacMillan HL,Chandra PS,Han A,Rondon MB,MacGregor JCD,Riazantseva E

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:There is consistent evidence that the principal etiology of schizophrenia involves predisposing genetic factors. Recent years have seen several new insights in the genetics of schizophrenia. Several chromosomal regions show significant evidence that they contain schizophrenia susceptibility genes. A clinically relevan...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Bassett AS,Chow EW,Weksberg R,Brzustowicz L

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stratification by age at onset has been useful for genetic studies across all of medicine. For the past 20 years, the National Institute of Mental Health has been systematically recruiting patients with onset of schizophrenia before age 13 years. Examination of familial transmission of known candidate risk genes was c...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Addington AM,Rapoport JL

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human gut harbors a complex community of microbes that profoundly influence many aspects of growth and development, including development of the nervous system. Advances in high-throughput DNA sequencing methods have led to rapidly expanding knowledge about this gut microbiome. Here, we review fundamental emerging...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Mulle JG,Sharp WG,Cubells JF

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential role of personality disorders in understanding husband violence is a controversial issue. Although researchers consistently find high rates of personality disorders, particularly antisocial and borderline characteristics, among samples of male batterers, feminist theorists worry that such research will d...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Holtzworth-Munroe A,Meehan JC

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：:Researchers have estimated the cost of treating substance abuse and its effects on medical care and social service expenses, but have rarely used the methods developed to evaluate medical care interventions. When outcomes are expressed as quality-adjusted life years, substance abuse treatment may be compared with othe...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Barnett PG

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Circadian rhythms are a topic of growing interest in mental health, particularly in obsessive-compulsive disorder. However, the consistency of this link has not been carefully examined. Thus, the present review integrates findings from the past 5 years in order to determine the strength of such a rela...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Cox RC,Olatunji BO

更新日期：2019-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescents with major depressive disorder (MDD), their families and clinicians experience significant challenges when weighing the potential risks versus benefits of available choices in the treatment of MDD. Although MDD is highly prevalent in adolescents and is associated with marked suffering, impairment and risk ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Pathak S,Kratochvil CJ,Rogers GM,Silva S,Vitiello B,Weller EB,March JS

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual functioning often suffers during depression, although depressed people continue to value sex. Many popular antidepressants further impair sexual functioning, with highly serotonergic agents affecting orgasm and libido prominently. This paper addresses clinical assessment of sexual side effects from antidepressa...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Gelenberg AJ,Delgado P,Nurnberg HG

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delirium is an under-recognized, highly prevalent form of organ dysfunction in the intensive care unit (ICU). It is imperative to be aware of risk factors for delirium in the ICU, some of which are modifiable. In the last 5 years, a new tool for detecting delirium among critically ill patients has been validated and f...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Miller RR 3rd,Ely EW

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:There are frequent and diverse psychosocial issues that afflict patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) across the illness trajectory, prompting a focus on clinical interventions to prevent and mitigate psychosocial distress. We sought to characterize current understanding on the cause, effects, and ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Smith JD,Shuman AG,Riba MB

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical neuropsychiatry has traditionally relied on individual practitioner experience or the apprentice-training model for formulating cases and choosing treatment. Scientifically-based diagnostic criteria and treatment algorithms have been lacking in the overlap area between psychiatry and neurology, owing largely ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Ryan JM,Loy R,Tariot PN

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a renewed interest in better conceptualizing trajectories of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) from childhood to adulthood, driven by an increased recognition of long-term impairment and potential persistence beyond childhood and adolescence. This review addresses the following major issues rele...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Caye A,Swanson J,Thapar A,Sibley M,Arseneault L,Hechtman L,Arnold LE,Niclasen J,Moffitt T,Rohde LA

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bipolar disorder is marked by frequent recurrences, a course from childhood or early adulthood until death, marked increased rates of suicide, and substantial functional morbidity. Maintenance treatment is generally recommended to reduce the ravages of the illness. This article reviews the evidence that lithium, dival...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Bowden CL

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of evidence suggests that depressive disorders and anxiety disorders are much more prevalent among medically ill children and adolescents when compared with the general population, and that the presence of comorbidity may adversely affect medical outcomes and quality of life. Whereas the prevalence and ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Benton TD,Ifeagwu JA,Smith-Whitley K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rigorous research has recently identified a range of behavioral therapies that have been shown to be effective across the most prevalent types of substance dependence. This review summarizes the roles of behavioral therapies as contrasted with those of pharmacotherapies for substance use disorders and then provides an...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Carroll KM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors review the literature from the last year examining the benefits of cholinesterase inhibitors in the treatment of behavioral disturbance in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementias. Previous review has indicated that cholinesterase inhibitors have psychotropic properties. We found more evidence to suppo...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Daly EJ,Falk WE,Brown P

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To provide an overview of the selection process and annual updates of the child mental health measures within the Child Core Set, describe national and statewide adherence rates, and summarize findings from a systematic literature review examining measure adherence rates and whether adherence is assoc...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Zima BT,Edgcomb JB,Shugarman SA

更新日期：2019-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Few treatments for eating disorders have established a base of empirical support, and those that have are still limited by high dropout rates and low abstinence rates. Thus, there is a critical need for innovative eating disorder treatments to fill this gap. The past decade has seen a surge in the development of novel...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Berg KC,Wonderlich SA

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00