Diagnosis and treatment of rapidly cycling bipolar disorder.

abstract：:The course of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is variable, ranging from episodic to chronic. We hypothesised that the former course is more likely to be related to bipolar mood disorders. With the use of a specially constructed OCD questionnaire, we studied 135 patients fulfilling DSM-III-R criteria for OCD with a...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Perugi G,Akiskal HS,Gemignani A,Pfanner C,Presta S,Milanfranchi A,Lensi P,Ravagli S,Maremmani I,Cassano GB

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Besides the ventral tegmental area and the nucleus accumbens as the most investigated brain reward structures, several reports about the relation between volume and activity of the amygdala and drug-seeking behavior have emphasized the central role of the amygdala in the etiology of addiction. Considering its proposed...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Zill P,Vielsmeier V,Büttner A,Eisenmenger W,Siedler F,Scheffer B,Möller HJ,Bondy B

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the nosological specificity and time stability of reduced facial expressivity in schizophrenia by means of objective measurement. Facial expression in an emotional interview was evaluated using the "Facial Action Coding System" in 33 acute schizophrenia patients and 23 acute depressive patients...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Gaebel W,Wölwer W

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increases in seizure threshold (ST) over a course of brief pulse ECT can be predicted by decreases in EEG quality, informing ECT dose adjustment to maintain adequate supra-threshold dosing. ST increases also occur over a course of right unilateral ultrabrief (RUL UB) ECT, but no data exist on the relationship between ...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Gálvez V,Hadzi-Pavlovic D,Waite S,Loo CK

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the level of currency necessary to induce an epileptic seizure in a patient may either remain relatively stable or-more often-may require repeated upward adjustment over time due to a constantly increasing seizure threshold. We aimed to determine whether a common pol...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Stephani C,Shoukier M,Ahmed R,Wolff-Menzler C

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Refsum's disease (Heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis) is caused by accumulation of phytanic acid in all body tissues due to an inherited failure of alpha-oxidation of branched chain fatty acids. Plasmapheresis has been reported to be beneficial by removal of phytanic acid from the blood. We describe a patient wit...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Leppert D,Schanz U,Burger J,Gmür J,Blau N,Waespe W

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate theory of mind (ToM) ability in patients in remission after the first episode of schizophrenia. A ToM task which contained four pictures was given to 30 patients with schizophrenia in remission and 30 matched healthy controls. Patients with schizophrenia in remission showed sta...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Inoue Y,Yamada K,Hirano M,Shinohara M,Tamaoki T,Iguchi H,Tonooka Y,Kanba S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant comorbidity between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and affective disorders has been consistently reported in adults. Less data regarding the role of personality traits and the influence of ADHD co-occurrence on clinical characteristics and outcome of mood disorders are currently availabl...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Di Nicola M,Sala L,Romo L,Catalano V,Even C,Dubertret C,Martinotti G,Camardese G,Mazza M,Tedeschi D,Callea A,De Risio L,Guelfi JD,Rouillon F,Janiri L,Gorwood P

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve recognition and treatment of depression in primary care it would be advantageous to have criteria for identification of later depression. Only a few studies were performed on primary care samples to examine risk factors for new depressive episodes. These were mostly cross-sectional and did not include psych...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Barkow K,Heun R,Ustün TB,Maier W

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Negative symptoms were examined in 150 primarily first-admission patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, psychotic depression, psychotic bipolar disorder, and 'other' psychoses. The analysis focused on patients who were rated on the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) within 4...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Fennig S,Bromet EJ,Galambos N,Putnam K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All operationalized diagnostic systems contain a diagnostic category, which corresponds to the concept of major depression. Yet, these corresponding definitions are not identical. Up to now, no comprehensive comparisons of the competing diagnoses have been published. We will therefore present a series of studies, desc...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Philipp M,Maier W,Delmo CD

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocturnal sleep was studied in 14 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients without opportunistic infections of the central nervous system. Seven patients had no bodily complaints at the time of the investigation. Patients exhibited an impaired nocturnal sleep with longer sleep onset latency, reduced total ...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Wiegand M,Möller AA,Schreiber W,Krieg JC,Fuchs D,Wachter H,Holsboer F

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hippocampus seems to be affected in MDD, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has positive effects on neurogenesis within the hippocampus. Although there are inconsistencies among study results, a smaller hippocampal volume in depressed patients is thought to be related to the pathophysiology of the diseas...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Eker C,Kitis O,Taneli F,Eker OD,Ozan E,Yucel K,Coburn K,Gonul AS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In clinical trials in psychiatry, changes in severity are usually measured with ordinal level scales which are applied repeatedly during the trial, showing a constant decline in psychopathology scores as treatment leads to improvement. Previous non-parametric tests for repeated measures in factorial designs did not te...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Bandelow B,Brunner E,Beinroth D,Pralle L,Broocks A,Hajak G,Rüther E

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been associated with an altered processing of threat-related stimuli. In particular, an attentional bias towards threat cues has been consistently found in behavioral studies. However, it is unclear whether increased attention towards threat cues translates into preferential pr...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Catani C,Adenauer H,Keil J,Aichinger H,Neuner F

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory verbal hallucinations (AH) are core symptoms of schizophrenia. They are often severely distressing and refractory to therapy. Their perception is associated with increased activity in temporoparietal areas of the brain. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can reduce focal brain hyperactivity a...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Plewnia C,Brendel B,Schwippel T,Martus P,Cordes J,Hasan A,Fallgatter AJ

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Childhood traumatic experiences, rearing styles, familial mental disorders and birth risk factors have been associated with the development of social anxiety disorder. METHOD:Patients with social anxiety disorder (n=50) and healthy controls (n=120) were investigated using a retrospective interview with 203 q...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Bandelow B,Charimo Torrente A,Wedekind D,Broocks A,Hajak G,Rüther E

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the original data from two double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials and the acute phase of a long-term study that investigated the antidepressant efficacy of St. John's wort extract WS 5570, we present a re-analysis of a subset of patients suffering from an acute episode of mild depression...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Kasper S,Gastpar M,Müller WE,Volz HP,Dienel A,Kieser M,Möller HJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Neuregulin (NRG1) gene has been associated with schizophrenia, but its functional implications are largely unknown. Our aim was to assess differential brain activation between patients carrying an at-risk allele on the Neuregulin 1 gene and patients without this genetic risk. Neural signal changes between 14 first...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Kircher T,Thienel R,Wagner M,Reske M,Habel U,Kellermann T,Frommann I,Schwab S,Wölwer W,von Wilmsdorf M,Braus DF,Schmitt A,Rapp A,Stöcker T,Shah NJ,Henn FA,Sauer H,Gaebel W,Maier W,Schneider F

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D1-dopamine receptor binding in the brain was determined by positron emission tomography (PET) in five patients with Huntington's disease, in one asymptomatic gene carrier and in five control subjects. [11C] SCH 23390 was used as the radioligand. Brain morphology was recorded by MRI. The patients who all had a mild to...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Sedvall G,Karlsson P,Lundin A,Anvret M,Suhara T,Halldin C,Farde L

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this article is to encourage research investigating the role of measured gene-environment interaction (G x E) in the etiology of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is uniquely suited to the study of G x E as the diagnosis requires exposure to a potentially-traumatic life event. PTSD is also mode...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Koenen KC,Nugent NR,Amstadter AB

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytokines interleukin-2 (IL-2) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) increase during immune activation, they are released from activated astrocytes and microglial cells in the central nervous system (CNS), and they are able to enhance the catecholaminergic neurotransmission. This study focused on the soluble receptors of IL-2 ...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Müller N,Empl M,Riedel M,Schwarz M,Ackenheil M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and incidence of mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and stress and adjustment disorders in primary health care in Sweden and to analyse the relationship between socioeconomic and demographic factors and incidence of these disorders. Prevalence and incidence data on ...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Lejtzén N,Sundquist J,Sundquist K,Li X

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aims of this study are threefold: to depict characteristics of homeless at discharge from a psychiatric hospital; to describe the utilisation of inpatient care and treatment measures during hospitalisation; and to analyse to what extent psychiatric disorders and clinical variables contribute to the risk f...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Lauber C,Lay B,Rössler W

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive impairment in psychosis is closely related to functional outcome, so research into psychotic disorders is focusing most effort on treatments for improving cognition. New treatments must show not only an improvement on neuropsychological tests but also in co-primary measures of cognition. The cognitive assess...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Sánchez-Torres AM,Elosúa MR,Lorente-Omeñaca R,Moreno-Izco L,Peralta V,Ventura J,Cuesta MJ

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective matched-pairs study the efficacy of azathioprine treatment was compared with no treatment over a period of at least 10 years. Of 277 patients with clinically definite multiple sclerosis seen during the years 1973 and 1974, 42 pairs were selected by similarity in disability score, sex, age and diseas...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Kappos L,Heun R,Mertens HG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germany turned towards community-based mental health care in the mid seventies, during a general climate of social and political reform. The continuing deinstitutionalisation process and the implementation of community mental health services was considerably affected by the reunification of East and West Germany in 19...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Salize HJ,Rössler W,Becker T

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article systematically reviews the literature on the outcome of acute hospitalization for adult general psychiatric patients admitted involuntarily as compared to patients admitted voluntarily. Inclusion and exclusion criteria qualified 41 out of 3,227 references found in Medline and PSYNDEXplus literature search...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Kallert TW,Glöckner M,Schützwohl M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, few studies have addressed the relationship between brain structure alterations and responses to atypical antipsychotics in schizophrenia. To this end, in this study, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and voxel-based morphometry (VBM) were used to assess the relationship between the brain volumes of gray (GM) ...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Molina V,Martín C,Ballesteros A,de Herrera AG,Hernández-Tamames JA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on emotional expression in adult schizophrenia patients has indicated an impairment of the patients' facial expressions during social interaction. However, it is unclear whether schizophrenia adolescent-onset patients show comparable disturbances in facial expression. Our aim was to analyze facial emotions in...

journal_title：European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience

authors： Lotzin A,Haack-Dees B,Resch F,Romer G,Ramsauer B

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00