Psychiatrists and mental health in philately.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between social exclusion and outcomes of mentally ill patients with substance abuse problems receiving assertive outreach treatment in London. METHOD:Analysis was conducted on data on 580 patients from the 'Pan-London Assertive Outreach Study (PLAO)'. Data were collected using...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Fakhoury WK,Priebe S,PLAO Study Group.

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of previously published CSF monoamine data has revealed statistical evidence for a biological subtype of depression, characterized by abnormally low CSF-5HIAA and CSF HVA. Using maximum likelihood gaussian mixture analysis we were able to resolve the empirical frequency distributions of both CSF HVA and CSF 5...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Gibbons RD,Davis JM

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the impact of tobacco, alcohol and cannabis on metabolic profile and cardiovascular risk in bipolar patients. METHOD:Naturalistic, cross-sectional, multicenter Spanish study. Current use of tobacco, alcohol and cannabis was determined based on patient self-reports. Metabolic syndrome was defined ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Garcia-Portilla MP,Saiz PA,Benabarre A,Florez G,Bascaran MT,Díaz EM,Bousoño M,Bobes J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a long-term potential adverse effect of neuroleptic treatment, and older age has been correlated with the development of TD. We conducted a chart review of current out-patients and examined annual Abnormal Inventory Movement Scale (AIMS) evaluations for the period 1987-1995 for 43 patients w...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Labbate LA,Lande RG,Jones F,Oleshansky MA

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the possibility that autism, catatonia and psychoses in children are different manifestations of a single underlying form of brain pathology - a kind of 'Iron Triangle' of symptomatology - rather than three separate illnesses. METHOD:Systematic evaluation of historical case literature on autism to...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Shorter E,Wachtel LE

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to examine the social and economic variables associated with mental health by means of telephone interviews of a randomly chosen population sample (n = 1557) in Finland in 1993. Mental health was evaluated by means of a 12-item General Health Questionnaire. A mental disorder, indicated by the ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Viinamäki H,Kontula O,Niskanen L,Koskela K

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate for subtypes of bipolar depression using latent class analysis (LCA). METHOD:Participants were recruited through a bipolar disorder (BD) clinic. LCA was undertaken using: (i) symptoms reported on the SCID-IV for the most severe lifetime depressive episode; (ii) lifetime illness features such a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Perich T,Hadzi-Pavlovic D,Frankland A,Breakspear M,Loo C,Roberts G,Holmes-Preston E,Mitchell PB

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A marked proportion of primary care patients have mental disorders and problems that remain unrecognized by the patients and their general practitioners. There is furthermore a great variation in the physicians' ability to detect mental disorders. The aim of the present study was to find out the overall prevalence of ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Joukamaa M,Lehtinen V,Karlsson H,Rouhe E

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study aimed to increase the knowledge about the detailed course differences between different forms of bipolar disorder. METHOD:Using the prospective life-chart-clinician version, we compared the fine-grain analysis of mood swings and treatment modalities of 18 bipolar II with 31 bipolar I patients. RES...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Born C,Seitz NN,Grunze H,Vieta E,Dittmann S,Seemüller F,Amann B

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of traumatic events and DSM-IV post-traumatic stress disorder as well as risk factors and comorbidity patterns were investigated in a representative community sample (n = 3021, aged 14-24 years). METHOD:Traumatic events and PTSD were assessed with the Munich Composite Interna...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Perkonigg A,Kessler RC,Storz S,Wittchen H -U

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the prescription of aripiprazole, compared with olanzapine and haloperidol, was associated with a lower frequency of metabolic syndrome (MS) and treatment discontinuation at 1 year. METHOD:Patients were randomly assigned to be treated open-label and according to usual clinical practice w...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Parabiaghi A,Tettamanti M,D'Avanzo B,Barbato A,GiSAS study group.

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore and to compare hypothalamic-pituitary-somatotropic (HPS), hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis function in depression, 30 subjects (15 patients with a major depressive episode and individually matched controls) received 50 micrograms growth hormone-releas...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lesch KP,Müller U,Rupprecht R,Kruse K,Schulte HM

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT) has been linked to the underlying biological processes related to aggressive behaviour. However, only a few studies on this subject involving young people have been published so far. METHOD:We aimed to investigate the effects of acute tryptophan depletion (ATD) on reacti...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kötting WF,Bubenzer S,Helmbold K,Eisert A,Gaber TJ,Zepf FD

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature is reviewed on EEG alpha activity in different psychological states, i.e., morbid anxiety, attention and mental relaxation. In the present study, 20 male neurotic inpatients suffering from chronic moderate anxiety were assessed with respect to anxiety level and EEG alpha activity (frequency and per cent...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Siciliani O,Schiavon M,Tansella M

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The relationship between insight and neurocognition in bipolar disorder has not been clearly established. METHOD:A neuropsychological battery assessing attention, mental control, perceptual-motor skills, executive functions, verbal fluency and abstraction, and visuo-spatial attention was administered to 50 b...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Dias VV,Brissos S,Carita AI

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salivary secretion was measured in 54 psychiatric patients comprising four diagnostic groups: schizophrenia, mania, depression and anxiety state. Detailed psychometric assessment was carried out at the time of measurement. Although salivary flow failed to show an association with either diagnostic category or mental s...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Toone BK,Lader MH

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-nine phobic patients from India were compared with 39 similarly diagnosed age and sex matched patients from the United Kingdom. The British sample contained significantly more patients with agoraphobia and social phobia compared to the Indian group. Sudden death and illness phobias were more frequent in the Ind...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Chambers J,Yeragani VK,Keshavan MS

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether variation at two common polymorphisms, T102C and -1438AG, of the serotonin 2A gene (5HT2A) are involved in the puerperal triggering mechanism of bipolar affective puerperal psychosis. METHOD:A total of 242 parous women diagnosed with bipolar disorder were genotyped for the two polymorphism...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Robertson E,Jones I,Middle F,Moray J,Craddock N

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a highly effective and well-tolerated therapy for severe and treatment-resistant depression. Cognitive side-effects are still feared by some patients and clinicians. Importantly, cognitive impairments are among the most disabling symptoms of depression itself. METHODS:Patie...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Biedermann SV,Bumb JM,Demirakca T,Ende G,Sartorius A

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review recent advances in the epidemiology, pathobiology, and management of weight gain and obesity in patients with schizophrenia and to evaluate the extent to which they should influence guidelines for clinical practice. METHOD:A Medline literature search was performed to identify clinical and experimen...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Manu P,Dima L,Shulman M,Vancampfort D,De Hert M,Correll CU

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence, psychiatric comorbidity and suicidal ideation associated with co-occurring non-affective psychosis and panic attacks, compared with non-affective psychosis without panic attacks, in the general population. METHOD:Data were drawn from the National Comorbidity Survey (n = 8098). St...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Goodwin R,Davidson L

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that serum creatine kinase levels might be useful in the investigation of dementia. In this study serum creatine kinase BB (CKBB) isoenzyme levels were investigated in a community population of elderly women aged 70 to 80 years. Normative data for this group were compared with the findings in you...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Brayne C,Calloway P

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On admission, IgA, IgG and IgM concentrations were determined in 76 schizophrenics, and the correlations of these concentrations to the variables relating to psychopathology, background and prognosis were investigated in the present study, which is a part of a more extensive unpublished study. On the basis of factoriz...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Pulkkinen E

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)-induced hippocampal volume change (HVC) has been repeatedly described in recent years. The similar time course of HVC and ECT-related cognitive effects suggest a relation, that is to date, understudied. This study investigates whether HVC following ECT predicts the change in me...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Laroy M,Bouckaert F,Vansteelandt K,Obbels J,Dols A,Emsell L,Stek M,Vandenbulcke M,Sienaert P

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to test the hypothesis of "schizophrenic spectrum" disorders. The families of 60 process schizophrenics were systematically interviewed with structured interview forms, and evaluated for psychiatric illness according to strict diagnostic criteria. The interviewed persons were then separa...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Fowler RC,Tsuang MT,Cadoret RJ,Monnelly E

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:At least 50% of bipolar disorder (BD) patients have an additional diagnosis, one of the most difficult to manage being obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Defining the nosology of BD-OCD comorbidity has important clinical implications, given that treatments for OCD can worsen BD outcomes. METHOD:A systemati...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Amerio A,Odone A,Liapis CC,Ghaemi SN

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare moclobemide and clomipramine in endogenous depression according to the Newcastle II classification. Sixty-two patients were allocated to either 300 mg moclobemide or 150 mg clomipramine, both given in 3 daily doses. Improvements occurred over time but differences between treatm...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Koczkas C,Holm P,Karlsson A,Nagy A,Ose E,Pétursson H,Ulverås L,Wenedikter O

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine depressed elderly patients receiving ECT were randomly assigned to a unilateral or bilateral group; post-ictal recovery times, memory changes, and clinical improvement during and after each course were measured by blind and independent observers. All patients but one showed full recovery on testing 3 weeks...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Fraser RM,Glass IB

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Academic performance in youth, measured by grade point average (GPA), predicts suicide attempt, but the mechanisms are not known. It has been suggested that general intelligence might underlie the association. METHODS:We followed 26 315 Swedish girls and boys in population-representative cohorts, up to maxim...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Sörberg Wallin A,Zeebari Z,Lager A,Gunnell D,Allebeck P,Falkstedt D

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) are core features of psychotic illness and remain significant in predicting poor outcome and risk. There has been a wide range of approaches to understanding these experiences. METHOD:A systematic literature review summarizing different methods of investigation and their...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Upthegrove R,Broome MR,Caldwell K,Ives J,Oyebode F,Wood SJ

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00