Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:A body of research has demonstrated high rates of comorbidity among individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Further, recent empirical evidence has demonstrated the relevance of death anxiety in OCD. Given that the trajectory towards OCD remains unclear, the current study aimed to examine which disorders individuals typically experience prior to the onset of this disorder. Further, the study aimed to explore the role of death anxiety in the developmental pathways to the disorder. METHODS:The present study involved administering a measure of death anxiety and conducting structured diagnostic interviews among a treatment-seeking sample of 98 individuals with OCD. RESULTS:First, the findings revealed a number of anxiety-related disorders commonly experienced prior to the development of OCD, the most frequent of which were separation anxiety disorder, specific phobias, and generalised anxiety disorder. Second, consistent with hypotheses, individuals with higher death anxiety experienced more disorders prior to the onset of OCD. Conversely, those with lower fears of death were significantly more likely to develop OCD as their first disorder. CONCLUSIONS:These findings support the argument that death anxiety may influence the trajectory towards OCD, and the comorbidity among anxiety-related disorders. However, further research is needed to clarify whether death anxiety plays a causal role in this trajectory.
journal_name
Nord J Psychiatryjournal_title
Nordic journal of psychiatryauthors
Menzies RE,Zuccala M,Sharpe L,Dar-Nimrod Idoi
10.1080/08039488.2020.1817554subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-09-12 00:00:00pages
1-6eissn
0803-9488issn
1502-4725pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Background Chemokines are known to play a major role in driving inflammation and immune responses in several neuroinflammatory diseases, including multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Inflammation has also been implicated in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Aim We aimed to investigate a p...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/08039488.2016.1141981
更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Few studies exist on the outcome of patients with personality disorders (PDs) treated at ordinary outpatient clinics. This study examines the gains of such patients 2 years after treatment start at an outpatient clinic. Three patient groups were sampled: cluster A + B PDs, cluster C PDs and axis I disorders. Fifty-eig...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/08039480500319506
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Aims: This study describes changes in alcohol habits in age and gender strata among the Swedish general population during the 21-year period following the Swedish EU membership in 1995. Methods: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) was distributed as a postal questionnaire to randomly selected cross-s...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/08039488.2019.1660912
更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The CRF family of neuropeptides and receptors is involved in a variety of stress responses, in the regulation of appetite, metabolic and inflammatory processes as well as intestinal movements. From a primarily psychiatric perspective, the present paper reviews the literature on its anatomy, physiology and its involvem...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1080/08039480801983588
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Background: There is a lack of clinical studies that focus on different psychiatric disorders after trauma and the relationship with migration status.Purpose: To examine differences in psychiatric morbidity in traumatized patients referred to psychiatric treatment in Southern Oslo.Materials and methods: Hundred and te...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/08039488.2020.1714724
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Schizophrenia causes great suffering for patients and families. Today, patients are treated with medications, but unfortunately many still have persistent symptoms and an impaired quality of life. During the last 20 years of research in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for schizophrenia, evidence has been ...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.3109/08039488.2013.789074
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Our aim was to study factors associated with long-term non-recovery from major depression. A total of 109 patients with major depression were followed prospectively for 2 years. A diagnosis of major depression based on SCID interviews at follow-up indicated non-recovery. The effect of several established risk factors ...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/08039480600937801
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIMS:Knowledge of sleep problems and their relationships among adolescent psychiatric patients is limited. This study investigated whether adolescents in specialty mental health care differ in rate and correlates of sleep problems from adolescents in a community sample; 2465 adolescents from a community sample were com...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/08039480903282392
更新日期:2010-05-04 00:00:00
abstract::Antipsychotics have been the mainstay of the treatment of schizophrenia, and their potential role in neuroprotection could be related to brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). So far different effects on both serum and plasma levels of BDNF were reported related to the various antipsychotic treatments. Aim of this ...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/08039488.2017.1340518
更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Many children are affected by parental substance use disorder. Beardslee's family intervention (BFI) is a family-based psycho-educative method for children of mentally ill parents, used in psychiatric practise in several Nordic countries. The method has also been used to some extent when a parent suffers fro...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/08039488.2017.1308009
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:There is limited information on caregiver outcomes of patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS). AIM:This study aimed to evaluate the impact of short-term treatment with clozapine (i.e. 3 months) on caregiver burden, expressed emotions, caregiver abuse, and psychological morbidity among the care...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/08039488.2020.1804617
更新日期:2021-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Conduct disorder (CD) is a condition that describes an aggressive, antisocial and criminal individual with social maladjustment. A diagnostician must consider symptoms, time and function when making a diagnosis. The aim of the article is to provide a general outline of the CD diagnosis described in DSM, using three da...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1080/08039480802626939
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate attitudes towards mental illness displayed by student nurses' with previous contact with mentally disordered persons prior to education in psychiatric nursing and to evaluate trends in attitudes towards mental illness exhibited by student nurses and the public in Sweden. METHODS:Altogether 246 st...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/08039488.2012.694145
更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Previous studies on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) investigated a variety of treatments and included mostly patients victims of sexual and combat assault. This study aimed to determine the short-term efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in occupation-based PTSD. Employees of the publ...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1080/08039480601129408
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The ward atmosphere of psychiatric care units has a major impact on treatment and satisfaction for both patients and staff. The Ward Atmosphere Scale (WAS) was developed to capture the ward atmosphere in different psychiatric settings and is a well-established instrument for this purpose. However, there is n...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/08039480903524913
更新日期:2010-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Studies conducted outside of Scandinavia indicate that most adolescents with substance misuse problems suffer from co-morbid mental disorders. The present study assessed the mental health of adolescents seeking help for substance misuse problems in a large Swedish city. Parents' mental health was also examined. The sa...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/08039480701643423
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Objective: To identify personality disorders comorbid with borderline personality disorder (BPD) that may confer greater risk for the presence of severe dissociative experiences. Method: Three hundred and one outpatients with a primary diagnosis of BPD were evaluated using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV ...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/08039488.2019.1658127
更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:The aim of the study was to examine the psychometric properties of a Danish version of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire - Child Version (OBQ-CV). The OBQ-CV assesses dysfunctional beliefs concerning responsibility/threat estimation, perfectionism/uncertainty, and importance/control of thoughts, which according t...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/08039488.2018.1513068
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:UNLABELLED:Schizophrenia, with incidence of 1% worldwide, is a common mental disorder. Phosphoinositide-3-kinases (PI3Ks) are a family of enzymes involved in cellular functions such as cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, motility, intracellular trafficking, and survival. These enzymes play an important role in...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/08039488.2015.1092171
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Most studies find that patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have impaired memory and executive functions. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is the recommended psychotherapeutic treatment of patients with OCD. We hypothesized that impairments in memory and executive functions would predict poor...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/08039488.2015.1074282
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Stalking is a considerable health problem. In order to develop interventions for victims, more knowledge is needed concerning prevalence, stress and coping related to stalking as well as associated symptomatology in the victims. This is the first population-based study of stalking in Norway. AIMS:To examine...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/08039488.2013.844273
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Patients with affective disorder have higher mortality not only because of their affective illness but also because of a higher risk of death from physical illness especially cardiovascular diseases. AIM:To investigate the prevalence in a naturalistic cohort of patient treated at a Mood Disorder Clinic. ME...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/08039488.2011.595821
更新日期:2012-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:There are differences across ethno-cultural groups in the degree of somatization among patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Studies showed that the attribution style of somatic symptoms is an important predictor of health outcome in depressed patients. AIMS:The aims of this study were to investiga...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/08039488.2014.950328
更新日期:2015-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Both obesity and smoking are common in schizophrenia patients taking clozapine, causing cardiovascular disease and premature deaths. METHODS:Two hundred and thirty-seven patients with schizophrenia or related psychoses treated with clozapine completed the Liverpool University Neuroleptic Assessment Scale (L...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/08039488.2014.907340
更新日期:2014-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a frequently encountered disorder in children and adolescents. Several characteristics make the disorder a challenge to diagnostic methods and treatment procedures including the diversity of symptoms, the delay of referral and the occurrence of comorbidity. The aim of the present...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/08039480801984065
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The objective of this study was to explore how sexual child abusers who meet the DSM-IV criteria for paedophilia differ from those who do not. We studied DSM-IV disorders and paedophilic interests in all cases of sexual child abuse referred to forensic psychiatric investigation in Sweden between 1993 and 1997 (n=185)....
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/08039480500360724
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study was carried out to examine associations between classroom climate and pupils' mental health in primary school, and whether pupils who had emotional and behavioural problems in the second grade are more vulnerable to the effects of a poor classroom climate 4 years later. The study was carried out by means of...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/08039480260242787
更新日期:2002-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of this study was to examine the factor structure and the validity of the Finnish version of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). As part of the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Project, the TAS-20 was presented to a sample of 5034 31-year old persons. A confirmatory factor analysis showed that th...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/08039480151108561
更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at high risk of anxiety and depression. This is important to identify in the clinical assessment to understand its impact. AIMS:The aim of this study is to investigate the correlation between parent- and sel...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/08039488.2017.1367840
更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The literature suggests that the risk of suicide is high within the first weeks after discharge from psychiatric care, but practically no studies have estimated the risk of suicide attempt after discharge from psychiatric care. The aim of this study was to examine the risk level for suicide attempt after discharge fro...
journal_title:Nordic journal of psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/08039480802422677
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00