[The residential structure as a therapeutic instrument].

abstract：:In the context of discussions on the re-organisation of specialities in psychiatry and psychological therapy recent studies on the prevalence of psychogenic disorders in different psychiatric institutions are presented and compared with the communications available so far. Despite the availability of excellent psychot...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Müller P

更新日期：1997-05-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:There are only some reports about discharge letters addressed to patients. By a case report benefits and potential of letters to patients should be shown. METHOD:The presented case report describes the hospital stay of a 19 year old patient suffering from schizophrenia. RESULTS:The case report indicates tha...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Spiessl H,Rothbauer J,Cording C

更新日期：2006-09-01 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:Due to increasing health care expenditures the discussion about advantages and disadvantages of new methods for resource allocation in mental health care has been intensified. A promising model is the Regional Budget for Mental Health Care, which is currently being examined in Schleswig-Holstein. The present ...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Roick C,Deister A,Zeichner D,Birker T,König HH,Angermeyer MC

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：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：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：:A therapeutic dwelling community (TDC) which has been in existence for more than 3 years, is described in respect to its history of origin and development outside existing psychiatric institutions or facilities. After having been confronted with the unsatisfactory follow-up care of a group of relatively young, in most...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Engelke W,Haselbeck H

更新日期：1980-05-01 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: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：: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：:Kufs' disease is a very rare type of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. A case of a 52 year old man with dementia is described. The cause for patient's dementia was the adult type (Kufs' disease) of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. The diagnosis based on the histopathological post mortem-examination of the brain-tissue. A...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Kozian R,Kiszka T,Peter K

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This project evaluates whether a multidisciplinary consultation-liaison team with special geropsychiatric experience can help to reduce complex care problems in mentally ill nursing-home residents. METHODS:Prospective longitudinal study of patients living in 5 nursing homes in Germany, supplemented by exper...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Kirchen-Peters S,Fehrenbach RA,Diefenbacher A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The importance of causal attribution for Turkish and German patients with a psychotic disorder for the diagnostic process was examined. METHODS:Within a controlled clinical study Turkish and German patients were interviewed regarding their concepts of cause of illness. RESULTS:There was no difference betwee...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Haasen C,Blätter A,Yagdiran O,Reimer J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on legal jurisdiction, knowledge of the psychiatric-psychotherapeutic field and insight into the necessity of a new allocation of responsibilities in the overall therapeutic service of a clinic, the core areas of medical activities are defined for the first time, innovative organisational approaches to the reorg...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Jordan W,Bleich S,Cohrs S,von Einsiedel R,Falkai P,Grosskopf V,Hauth I,Steiner J,Adler L

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the development of an 9-year therapeutic relationship with a patient suffering from epilepsy and a severe personality disorder. Despite serious doubts in the beginning the patient gained an unexpected degree of independence. The development of the case indicates that it was decisive to prevent discontinuati...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Schlicht F

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:The authors give an actual survey about suicides and suicide rates in Germany, Bavaria and Upper Frankonia. Their special interest are significant trends in the last years. These trends will be shown and shortly described. ...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Mauerer C,Wolfersdorf M,Keller F

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basing on a review of the literature and on own research, the authors examine the incidence rate of convulsions under neuroleptic treatment. In addition, the authors go into the neurophysiological and neuropharmacological mechanisms of the convulsive action of neuroleptics. An attempt is made to present information on...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Bartels M,Heimann H

更新日期：1985-11-01 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:According to the increasing number of foreign psychiatric patients in the German society, the influence of their linguistic integration on treatment characteristics is to be investigated. METHODS:With criteria of nationality and German language skills, data of 6151 in-patients was collected and statistically...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Künzler N,Garcia-Brand E,Schmauss M,Messer T

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reflects the labour-situation of 67 DSM-III schizophrenic outpatients in an 8-year follow-up. About 50% of the patients had less than 20 hours of work a week on the average--most of them in work therapy or sheltered work-places. Many of them changed their location of work. Patients with an initially good pr...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Mönking HS,Buchkremer G,Hornung WP

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the theoretical basis and results of a comprehensive research project concerning the psychotherapeutic treatment of sexual offenders in an ambulant setting. The therapeutic sample (n = 86) consists of patients with the following symptoms: exhibitionism, child molestation and sexual aggressive acts towards w...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Lohse H,Hauch M

更新日期：1983-09-01 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：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：:Manic disorders and bipolar psychoses have long been underdiagnosed in child and adolescent psychiatry. Scientific research has been rare as well. In particular in adolescence and young adulthood bipolar disorders are not easy to diagnose. Therefore these disorders should be included in differential diagnosis as resea...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Braun-Scharm H,Bilke O

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present case study is a report on computer-based training approach in a male patient suffering from the de-Grouchy syndrome I (with a characteristic chromosomal deletion pattern), who along with psychotic symptoms displayed neuropsychological deficits. Participating in a well-established intervention programme aim...

journal_title：Psychiatrische Praxis

authors： Olbrich R,Wöhrle C,Cohen S

更新日期：1998-05-01 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