Pregnancy and malignant catatonia.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the US national level healthcare utilization patterns of patients with commercial insurance plans before and after a psychiatric hospitalization admitted through the emergency department (ED) using insurance claims data. METHOD:We identified 34,250 patients from multiple commercial health ins...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Xi W,Banerjee S,Penfold RB,Simon GE,Alexopoulos GS,Pathak J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the case of a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome- and Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis-related mania in which olanzapine was successfully used adjunctively and transiently to antifungal therapy. ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Spiegel DR,Bayne CE,Wilcox L,Somova M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonmedical psychotherapists are able to present themselves to the public as psychiatrist-equivalents, except for prescribing drugs, because psychiatrists have neglected to emphasize the nature of medical responsibility, here called "medical primacy." Psychiatric identification with the psychoanalytic and public relati...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Rashkis HA

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This editorial describes an effort by 9 consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry service leaders in the United States to incorporate routine performance measurement into their service workflows. Although C-L psychiatry is an essential clinical service in general hospitals, performance metrics for this service have not be...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Kroll DS,Gopal A,Kimmel RJ,Mattson J,Beizai K,Danovitch I

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to compare the prevalence of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (OCSD) in psychiatric outpatients with and without a history of rheumatic fever (RF). METHODS:An analytical cross-sectional study assessing a large sample of consecutive psychiatric outpatients at a Brazilian private practic...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： de Alvarenga PG,Floresi AC,Torres AR,Hounie AG,Fossaluza V,Gentil AF,Pereira CA,Miguel EC

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-stroke depression is a potentially persistent complication of stroke. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for depression, but with limited data regarding safety in stroke patients. We report the case of a 30-year-old woman with a history of stroke and antiphospholipid syndrome, who became de...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Harmandayan M,Romanowicz M,Sola C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sample of 196 general medical patients with multiple unexplained somatic complaints was used to compare the performance (sensitivity and specificity) and positive and negative predictive values for the published screening indexes for somatization disorder. This study shows similar performances for both the DSM-III-R...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Smith GR Jr,Brown FW

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biopsychosocial model has been promoted for its advantages in many important health problems. However, the lack of administrative practice models specifically designed to develop and promote the model hinder the development of systematic clinical applications. This article describes a successful clinical teaching ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Gallagher RM,McCann WJ,Jerman A,Hughes J,Langelier R,Stewart F

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Factors determining community tenure (CT) between subsequent referrals to a psychiatric emergency room (PER) are only partly understood. We investigated the differential effect of patient and health system characteristics on the CT of patients with a previous referral to a PER. METHOD:Data were collected for...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Bruffaerts R,Sabbe M,Demyttenaere K

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess professionals' adherence to evidence-based guidelines and to investigate whether or not this is influenced by recording of the diagnosis and symptom severity. METHOD:Analysis of baseline cross-sectional data of a cohort study of 721 primary care patients with a confirmed diagnosis of a depressive ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Smolders M,Laurant M,Verhaak P,Prins M,van Marwijk H,Penninx B,Wensing M,Grol R

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychological and emotional impairment among physicians represents a serious, widespread, and difficult problem. For unclear reasons, it has been problematic to effectively identify and treat this group of professionals whose performance is so intimately associated with the health and wellbeing of the general populati...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Arana GW

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence of depression among otolaryngology patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) and the outcome of treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). METHOD:Ninety patients with MUS from a population of 983 consecutive otolaryngology outpatients were enrolled....

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Goto F,Tsutsumi T,Oishi N,Mimura M

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Every year, millions of Americans become informal caregivers to loved ones admitted to Neuroscience Intensive Care Units (Neuro-ICU), and face challenges to Quality of Life (QoL). This study sought to identify associations between resiliency, distress, and caregiver QoL at time of Neuro-ICU admission. METHOD...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Zale EL,Heinhuis TJ,Tehan T,Salgueiro D,Rosand J,Vranceanu AM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence, correlates and recognition of depression among inpatients of general hospitals in Wuhan, China. METHOD:A total of 513 patients were randomly selected from 1923 inpatients from three general hospitals and evaluated with a Chinese version of the Structured Clinical Interview for Di...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Zhong BL,Chen HH,Zhang JF,Xu HM,Zhou C,Yang F,Song J,Tang J,Xu Y,Zhang S,Zhang Y,Zhou L

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the differences in depressive mood and quality of life in patients with between functional dyspepsia (FD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and FD-IBS overlap as diagnosed based on Rome III criteria. METHODS:The subjects completed a questionnaire based on Rome III criteria, the Beck Depressive ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Lee HJ,Lee SY,Kim JH,Sung IK,Park HS,Jin CJ,Kang SG,Yoon H,Chun HJ

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factitious disorder by proxy (FDP) is a form of abuse in which a caregiver surreptitiously simulates or induces illnesses in a person for whom he or she cares. Typically, a mother is the perpetrator and at least one of her children is victimized. FDP has a high morbidity and mortality rate, and a knowledgeable health ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Ostfeld BM,Feldman MD

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 48-year-old woman with head and neck pain and upper extremity weakness demonstrated equivocal neurologic findings and otherwise essentially negative laboratory and x-ray evaluations. An interview at a case conference revealed significant depression, severe marital discord, and a poor self-image. The correlation of t...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Agle D,Brody D

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this pretest-posttest study was to evaluate effects of a training program designed to improve primary care physicians' (PCPs) ability to recognize mental health problems (MHP) and to diagnose and manage depression according to clinical guidelines. The primary care settings were in the northern part of T...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： van Os TW,Ormel J,van den Brink RH,Jenner JA,Van der Meer K,Tiemens BG,van der Doorn W,Smit A,van den Brink W

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to compare the characteristics of psychiatric and nonpsychiatric suicidal inpatients in one general hospital and examine the predictors of completed suicide in the patients with suicidal acts during hospitalization. METHODS:One hundred ten study subjects were identified by the adverse event...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Cheng IC,Hu FC,Tseng MC

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bupropion, a dual norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitor, has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of major depressive disorder. The most common treatment-emergent adverse events reported with bupropion were headache, dry mouth, nausea and agitation. The following i...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Chiang CK,Chou YH,Chen YH,Sha CB,Liang CS

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports DSM-III diagnoses and demographic characteristics of 100 patients consecutively referred to a university hospital consultation-liaison service for evaluation of medically unexplained symptoms suggesting physical disorders. Thirty-seven percent of patients received diagnoses of somatoform, dissociati...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Slavney PR,Teitelbaum ML

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is widespread concern about access to good quality health care for ethnic minority groups. This study investigates differences between ethnic groups regarding prevalence of anxiety and depression, and adherence to treatment guidelines by family practitioners in urban areas in the Netherlands. METHOD:Da...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Fassaert T,Nielen M,Verheij R,Verhoeff A,Dekker J,Beekman A,de Wit M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A liaison rounds is presented, one attended by all members of a consultation-liaison (C-L) team along with the medical director of a burn unit. This structure is designated as a "reverse liaison rounds," as it is the opposite of the conventional liaison meeting, which consists of one C-L consultant and the total nonps...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Billowitz A,Schubert DS

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preoperative risk factors of postoperative delirium were evaluated in 260 patients admitted for open heart surgery. The incidence of delirium was 11.5%. Independent predictors included cognitive impairment, atrial fibrillation, a history of peripheral vascular disease major depression and advanced age. Aforementioned ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Kazmierski J,Kowman M,Banach M,Pawelczyk T,Okonski P,Iwaszkiewicz A,Zaslonka J,Sobow T,Kloszewska I

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coping with impaired appearance presents difficulties for children. This study is based on interviews of children with vitiligo, a disfiguring disorder that involves depigmentation of the skin, and focuses on social and psychologic factors that predict effectiveness of coping. Age plays an extremely important part in ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Hill-Beuf A,Porter JD

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old single Puerto Rican woman with AIDS was admitted to the Medical Service for pneumonia, seen by the Psychiatric Consultation Service, an eventually transferred to the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit with several possible psychiatric diagnoses including major depression, HIV dementia, delirium, and posttraumati...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Freedman JB,O'Dowd MA,Wyszynski B,Torres JR,McKegney FP

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine those patients referred to psychiatry for the "problem of coping," a structured clinical databased management system--MICRO-CARES--was employed to identify the frequency, demographic characteristics, psychiatric diagnoses, psychosocial interventions, use of psychopharmacology, number of follow-up visits, an...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Strain J,Hammer JS,Huertas D,Lam HT,Fulop G

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To settle the best cutoffs for inventories to diagnose depression in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients. METHOD:Seventy-five CHC patients were assessed using a standard psychiatric interview (Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview) to establish Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fo...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Fábregas BC,Vitorino FD,Rocha DM,Moura AS,Carmo RA,Teixeira AL

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interviews with patients and staff of the New York Hospital Burn Unit in which they discuss their reactions to a variety of unit milieu stresses were videotaped. These were then edited together and played back at staff conference. This intervention increased staff awareness of unit stresses, facilitated discussion abo...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Pauker SL

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Anxiety and depressive disorders are widely prevalent, but patients are only treated in a minority of cases. In this study, the explanation of receiving mental health treatment is sought in predisposing and enabling characteristics and indicators for objective and self-perceived need. METHODS:Cross-sectional...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Verhaak PF,Prins MA,Spreeuwenberg P,Draisma S,van Balkom TJ,Bensing JM,Laurant MG,van Marwijk HW,van der Meer K,Penninx BW

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00