[Screening Instruments for the Detection of Male-Specific Symptoms of Unipolar Depression - A Critical Overview].

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND METHOD:An overview on neurobiological findings of violence is given: We present 1. neurochemical findings, 2. genetical aspects, 3. neuroanatomical correlates and 4. a functional network of violence. Even if specific neurobiological findings have not been found, impulsive violence is closely linked to ser...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Müller JL,Sommer M,Weber T,Hajak G

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although there is growing evidence for clinical effectiveness of crisis resolution teams (also called Home Treatment Teams) for patients with severe psychotic disorders, a lot of studies suffer from poor model fidelity, which leads to an ignorance of specific effective factors. METHODS:Here we present the im...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Sturm D,Arends S,Henke T,Reichmann C,Janssen B,Görtz P

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the provision of psychiatric services within the last decennials are probably best understood if the impact of national socialism on clinical psychiatry is regarded. Many psychiatrists took part in the "Aktion T4" the organised killing of their patients, at least they did not resist campaigns directed to ki...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Schaub R

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:How can patients and staff participate in redesigning psychiatric procedures through survey research? METHODS:Using interviews with circular-hypothetical questioning, 58 patients and 30 staff members of a psychiatric department of a general hospital were interviewed about their preferences for change and con...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Scheidt P,Schweitzer J,Maischein L,Tebbe B,Hirschenberger N,Enssle M,Krause U,Voigtländer W

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing employment of graduates in psychology (Diplom-Psychologen) in psychiatric hospitals not only expands therapeutical facilities as a result of cooperation between psychologists and physicians; it also entails structural re-organisation both formally and in terms of contents, of behavioural rituals which h...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Bartmann U,Schröder HG

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Drop-outs, respectively unplanned discharges in psychiatric therapy are often explained by so-called lack of insight into the disease or difficult circumstances of admission. We were interested in the question how often drop outs are noticed in a voluntarily day clinic setting where nearly all psychiatric dis...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Garlipp P,Seidler KP,Amini K,Machleidt W,Haltenhof H

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increase of intoxications in persons using psychoactive plants and mushrooms can be observed. Mainly adolescents are experimenting with this group of plants for its hallucinogenic effects and easy and cheap availability. A case of a toxic psychosis with hallucinations, disturbances of orientation and psychomotoric ...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Göpel C,Maras A,Schmidt MH

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study of aggressive behaviour of patients towards staff was conducted simultaneously for one year at four psychiatric hospitals. Until now there has been very little empirical research carried out in German speaking countries of aggression in psychiatric hospitals; the reasons for that are discussed. The results ...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Steinert T,Vogel WD,Beck M,Kehlmann S

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factitious disorders have been reported in 0.5 - 1 % of general hospital patients. It often takes several years until the disorder is detected. During this period, enormous health care cost can arise not least out of iatrogenic self-induced mutilations and related secondary somatic complications. Apart from surgeons a...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Rothenhäusler HB,Kapfhammer HP

更新日期：2002-10-01 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：:Pregabalin is a substance which modulates monoamine release in "hyper-excited" neurons. It binds potently to the α2-δ subunit of calcium channels. Pilotstudies on alcohol- and benzodiazepine dependent patients reported a reduction of withdrawal symptoms through Pregabalin. To our knowledge, no studies have been conduc...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Kämmerer N,Lemenager T,Grosshans M,Kiefer F,Hermann D

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polish psychiatry was since its origin deeply influenced by German (Austrian) and Russian psychiatry. After the German assault Polish psychiatric patients were the first victims of mass executions, and the first to be killed by new developed "gassing" technology. Especially cruel was the fate of Jewish patients. Germa...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Leidinger F

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Based on the Obsessive Compulsive Drinking Scale (OCDS) we developed and validated the Mannheimer Craving Scale (MaCS) for quantitative measurements of craving across different substances and suitable for multiple substance abuse. METHODS:The MaCS questionnaire measures obsessive-compulsive symptoms in the c...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Nakovics H,Diehl A,Geiselhart H,Mann K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Depression is a common comorbidity of chronic pain and chronic pain represents a common additional symptom of depressed patients. The physiological basis is unknown. METHODS:We investigated the possible interrelation between autonomic dysfunction and altered pain perception in unmedicated patients (U1), afte...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Bär KJ,Greiner W

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on retrospective investigation using hospital records of 44 schizophrenic patients of a rehabilitation department, who committed suicide between 1966 and 1986, the paper discusses demographic and psychological features of schizophrenic suicide in comparison with international literature. Subjects who committed s...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Resch F,Strobl R

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide information about occurrence and patterns of geriatric morbidity and need for long-term care in patients newly diagnosed with dementia compared to controls without dementia. METHODS:An analysis of administrative data was conducted to compare the geriatric outpatient diagnoses and the patterns of c...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Beekmann M,van den Bussche H,Glaeske G,Hoffmann F

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial magnetic stimulation as mapping method offers the possibility to measure aspects of motor cortex excitability painlessly and non-invasively. Using this neurophysiological tool, new insights into the effects of central-acting drugs are possible. Particularly striking seems to be the potential of this appro...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Eichhammer P,Langguth B,Müller J,Hajak G

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:156 patients from two psychiatric hospitals were asked about their expectations and wishes regarding their further medical care and treatment immediately prior to their discharge. Answers were analyzed according to age, sex and diagnoses. This is contrasted by the suggestions of the medical staff, which seems to be in...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Geers M,Müller P

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structure and functioning of a group therapy comprising all patients of a psychiatric ward is described in terms of psychoanalytic and group dynamics, behaviour therapy and cognitive psychology. 34 acutely-ill patients with heterogenic diagnoses reported their experiences with this group technique at day of discharge....

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Schmidt LG

更新日期：1982-09-01 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:The study aims to investigate organized and ritual child sexual abuse (i. e. networking perpetrator groups with ideological frameworks). METHODS:A qualitative content analysis was conducted on 33 reports by victims and contemporary witnesses. Inductive categories were formed with regard to the question, whic...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Schröder J,Behrendt P,Nick S,Briken P

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the context of the current discussion of integrating rehabilitative elements into the (acute) treatment of patients with mental disorders, it is investigated what rehabilitative elements actually are and whether these elements are considered in existing guidelines. METHODS/RESULTS:An expert-based consensu...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Watzke B,Büscher C,Koch U,Schulz H

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Diagnoses-related clinical case grouping for an estimation of resource consumption for psychiatric inpatients analogue to the somatic medicine till now did not lead to sufficient prediction of costs. However, this is required when regarding increasing health costs from the economic perspective. METHOD:We inv...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Herwig U,Warnke I,Rössler W

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The physical environment of mental health institutions is regarded as a therapeutic agent within the treatment. There is only little scientific evidence on the consequences of architecture and design on psychiatric patients available. METHODS:A systematic review was conducted on studies from adult mental he...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Richter D,Hoffmann H

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The application of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors seems to be constrained in the German health care system. We investigate the cost-effectiveness of the AChE inhibitor Galantamine for patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) in a German context. METHOD:A Markov model as the decision theoretic framework...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Happich M,Schweikert B,Mühlbacher A

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The high rank of social work in context with psychiatric treatment of in-patients is generally accepted. The value of social work and here especially the visit at home by the social worker has hardly been examined up to now. METHOD:In the article first of all the method of visits at home is presented. Furthe...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Banger M,Wellnitz M,Gastpar M

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study was to investigate the influence of antidepressants on psychomotor function related to car driving abilities. METHOD: Depressive inpatients (n = 64) were investigated under steady state plasma level conditions. Data were collected with the ART 90 (Act and React Testsystem) measuring vis...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Brunnauer A,Laux G

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigates the effects of probationary work for psychiatric patients in community-based small businesses during their inpatient or day care. METHODS:Patients were evaluated for working capacity, psychopathology, motivation for work and patient satisfaction (n = 69). RESULTS:The results confirm ...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Längle G,Köster M,Mayenberger M,Günthner A

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the rare case of a woman first diagnosed with Huntington's disease at the age of 86. She was first seen at our hospital in 1999 for evaluation of dementia. Prior to her hospitalization, she had been treated with Melperone for restlessness. There was no essential psychopathology other than mild dementia (MMSE 2...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Jähnel M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mobile child and youth psychiatric service is presented that concerned with the mental health care of a county with a population of 239,000 inhabitants. This kind of service was conceived especially to meet the demands of rural regions which are high, as empirical investigations about administrative and real prevale...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Remschmidt H,Walter R,Warnke A

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00