[On the importance of the geographical position of psychiatric hospitals for the admission rates and hospitalization period (author's transl)].

abstract：:Starting with Ciompis model of "affect logic" I want to show that affective, cognitive and behavioral patterns, once emerged in psychosis, subsequently tend to repetition and chronification on account of psychological, social but also neuronal plasticity. In the discussion about reasons of the chronification process, ...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Hoffmann H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Interdisciplinary analysis of the consequences of laws and legal practice for mental health conditions of asylum seekers and psychiatric care. METHODS:Based on the case study of a Kurdish woman with complex trauma-related psychiatric disorder, who had been in psychiatric hospital care for 25 months, the lega...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Hanewald B,Gieseking J,Vogelbusch O,Markus I,Gallhofer B,Knipper M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospectively 20% of more than 200 patients with myasthenia gravis reported being initially diagnosed as having a psychiatric disorder. Younger women are significantly most at risk of a psychiatric misdiagnosis whereas men are more often subject to somatic misdiagnoses. The sample's mean duration of the disease was ...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Rohr W

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In January 1980 a Psychiatric Department was established at the General Hospital for decentralised psychiatric treatment of inpatients. The article describes the preparatory planning which went into the concept of the Department. First of all, the Hospital is scheduled to look after a district with a population of 110...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Lorenzen H

更新日期：1982-11-01 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：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:Little is known about the effectiveness and the cost of care for patients treated in vocational rehabilitation programs,although vocational therapy is an essential part of inpatient treatment and community care of patients with schizophrenia. METHODS:As a part of a randomised controlled trial in 5 centres, t...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Salize HJ,Schuh C,Reichenbacher M,Stamm K,Längle G,KN-Schizophrenie-Projektgruppe Arbeitsrehabilitation.

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In a cross-sectional study in 79 schizophrenic patients the quality of life (QOL) of a group of community-based patients under supervision of an outpatient unit (n = 47) and a group of long-stay patients in an inpatient rehabilitation centre in the same area (n = 32) was compared. METHODS:The patients' QOL w...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Kemmler G,Meise U,Tasser A,Liensberger D,Schifferle I,Braitenberg M,Schwitzer J,Hinterhuber H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Estimates for the proportion of involuntary admissions and coercive measures applied in general mental health care and in residential care for the elderly were developed. Sector-specific rates and quotas for Germany as a whole and for the sixteen Federal States were calculated, and the change of these indicat...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Salize HJ,Spengler A,Dressing H

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:A patient with chronic paranoid schizophrenia with delusions of infestation and of grandeur type, developed polydipsia in the course of his illness which ended up in acute life-threatening water intoxication. Apart from somatic causes like SIADH, which are discussed in literature, water-intoxication could psychodynami...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Frei A,Kolb C

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Therapeutical groups for relatives of psychiatric patients meanwhile are obligatory within strategies of psychiatric treatment. Up to a now most of the recent investigations refer to relatives of patients suffering from schizophrenia. The following article deleniates experiences with a therapeutic group for relatives ...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Karschny J,Rosemeier B,Schubert M

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Evaluations of clozapine treatment by relatives of schizophrenic patients were assessed as part of an exploratory study and compared with the patients' own assessment. METHOD:46 relatives of individuals suffering from schizophrenia were questioned by means of a problem-centred interview. RESULTS:In addition to th...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Angermeyer MC,Boitz K,Löffler W,Müller P,Priebe S

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The German Adaptation of the Verona Service Satisfaction Scale: An Instrument for Patients' Satisfaction with Mental Health Care. AIM:Measuring effectiveness and quality of care became an important topic in psychiatry. Considering that objective criteria were not sufficient in the past, the subjective persp...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Mory C,Matschinger H,Roick C,Kilian R,Bernert S,Angermeyer MC

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aggression management trainings for staff have been implemented in many organizations of mental health care and disability care. The efficacy of such programmes has rarely been analysed. METHODS:A systematic review was conducted which contains all published evaluation studies on aggression management traini...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Richter D,Needham I

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:The effectiveness of day hospital care of geriatric psychiatric patients was evaluated in a pilot study. The main aspect was the training of social competence, i.e. a training leading to growing personal independence of the demands of every day life, such as hygiene , fitness considering the household, etc. During day...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Kersten B,Brauer H,Heinrich K

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the eating behaviour, quality of life and changes in life style in 46 female patients with eating disorders, discharged from our psychosomatic unit at least six month ago. METHODS:Patients meeting the criteria for DSM-IV anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa completed the "Lancashire Quality of Life ...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Danzl C,Kemmler G,Gottwald E,Mangweth B,Kinzl J,Biebl W

更新日期：2001-01-01 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: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：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：OBJECTIVE:Findings about the association between working alliance and therapy outcome in Internet-based treatments are contradictory. Evidence for the working alliance in Internet-based treatment for Binge Eating Disorder is still missing and can help to elucidate this question. METHODS AND RESULTS:In an Internet-base...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Dölemeyer R,Klinitzke G,Steinig J,Wagner B,Kersting A

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Homicide-suicide and domestic homicide without consecutive suicide might be regarded as an extreme form of domestic violence. According to the national crime-register, however, there might be some relevant differences between the perpetrators of the two. METHOD:The files of all cases of homicide-suicide (n ...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Frei A,Schönmeier L,Graf M,Völlm B

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：:In an open clinical trial patients with full-developed delirium tremens were treated either by controlled infusion of clomethiazol (n = 21) or by intravenous injections of clorazepate (n = 20). Acute symptomatic quickly decreased after a few days and medication could be reduced. By adding haloperidol a further stabili...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Caspari D,Wappler M,Bellaire W

更新日期：1992-01-01 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 comparison to metabolic syndrome, edema seems to be a rare occurrence in antipsychotic treatment. METHOD:In this paper, we report on two subjects with psychotic disorders who were found to have peripheral edema during olanzapine therapy. DISCUSSION:The theoretical background and the relevance of this obs...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Wustmann T,Fiedler T,Gutmann P

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All the different branches in forensic psychiatry have to face identical handicaps resulting from the difficulties in cooperation with the law-court. For the psychiatrist, his identity as a therapist is contradictory to his forensic tasks. The paper deals with the resulting dilemmata (partiality v. neutrality; diagnos...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Küchenhoff J

更新日期：1988-03-01 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