Non-presentation at hospital following a suicide attempt: a national survey.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research has shown that adults with intellectual disability (ID) may be more at risk of developing dementia in old age than expected. However, the effect of age and ID severity on dementia prevalence rates has never been reported. We investigated the predictions that older adults with ID should have...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Strydom A,Hassiotis A,King M,Livingston G

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hip fracture is common in the elderly. Previous studies suggest that psychiatric illness is common and predicts poor outcome, but have methodological weaknesses. Further studies are required to address this important issue. METHODS:We prospectively recruited 731 elderly participants with hip fracture in two...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Holmes J,House A

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The differential strength of correlation between symptoms, cognition and other patient characteristics with community functioning in first-episode psychosis has not been fully investigated. METHOD:In a sample of 66 first-episode psychosis patients demographic variables, ratings of pre-morbid adjustment, pos...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Malla AK,Norman RM,Manchanda R,Townsend L

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is a challenge to diagnose reliably and the current gold standard for trials of DSM-5 has been in agreement between two or more medical specialists. Research studies aiming to objectively predict depression have typically used brain scanning. Less expensive methods from cognitive neuroscience may ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Stolicyn A,Steele JD,Seriès P

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of central dopamine functions appears to be a common basic property of antipsychotic drugs. The mesolimbic and nigrostriatal portions of the dopaminergic system are probably the main targets of these drugs for the mental and the extrapyramidal actions respectively. Dopaminergic hyperfunction, induced by amp...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Carlsson A

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although symptoms such as fatigue, headache and pain in bones and muscles are common after disasters, risk factors for these symptoms among disaster survivors have rarely been studied. We examined predisposing, precipitating and perpetuating factors for these physical symptoms among survivors of a man-made d...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： van den Berg B,Grievink L,van der Velden PG,Yzermans CJ,Stellato RK,Lebret E,Brunekreef B

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Risk factors that are associated with depression in the mother also negatively affect the child. This research sought to extend current knowledge by examining the duration and timing of maternal depression as a moderator of: (1) the impact of dependent interpersonal stress (DIS), such as partner conflict or ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Barker ED

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Committee on Chronotherapeutics, delegated by the International Society for Affective Disorders (ISAD), makes the following recommendations after reviewing the evidence as of November 2004. (1) Wake therapy is the most rapid antidepressant available today: approximately 60% of patients, independent of diagnostic s...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Wirz-Justice A,Benedetti F,Berger M,Lam RW,Martiny K,Terman M,Wu JC

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been called one of the signature injuries of the Iraq War. In this review prevalence estimates of PTSD are summarized and discrepancies are discussed in relation to methodological differences between studies. METHOD:We searched for population-based studies with a mi...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Sundin J,Fear NT,Iversen A,Rona RJ,Wessely S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An attempt was made to identify background, sociodemographic and clinical variables which are associated with attempted suicide in depression. Within a sample of 308 depressed psychiatric inpatients, suicide attempters were younger than non-attempters and were identified by a pattern of chronic interpersonal maladjust...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Crook T,Raskin A,Davis D

更新日期：1975-11-01 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：:Cholecystokinin (CCK) is a peptide originally isolated from the gut. It has been investigated as a candidate treatment for schizophrenia on the assumption that the illness is associated with an imbalance between CCK and dopamine in the mesolimbic dopamine system. Many of the studies to assess the efficacy of CCK used ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Montgomery SA,Green MC

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of prenatal distress on the risk of a small for gestational age (SGA) infant is uncertain. We have addressed the influences of prenatal stress, anxiety and depression on the risk of SGA. We also examined the effects of infant sex and timing of distress during pregnancy on any observed associations...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Khashan AS,Everard C,McCowan LM,Dekker G,Moss-Morris R,Baker PN,Poston L,Walker JJ,Kenny LC

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prior optical coherence tomography (OCT) studies of schizophrenia have identified thinning of retinal layers. However, findings have varied across reports, and most studies have had serious methodological limitations. To address unresolved issues, we determined whether: (1) retinal thinning in schizophrenia ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Silverstein SM,Paterno D,Cherneski L,Green S

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:The atypical processing of eye contact is a characteristic hallmark of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The severity of these symptoms, however, is thought to lie on a continuum that extends into the typical population. While behavioural evidence shows that differences in social cognitive tasks in typically d...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Madipakkam AR,Rothkirch M,Dziobek I,Sterzer P

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is little evidence of a curvilinear relationship between pre-operative emotionality and post-operative adjustment, as predicted by a model which supposes that moderate preoperative anxiety assists adjustment. This paper suggests that the negative affect, or stress, associated with the work of worry should be dis...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Ray C,Fitzgibbon G

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are no tested methods for conducting epidemiological studies of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in adult general population samples. We tested the validity of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule module-4 (ADOS-4) and the 20-item Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ-20). METHOD:Randomly sampled adults ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Brugha TS,McManus S,Smith J,Scott FJ,Meltzer H,Purdon S,Berney T,Tantam D,Robinson J,Radley J,Bankart J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data are presented from a study of acculturation and psychiatric disorder in 291 Greek Cypriot immigrants from the general population of Camberwell, south London. We hypothesized that 'pre-acculturation' would protect against mental disorder, that difficulties in the period immediately after migration would increase t...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Mavreas V,Bebbington P

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies have reported an increased incidence of psychiatric disorder (particularly psychotic disorders) among first generation adult immigrants, along with an increasing risk for ethnic minorities living in low-minority concentration neighborhoods. These studies have depended mostly on European case-bas...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Menezes NM,Georgiades K,Boyle MH

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The histological basis of schizophrenia is unknown, but it appears to affect the hippocampal and neocortical cytoarchitecture. Some cytoarchitectural parameters normally differ between the two cerebral hemispheres. Moreover, schizophrenia is associated with altered structural cerebral asymmetry. However, few...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Zaidel DW,Esiri MM,Harrison PJ

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The extant major psychiatric classifications, DSM-IV and ICD-10, are purportedly atheoretical and largely descriptive. Although this achieves good reliability, the validity of a medical diagnosis is greatly enhanced by an understanding of both risk factors and clinical history. In an effort to group mental d...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Goldberg DP,Andrews G,Hobbs MJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depressive symptoms above screening thresholds have been shown to predict functional decline in older adults. Less is known about the impact of subthreshold depression, and whether more symptoms confer significantly greater risk compared to fewer symptoms. METHOD:Using data from the Duke Established Populat...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Hybels CF,Pieper CF,Blazer DG

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyses patterns of episodes of anxiety and depression as recorded by 22 general practices which took part in the Second National Morbidity Survey (RCGP, 1980). The data comprise 6 years' records. Simple Markov chains are fitted to each age-group of men and women, and the inter-practice variation in the re...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Dunn G

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A standardized pegboard task was used to investigate changes in manipulative skill as a function of age in 119 right-handed subjects. The typical pattern of cognitive impairment in old age indicates a relative preservation of functions which depend on the integrity of the left hemisphere. In accord with these observat...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Weller MP,Latimer-Sayer DT

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Generalized anxiety disorder is a common condition of excessive worry and tension which tends to run a chronic course associated with significant psychiatric and medical problems. Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has been shown to be of clinical value in about 50% of cases with treatment gains maintained ov...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Durham RC,Chambers JA,MacDonald RR,Power KG,Major K

更新日期：2003-04-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic, relapsing mental illness. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors block serotonin transporters (SERTs) and are the mainstay of treatment for OCD. SERT abnormalities are reported in drug-free patients with OCD, but it is not known what happens to SERT levels d...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Kim E,Howes OD,Park JW,Kim SN,Shin SA,Kim BH,Turkheimer FE,Lee YS,Kwon JS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet MAO activity was found to be elevated in primary depressive illness, and the severity to correlate positively with MAO activity. The reactive depression subgroup's mean platelet MAO activity was not significantly different from that of the controls. The endogenous group's unipolar and bipolar subgroups had si...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Mann J

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00