A psychiatric unit in a general hospital in Brazil: predictors of length of stay.

abstract：PURPOSE:Psychiatric readmission is a common negative outcome. Predictors of readmission may differ by sex. This study aimed to derive and internally validate sex-specific models to predict 30-day psychiatric readmission. METHODS:We used population-level health administrative data to identify predictors of 30-day psych...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Barker LC,Gruneir A,Fung K,Herrmann N,Kurdyak P,Lin E,Rochon PA,Seitz D,Taylor VH,Vigod SN

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lack of consensus about the meaning of severe mental illness makes it difficult to prioritise the severely mentally ill for specialist mental health care. The goal of this study was to develop a valid and brief assessment of severity of mental illness. METHOD:Six search workshops (n = 57) using consensus te...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Slade M,Powell R,Rosen A,Strathdee G

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine public attitudes towards patients with depression and the influence of perception and causal attributions on social distance towards individuals suffering from depression in urban areas. METHODS:This study was carried out with a representative sample in Istanbul which ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Ozmen E,Ogel K,Aker T,Sagduyu A,Tamar D,Boratav C

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies exploring the effects of childhood adversities and parent-child relationship on adulthood dispositional optimism are rather rare, have been performed on small, selected samples and lack analyses of interaction between childhood factors. METHOD:A total of 19970 working-aged Finns responded to the pop...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Korkeila K,Kivelä SL,Suominen S,Vahtera J,Kivimäki M,Sundell J,Helenius H,Koskenvuo M

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to identify quantitative data on the use of seclusion and restraint in different countries and on initiatives to reduce these interventions. METHODS:Combined literature review on initiatives to reduce seclusion and restraint, and epidemiological data on the frequency and means of us...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Steinert T,Lepping P,Bernhardsgrütter R,Conca A,Hatling T,Janssen W,Keski-Valkama A,Mayoral F,Whittington R

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide, growing concern with young people's mental health is spurring service reform efforts. Such reform requires a full understanding of the experiences of young people and their carers when seeking mental health help. To generate such an understanding, we conducted a meta-synthesis of qualitative literature on t...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： MacDonald K,Ferrari M,Fainman-Adelman N,Iyer SN

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Community treatment orders (CTOs) are widely used internationally despite a lack of evidence supporting their effectiveness. Most effectiveness studies are relatively short (12-months or less) and focus on clinical symptoms and service data, while a little attention is given to patients' social outcomes and bro...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Vergunst F,Rugkåsa J,Koshiaris C,Simon J,Burns T

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Household food insecurity in South Africa is a pervasive public health challenge. Although its link to chronic health conditions is well established, its relationship to mental illness, particularly major depression, is not well-understood. Despite KwaZulu-Natal Province being the epicenter of the drug-resistan...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Tomita A,Ramlall S,Naidu T,Mthembu SS,Padayatchi N,Burns JK

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to construct a discriminant function to predict maladjustment in foreign cultures for 123 Japanese adolescents studying abroad in home stay for 1 year. The maladjustment was defined in terms of self-reported friendship availability, friendship satisfaction and emotional distress. Among the va...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Furukawa T,Shibayama T

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence, correlates, and symptom profiles of depressive disorders in men with a history of military service. METHODS:Data were obtained from the 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey. Multivariable logistic regressions were used to identify corre...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Britton PC,Bossarte RM,Lu N,He H,Currier GW,Crilly J,Richardson T,Tu X,Knox KL

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The English version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and a translated Indian version were administered to a sample of hundred bilingual college students. Both the versions of the GHQ showed adequate internal consistency and reliability. There was a high concordance between the two versions on high scorers and...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Sriram TG,Chandrashekar CR,Isaac MK,Shanmugham V

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Fear of crime and perceived neighbourhood disorder have been linked to common mental illness (CMI). However, few UK studies have also considered the experience of crime at the individual and neighbourhood level. This study aims to identify individual and local area factors associated with increased perceived ne...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Polling C,Khondoker M,SELCoH study team.,Hatch SL,Hotopf M

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:A standardised and systematic analysis of commitment laws in the European Union Member States is still missing. This study aimed at gathering, describing and analysing information on the differences or similarities of legal frameworks for involuntary placement and treatment of mentally ill patients ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Dressing H,Salize HJ

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the subjective and objective quality of life and needs of patients with paranoid schizophrenia between inner city areas in Berlin (69 patients) and London (75 patients). Quality of life was assessed by means of the Lancashire Quality of Life Profile (German version Berliner Lebensqualitatsprofi), a...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Heinze M,Taylor RE,Priebe S,Thornicroft G

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There is a need for recent, nationally representative data on the prevalence of mental disorders in Latin America. We aim to assess the prevalence of depression in Chile and possible changes over time. METHODS:In the Chilean National Health Surveys in 2003 (n = 5469) and 2010 (n = 7212), two nationally represe...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Markkula N,Zitko P,Peña S,Margozzini P,Retamal C P

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) was tested against a modified version of a structured diagnostic interview for making DSM III-R diagnoses, the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI), in a population of 787 primary care patients, 214 of whom were interviewed. The Yoruba ve...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Gureje O,Obikoya B

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the past decades a number of studies have appeared on suicide among persons in jail and prison remand settings, and sentenced prisoners. In these papers contradictory views concerning the relation between suicide risk and length of custody were published. METHODS:This article reports on a study that in...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Frottier P,Frühwald S,Ritter K,Eher R,Schwärzler J,Bauer P

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:People with mental illness face the dilemma whether or not to disclose their condition. We examined stigma variables and their relationship with comfort disclosing. METHODS:Comfort with disclosure, well-being, symptoms and aspects of experiencing and reacting to stigma were assessed among 202 individuals with ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Rüsch N,Brohan E,Gabbidon J,Thornicroft G,Clement S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnosis of schizophrenia by clinicians is not always accurate in terms of operational diagnostic criteria despite the fact that these diagnoses form the basis of case registers and routine statistics. This poses a challenge to psychiatric research. We studied the reasons for diagnostic discordance betw...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Moilanen K,Veijola J,Läksy K,Mäkikyrö T,Miettunen J,Kantojärvi L,Kokkonen P,Karvonen JT,Herva A,Joukamaa M,Järvelin MR,Moring J,Jones PB,Isohanni M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been suggested that the risk of cancer may be higher in people with psychological disorders, like depression and anxiety, than in the general population. AIMS:To determine cancer risk in cohorts of people with depression or anxiety, compared with that in a control cohort. METHOD:Analysis of linked s...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Goldacre MJ,Wotton CJ,Yeates D,Seagroatt V,Flint J

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Integration of patient views in mental health service planning is in its infancy despite service provision being clearly dominated by narratives from professional consultations and medical records. We wished to clarify perceptions of uncertainty about mental health conditions from a range of provider and use...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Rapport FL,Jerzembek GS,Doel MA,Jones A,Cella M,Lloyd KR

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To synthesise the evidence on effectiveness, acceptability and the delivery mechanisms of psychosocial interventions for self-harm in low and middle income countries and to develop a pathway of change specific for self-harm interventions. METHOD:Studies reporting one or more patient or implementation outcomes ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Aggarwal S,Patton G,Berk M,Patel V

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The value of measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among people with persisting psychotic disorders is contentious, despite the call for it in treatment outcome and economic evaluation. Our aim was to investigate the validity of psychotic patients' self-report regarding their HRQoL, using the WHOQ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Herrman H,Hawthorne G,Thomas R

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A number of studies have found an ethnic density effect in psychotic disorders, where the incidence for ethnic minorities increases as the neighbourhood proportional ethnic composition decreases [Morgan and Hutchinson, Psychol Med 40:705-709, (2010); Singh, Psychol Med 39:1402-1403, (2009); Schofield et al., Ps...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Bosqui TJ,Hoy K,Shannon C

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine parent-child agreement regarding a child's health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among three health status groups. METHODS:Parent-child agreement was evaluated for three health status groups of a population-based sample: (1) children with mental health problems (N = 461), (2) children with physical...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Dey M,Landolt MA,Mohler-Kuo M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Personal and perceived stigma can hinder persons in appraising their symptoms as constituting part of a mental illness (self-labeling), an important early step in the help-seeking process. This study examines the impact of personal and perceived stigma on self-labeling and provides prospective data on the possi...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Horsfield P,Stolzenburg S,Hahm S,Tomczyk S,Muehlan H,Schmidt S,Schomerus G

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare children with mental and physical health problems regarding (1) perceived disease severity; (2) the impact of their condition on their families; (3) their utilization of health care services (including satisfaction with care); and (4) parents' health literacy about their child's condition and its tre...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Dey M,Wang J,Jorm AF,Mohler-Kuo M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with psychotic symptoms often respond poorly to treatment. Outcomes can be affected by biological, physiological and psychological factors according to the vulnerability-stress model. The patient's coping strategies and beliefs have been correlated with outcomes. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the knowl...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Alenius M,Hammarlund-Udenaes M,Hartvig P,Lindström L

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The study sought to examine the association of mental disorders with educational attainment in a community sample. METHODS:Data were from 5001 respondents aged 15-54 in the 1990-1992 National Comorbidity Survey (NCS), re-interviewed in the 2001-2003 NCS follow-up (NCS-2). Discrete-time survival analysis was us...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Mojtabai R,Stuart EA,Hwang I,Eaton WW,Sampson N,Kessler RC

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patient's language, tradition, conventions, and customs may all determine integration into a society and are also part of the doctor-patient relationship that influences diagnostic and therapeutic outcome. Language barrier and sociocultural disparity of Eastern and Southern European patients may hamper recove...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Begré S,Traber M,Gerber M,von Känel R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00