A case of Alzheimer's disease following mild traumatic brain injury.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Psychogenic factors may play a contributory role in the development or persistence of lichen simplex chronicus (LSC). The objective of this study was to evaluate the psychiatric profile of patients with LSC including depression and dissociative experiences. METHOD:Dermatology outpatients with a LSC (n=30) we...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Konuk N,Koca R,Atik L,Muhtar S,Atasoy N,Bostanci B

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Family systems theory provides the physician with a comprehensive paradigm to investigate the social and interpersonal context of physical illness. All physical illnesses, particularly life-threatening and chronic ones, profoundly affect the family life of the patient, and the changed family circumstances in turn have...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Sholevar GP,Perkel R

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author reviews moral arguments supporting a right to medical care, as well as empirical data concerning the effects of mental illness on society, and explores their relevance to a rights-based claim to mental health care. He concludes that there is ample ethical justification for a right to mental health care, giv...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Green SA

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:In recent years, patients' preferences concerning treatment of emotional distress in general and of depression in particular have received more emphasis in the clinical setting as well as in research. METHODS:The treatment preferences of 607 primary care patients were assessed in a cross-sectional study usin...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Backenstrass M,Joest K,Frank A,Hingmann S,Mundt C,Kronmüller KT

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective was to examine the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of a brief version of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents (BIPT-A) in low-income Latino adolescents treated in an urban pediatric primary care setting. METHOD:Ten adolescents, ages 12 to 19 years, who ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Mufson L,Yanes-Lukin P,Anderson G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite a good prognosis, the typically young age at diagnosis and physical sequelae may cause psychological distress in germ cell tumor survivors. We aimed to determine the frequency of anxiety and depression and analyze the impact of demographic and disease-related factors. METHOD:We enrolled N=164 testicu...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Vehling S,Mehnert A,Hartmann M,Oing C,Bokemeyer C,Oechsle K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efforts to improve the care of depression in primary care patients have largely ignored the potential of obstetrics/gynecology (OB/GYN) practices. We describe feasibility studies of a depression screening and care management intervention in three diverse OB/GYN practices. Patients were screened using the Patient Healt...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Scholle SH,Haskett RF,Hanusa BH,Pincus HA,Kupfer DJ

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Additional psychiatric disorders in eating disorders patients may contribute to the risk of suicide and suicide attempts. The aim of this study was to examine associations between Axes I and II comorbidity and suicidality in a large sample of women currently suffering from an eating disorder (ED). In a sample of 288 w...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Milos G,Spindler A,Hepp U,Schnyder U

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hashimoto's encephalopathy (HE), which carries kaleidoscopic clinical presentations, is easily misdiagnosed in clinical practice. Early diagnosis and prompt initiation of steroid therapy are associated with good prognosis. We describe a 50-year-old female patient who had subclinical hypothyroidism and who presented he...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Goh KK,Chiu YH,Shen WW

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Barriers to clear communication, such as culture, language, and other aspects of self-presentation may have an important impact on the doctor-patient relationship. When not addressed, cultural and linguistic issues can result in unreliable clinical histories, noncompliance with medical treatment, misinterpretation of ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Rueda-Lara MA,Buchert S,Skotzko C,Clemow LP

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A structured interview, ADDIS (Alkohol Drog Diagnos InStrument), designed to assess substance use disorders, was included as a part of the intake protocol in a department of orthopedics at a general hospital. To evaluate both the effectiveness and feasibility of the new procedure, the attitudes of 29 staff members wer...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Jonasson B,Jonasson U,Ekselius L,von Knorring L

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral loading with the delayed release formulation of divalproex sodium is widely used for the treatment of patients with acute mania and produces rapid attainment of therapeutic serum levels. Recently, an extended release formulation of divalproex sodium (divalproex ER) was approved for treatment of migraine...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Miller BP,Perry W,Moutier CY,Robinson SK,Feifel D

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linkages between psychiatry and other medical specialties have become increasingly evident over the past decade. Reinstatement of the medical internship for psychiatric trainees, expansion of psychiatric liaison services, growth of general hospital psychiatric units, determination of the extensive role served by nonps...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Pardes H

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Psychiatric Consultation Record (PCR) is an instrument developed to aid in the teaching of consultation psychiatry, to evaluate the impact of this teaching, and to provide an overall assessment of the consultation training program at St. Luke's Hospital. The PCR both structures the resident's training experience a...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Kantor SJ,Chiarandini I,Heller SS

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between alcohol use routinely reported during outpatient mental healthcare visits and short-term risk of subsequent suicide attempt. METHODS:Using a longitudinal retrospective-cohort design, electronic health records identified adult outpatient visits to a mental health provider (...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Richards JE,Shortreed SM,Simon GE,Penfold RB,Glass JE,Ziebell R,Williams EC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although dialysis discontinuation is the second leading "cause" of death among individuals who are maintained with chronic dialysis, little attention is accorded in the literature to patient ambivalence with this crucial decision. Three cases are presented of clinical situations involving termination of dialysis and a...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Cohen LM,Fischel S,Germain M,Woods A,Braden GL,McCue J

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The treatment of agitation in drug- and alcohol-using emergency patients is understudied. METHOD:We performed a retrospective chart review of 105 agitated emergency department patients who received either intramuscular (IM) haloperidol or IM olanzapine, comparing prescribing patterns, level of agitation, res...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： MacDonald K,Wilson MP,Minassian A,Vilke GM,Perez R,Cobb P,Tallian K,Becker O,Feifel D

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed at determining the prevalence of psychosis in tuberculosis (TB) patients in comparison to nontuberculosis control and its correlation with disease pattern. METHOD:One hundred and fifteen patients with TB and 112 family members visiting the multidrug treatment-resistant treatment center at Un...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Lasebikan VO,Ige OM

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:The authors review the forces that encouraged the entry of psychiatry into the general hospital in the 1930s. Those forces, which included concern about increasing health care costs, pressure to reform medical and psychiatric education, and the growth of dynamic psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine, are described. Th...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Summergrad P,Hackett TP

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychosocial skills of 24 PGY I medical residents receiving psychiatric training every other week during the internship year were evaluated and compared to a control group of 13 PGY I residents. After the internship year, the psychiatrically trained residents showed an increase in their ability to recognize emotio...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： von Ammon Cavanaugh S,Kennedy S

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical observation had suggested that mild depression occurs after admission for acute medical treatment and then decreases during further hospitalization for rehabilitation treatment. The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) was given on admission and discharge to 14 stroke and 17 amputee rehabilitation patients. Each ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Schubert DS,Burns R,Paras W,Sioson E

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Eating disorder (ED) symptoms have gone mostly unexamined among veterans. The current study assessed rates of bulimia nervosa (BN) and binge eating disorder (BED) symptoms and diagnoses and their associations with common comorbidities among male and female veterans. METHOD:Participants were US military veter...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Litwack SD,Mitchell KS,Sloan DM,Reardon AF,Miller MW

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study presents the psychometric properties of a brief measure to assess beliefs about psychotropic medications and psychotherapy among patients with anxiety disorders. METHOD:Data were collected on a large sample of primary care patients with a range of anxiety disorders, as part of the Collaborative Ca...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Bystritsky A,Wagner AW,Russo JE,Stein MB,Sherbourne CD,Craske MG,Roy-Byrne PP

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ventral striatum has been assigned a major role in addictive behavior. In addition, clinical lesion studies have described involvement of the insula and globus pallidus. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of alleviation of alcohol and nicotine addiction after a cerebrovascular incident in the d...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Muskens JB,Schellekens AF,de Leeuw FE,Tendolkar I,Hepark S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The differential diagnosis of hypercortisolemia is complex, particularly when the clinician must distinguish Cushing's syndrome (CS) from major depression. The present clinical case history demonstrates that by means of physical and laboratory examinations, the psychiatrist can make the initial differentiation, in con...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Pies R

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate longitudinal associations of burnout with heart rate variability (HRV) in patients after their first events of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). METHODS:In total, two hundred eight patients participated in this one-year follow-up study. On the day before discharge, their personal burnout level wa...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Zhang M,Liu L,Shi Y,Yang Y,Yu X,Angerer P,Kristensen TS,Li J

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The distinction between acute and chronic suicidality is important, because interventions designed to address acute suicidality can worsen chronic suicidality, resulting in an escalating cycle of suicide threats, suicide attempts, and futile hospitalizations. Though most chronically suicidal borderline person...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Mammen O,Tew J,Painter T,Bettinelli E,Beckjord J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00