Misclassification of suicide-the contribution of opiates.

abstract：:A decrease in central serotonergic activity following plasma tryptophan depletion has been shown to provoke a deterioration of mood. We studied the impact of sex and aggressive traits on mood changes following tryptophan depletion in healthy volunteers. Twelve healthy subjects (6 males, 6 females, 24-31 years), who we...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Schmeck K,Sadigorsky S,Englert E,Demisch L,Dierks T,Barta S,Poustka F

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Basic symptoms are early subtle changes in thinking, feeling and perception that are subjectively experienced and precede the onset of a psychotic illness. In adult samples, high basic symptom scores are regarded as specific risk factors for the development of schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to explo...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Poustka L,Parzer P,Brunner R,Resch F

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies on the autobiographical memory and the explanation of reasons for success and failure proved that persons suffering from major depression tend to overgeneralize. This study examines the hypothesis that changes of reactions caused by a depressive disorder can be described by the affected persons ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Leibetseder M,Kamolz T

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preoccupied and fearful attachment have both been associated with depressive symptoms, but it is unclear which attachment style is primarily associated with major depression. While preoccupied attachment denotes a focus on relationships as a source of self-validation, fearful attachment involves an avoidance...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Reis S,Grenyer BF

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Misidentification syndromes have traditionally relied upon the patient's delusional explanation for their classification. Using 2 cases for illustration, a more systematic classification is proposed for misidentification syndromes. The revised nomenclature has potential use in future research of misidentification synd...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Silva JA,Leong GB,Shaner AL

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although manic or hypomanic episodes define bipolar disorder (BD), most patients show a predominance of depressive symptomatology, often associated with delayed or disregarded BD diagnosis. The Hypomania Checklist-32 (HCL-32) has therefore been developed and tested internationally to facilitate BD recognitio...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Perugi G,Fornaro M,Maremmani I,Canonico PL,Carbonatto P,Mencacci C,Muscettola G,Pani L,Torta R,Vampini C,Parazzini F,Dumitriu A,Angst J,Come To Me Study Group.

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are thought to be present right from birth, even if a minority of children displays a normal course during infancy followed by a regression during the second year of life. However, established criteria are not yet available to differentiate these different courses of ASD, and data comin...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Maestro S,Muratori F,Cesari A,Cavallaro MC,Paziente A,Pecini C,Grassi C,Manfredi A,Sommario C

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of schizophrenia are described, in which subjects reported anomalous perceptual experiences confined to one visual field, in all cases the left visual field. The pattern, content and laterality of such anomalous perceptions point to the presence of right hemisphere dysfunction in schizophrenia. Further evid...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Persaud R,Cutting J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several C-3-substituted beta-carbolines (e.g., the ethyl ester of beta-carboline-3-carboxylic acid) have high affinities for benzodiazepine receptors and can antagonize the principal pharmacologic actions of the benzodiazepines. The observation that some of these compounds also possess 'intrinsic' actions, best descri...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Skolnick P,Crawley JN,Glowa JR,Paul SM

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The published prevalence rates of depressive disorders have steadily increased during the last 20 years. Despite many methodological and social cultural influences, the increase seems to be real and reasons for this trend are given. Among them, the increase of life expectancy, the urbanization, and the possibility for...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Gastpar M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease is frequently associated with depressive symptoms. When depression occurs at early stages and before the onset of characteristic motor symptoms of the disease, differential diagnosis of major depression may be difficult. Differences in psychopathological features of depression in Parkinson's diseas...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Merschdorf U,Berg D,Csoti I,Fornadi F,Merz B,Naumann M,Becker G,Supprian T

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Buspirone is a clinically effective anxiolytic with a unique structure and pharmacology which distinguishes it from the benzodiazepines. It has been termed anxioselective because it lacks anticonvulsant, sedative, or muscle-relaxant properties. Preclinical evidence suggests it lacks potential for abuse or physical dep...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Riblet LA,Eison AS,Eison MS,Taylor DP,Temple DL,VanderMaelen CP

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on a sample of 300 psychiatric patients the items of the Standard Progressive Matrices test are analyzed in terms of classical and probabilistic methods, and a version shortened to 30 items is developed. This new version of the test is then standardized from a new sample of 1,200 patients. A table of selected pe...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Wytek R,Opgenoorth E,Presslich O

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The following case report describes a pregnant woman who was convinced that her pregnancy was non-existent despite being in an advanced stage of clinically obvious pregnancy. The nosologically unspecific syndrome of denial of pregnancy is discussed by reviewing the literature. Based on the existing literature it will ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Walloch JE,Klauwer C,Lanczik M,Brockington IF,Kornhuber J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study, we conducted a broad investigation of neuropsychological functioning in schizophrenia patients with first-rank (passivity) symptoms (FRS) using standardized cognitive tests. We focused on 3 neuropsychological domains, partly informed by 3 broad hypotheses concerning the pathogenesis of FRS. We...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Waters FA,Badcock JC,Dragović M,Jablensky A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has played an increasingly important role in psychotherapy for schizophrenia since the 1990s, but it has also encountered many theoretical and practical limitations. For example, methodologically rigorous meta-analyses have recently found only modest overall effect sizes of...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Skodlar B,Henriksen MG,Sass LA,Nelson B,Parnas J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In many severely mentally disordered children, the clinical presentation is complicated by comorbid affective and behavioral dysregulation. Recently, a highly heritable behavioral phenotype of simultaneous deviance on the anxious/depressed, attention problems, and aggressive behavior syndrome scales has been...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Holtmann M,Becker A,Banaschewski T,Rothenberger A,Roessner V

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite increasing evidence of cognitive dysfunctions in bipolar I disorder, there is no specific neuropsychological profile of the disorder. SAMPLING AND METHOD:The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of processing speed on other cognitive functions in a population-based sample of 32 fam...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Antila M,Kieseppä T,Partonen T,Lönnqvist J,Tuulio-Henriksson A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a patient who presented with catatonic features and delusion of test-tube pregnancy in the background of previous sexual abuse. The reported case illustrates the importance of contemporary themes in the evolution of psychopathology. ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Manoj PN,John JP,Gandhi A,Kewalramani M,Murthy P,Chaturvedi SK,Isaac MK

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interoceptive processes were found to be associated with better self-regulation capacities in healthy participants. Further empirical research suggests that interoceptive sensitivity is also important for the perception of pain both in healthy participants and in somatoform patients. Nevertheless, little is ...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Weiss S,Sack M,Henningsen P,Pollatos O

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In reviewing recent findings on affective conditions in the interface of unipolar and bipolar disorders, we find evidence favoring a partial return to Kraepelin's broad concept of manic-depressive illness, which included many recurrent depressives and temperamental variants. This review addresses methodologic, clinica...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Akiskal HS,Cassano GB,Musetti L,Perugi G,Tundo A,Mignani V

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an investigation of 70 chronically mentally ill patients in a district psychiatric hospital, 11 cases were discovered which had been diagnosed up to now as schizophrenia, but could now be diagnosed as being of organic origin. In group 1 (cases 1-6) there are dementive states after toxic, inflammatory or early child...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Albert E

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case report is presented of a koro-like syndrome in a 34-year-old Bedouin man living in the Negev desert in Israel. The patient's disturbance is accompanied by voyeurism and the onset appears to be related to his sexual practices. This is the first reported case among Bedouins, who are an Arab nomadic tribe living i...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Witztum E,Bersudsky Y,Mayodovnik H,Kotler M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capgras syndrome is characterized by a delusion of impostors who are thought to be physically similar but psychologically distinct from the misidentified person. This syndrome is generally thought to be relatively rare. Most of our knowledge about Capgras syndrome derives from single case studies and small series of c...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Silva JA,Leong GB

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia and related disorders include a variety of psychotic disorders in the major classification systems, ICD-10 and DSM-IV, with only partial concordance between the two systems. They both rely on demonstrated reliability, but which disorders are the most valid still has to be determined. Particularly for the...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Bertelsen A

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have described co-occurrence between obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and dissociation. We intended to evaluate the phenomenological association between different obsessive-compulsive and dissociative symptoms more precisely. Seventy patients with OCD (DSM-IV) were evaluated with the Hamburg Obsess...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Grabe HJ,Goldschmidt F,Lehmkuhl L,Gänsicke M,Spitzer C,Freyberger HJ

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors take into account body involvement during the existential critical periods. The concept of body involvement considers both the biological (organic) involvement of the body, i.e. all the 'psychosomatic' (in a wider sense) dimensions, and the involvement of the mental representation of one's body. This invol...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Lorenzi P,Hardoy MC,Cabras PL

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Humor is an important coping mechanism and can improve mood. However, it is unclear whether depressed patients are able to enjoy funny material, e.g. jokes, and make use of their sense of humor for coping with adverse situations. This study aims at investigating the influence of depression on various aspects...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Falkenberg I,Jarmuzek J,Bartels M,Wild B

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of narrative identity implies a continuity of the personal past, present and future. This concept is essentially based on the capacity of persons to integrate contradictory aspects and tendencies into a coherent, overarching sense and view of themselves. In 'mature' neurotic disorders, this is only possibl...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Fuchs T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Symptoms as in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are frequent among individuals with pervasive developmental disorders (PDD). The aim of the present study was to examine the impact of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity on the clinical phenotype of children and adolescents with PDD. SAM...

journal_title：Psychopathology

authors： Holtmann M,Bolte S,Poustka F

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00