Reliability of an Italian standardized and expanded Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS 4.0) in raters with high vs. low clinical experience.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between low cerebrospinal fluid 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (CSF 5-HIAA) and aggressive acts in mentally disordered violent offenders. METHOD:CSF concentrations of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), homovanillic acid and 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl gly...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lidberg L,Belfrage H,Bertilsson L,Evenden MM,Asberg M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bright-light therapy is widely regarded as an effective treatment for winter seasonal affective disorder (SAD). We attempted to identify predictors of light therapy response in 54 depressed, drug-free outpatients diagnosed with SAD by DSM-III-R criteria. After a baseline week, patients were treated for 2 weeks with 25...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lam RW

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients receiving lithium who had noticed changes in hair texture since starting that drug, described variously as hair losing its curl or wave, have a greater lithium concentration in hair than patients on lithium with no such complaints. ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： McCreadie RG,Farmer JG

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study set out to describe the sexual attitudes and behaviour of 50 hospitalized alcoholic men by comparing them with a sample of the general population, matched in age and social class. This control sample was identified by random selection from a company register, and subjects were recruited into the study with ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Whalley LJ

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Treatment of schizophrenia is frequently complicated by patients' ambivalence and lack of insight into the disease, occasionally warranting involuntary treatment. This study aims to describe involuntary treatment in Danish schizophrenia patients. METHOD:Patients diagnosed with a lifetime ICD-10 F20 schizophr...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Andersen TH,Kappers D,Sneider B,Uggerby P,Nielsen J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined the co-occurrence of anxiety/mood and personality disorders (PDs) in substance abusers, the impact of anxiety/ mood disorders on the symptom profiles of PDs, and the impact of anxiety/mood disorders and PDs on pre-treatment status. METHOD:Current anxiety/mood disorders and PDs and pre-tre...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Verheul R,Kranzler HR,Poling J,Tennen H,Ball S,Rounsaville BJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested that arylsulphatase A (ASA - the biochemical marker of metachromatic leucodystrophy) deficiency may be present in a sizeable proportion of patients with chronic psychosis. This study surveyed leucocyte ASA activity in a group of chronic psychotic patients and compared ASA activity in 3 ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Heavey AM,Philpot MP,Fensom AH,Jackson M,Crammer JL

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Many anti-stigma programmes use the 'mental illness is an illness like any other' approach. This review evaluates the effectiveness of this approach in relation to schizophrenia. METHOD:The academic literature was searched, via PsycINFO and MEDLINE, to identify peer-reviewed studies addressing whether public...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Read J,Haslam N,Sayce L,Davies E

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide a clinically useful analysis of the relationship between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), in particular fluoxetine and violent or suicidal behaviour. METHOD:All published papers on Medline and other databases linking serotonin, SSRIs and aggression were reviewed. RESULTS:A small p...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Walsh MT,Dinan TG

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a sample of the Finnish general population (n=4868), 2.4% of women and 2.3 % of men reported having thought about suicide during the preceding 12 months. The prevalence of parasuicide was correspondingly 0.9% in women and 1.1% in men, higher figures than have previously been found or estimated. Most suicidal indivi...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Hintikka J,Viinamäki H,Tanskanen A,Kontula O,Koskela K

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The first objective is to detail the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) over a decade of follow-up for those in both study groups. The second is to determine time-to-remission, recurrence, and new onset of PTSD, and the third is to assess the relationship between sexual adversity and the like...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Zanarini MC,Hörz S,Frankenburg FR,Weingeroff J,Reich DB,Fitzmaurice G

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Much of the knowledge we now take for granted regarding major mental disorders such as schizophrenia, suicide and other disorders, would not exist without the use of population based registers. The use of population based registers in psychiatric epidemiology have enabled analyses of associations that otherwi...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Allebeck P

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports a true prevalence study of demoralization conducted in a kibbutz. This commune, which assures its members all their instrumental needs throughout the individual life span, is probably one of the few of its kind in the world. All adult members (n = 353) of a kibbutz affiliated with the most orthodo...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Gilboa S,Levav I,Gilboa L,Ruiz F

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is ongoing concern about the possible negative impact of ECT on neurocognitive functioning in older patients. In this study, we aimed to characterize the long-term cognitive effects of ECT in patients with late-life depression, using an extensive neuropsychological battery. METHODS:A total of 110 patie...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Obbels J,Verwijk E,Vansteelandt K,Dols A,Bouckaert F,Schouws S,Vandenbulcke M,Emsell L,Stek M,Sienaert P

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to reveal the relationship between family expressed emotion (EE) and family evaluation for symptoms and social adjustment of schizophrenic patients. Chronic schizophrenic outpatients in offshore islands under stationary therapeutic conditions were studied. For evaluation, the Five Minute S...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Otsuka T,Nakane Y,Ohta Y

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The attitude of the medical profession to psychiatry carries important implications for the quality of personnel attracted into the specialty and for the treatment, in a general medical setting, of patients with mental disorders. This article examines the components of doctors' attitudes and reviews the literature wit...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Buchanan A,Bhugra D

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychopathological pattern of depression was assessed by means of the Puzyński Inventory Scale for Depression (ISD) in 79 patients with bipolar affective disorders, 45 with unipolar and 42 with undifferentiated type of affective disorders. Four groups of patients showing different psychopathological patterns were ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Parnowski T

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of psychotherapy in schizophrenic patients, the existence of certain clinical and anamnestic variables, such as persistent auditory hallucinations, was found to correlate with a negative outcome. To test whether these clinical variables could be a sign of organic brain abnormality, the records of 33 schizop...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Cullberg J,Nybäck H

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apomorphine HC1 (2 mg subcutaneously), a dopamine receptor agonist, was administered to two schizophrenic patients with catalepsy. In one of these patients the clinical response to apomorphine was compared with that of sodium amytal and the growth hormone response apomorphine (0.75 mg subcutaneously) was compared with...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Cervantes P,Lal S,Smith F,Guyda H

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study is to determine the frequency of polypharmacy among psychiatric patients in Helsinki, and to ascertain whether this practice is supported by clinical trials. The drugs prescribed in 1 day to a sample of patients (n = 694) in mental hospitals and outpatient clinics in Helsinki were stud...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Hemminki E

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients who engage in recurrent deliberate self-harm (DSH) behaviours have increased morbidity and mortality and use emergency services more than others. Unrecognized iatrogenic injury may play a role. Specifically, we call attention to the potential danger of cumulative radiation exposure. METHOD:Case pres...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Norelli LJ,Coates AD,Kovasznay BM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ginseng root extract is a widely used herbal product not devoid of side effects. This report describes the development of manic symptoms after ginseng consumption in a patient with affective disorder. Other potentially harmful side effects of ginseng are also reviewed. METHOD:A single case report. RESULTS:A...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Vázquez I,Agüera-Ortiz LF

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the evidence for the three kinds of aetiological model that dominate the current literature on poor insight in psychosis: clinical models, the neuropsychological model, and the psychological denial model. METHOD:Studies pertaining to one or more of these aetiological models were identified, review...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Cooke MA,Peters ER,Kuipers E,Kumari V

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increased death rate has been found in patients treated in hospital for neurosis but the reasons for this are not known. A case note study is described in which 37 patients who were treated in hospital for neurosis and subsequently died are compared with a cross-matched sample of treated neurotics who were alive at...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Sims AC,Rudge BJ

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rates of middle ear disease in 70 patients with schizophrenia from a defined catchment population were compared with the rates in 359 nonpsychiatric controls who were matched for age, sex and general practice. A relative risk (odds ratio) of middle ear disease in schizophrenia of 1.92 was found. This was raised to...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Mason PR,Winton FE

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We describe a case of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) following the use of physical restraint in a patient with a diagnosis of acute delusional psychotic disorder. METHOD:A new case report of DVT and PE associated with prolonged physical restraint is presented. The literature on phys...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Laursen SB,Jensen TN,Bolwig T,Olsen NV

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:There are hardly any randomised-controlled trials of structured family interventions for schizophrenia from India. This study attempted to evaluate the impact of a structured psychoeducational intervention for schizophrenia, compared with standard out-patient treatment, on various patient- and caregiver-relat...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kulhara P,Chakrabarti S,Avasthi A,Sharma A,Sharma S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychological autopsies are an important research tool in establishing risk factors associated with suicide. We report the results of a validity study comparing psychological autopsy-generated DSM-III-R diagnoses in suicides and non-suicides with chart diagnoses generated by clinicians who had treated the subjects pri...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kelly TM,Mann JJ

更新日期：1996-11-01 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