Validation of psychiatric patients' statements on coercive measures.

abstract：:This article reviews the effects of psychological treatments specifically developed for depression. Promising and durable results have been reported for cognitive and interpersonal psychotherapies but also for behavioral psychotherapy, which has generated less research interest so far. The therapeutic effects seem to ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Stravynski A,Greenberg D

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This paper reviews studies on outcomes of involuntary hospital admissions in general adult psychiatry, and predictors of outcomes. METHOD:Studies assessing observer-rated clinical change and self-rated outcomes were identified. Relevant databases were searched and authors were contacted. Studies were clas...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Katsakou C,Priebe S

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate factors determining severely mentally ill patients' self-rated quality of life. The study hypothesized that objective life circumstances, personality, self-variables, and psychopathology would be determinants of quality of life. METHOD:A total of 117 individuals with schizophrenia and related ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Eklund M,Bäckström M,Hansson L

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By use of standardized case-recording criteria (MULTI-CLAD) manic-melancholic patients were classified as unipolar (n = 13) and bipolar (n = 23). Personality patterns are evaluated when patients were in neutral mood (defined by low symptom rating scale scores). Results showed that the similarities in the personality p...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Bech P,Shapiro RW,Sihm F,Nielsen BM,Sørensen B,Rafaelsen OJ

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It seems odd that male suicide rates have decreased in Portugal over the last few years, whereas the opposite has happened in most other countries. In order to investigate the reasons for such a decrease, suicide rates were compared with controversial cases (ICD-9 category E 980-989) and with homicide rates. The resul...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： de Castro EF,Pimenta F,Martins I

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to find out whether there are any similarities between cannabis psychosis on the one hand and schizophrenia and mania on the other, and to delineate any consistency in the pattern of clinical symptoms of cannabis psychosis. Relevant data were collected from patient's case-notes depicting biog...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Imade AG,Ebie JC

更新日期：1991-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:PANSS-8 and PANSS-6 are derived from the 30-item Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS-30). We investigate whether PANSS-8 or PANSS-6 is a reliable, valid, sensitive to change measure, and scalable, and whether early improvement using them can predict response/remission. METHOD:Data were from 3 trials ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lin CH,Lin HS,Lin SC,Kuo CC,Wang FC,Huang YH

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the association between recall for socially rewarding (positive) and/or socially critical (negative) information and depressive symptoms. METHOD:Cohort study of people who had visited UK primary care in the past year reporting depressive symptoms (N = 558, 69% female). Positive and negative recall wa...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lewis G,Kounali DZ,Button KS,Duffy L,Wiles NJ,Munafò MR,Harmer CJ,Lewis G

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied whether regular treatment with tranquilizing and hypnotic drugs among 30,344 twins in Sweden 15-47 years old was associated with robust indicators of poor health. Longitudinal psychiatric diagnoses and subsequent suicides were analyzed with data from cross-sectional health questionnaires. Women were almost ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Allgulander C,Nowak J,Rice JP

更新日期：1990-12-01 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：:419 patients in Sri Lanka, 150 patients in U.K. and 172 patients in Canada who were suffering from "Functional Psychoses" were interviewed using the Present State Examination to elicit Schneider's First Rank Symptoms (FRS). Nationality and ethnicity were found to be significant variables associated with lower prevalen...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Chandrasena R

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the accuracy of translation and to test the validity of the Greek version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). In the translation study, the English and the Greek versions of the GHQ were administered to a sample of 50 bilingual respondents. The internal consistency, item...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Garyfallos G,Karastergiou A,Adamopoulou A,Moutzoukis C,Alagiozidou E,Mala D,Garyfallos A

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroleptic side-effects adversely affect clinical outcome in schizophrenic patients. Clinicians therefore require an understanding of the impact of such side-effects. This study compared psychiatrists' estimates of the prevalence of neuroleptic side-effects and associated distress with schizophrenic patients' reports...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Day JC,Kinderman P,Bentall R

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This multicenter, multinational, cross-sectional study aimed to investigate clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes associated with augmentation/combination treatment strategies in major depressive disorder (MDD). METHOD:Sociodemographic, clinical, and treatment features of 1410 adult MDD patients we...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Dold M,Bartova L,Mendlewicz J,Souery D,Serretti A,Porcelli S,Zohar J,Montgomery S,Kasper S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional brain glucose metabolism was investigated in healthy volunteers (n = 10) and in drug free schizophrenic patients (n = 20). The metabolism was determined by positron emission tomography (PET) with 11C-glucose as the tracer. Diagnosis of schizophrenia was made according to RDC and DSM III. Eight patients had th...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Wiesel FA,Wik G,Sjögren I,Blomqvist G,Greitz T,Stone-Elander S

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There has been increasing concern about extensions to the definition of 'clinical' depression, but little evident investigation as to how clinical and non-clinical depressive states might best be differentiated. This review considers the potential of many candidate symptom and non-symptom parameters. METHOD:...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Parker G,Paterson A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Case notes of patients from nine different cultural groups admitted to a London hospital were scrutinized for religious background and religious phenomenology. With the exception of preaching behaviour there were no statistically significant cultural differences, but certain trends were apparent. The pattern of religi...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Ndetei DM,Vadher A

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

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：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between physical and mental disorders and the separate and joint effect of physical and mental disorders on work-loss. METHOD:Data was derived from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study. This was a general population study in which 7076 adults, aged between 18 an...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Buist-Bouwman MA,de Graaf R,Vollebergh WA,Ormel J

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to investigate the association between major mental disorders (MMDs) and homicide. METHOD:The rates of exculpations because of MMDs among 1087 Austrian homicide offenders during 1975 and 1999 were compared with the rates of the respective disorders in the general population. RESULTS:...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Schanda H,Knecht G,Schreinzer D,Stompe T,Ortwein-Swoboda G,Waldhoer T

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Remoxipride, a novel substituted benzamide, was given for 4 weeks to 18 florid schizophrenics in an open study. The mental state of the majority improved as measured by the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. Remoxipride itself did not appear to cause troublesome extrapyramidal effects. There were no significant adverse e...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： McCreadie RG,Morrison D,Eccleston D,Gall RG,Loudon J,Mitchell MJ

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the aims of the European Study on Parasuicide, which was initiated by the Regional Office for the European Region of the World Health Organization in the mid-1980s, was to try to identify social and personal characteristics that are predictive of future suicidal behaviour. A follow-up interview study (the Repet...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Bille-Brahe U,Kerkhof A,De Leo D,Schmidtke A,Crepet P,Lonnqvist J,Michel K,Salander-Renberg E,Stiles TC,Wasserman D,Aagaard B,Egebo H,Jensen B

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To update evidence from studies on family intervention in schizophrenia looking carefully at methodological issues. METHOD:Twenty-five studies were reviewed, using specific outcome criteria, and computing effect sizes whenever possible. RESULTS:Effect on relapse is relatively well assessed, although differe...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Barbato A,D'Avanzo B

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Lycanthropy is a rare psychiatric condition in which the patient believes in being transformed into an animal. Belief in the transformation of another person into an animal has not been reported, so far. Here, a patient with an impression of bipolar mood disorder (mixed type) and such delusion is reported. ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nejad AG

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The amygdala plays a major role in processing emotional stimuli. Fourteen studies using structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have examined the amygdala volume in paediatric and adult patients with bipolar disorder (BD) compared with healthy controls (HC) and reported inconsistent findings. Lithium has ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Usher J,Menzel P,Schneider-Axmann T,Kemmer C,Reith W,Falkai P,Gruber O,Scherk H

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：: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:The aim of this study was to examine motor threshold (MT) during treatment with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). METHOD:The TMS was administered to 46 patients with depression and 13 controls. TMS was performed at 90% power of measured MT. The stimulation frequency was 10 Hz for 6 s, for 20 trains, w...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Dolberg OT,Dannon PN,Schreiber S,Grunhaus L

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening tests for the detection of physical illness in 650 newly admitted psychiatric patients were examined critically. Almost 17% of these investigations were found to be abnormal and certain high risk groups were identified. These included patients suffering from significant weight loss, substance abuse, disorien...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Ferguson B,Dudleston K

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00