Desperate remedies: a Gothic tale of madness and modern medicine.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Slow-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the frontal cortex has been suggested as a safer and better tolerable alternative to fast-frequency rTMS in the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). The aim of the present study was to examine the efficacy of slow-frequency rTMS t...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Schutter DJ

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The age of onset in bipolar affective disorder was determined in 200 hospitalized patients. The mean age of their first affective syndrome was 28.3 years, and the mean age of first hospitalization was 30.8 years. However, the median age for first affective syndrome was 23 years (26 years for first hospitalization), an...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Joyce PR

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unnatural causes of death due to traffic accidents (TA) and suicide attempts (SA) constitute a major burden on global health, which remained stable in the last decade despite widespread efforts of prevention. Recently, latent infection with Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) has been suggested to be a biological risk facto...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Sutterland AL,Kuin A,Kuiper B,van Gool T,Leboyer M,Fond G,de Haan L

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are considerable differences between and within countries in the involvement of general practitioners (GPs) in psychosocial care. This study aimed to describe the self-perceived role of GPs in 30 European countries as the first contacted professional for patients with psychosocial problems. and to exam...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Boerma WG,Verhaak PF

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The excess mortality following first-contact psychosis is well recognized. However, the causes of death in a complete incidence cohort and mortality patterns over time compared with the general population are unknown. METHOD:All 2723 patients who presented for the first time with psychosis in three defined ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Dutta R,Murray RM,Allardyce J,Jones PB,Boydell JE

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results are reported from a large population study (of working people) comparing Holocaust survivors and a control group in regard to emotional distress, satisfaction in life and psychosomatic symptoms. It was found that, even 40 years after the traumatic experience, this group of survivors exhibited a slightly higher...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Carmil D,Carel RS

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A key challenge in trauma care is the prevention of psychopathology. However, no definitive method of identifying individuals at risk of developing psychopathology exists. The Aberdeen Trauma Screening Index (ATSI) is a brief screening tool developed for use in a clinical setting by non-mental health profess...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Klein S,Alexander DA,Hutchinson JD,Simpson JA,Simpson JM,Bell JS

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primiparae were randomly assigned to two conditions of routine ultrasound examination at their first antenatal clinic visit: (a) high feedback ultrasound where the monitor screen was visible and the patient was shown the foetal size, shape and movement (N = 67); (b) low feedback ultrasound where the screen was not see...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Reading AE,Campbell S,Cox DN,Sledmere CM

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite methodological differences between studies, it has been suggested that psychopathy may be associated with a ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC) deficit and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), as classified in the DSM-IV, with a broader range of deficits in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Dolan M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of physostigmine on test performance of a patient with multiple cognitive deficits were observed in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Scores on tests of learning and memory and tests of visuo-spatial and constructional ability were both improved by physostigmine, while lecithin improved scores only...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Sahakian B,Joyce E,Lishman WA

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated whether schizophrenic subjects are impaired in non-routine behaviour because of the dysfunction of a general executive component labelled, in neuropsychological terms, the supervisory system. METHODS:A specific verbal sequencing test was designed for this purpose. Subjects had to perform seq...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Robert PH,Migneco V,Chaix I,Berthet L,Kazes M,Danion JM,Baudu C,Darcourt G

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The factor structure of the 60-item version of the General Health Questionnaire was explored, using data collected in a community study in a rural area of northern Spain. Six principal components, similar to those previously reported with this instrument, were found to provide a good description of the data structure....

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Vázquez-Barquero JL,Williams P,Díez-Manrique JF,Lequerica J,Arenal A

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty patients with bulimia nervosa were followed up for a minimum length of 5 years. Standardized interviews, observer-rated instruments and self-rated questionnaires were employed both at entry and at completion of the follow-up period. After tracing, the positive response rate was 72%; one patient had died. At the ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Johnson-Sabine E,Reiss D,Dayson D

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropsychological tests of frontal lobe functions were undertaken in 46 chronic schizophrenic patients who were also rated for movement disorders. Tardive dyskinesia was found to have significant associations with most of these psychological tests. The possible mechanisms are discussed within the context of known neo...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Brown KW,White T,Palmer D

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Decreased white matter (WM) integrity in patients with psychotic disorder has been a consistent finding in diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies. However, the contribution of environmental risk factors to these WM alterations is rarely investigated. The current study examines whether individuals with (incre...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Domen P,Michielse S,Peeters S,Viechtbauer W,van Os J,Marcelis M,for Genetic Risk and Outcome of Psychosis (G.R.O.U.P.).

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breathlessness in asthma often cannot be explained with objective variables indicating airways obstruction. The hypothesis that unrealistic breathlessness results from false interpretation of sensations was tested. METHODS:Sixty-four children and adolescents with asthma, aged 9-18 years, were randomly assig...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Rietveld S,Everaerd W,Vanbeest I

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of cavum septum pellucidum (CSP), which has been widely regarded as a developmental anomaly of little clinical importance in neuropathology, was examined in 113 patients with affective disorders (69 with bipolar disorder and 44 with major depression), 40 schizophrenic patients, and 92 control subjects by...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Shioiri T,Oshitani Y,Kato T,Murashita J,Hamakawa H,Inubushi T,Nagata T,Takahashi S

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to determinate whether schizophrenia patients with a history of cannabis use have a different prognosis, with regards to readmission and hospital duration, compared with those without a history of cannabis use. METHOD:The present investigation was a cohort study of 50,087 Swedish me...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Manrique-Garcia E,Zammit S,Dalman C,Hemmingsson T,Andreasson S,Allebeck P

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Discrepancies between population-based estimates of the incidence of psychotic disorder and the treated incidence reported by early psychosis intervention (EPI) programs suggest additional cases may be receiving services elsewhere in the health system. Our objective was to estimate the incidence of non-affec...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Anderson KK,Norman R,MacDougall AG,Edwards J,Palaniyappan L,Lau C,Kurdyak P

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The processing of facial emotion involves a distributed network of limbic and paralimbic brain structures. Many of these regions are also implicated in the pathophysiology of mood disorders. Behavioural data indicate that depressed subjects show a state-related positive recognition bias for faces displaying ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Lennox BR,Jacob R,Calder AJ,Lupson V,Bullmore ET

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of domiciliary and out-patient treatment of self-poisoning patients, using a brief problem-orientated approach, it was found that domiciliary treatment resulted in much higher attendance rates but no difference in outcome. Patients who completed out-patient treatment had a better outcome than those who fail...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Hawton K,Bancroft J,Catalan J,Kingston B,Stedeford A,Welch N

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK) levels were compared with assaultive behaviour by 46 psychiatric patients. Significant relationships were found between CPK level and violent behaviour prior to admission and CPK level and seclusion as a danger to others while in hospital. No relationship was found between CPK level ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Isaacs JS,Yesavage JA

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In schizophrenia, affective disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) dysfunction of frontal neuronal circuits has been suggested. Such impairments imply corresponding oculomotor deficits. METHOD:Eye movement response to foveofugal and foveopetal step-ramp stimuli was recorded within the same study...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Lencer R,Trillenberg P,Trillenberg-Krecker K,Junghanns K,Kordon A,Broocks A,Hohagen F,Heide W,Arolt V

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Various childhood social experiences have been reported to predict adult outcomes. However, it is unclear how different social contexts may influence each other's effects in the long run. This study examined the joint contribution of adolescent family and peer experiences to young adult wellbeing and functio...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Richards JS,Hartman CA,Jeronimus BF,Ormel J,Reijneveld SA,Veenstra R,Verhulst FC,Vollebergh WAM,Oldehinkel AJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To our knowledge, there are no universal screening tools for substance dependence that (1) were developed using a population-based sample, (2) estimate total risk briefly and inexpensively by incorporating a relatively small number of well-established risk factors, and (3) aggregate risk factors using a simp...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Meier MH,Hall W,Caspi A,Belsky DW,Cerdá M,Harrington HL,Houts R,Poulton R,Moffitt TE

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research in resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) has shown a mixed pattern of disrupted thalamocortical connectivity in psychosis. The clinical meaning of these findings and their stability over time remains unclear. We aimed to study thalamocortical connectivity longitudina...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Bergé D,Lesh TA,Smucny J,Carter CS

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The rate of binocular rivalry has been reported to be slower in subjects with bipolar disorder than in controls when tested with drifting, vertical and horizontal gratings of high spatial frequency. METHOD:Here we assess the rate of binocular rivalry with stationary, vertical and horizontal gratings of low ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Miller SM,Gynther BD,Heslop KR,Liu GB,Mitchell PB,Ngo TT,Pettigrew JD,Geffen LB

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the relationship between personality factors and depression in subjects who may have a familial vulnerability to depression (i.e. first-degree relatives of depressed patients). Four groups comprised our study sample: relatives who had never experienced a psychiatric episode of depression; relatives...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Katz R,McGuffin P

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Developmental adversities may be risk factors for adult suicidal behavior, but this relationship has rarely been studied prospectively. The present study examined the association between childhood adversities and new onset suicidal ideation and attempts in an adult population-based sample. METHOD:The study ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Enns MW,Cox BJ,Afifi TO,De Graaf R,Ten Have M,Sareen J

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and twenty women recruited from attenders at the antenatal clinic of the Obstetrics Department of a general hospital were asked to complete ad hoc questionnaires during pregnancy; they were then interviewed by psychiatrists using a structured diagnostic interview, the Schedule for Affective Disorders and S...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Kitamura T,Shima S,Sugawara M,Toda MA

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00