The state of mental health in old-age across the 'old' European Union-- a systematic review.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Examinations are anecdotally viewed as extremely stressful to Singapore schoolchildren. We test this postulate by obtaining parental ratings of children's emotional stress levels longitudinally in a large representative sample of sixth (P6) and fifth (P5) class primary schoolchildren, respectively, exposed an...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Parker G,Cai Y,Tan S,Dear K,Henderson AS,Poh GT,Kwee GC

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study a newly developed Self-rating Inventory for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is presented. The instrument consists of 47 items, reflecting DSM-III-R criteria, associated features and items corresponding to the disorder of extreme stress not otherwise specified. All items are phrased in a trauma-indep...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Hovens JE,van der Ploeg HM,Bramsen I,Klaarenbeek MT,Schreuder JN,Rivero VV

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the psychological substrate of catatonia. METHOD:Reviewing the historical descriptions and explanations of catatonic behaviours by clinicians from its delineation in the 19th century to the present. RESULTS:Patients with catatonia are often haunted by fears and terrors; this has not been widely a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Fink M,Shorter E

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychological autopsies are an important research tool in establishing risk factors associated with suicide. We report the results of a validity study comparing psychological autopsy-generated DSM-III-R diagnoses in suicides and non-suicides with chart diagnoses generated by clinicians who had treated the subjects pri...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kelly TM,Mann JJ

更新日期：1996-11-01 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: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：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that not only intrafamiliar childhood abuses inflicted to the patient, but also major losses or other severe life events suffered by the mother within 2 years of patient's birth, are risk factors for the development of dissociative disorders (DDs). METHOD:A multicentric case-control st...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Pasquini P,Liotti G,Mazzotti E,Fassone G,Picardi A,Italian Group for the Study of Dissociation.

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of 167 consecutive patients admitted to a general hospital following an episode of deliberate self-harm was carried out; 102 patients were interviewed by computer and then by a psychiatrist who was blind to the results of the computer interview. The computer interview consisted of a self-rating mod...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Levine S,Ancill RJ,Roberts AP

更新日期：1989-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:In this paper we review critically the current status of neurocognitive studies in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). METHOD:CFS literature was monitored as part of a large research project which involved several neuropsychological and psychopathological studies. The literature survey was the resu...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Michiels V,Cluydts R

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between social exclusion and outcomes of mentally ill patients with substance abuse problems receiving assertive outreach treatment in London. METHOD:Analysis was conducted on data on 580 patients from the 'Pan-London Assertive Outreach Study (PLAO)'. Data were collected using...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Fakhoury WK,Priebe S,PLAO Study Group.

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if behavioral symptoms detected at initial evaluation relate to cognitive or functional status or survival time in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. method: Review, in 100 cases of autopsy-proven AD, of the relationship of behavioral symptoms detected at initial evaluation to cognitive and globa...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Weiner MF,Hynan LS,Bret ME,White C 3rd

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Deficits in social cognition have been reported in euthymic subjects with bipolar disorder (BD). However, some studies have failed to find differences favoring controls. As most investigations have been conducted with small samples, they have not had sufficient power to detect statistically significant differ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Samamé C,Martino DJ,Strejilevich SA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Examine the effects of obesity and metabolic syndrome on outcome in bipolar disorder. METHOD:The Comparative Effectiveness of a Second Generation Antipsychotic Mood Stabilizer and a Classic Mood Stabilizer for Bipolar Disorder (Bipolar CHOICE) study randomized 482 participants with bipolar disorder in a 6-mo...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： McElroy SL,Kemp DE,Friedman ES,Reilly-Harrington NA,Sylvia LG,Calabrese JR,Rabideau DJ,Ketter TA,Thase ME,Singh V,Tohen M,Bowden CL,Bernstein EE,Brody BD,Deckersbach T,Kocsis JH,Kinrys G,Bobo WV,Kamali M,McInnis MG

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the premenstrual and follicular phases of the menstrual cycle, 41 women who had generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) plus premenstrual syndrome (PMS) were assessed with psychiatric rating scales and compared with 21 GAD patients without PMS and 19 controls. The latter two groups were rated only once, in the typic...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： McLeod DR,Hoehn-Saric R,Foster GV,Hipsley PA

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Schizophrenia is associated with alterations in blood inflammatory markers, including cytokines. Total white blood cell (WBC) count is a marker of low-grade inflammation. We conducted a meta-analysis of total and differential WBC counts in patients with schizophrenia. METHOD:Articles were identified through ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Jackson AJ,Miller BJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral computed tomography (CT) was performed before and after right-sided electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in 40 patients aged 26-87 years with major affective disorders. Nine patients with a concomitant definite or possible non-acute organic brain disorder were included. Several patients had long seizure durations,...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Bergsholm P,Larsen JL,Rosendahl K,Holsten F

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Australian death certificate data were analysed to determine whether they can provide useful information on regional differences in the prevalence of dementia. Strong differences between the Australian states were found in the prevalence of dementing disorders at death. However, evidence indicated that death certifica...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Jorm AF,Henderson AS,Jacomb PA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ICD-10 and DSM-IV classifications have both given low priority to "reactivity" to acute stress as a classificatory principle for functional psychoses. In Scandinavia, reactivity is still considered an important factor in the development of such psychoses. Reactivity is a complex concept, and its various components...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Guldberg CA,Dahl AA,Bertelsen A,Hansen H,Haslerud J,Hytten K,Narud K

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether the development of tardive dyskinesia (TD) is accompanied by a parallel process of worsening negative symptoms in a longitudinal study. METHOD:A sample of 708 psychotic patients were followed over a period of 2 years, using the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale and the Scale for the Asse...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： van Os J,Walsh E,van Horn E,Tattan T,Bale R,Thompson SG

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Exploration of academic and creative potentials of first-degree relatives of hospital-treated psychotic patients in Iceland. METHOD:Relatives identified in a previously published family study of psychosis are evaluated, using records available at the National Archives and National Library in Reykjavik. Perfo...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Karlsson JL

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between brain density, measured by computerized tomography (CT), and severity of depression was investigated in 44 patients with a major depressive episode according to DSM-III. In order to limit methodological problems, correlations between both the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) and the Bech-...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Schlegel S

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 59 depressive in- and outpatients displayed statistically significantly subnormal electrodermal activity (EDA) according to the skin conductance level, the skin conductance response magnitude, the skin conductance response rate, and the index of nonresponding during neutral tone stimulation, compared to 59 ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Thorell LH,Kjellman BF,d'Elia G

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a syndrome of involuntary movements that develops in predisposed individuals during neuroleptic drug treatment, with an average prevalence of 15%. Neuroleptic (antidopaminergic) drugs are the predominant etiological factor. Although no simple correlation can be established, both dosage and t...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Gerlach J,Casey DE

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bright-light therapy is widely regarded as an effective treatment for winter seasonal affective disorder (SAD). We attempted to identify predictors of light therapy response in 54 depressed, drug-free outpatients diagnosed with SAD by DSM-III-R criteria. After a baseline week, patients were treated for 2 weeks with 25...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lam RW

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pedigrees of manic-depressive patients in treatment at the Lithium Clinic of the Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Cagliari, were evaluated for linkage between major affective illness and the protan-deutan-glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase region of the X-chromosome. Two informative pedigrees were foun...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Del Zompo M,Bocchetta A,Goldin LR,Corsini GU

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined the co-occurrence of anxiety/mood and personality disorders (PDs) in substance abusers, the impact of anxiety/ mood disorders on the symptom profiles of PDs, and the impact of anxiety/mood disorders and PDs on pre-treatment status. METHOD:Current anxiety/mood disorders and PDs and pre-tre...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Verheul R,Kranzler HR,Poling J,Tennen H,Ball S,Rounsaville BJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale (CPRS) a subscale for depression has been derived in the course of a study of depression in which 209 patients took part. The subscale presented in this article comprises 28 items from the original pool and two additional items constructed later. The scale has a h...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Perris C,Eisemann M,von Knorring L,Perris H

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Repeated doses of 5 mg nitrazepam, 15 mg flurazepam, and 1 mg flunitrazepam improved subjective assessments of the ease of getting to sleep and the perceived quality of induced sleep in a population of 30 healthy volunteers. The subjective reports of improved sleep inducement were related to a perceived difficulty in ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Hindmarch I

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study was made, investigating the post-treatment outcomes of patients in two apparently dissimilar psychiatric therapeutic centres in Nigeria: the Aro Mental Hospital, a custodial facility, and the Aro Community Village Program, a pilot experiment in community psychiatry. A matches sample of 208 treate...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Erinosho OA

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00