[Quality of Psychiatric (Hospital) Care - Perspectives?]

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study is the evaluation of essential characteristics of patients who entered the sheltered group homes of the Psychosozialen Dienst (PSD) in the city of Vienna after the establishment of sectorized psychiatric out-patient care facilities. METHOD:Eighty patients who lived in these group homes ...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Schmidl F,Berghofer G,Lang A,Rudas S

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:There is still poor acceptance for pain without somatic causes, and patients with somatoform pain disorder carry a stigma per se. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of fear of stigma including depression, anxiety and somatisation among patients with somatoform pain disorder. METHODS:132 patien...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Freidl M,Piralic-Spitzl S,Grohe N,Aigner M

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Part II of this study will explore more accurately, how caregivers of schizophrenic patients perceive the financial burdens of the disease. METHOD:42 In-depth-interviews with parents and spouses of schizophrenic patients were analysed using a qualitative-interpretative technique. RESULTS:When talking about ...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Jungbauer J,Mory C,Angermeyer MC

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：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：:A random sample of patients (n = 43) had been investigated to detect any difference in response of bright light therapy in lithium-treated inpatients (n = 18) suffering from depression. Only 27% of the lithium-based inpatients respond to bright light therapy, but 73% of patients respond who were not treated with lithi...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Heim M,Morgner J

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last years there has been an increasing interest in psychiatric surveys as basis of epidemiologic studies and morbidity investigations. Numerous statistics from hospitals, from general psychiarists and general practioners have been referred to and constitute the basis for the 'Enquete zur Lage der Psychiatrie i...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Jakumeit U,Nehls C

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a total sample of 141 mentally retarded adults the quality of social relationships was assessed by the newly developed "Interview for Social Support in Mentally Retarded Adults". Severely mentally retarded persons have close and intimate relationships to a consistently lesser extent than mildly retarded persons. Th...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Meins W

更新日期：1993-05-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:General and specific deficits in the recognition of facial expressed emotions of ADHD and controls were examined. METHODS:Affect recognition abilities were assessed with the FEEL-Test in a sample of 138 adults with ADHD and 40 healthy controls. RESULTS:Adults with ADHD showed deficits in recognition of the ...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Retz-Junginger P,Giesen L,Rösler M,Retz W

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:During the deinstitutionalisation of psychiatric care in Germany, new psychiatric care approaches have been developed, which have been rarely scientifically evaluated. This study aims at evaluating the residential care and supported housing program of a public service in Westphalia, Northwestern Germany. MET...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Richter D

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients are mostly passive utilizer of the health-care-system. They are confronted with a supply of medical service and they are allowed to show their satisfaction with it retrospectively. Our medical system has in future to develop itself from an effective perspective to an utilizer orientated medicine. Orientation ...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Fleischmann H

更新日期：2003-05-01 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：:In the controversy about severely chronic mental patients, who still reside in the psychiatric hospital after decades of deinstitutionalization, their quality of life (QoL) has become a main topic. On the basis of a critique of the dominant, mere standardized approach to QoL this method is compared with a qualitative ...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Franz M,Meyer T,Gallhofer B

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since community mental health care started public attitudes towards mentally ill and mental health care had been development to an important influencing factor in planning mental health care and in rehabilitation of patients. This paper describes the historical development of research in public attitudes in psychiatry...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Rössler W,Salize HJ

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of an acute dyskinesia of a young, schizophrenic woman caused by neuroleptic therapy is reported. The acute dyskinesia was the reason for a complete luxation in the jaw-joint. The patient showed phenomenons (brain-atrophy, cognitive dysfunction, negative symptoms) which are discussed to be connected with acute ...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Kozian R,Kiszka T,Peter K,Kühne GE

更新日期：1992-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:In order to develop gender-sensitive services, there is a need to better understand coping among men with depression. The study aims to analyze the meaning of gender- and work-related roles for illness theories and coping among men with depression. METHODS:Based on a latent class analysis of three types of m...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Staiger T,Stiawa M,Mueller-Stierlin AS,Kilian R,Beschoner P,Gündel H,Becker T,Frasch K,Panzirsch M,Schmauß M,Krumm S

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：:Two perspectives of mental health care in Leipzig are outlined. Critical aspects of deinstitutionalization are discussed from the point of view of an office-based Nervenarzt (neurologist and psychiatrist). The limitations of office-based practice in providing care for the severely mentally ill (SMI) are described, i.e...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Richter RA,Nollau M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 62-year-old woman with parkinson's disease and depression. Her symptoms included episodes of flushing, palpitations and hypertension, giving rise to the suspicion of the existence of a phaeochromocytoma. The levels of adrenaline and vanillymandelic acid in the urine were moderately elevated, th...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Jähnel M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper criteria for the assessment of the ability of psychiatric patients to give an informed consent are presented. Legal and medical aspects including jurisdiction are discussed. Some elements for a judgement of an informed consent are proposed. ...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Neubauer H

更新日期：1993-09-01 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：:The author tries to convey an idea of the process which takes place during art therapy, quoting examples from her own work with mentally diseased patients. She considers the visual message resulting from the work of art created by the patient, as a process of communication which takes place between the patient and the...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Wellendorf E

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new activities of nurses working in the field of psychiatry, resulting from the realisation of sociopsychiatric and sociotherapeutic concepts, have led to an expansion of the "job description" of the nursing personnel. Intensive measures for additinal training and continuing education will have to be taken to acqu...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Winkler WT

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies [5,6] on the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among migrants describe a higher rate of schizophrenic disorders. Other studies [2,3] as well as DSM-IV [1] point out that affective disorders with psychotic symptoms can be misdiagnosed as schizophrenic or schizoaffective disorders. We report on a patie...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Lambert M,Haasen C,Halilovic H

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When founded about 1800, psychiatry was liable to both, philosophy and medicine, at least its liability to anthropological philosophy was accepted. After 150 years of increasingly unilateral medicalization with its fatal consequences for many patients the post war generation of psychiatrists were the first to re-estab...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Dörner K

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00