Increased soluble tumor necrosis factor-alpha receptors in patients with major depressive disorder.

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to test specific hypotheses regarding volumetric changes of the neocortex between 10 female trichotillomania (TTM) subjects and 10 female normal controls. A standard three-dimensional (3-D) brain coordinate system was imposed over each newly acquired native magnetic resonance imagi...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Grachev ID

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavior of event related potential (ERP) components in the drowsy state was examined in nine subjects using oddball paradigm. A component with peak latency of 300 msec, N300, was superimposed on ERP in the drowsy state. N300 appeared also in stage 1 of NREM sleep and closely resembled vertex sharp wave evoked by soun...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Sekine A,Niiyama Y,Fujiwara R,Satoh N,Fushimi M,Kutsuzawa O,Hishikawa Y

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome of first-admission schizophrenic patients at Jichi Medical School Hospital was investigated to identify outcome predictors of schizophrenia among the symptoms at the time of the first hospitalization. The subjects were 62 schizophrenic patients, 29 females and 33 males, consecutively discharged from the De...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Kobayashi T,Kato S

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The objectives of this article are to discuss ethical issues of informed consent in cognitively impaired patients and review considerations for capacity determination. We will also discuss how to evaluate capacity, determine competence, and obtain informed consent when a patient is deemed incompetent. This review ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Fields LM,Calvert JD

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to determine the rate of substance abuse in the juvenile detention house and to determine the relationship between crime and substance abuse and conduct disorder. Two hundred and thirty cases in the biggest juvenile detention house in Istanbul, Turkey were assessed according to Dia...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Copur M,Turkcan A,Erdogmus M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Night-time bright light (BL) treatment and triazolam (0.125 mg/day) were given to three healthy elderly people in a cross-over design. They kept a daytime sleepiness test and a sleep log, and their wrist-activity was monitored simultaneously. Subjectively, BL increased daytime sleepiness and naps, and decreased night-...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Usui A,Ishizuka Y,Matsushita Y,Fukuzawa H,Kanba S

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Recent cognitive neuroscience research shows that noninvasive brain stimulation can modify a wide range of behaviors in healthy people. Such regulation effects on human behaviors provide new insights into the neurobiology of cognitive processes and establish causal brain-behavior relations. Here, we aimed to examin...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Khaleghi A,Pirzad Jahromi G,Zarafshan H,Mostafavi SA,Mohammadi MR

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Open-system social skills training (SST) was performed in an open psychiatric ward of the hospital of Yokohama City University. Between June 1998 and March 2000, 223 patients were being treated for various mental disorders and 136 of these patients voluntarily participated in the open-system SST at least once. The SST...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Takahashi M,Kosaka K

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A female patient exhibiting functional hearing loss in her left ear demonstrated reduced amplitude of P3 component in event-related potentials (ERP) to left monaural stimulation, with preserved N1 and N2 components to stimulation of either ear. This result suggested that stimuli in the affected ear were conducted succ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Fukuda M,Hata A,Niwa S,Hiramatsu K,Yokokoji M,Hayashida S,Itoh K,Nakagome K,Iwanami A

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lifetime prevalence of social anxiety disorder (SAD) is high at 3-13%, but there have been only limited reports investigating the clinical features of this disorder in a large number of Japanese patients. The authors have conducted a retrospective, chart review study of 52 patients with SAD and obtained the follow...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Shindo M,Shioiri T,Kuwabara H,Maruyama M,Tamura R,Someya T

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although atypical antipsychotics have been associated with improvements in cognitive function in schizophrenia, the neurochemical basis for such effects is not well understood. Candidate neurotransmitter systems primarily involve dopamine and serotonin. The current study explored this issue by examining the cognitive ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Tyson PJ,Laws KR,Flowers KA,Tyson A,Mortimer AM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Adult Reading Test (NART) is widely used as a measure of premorbid IQ of the English-speaking patients with dementia. The purpose of the present study was to develop a Japanese version of the NART (JART), using 50 Japanese irregular words, all of which are Kanji (ideographic script) compound words. Readin...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Matsuoka K,Uno M,Kasai K,Koyama K,Kim Y

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 23-year-old Japanese woman was brought to the emergency department about 6.5 h after taking liquid and later a half tablet purchased on the street. About 4.5 h prior to presentation, she displayed excited and disorganized behavior. On examination, she was not alert or oriented, with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 13,...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Itokawa M,Iwata K,Takahashi M,Sugihara G,Sasaki T,Abe Y,Uno M,Hobo M,Jitoku D,Inoue K,Arai M,Yasuda I,Shintani M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the effects of the daytime nap on performance, mood and physiological measures in aged individuals Participants were six healthy aged persons (M=72.2 years old) who habitually napped in the afternoon three or more times a week. They participated under two conditions with an interval of 1 week. In ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Tamaki M,Shirota A,Tanaka H,Hayashi M,Hori T

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the cause of idiopathic rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD), magnetic resonance imaging and single-photon emission computed tomography of the brain were conducted on 20 patients with RBD. Blood flow in the upper portion of both sides of the frontal lobe and pons was significantly lower ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Shirakawa S,Takeuchi N,Uchimura N,Ohyama T,Maeda H,Abe T,Ishibashi M,Ohshima Y,Ohshima H

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the effect of neuropsychiatric symptoms on longitudinal changes in the quality of life (QOL) of patients with Alzheimer disease (AD). METHODS:First, we investigated whether neuropsychiatric symptoms at baseline predict changes in the QOL of AD patients over time. Then we examined the associations betwee...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Tatsumi H,Nakaaki S,Torii K,Shinagawa Y,Watanabe N,Murata Y,Sato J,Mimura M,Furukawa TA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the correlation between the incidence of post-stroke depression (PSD) and the levels of substance P (SP) in the plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). METHODS:Ninety-one stroke patients were divided into PSD (n = 46) and post-stroke (without depression) groups (n = 45). PSD must have occurred 2-4 we...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Li L,Gao X,Zhao J,Ji X,Wei H,Luo Y

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This paper describes a 1-year follow-up of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology and depression in an elderly minority population who experienced Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan. METHODS:The PTSD Symptom Scale--Interview and the 10-item short form Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale were u...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Chen YL,Hsu WY,Lai CS,Tang TC,Wang PW,Yeh YC,Huang MF,Yen CF,Chen CS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major depression is highly prevalent among HIV-positive patients (HIVpp). The prevalence of depression ranges between 18% and 81%, depending on the population studied and the methodology of the study. The etiology of depression in HIVpp is likely determined by: (i) biological factors (alterations in the white matter s...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Arseniou S,Arvaniti A,Samakouri M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Long-term use of methamphetamine could induce psychosis, but consequences with regards to intelligence have seldom been investigated. Long-term use of alcohol could also result in intellectual deterioration. METHODS:The IQ of 34 methamphetamine-induced psychosis (MIP) patients (age, 28.7 +/- 6.1 years) and 34 alc...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Lin SK,Huang MC,Lin HC,Pan CH

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the diagnostic concepts of taijin-kyofu-sho (TKS) and social phobia, by comparing the clinical diagnosis of TKS and the operational diagnosis of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd edition, revised; DSM-III-R). Three evaluators conducted s...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Nakamura K,Kitanishi K,Miyake Y,Hashimoto K,Kubota M

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In Japan, the government and media have become aware of the issues of early onset dementia (EOD), but policies for EOD have not yet been established and support systems are inadequate. To provide practical data about EOD, a two-step postal survey was performed. METHODS:A questionnaire requesting information on EOD...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Ikejima C,Ikeda M,Hashimoto M,Ogawa Y,Tanimukai S,Kashibayashi T,Miyanaga K,Yonemura K,Kakuma T,Murotani K,Asada T

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors compared perceived stress in subgroups of patients defined by vulnerability (high and low) and disorder (somatoform and dissociative). A total of 30 patients each of somatoform and dissociative disorders diagnosed according to the classification of mental and behavioral disorders criteria were assessed wit...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Irpati AS,Avasthi A,Sharan P

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study examined catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) DNA methylation in the peripheral blood of schizophrenia patients and also in healthy controls to investigate its potential use as a peripheral biomarker of schizophrenia and its relations with the clinical variables of schizophrenia patients. METHODS:We exam...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Nour El Huda AR,Norsidah KZ,Nabil Fikri MR,Hanisah MN,Kartini A,Norlelawati AT

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The present study was designed to investigate quality of life (QOL) among caregivers of cancer inpatients, and to explore the related factors with the long-term goal to improve QOL of cancer caregivers in China. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was performed during the period January-March 2008. Subjects comprised...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Lu L,Pan B,Sun W,Cheng L,Chi T,Wang L

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate mutual interactions between neuronal discharges in the mesencepahlic reticular formation, relative power contributions (RPC) were estimated during sleep-wake cycles and serotonin (5HT)-depleted conditions by the administration of parachlorophenylalanine (PCPA). The RPC for most of the neurons d...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Kodama T,Honda Y,Nakao M,Sato S,Yamamoto M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The purpose of the present study was to investigate sleep structure in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients with and without any psychiatric comorbidities. The relationship between sleep variables and measurements of clinical symptom severity were also investigated. METHODS:Sleep patterns of 24 non-medi...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Yetkin S,Aydin H,Ozgen F

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined the depressive realism hypothesis, which posits that depressed people are often more accurate in their perceptions and judgments than non-depressed people are. Each subject initially generated descriptions of others important to them, both positive and negative important others, in the prete...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Yeh ZT,Liu SI

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The objective of this study was to utilize commonly applied tools, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale - Depression subscale (HADS-D) and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), to screen for depressive symptoms in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Fur...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Hayashi Y,Senjyu H,Iguchi A,Iwai S,Kanada R,Honda S,Ozawa H

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two cases of transient global amnesia (TGA) diagnosed using a clinical criteria and single photon emission tomography (SPECT) with the aid of Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM). Both patients underwent an initial SPECT study about 20 h after the disappearance of the amnesic episode, and a second study 3 we...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Asada T,Matsuda H,Morooka T,Nakano S,Kimura M,Uno M

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00