Hospital and community-based care for patients with chronic schizophrenia in Hong Kong--quality of life and its correlates.

abstract：PURPOSE:Studies of factors affecting length of stay during psychiatric hospitalization in sub-Saharan Africa are sparse. A better understanding of such factors may lead to interventions resulting in quicker patient stabilization and discharge, freeing up needed psychiatric beds and reducing health care system expenditu...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Barnett BS,Kusunzi V,Magola L,Borba CPC,Udedi M,Kulisewa K,Hosseinipour MC

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To explore whether the diagnostic homogeneity in a daily, routine clinical activity changed visibly over two historical periods (the ICD-8 and the ICD-10 era) across and within five psychiatric in-patient clinics. METHODS:In this register study, we analyzed the discharge diagnoses from five university-affiliated ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Nordgaard J,Jessen K,Sæbye D,Parnas J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the excess costs associated with bipolar disorders in Australia, based on prevalence (using the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)) and associated excess burden-of-illness costs. METHODS:Using data from the 2004 South Australian Health Omnibus Survey (HOS), a weighted cross-sectional survey of 3,0...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Fisher LJ,Goldney RD,Dal Grande E,Taylor AW,Hawthorne G

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of committed patients in mental health care from seven different inventories between 1979 and 1993 and rates of discharge from compulsory psychiatric care during 1984, 1988 and between 1 July 1992 and 30 June 1993 were studied by using statistics from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare. Ch...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Kjellin L

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ongoing armed conflicts, like the one in Colombia, have forcibly displaced millions of people including many young children. This study aimed to assess the mental health of internally displaced preschoolers in Bogotá Colombia and to identify correlates of mental health in these children. METHODS:Cross-sectiona...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Flink IJ,Restrepo MH,Blanco DP,Ortegon MM,Enriquez CL,Beirens TM,Raat H

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The epidemiology of suicidal ideation has remained a relatively unstudied area. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence, prevalence and persistence of and recovery from suicidal ideation in a sample of the Finnish general population. METHODS:Postal questionnaires including the Beck Depression...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Hintikka J,Pesonen T,Saarinen P,Tanskanen A,Lehtonen J,Viinamäki H

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to identify posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom groups and assess their longitudinal progression during their first year of reintegration among United States (US) National Guard (NG) service members. METHODS:A cohort of NG service members (n = 886) completed surveys at 6 ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Bohnert KM,Sripada RK,Ganoczy D,Walters H,Valenstein M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Britain and elsewhere there is ethnic variation in mental health in adulthood but less is known about adolescence. Few studies examining the role of family life in adolescent mental well-being have been based on a multi-ethnic UK sample. We explored whether family activities explain ethnic differences in ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Maynard MJ,Harding S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:"Associative stigma" is the negative stereotyping of mental health service providers who treat people with serious mental illness. The Clinician Associative Stigma Scale (CASS) has been validated in a US sample but not in other nations, e.g., in China which has been found to have substantially higher levels of ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Lin X,Rosenheck R,Sun B,Xie G,Zhong G,Tan C,Li Z,Yu M,He H

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted to examine sex differences in frequency, duration and severity of experience of depressed mood state in a non-clinical group and to consider how such findings contribute to the understanding of sex differences in depressive experience. A cohort of 156 subjects, assessed initially in 1978 in their...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Wilhelm K,Parker G,Asghari A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to examine the differences between former involuntary and voluntary patients with a schizophrenic disorder with regard to time to and frequency of rehospitalization. METHODS:In this prospective observational study, 374 patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective di...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Pfiffner C,Steinert T,Kilian R,Becker T,Frasch K,Eschweiler G,Längle G,Croissant D,Schepp W,Weiser P,Jaeger S

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immigrants may experience several negative consequences as a result of their migration including discrimination, unsatisfactory economic conditions, and rejection from the host countries, which may contribute to psychiatric illness and vulnerability to suicidal behaviors. The purpose of the current study was...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Iliceto P,Pompili M,Candilera G,Borges G,Lamis DA,Serafini G,Girardi P

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are reports on favourable course and outcome of schizophrenia in lowincome countries. The aim of the present study was to examine onset and clinical course of the illness in a community-based sample in rural Ethiopia based on crosssectional information. METHOD:A two-stage survey was carried out in But...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Kebede D,Alem A,Shibre T,Negash A,Fekadu A,Fekadu D,Deyassa N,Jacobsson L,Kullgren G

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Previous studies have shown that acquiring a disability is associated with a reduction in mental health, but they have not considered the cumulative impact of having a disability on mental health. We used acquisition of a non-psychological disability to estimate the association of each additional year lived wit...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Karahalios A,Pega F,Aitken Z,Milner A,Simpson JA,Kavanagh AM

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We assessed the relationship of self-reported racial discrimination with illicit drug use among US Blacks, and whether this differed by socioeconomic position (SEP). METHODS:Among 6587 Black participants in Wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (2004-2005), we used multi...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Carliner H,Delker E,Fink DS,Keyes KM,Hasin DS

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Increasing activity and social inclusion for people with psychosis is a primary goal of mental health services. Understanding the psychological mechanisms underlying reduced activity will inform more carefully targeted and effective interventions. Anxiety, depression, positive symptom distress and negative symp...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Moriarty A,Jolley S,Callanan MM,Garety P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both individual and familial histories of mental illness are substantial risk factors for suicide in young people. AIM:To explore suicide risk among adolescents and young adults according to detailed aspects of individual and parental psychiatric admission history. METHODS:A nested case-control study was u...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Stenager K,Qin P

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results from the Finnish UKKI study on longitudinal changes in prevalences of different mental disorder categories in a population cohort (n = 723) are presented. The subjects were investigated three times: in the original survey during 1969-71, and in two follow-ups (5 and 16 years after the original survey). The pre...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Lehtinen V,Lindholm T,Veijola J,Väisänen E,Puukka P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heterotypic psychopathological continuity (i.e. one disorder predicting another at a later time point) contradicts the conventional view that psychiatric disorders are discrete, static entities. Studying this phenomenon may help to tease out the complex mechanisms that underpin psychiatric comorbidity. To da...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Shevlin M,McElroy E,Murphy J

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the end of the Second World War the western and eastern parts of Germany have been exposed to very different social and cultural influences. It was our assumption that this should also be reflected in the beliefs about mental disorders held by the general public. METHODS:In autumn 1990, immediately af...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Angermeyer MC,Matschinger H

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The long-term work performance of persons with schizophrenia in the community is unclear. This study examined the status of long-term work functioning and the predictors of poor work status among patients with schizophrenia in a Chinese rural area. METHODS:A 10-year follow-up investigation (1994-2004) of a ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Ran MS,Chen S,Chen EY,Ran BY,Tang CP,Lin FR,Li L,Li SG,Mao WJ,Hu SH

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:De-institutionalization of psychiatric patients has led to a greater emphasis on family management in the community, and family members are often overwhelmed by the demands that caring for a patient with schizophrenia involves. Most studies of family burden in schizophrenia have taken place in developed coun...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Gutiérrez-Maldonado J,Caqueo-Urízar A,Kavanagh DJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Previous research has suggested that psychosis is better described as a continuum rather than a dichotomous entity. This study aimed to describe the distribution of positive psychosis-like symptoms in two large community samples using an item response mixture model. METHOD:An item response mixture model was ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Shevlin M,Adamson G,Vollebergh W,de Graaf R,van Os J

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recollections of cold and overprotective behaviors from parents have been hypothesized to lead to the presence of mental disorders in young adulthood through their detrimental effects on individuals' satisfaction in later partner relationships. Previous studies have not explicitly tested, however, whether pa...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Overbeek G,Vollebergh W,Meeus W,de Graaf R,Engels RC

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bipolar disorder impacts negatively on the patient, the family, as well as the society. It taxes the health care services due to a combination of the illness with associated medical and psychiatric comorbidities. In Africa, unfortunately, knowledge of the epidemiology and burden of bipolar disorder is based ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Esan O,Esan A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:It had been suggested that those more knowledgeable about mental illness are less likely to endorse negative or stigmatizing attitudes. This study aimed to evaluate the attitude of doctors in Nigeria towards the mentally ill. METHODS:Medical doctors (n = 312) from eight selected health institutions in Nig...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Adewuya AO,Oguntade AA

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staff members working in community facilities for patients with long-standing mental illness were assessed using a modification of the Camberwell Family Interview designed to measure their attitudes towards their key patients. This enabled an evaluation of their levels of expressed emotion (EE). Staff members and thei...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Moore E,Kuipers L

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Achenbach problem behaviour scales (CBCL/YSR) are widely used. The DSM-oriented anxiety and depression scales have been created to improve concordance between Achenbach's internalising scales and DSM-IV depression and anxiety. To date no study has examined the concurrent utility of the young adult (YASR)...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Dingle K,Clavarino A,Williams GM,Bor W,Najman JM,Alati R

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The health care system in the United States is expensive but fails large groups of its citizens, particularly those with serious mental illness. This paper examines the resource implications of adequate treatment for depression. An analysis of the various tasks necessary for a proper treatment program is used to indic...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Sharfstein SS

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Adolescent depression is associated with a range of interpersonal adversities. We hypothesized that depressed adolescents are at subsequent increased risk of problems related to intimate relationships and childbearing in adulthood, and used longitudinal data to examine this. METHOD:A population-based investiga...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Jonsson U,Bohman H,Hjern A,von Knorring L,Paaren A,Olsson G,von Knorring AL

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00