Torsade de pointes in a patient with complex medical and psychiatric conditions receiving low-dose quetiapine.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the methodological value of studies that signaled one or more selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) as teratogenic agents. METHOD:Medical literature, published in English (1980-November 2010), was searched using MEDLINE/PubMed, TOXNET, EMBASE, and The Cochrane Library to identify all arti...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Gentile S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This paper presents a case of chronic mania and reviews the diagnosis with respect to its definition and utility. METHOD:A case of chronic mania is described. RESULTS:Unremitting mania poses a diagnostic and management challenge. CONCLUSION:Persistent mania of this duration is rare, but a diagnosis of chro...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Malhi GS,Mitchell PB,Parker GB

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article considers the nosology and taxonomy of psychiatric disorders in Sushruta Samhita, an ancient Indian treatise on medicine. Some implications of this treatise for modern psychiatry are discussed. ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Haldipur CV

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of depression in a community with 15 000 inhabitants in Brazil (Bambuí). METHOD:The Composite International Diagnostic Interview was applied in a random sample of 1041 residents aged 18+ years. RESULTS:The ICD-10 1-month, 1-year and lifetime prevalences of depression were 8.2% (9...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Vorcaro CM,Lima-Costa MF,Barreto SM,Uchoa E

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroencephalographic coherence scores in 21 teetotaler first-degree relatives of alcoholics, 27 subjects with alcohol dependence and 21 healthy subjects without a family history of alcohol abuse were compared. The relatives had significantly higher coherence scores in the frontal and parietal leads than the alcohol...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Michael A,Mirza KA,Mukundan CR,Channabasavanna SM

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) has been translated into Swedish and tested in 88 chronic schizophrenic patients. All 4 subscales exhibited a roughly normal distribution. The overall alpha for the positive, negative and general psychopathology subscales were 0.81, 0.58 and 0.63, respectively. The corr...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： von Knorring L,Lindström E

更新日期：1992-12-01 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：:Our clinical experience that lithium is an agent used infrequently for self-poisoning was investigated. The rate at which such overdoses occurred was determined from hospital records. A retrospective case notes study then compared overdose rates in patients taking lithium versus patients on antidepressant medication. ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Waddington D,McKenzie IP

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to elucidate the influence of various events in childhood on suicidal behavior in adult age. For this purpose, 99 patients admitted to the Department of Psychiatry of Odense University Hospital after making a suicide attempt were followed for 5 years, to register repeated suicidal behavior. T...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Krarup G,Nielsen B,Rask P,Petersen P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examines concurrent associations of attachment security, psychopathology and recollections of early parental interactions, in adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), depression, and in healthy controls. METHOD:Thirty-six out-patients with OCD, 16 depressed out-patients and 26 controls wer...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Myhr G,Sookman D,Pinard G

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multi-variate multiple regression analysis was carried out to screen the crucial characteristics of alcohol abusers immediately prior to pension in order to indicate their subsequent trends. Stepwise multiple regression analyses were performed in the younger and older subgroups, as well as in 56 first-time pension a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Hörnquist JO,Elton M,Ostlund R

更新日期：1983-12-01 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：:A Swedish version of the Camberwell Family Interview (CFI), a psychiatric, semistructured interview schedule for assessing a family's emotional atmosphere, is described. Thirty-two relatives of patients with schizophrenic disorders, according to DSM-III criteria, were interviewed. Eighteen relatives were interviewed t...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Orhagen T,d'Elia G

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To record risk factors for breast cancer in women with schizophrenia and recommend preventive actions. METHOD:A PubMed literature search (from 2005 to 2010) was conducted, using the search terms 'schizophrenia', 'antipsychotics', 'breast cancer' and 'risk factors'. RESULTS:Several risk factors of relevance ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Seeman MV

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate morbidity during long-term follow-up with clinical treatment of affective and schizoaffective disorder subjects followed from hospitalization for first major psychotic episodes. METHODS:We followed adult subjects systematically at regular intervals from hospitalization for first-lifetime episodes...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Salvatore P,Khalsa HK,Tohen M,Baldessarini RJ

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare neurological soft signs (NSS) in patients of schizophrenia with onset in childhood (COS), adolescence (AdOS) and adulthood (AOS). METHOD:Assessment of NSS in 15 patients of COS and 20 patients each of AdOS and AOS was made using condensed neuropsychiatric examination for NSS. RESULTS:NSS were sig...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Biswas P,Malhotra S,Malhotra A,Gupta N

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Lund, is in possession of systematic clinical ratings from 1949 to 1969 based on a multi-dimensional diagnostic schedule. All 1312 first-admitted patients (120 women) from the county who were rated as "chronic alcohol intoxication" were followed up until 31 December, ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Berglund M

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents an analysis of the impact of the psychiatric reform in Italy on health care delivery by the general practitioner. In an urban district of the Veneto region a survey was made on the opinions and assessments of the general practitioner about the new status of psychiatric care, on the psychiatric case...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Rizzardo R,Rovea A,Magni G

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonidine (0.15 mg intravenously), an alpha-adrenergic receptor agonist, was administered to 13 male chronic schizophrenics, who had been withdrawn from chronic neuroleptic therapy, and to 18 normal male controls. There was no significant difference in growth hormone (GH) response between the two groups. There was no ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lal S,Nair NP,Thavundayil JX,Monks RC,Guyda H

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Difficulties surrounding the meaning of insight in psychiatry have led to neglect of its assessment in clinical practice. A study is described in which an insight scale was constructed and tested in a sample of 43 patients suffering from schizophrenia or depression. The results showed that the insight instrument was a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Marková IS,Berrios GE

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT) has been linked to the underlying biological processes related to aggressive behaviour. However, only a few studies on this subject involving young people have been published so far. METHOD:We aimed to investigate the effects of acute tryptophan depletion (ATD) on reacti...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kötting WF,Bubenzer S,Helmbold K,Eisert A,Gaber TJ,Zepf FD

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first (or menstrual) and fourth (or premenstrual) week of the menstrual cycle may be associated with many suicide attempts in women. The study sample included 113 Spanish women who attempted suicide and contacted an emergency service. Inclusion criteria were as follows: fertility; regular menstrual cycles; lack of...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Baca-García E,Sánchez-González A,González Diaz-Corralero P,González García I,de Leon J

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep disturbances commonly occur in the premenstruum in both Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) patients and in women from the general population. Reports on the Post-Sleep Inventory were obtained from a clinic sample of PMS patients and samples from the general population dichotomized into a non-clinic group with and witho...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Mauri M,Reid RL,MacLean AW

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A marked proportion of primary care patients have mental disorders and problems that remain unrecognized by the patients and their general practitioners. There is furthermore a great variation in the physicians' ability to detect mental disorders. The aim of the present study was to find out the overall prevalence of ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Joukamaa M,Lehtinen V,Karlsson H,Rouhe E

更新日期：1994-05-01 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：:Prior reviews indicate that schizophrenics tend to be born in the winter, relative to non-psychiatric controls. This conclusion has been criticized, however, as the association between birth seasonality and schizophrenia may be the result of a statistical artifact, the age-incidence effect. To examine this possibility...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Rodrigo G,Lusiardo M,Briggs G,Ulmer A

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evidence point to intergenerational effects of trauma in refugee populations. This study estimates the risk of psychiatric diagnoses in children of severely traumatized refugees. The unique clinical sample consisted of refugee parents treated for torture trauma and war trauma, and outcomes were investigated u...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Bager L,Agerbo E,Skipper N,Høgh Thøgersen M,Laursen TM

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:'Crisis cards' state patients' treatment details and preferences in anticipation of a later occasion when the patient might be too ill to express them directly. We assessed the feasibility of introducing 'crisis cards', or a collaborative form of them, 'joint crisis plans', into a sectorized community psychia...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Sutherby K,Szmukler GI,Halpern A,Alexander M,Thornicroft G,Johnson C,Wright S

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the question of whether "mixed" bipolar disorder is a distinct entity, we compared selected cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biochemical parameters from patients with bipolar disorder, mixed, to those with mania and major depression. Fourteen patients in each category (DSM-III) were studied with regard to CSF HVA...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Tandon R,Channabasavanna SM,Greden JF

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-year urban material of suicides in adolescents and young adults (age 15-29 years) was studied retrospectively by means of interviews with survivors (n = 58). Classification of mental disorders according to DSM-III-R showed that major depression was important as background to suicides in 41%, primary (22%) or secon...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Runeson B

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00