A comparison of anorexia nervosa and affective psychosis in young females.

abstract：:We measured multiple dimensions of distress among spouses (N = 440) of patients hospitalized for serious illness or elective surgery and compared the course of distress over 2 years of follow-up among five groups according to whether and when spouses were bereaved. Distress was related to the severity of the patient's...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Hays JC,Kasl SV,Jacobs SC

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The methodology for measuring the needs of patients with severe mental illness is now well established through the MRC Needs for Care Assessment Schedule and its modification in the form of the Cardinal Needs Assessment. This paper reports the rationale and construction of a relatives' version of the Cardina...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Barrowclough C,Marshall M,Lockwood A,Quinn J,Sellwood W

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Seeking compensation has been shown to have an adverse effect on the psychological health and recovery of injured patients, however, this effect requires clarification. METHODS:A total of 2019 adults sustaining a traffic injury were recruited. Of these, 709 (35.1%) lodged a compensation claim. Interviews oc...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Pozzato I,Kifley A,Craig A,Gopinath B,Tran Y,Jagnoor J,Cameron ID

更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients diagnosed on the basis of structured interviews as having affective psychoses were less sensitive in detecting the presence of a transient auditory signal than were schizophrenic patients or non-patients. Patients with affective psychoses also benefited more (their reaction time was more reduced) than the oth...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Bruder GE,Sutton S,Babkoff H,Gurland BJ,Yozawitz A,Fleiss JL

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Executive functions have been proposed as endophenotypes for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); however, data regarding visual memory are lacking. We therefore assessed visual memory in adolescents with ADHD and their unaffected siblings compared with controls. METHOD:The participants included...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Shang CY,Gau SS

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children of parents with mood and psychotic disorders are at elevated risk for a range of behavioral and emotional problems. However, as the usual reporter of psychopathology in children is the parent, reports of early problems in children of parents with mood and psychotic disorders may be biased by the par...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Sandstrom A,MacKenzie L,Pizzo A,Fine A,Rempel S,Howard C,Stephens M,Patterson VC,Drobinin V,Van Gestel H,Howes Vallis E,Zwicker A,Propper L,Abidi S,Bagnell A,Lovas D,Cumby J,Alda M,Uher R,Pavlova B

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of studies have suggested that indirect semantic priming is enhanced in thought-disordered schizophrenics. However, research on direct semantic priming has produced conflicting results. The aim of the present study was to resolve some of the ambiguities of previous findings. METHODS:For the present...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Moritz S,Mersmann K,Kloss M,Jacobsen D,Wilke U,Andresen B,Naber D,Pawlik K

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is widely applied to treat severe depression resistant to standard treatment. Results from previous studies comparing the cost-effectiveness of this technique with treatment alternatives such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) are conflicting. METHOD:We co...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Vallejo-Torres L,Castilla I,González N,Hunter R,Serrano-Pérez P,Perestelo-Pérez L

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:National statistics for railway fatalities in England and Wales show a reduction of train crashes and a fluctuating level of deaths, of which an increasing proportion is from suicide. A closer examination of a two-year sample from the South of England revealed a large proportion of probable suicides and a small propor...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Symonds RL

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Geographic variations in the incidence of deliberate self-harm (DSH) and suicide have been shown to be associated with area-based measures of socio-economic deprivation and social fragmentation. Previous studies have been subject to methodological limitations. None has investigated whether ecological associa...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Hawton K,Harriss L,Hodder K,Simkin S,Gunnell D

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies on assortment for psychiatric disorders have reported discrepant findings. We aimed to test whether there is a significant association for psychiatric diagnoses, including alcoholism, generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, panic disorder and phobias between husbands and wiv...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Maes HH,Neale MC,Kendler KS,Hewitt JK,Silberg JL,Foley DL,Meyer JM,Rutter M,Simonoff E,Pickles A,Eaves LJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding the pathways to psychiatric care and recognition of delay points are crucial for the development of interventions that aim to improve access to mental health-care services. METHOD:Over a 2-month period in 2003, a total of 1044 patients at the commencement of new episodes of care at Amanuel Spe...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Bekele YY,Flisher AJ,Alem A,Baheretebeb Y

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The USA is currently enduring an opioid crisis. Identifying cost-effective, easy-to-implement behavioral measures that predict treatment outcomes in opioid misusers is a crucial scientific, therapeutic, and epidemiological goal. METHODS:The current study used a mixed cross-sectional and longitudinal design ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Moeller SJ,Hanley AW,Garland EL

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although most chronically impaired psychiatric patients now reside in community-based residential homes, a substantial number show little progress in their social rehabilitation. To establish the rehabilitative needs of this population, the current study sought to examine the social behaviour of residents of a large r...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Falloon IR,Marshall GN

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improving the quality of mental health care requires integrating successful research interventions into 'real-world' practice settings. Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management (CALM) is a treatment-delivery model for anxiety disorders encountered in primary care. CALM offers cognitive behavioral therapy ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Joesch JM,Sherbourne CD,Sullivan G,Stein MB,Craske MG,Roy-Byrne P

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) run a high risk of becoming chronically ill and of dying. In the acute phase of their illness they present with numerous physical and laboratory abnormalities. However, little is known about the long-term prognostic value of these findings or about the medical morbidity in...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Herzog W,Deter HC,Fiehn W,Petzold E

更新日期：1997-03-01 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: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:Abnormalities in the anterior inter-hemispheric connectivity have previously been implicated in major depressive disorder. Disruptions in fractional anisotropy in the callosum and fornix have been reported in schizophrenia and major depressive disorder. Oligodendrocyte density and overall size of the callosu...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Williams MR,Sharma P,Fung KL,Pearce RK,Hirsch SR,Maier M

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five hundred and eighty schoolgirls living in a small North Indian industrial town were screened using the EAT-26. Although twenty-nine per cent scored above the threshold for the questionnaire (greater than or equal to 20), closer scrutiny of the pattern of responses revealed misinterpretations of a large number of q...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： King MB,Bhugra D

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subthreshold depression (SUBD) in later life is common and important as prodromal state and prominent risk factor in the development of major depressive disorder (MDD). Indicated prevention can reduce the incidence of MDD among people with SUBD substantially, but needs to be targeted to those that are truly ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Jeuring HW,Huisman M,Comijs HC,Stek ML,Beekman AT

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increase in plasma prolactin which follows intravenous administration of L-tryptophan (LTP) was used to assess changes in brain 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) function in normal male and female subjects, following a three week period of dieting. In women, but not men, there was a marked increase in the prolactin respo...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Goodwin GM,Fairburn CG,Cowen PJ

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to determine whether depression in patients with long-term conditions is associated with the number of morbidities or the type of co-morbidity. Method A cohort study of 299 912 participants aged 30-100 years. The prevalence of depression, rates of health-care utilization and costs were evalu...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Bhattarai N,Charlton J,Rudisill C,Gulliford MC

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research exploring the longitudinal course of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms has documented four modal trajectories (low, remitting, high, and delayed), with proportions varying across studies. Heterogeneity could be due to differences in trauma types and patient demographic characteristics. ...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Lowe SR,Ratanatharathorn A,Lai BS,van der Mei W,Barbano AC,Bryant RA,Delahanty DL,Matsuoka YJ,Olff M,Schnyder U,Laska E,Koenen KC,Shalev AY,Kessler RC

更新日期：2020-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dysregulation of the striatum and altered corticostriatal connectivity have been associated with psychotic disorders. Social anhedonia has been identified as a predictor for the development of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The aim of the present study was to examine corticostriatal functional connectivit...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Wang Y,Liu WH,Li Z,Wei XH,Jiang XQ,Geng FL,Zou LQ,Lui SS,Cheung EF,Pantelis C,Chan RC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urban birth, a risk factor for schizophrenia, is more frequent among second-generation immigrants. The aim of the current study was to determine whether the increased risk for schizophrenia found in second-generation immigrants is explained by the degree of urbanization of birthplace and/or factors related t...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Cantor-Graae E,Pedersen CB

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive worry is a defining feature of generalized anxiety disorder and is present in a wide range of other psychiatric conditions. Therefore, individualized predictions of worry propensity could be highly relevant in clinical practice, with respect to the assessment of worry symptom severity at the indivi...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Feng C,Cui Z,Cheng D,Xu R,Gu R

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the results of a survey of the burdens and needs for items of care of 45 supporters of long-term users of psychiatric day care facilities in Camberwell. The supporters reported high levels of disturbed behaviour and low levels of self-care skills in the attenders. They were also subject to high levels of soc...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： MacCarthy B,Lesage A,Brewin CR,Brugha TS,Mangen S,Wing JK

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parental representation was assessed with the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) in 12 monozygotic (MZ) and 19 dizygotic (DZ) same-sexed twin pairs discordant for DSM-III-R schizophrenia. The schizophrenic twins reported less care and more overprotection from both parents than the non-schizophrenic co-twins. Multiple r...

journal_title：Psychological medicine

authors： Onstad S,Skre I,Torgersen S,Kringlen E

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00