Does the place of treatment influence the quality of life of schizophrenics?

abstract：:A cohort of 330 Chinese schizophrenic patients below age 40 were interviewed 5, 10 and 15 years later to determine which variables could predict their outcome. There were 189 males (57%) and 141 females (43%). At the end of 15 years, 48 (15%) died (34 (10%) from suicide). At the end of 5, 10 and 15 years, the percenta...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Tsoi WF,Wong KE

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated past suicidal behaviour and family history of suicide in 713 inpatients with major depressive illness. A familial history of suicide (mainly violent) significantly increased the frequency of violent suicidal behaviour in depressive women; bipolar patients being more affected than unipolars. In depresse...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Linkowski P,de Maertelaer V,Mendlewicz J

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-eight consecutive suicides committed between 1984 and 1987 by adolescents and young adults (age 15-29 years) in an urban community were the subject of retrospective investigations by means of interviews with survivors. The outcome of the survivors' crisis reactions and the interviewees' capacity to participate i...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Runeson B,Beskow J

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We set forth to build a prediction model of individuals who would develop bipolar disorder (BD) using machine learning techniques in a large birth cohort. METHODS:A total of 3748 subjects were studied at birth, 11, 15, 18, and 22 years of age in a community birth cohort. We used the elastic net algorithm wit...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Rabelo-da-Ponte FD,Feiten JG,Mwangi B,Barros FC,Wehrmeister FC,Menezes AM,Kapczinski F,Passos IC,Kunz M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study 50 of 51 schizophrenic long-term patients treated by a community-based outpatient service were followed-up for 2 years. Factors known to be relevant for rehospitalization were correlated with the rate of hospitalizations 1) in the past, 2) during the last year and 3) during the follow-up period. We were ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Hoffmann H

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trained raters from the Liverpool Continuing Health in the Community study interviewed 1070 people over the age of 65 in 1982-1983 using the Geriatric Mental State (GMS) examination. Three years later the cohort was re-interviewed, this time by psychiatrists trained in the GMS, who used the GMS and the History and Aet...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Green BH,Dewey ME,Copeland JR,Saunders PA,Sharma V,Larkin B,Davidson IA,Scott A

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Premenstrual Assessment Form (PAF) is a new self report procedure designed to measure changes in mood, behavior, and physical condition during the premenstrual period. It reflects the great variability of premenstrual syndromes as opposed to the common practice of viewing these changes as a single entity. In compa...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Halbreich U,Endicott J,Schacht S,Nee J

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Investigation of deep brain stimulation (DBS) as a last-resort treatment alternative to capsulotomy in treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). METHOD:Prospective single-case based design with evaluation of DBS impact on emotions, behaviour, personality traits and executive function in three...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Gabriëls L,Cosyns P,Nuttin B,Demeulemeester H,Gybels J

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-seven patients with the diagnosis of senile dementia and 70 children aged 6 months to 4 years were observed in three tasks that stimulated exploratory behavior. The subjects were rated according to the frequencies of certain forms of behavior in 52 variables. It was assumed that certain behavior would be more f...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Jonsson CO,Edin P,Söderberg S,Waldton S

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate for subtypes of bipolar depression using latent class analysis (LCA). METHOD:Participants were recruited through a bipolar disorder (BD) clinic. LCA was undertaken using: (i) symptoms reported on the SCID-IV for the most severe lifetime depressive episode; (ii) lifetime illness features such a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Perich T,Hadzi-Pavlovic D,Frankland A,Breakspear M,Loo C,Roberts G,Holmes-Preston E,Mitchell PB

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-nine phobic patients from India were compared with 39 similarly diagnosed age and sex matched patients from the United Kingdom. The British sample contained significantly more patients with agoraphobia and social phobia compared to the Indian group. Sudden death and illness phobias were more frequent in the Ind...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Chambers J,Yeragani VK,Keshavan MS

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonidine (0.15 mg intravenously), an alpha-adrenergic receptor agonist, was administered to 13 male chronic schizophrenics, who had been withdrawn from chronic neuroleptic therapy, and to 18 normal male controls. There was no significant difference in growth hormone (GH) response between the two groups. There was no ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lal S,Nair NP,Thavundayil JX,Monks RC,Guyda H

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the reliability of a brief instrument to assess coping with symptoms by patients with psychotic illness. METHOD:A semi-structured interview (MACS) was developed to assess the amounts of distress, control and coping in relation to psychotic symptoms. Two raters interviewed 23 symptomatic but stable...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Bak M,van der Spil F,Gunther N,Radstake S,Delespaul P,van Os J

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is 9 years since the mental health reform was passed by the Italian Parliament. The author presents a data-based evaluation of the effects of the Italian mental health reform. There are still many problems to be resolved: More than 30,000 inpatients are still in psychiatric hospitals and little is known of the fate...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Crepet P

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines admission rates for schizophrenia in terms of degree of urbanization. Patient data was obtained from the Dutch psychiatric register. The scale of urbanization used had five categories and was utilized to establish the degree of urbanization in each municipality (n=647). Admission rates showed a s...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Peen J,Dekker J

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of childhood trauma on the clinical course of panic disorder and possible contributing factors. METHOD:Longitudinal data of 539 participants with a current panic disorder were collected from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA). Childhood trauma was assessed with ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： De Venter M,Van Den Eede F,Pattyn T,Wouters K,Veltman DJ,Penninx BWJH,Sabbe BG

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the premenstrual and follicular phases of the menstrual cycle, 41 women who had generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) plus premenstrual syndrome (PMS) were assessed with psychiatric rating scales and compared with 21 GAD patients without PMS and 19 controls. The latter two groups were rated only once, in the typic...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： McLeod DR,Hoehn-Saric R,Foster GV,Hipsley PA

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hypothesis of selective predisposition for drepression, neurasthenic syndrome and anxiety states has been tested in a prospective study. The primary material for the investigation consisted of 4,000 city inhabitants who had registered a private car. Almost all of these could be invited to a group investigation by qu...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nyström S,Lindegård B

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a study looking into the association between thyroid status and depression in the postpartum period were reanalysed to explore the psychometric properties of the rating scales employed. The performance of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale was found to be superior to that of the Hospital Anxiety a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Thompson WM,Harris B,Lazarus J,Richards C

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature is reviewed on EEG alpha activity in different psychological states, i.e., morbid anxiety, attention and mental relaxation. In the present study, 20 male neurotic inpatients suffering from chronic moderate anxiety were assessed with respect to anxiety level and EEG alpha activity (frequency and per cent...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Siciliani O,Schiavon M,Tansella M

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the relationships between pre- and postdexamethasone hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis functioning in depression, we measured the levels of baseline and postdexamethasone urinary free cortisol (UFC), plasma cortisol, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and beta-endorphin. We found that dexamethas...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Maes M,Vandervorst C,Suy E,Minner B,Raus J

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure how primary care physicians (PCPs) and psychiatrists treat mild depression. METHOD:We surveyed a national sample of US PCPs and psychiatrists using a vignette of a 52-year-old man with depressive symptoms not meeting Major Depressive Episode criteria. Physicians were asked how likely they were to ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lawrence RE,Rasinski KA,Yoon JD,Meador KG,Koenig HG,Curlin FA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify risk factors associated with cycle acceleration (CA), that is, progressive decrease in duration of syndrome-free intervals between affective episodes, in acutely admitted patients with bipolar disorder (BD). METHOD:All patients (n = 210) with BD I (67%) and BD II (33%) (DSM-IV) acutely admitted t...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Finseth PI,Morken G,Malt UF,Andreassen OA,Vaaler AE

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one of 50 patients satisfying the NINCDS-ADRDA criteria of probable or possible Alzheimer's disease showed psychotic features during a 2-year observation period. Paranoid delusions were reported in 23 patients, delusional misidentification in 17, visual hallucinations in 16 and auditory hallucinations in 8. All...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Förstl H,Besthorn C,Geiger-Kabisch C,Sattel H,Schreiter-Gasser U

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little attention has been payed to the classification of psychotic symptoms in dementia sufferers. This article compares the etiology of delusions, visual hallucinations and delusional misidentification and examines the value of factors generated from principal components analysis as a possible classificatory system i...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Ballard CG,Bannister CL,Patel A,Graham C,Oyebode F,Wilcock G,Chung MC

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old man with multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS) received the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) citalopram for treatment of depression. The treatment was successful and, in parallel to the remission of the depressive symptoms, all MCS symptoms vanished. This suggests that a subgroup of MCS pati...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Andiné P,Rönnbäck L,Järvholm B

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic relationship has been considered an important ingredient of all psychotherapies. In communities in which no familiar conventions of such a relationship are available, the therapeutic encounter poses very different problems from those in the West, where such conventions freely prevail. This study has been c...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Neki JS,Joinet B,Hogan M,Hauli JG,Kilonzo G

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For patients dependent on benzodiazepines alone, or in combination with alcohol and/or other legal and illegal drugs, observed mortality rates were compared with the average population, and, in cases of isolated benzodiazepine dependence, also with a control group of non-dependent patients chosen to match each depende...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Piesiur-Strehlow B,Strehlow U,Poser W

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between cognitive functioning and survival was studied among 92 people referred to a psychogeriatric assessment unit. A follow-up 4-5 years later showed that the nonsurvivors initially had lower scores on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) than the survivors. The differences were greatest among ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Berg S,Jeppson L

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports on the development and testing of a new Chinese diagnostic instrument--the Adult Diagnostic Interview Schedule-Present (ADIS-P). This instrument uses a selection of items adapted from DIS and SADS. It is administered within approximately 25 min by a trained clinician using a small portable computer ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Zheng Y,Yang W,Phillips MR,Dai C,Zheng H

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00