Other psychiatric disorders among bulimic patients.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:With the rate of obesity on the rise worldwide, individuals with schizophrenia represent a particularly vulnerable population. The aim of this study was to assess the metabolic profile of individuals with schizophrenia in relation to dietary and physical activity habits compared with healthy controls. METHOD...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Ratliff JC,Palmese LB,Reutenauer EL,Liskov E,Grilo CM,Tek C

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Five-Minute Speech Sample (FMSS) is a brief measure for the assessment of expressed emotion (EE). No prior studies have investigated the validity of the FMSS in comparison to the Camberwell Family Interview (CFI) in Japan. Therefore, we administered the CFI and the FMSS to schizophrenic families in an attempt to e...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Shimodera S,Mino Y,Inoue S,Izumoto Y,Kishi Y,Tanaka S

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have implicated antisocial personality disorder in criminal behavior, but little is known about the association between "normal" personality dimensions and arrest. We investigated the relationships between these personality dimensions and prior arrest in a sample of adults participating in a longitudi...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Samuels J,Bienvenu OJ,Cullen B,Costa PT Jr,Eaton WW,Nestadt G

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of major psychiatric disorders in human immunodeficiency virus-positive (HIV+) men with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining conditions. Secondary goals were to identify correlates of distress and psychopathology, and to determine whether th...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Rabkin JG,Ferrando SJ,Jacobsberg LB,Fishman B

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to identify psychiatric symptoms, neurological impairments, and situational factors associated with the emergence of violence and with its persistence. Psychiatric symptoms were assessed in newly admitted physically assaultive psychiatric patients and nonviolent controls. Patients were tha...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Krakowski M,Czobor P

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to explore, throughout the life cycle, the prevalence of self-harm behaviors among psychiatric inpatients with and without borderline personality disorder (BPD). Psychiatric inpatients with BPD (n = 43) were compared to those without BPD (n = 40) with regard to self-reported self-harm beh...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Sansone RA,Gaither GA,Songer DA

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Co-occurring substance abuse is common among people with chronic mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. Although gender differences have been established among substance abusers in the general population and among people with schizophrenia, little is known about gender differences in people with the dual disorders of...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Brunette MF,Drake RE

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cognitive-attentional Syndrome Questionnaire (CAS-1) is a short self-descriptive measure developed to provide information regarding the severity of cognitive-attentional syndrome, a key construct in metacognitive therapy. The three presented studies explore the psychometric properties of the CAS-1. Study 1 was bas...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Kowalski J,Dragan M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent studies have suggested that the brain circuitry mediating cue-induced desire for video games is similar to that elicited by cues related to drugs and alcohol. We hypothesized that desire for Internet video games during cue presentation would activate similar brain regions to those that have been linked...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Han DH,Bolo N,Daniels MA,Arenella L,Lyoo IK,Renshaw PF

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Psychiatric comorbidity is the rule in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD); however, very few studies have evaluated the clinical characteristics of patients with no co-occurring disorders (non-comorbid or "pure" OCD). The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of pure cases in a large multicenter s...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Torres AR,Shavitt RG,Torresan RC,Ferrão YA,Miguel EC,Fontenelle LF

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Separation anxiety disorder is well recognized as a juvenile psychiatric disorder, but it appears to be rarely diagnosed in adulthood. Drawing on our clinical impressions and a review of the relevant literature, we sought to investigate whether separation anxiety symptoms could be identified in adulthood. Forty-four s...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Manicavasagar V,Silove D,Curtis J

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Munchausen By Proxy Syndrome (MbPS) is a complicated phenomenon whereby a peculiar threefold relationship between perpetrator, victim, and medical staff develops. This triad is based on abuse of the child, deception of the doctor, and, in many cases, self-abuse or passivity of the victim towards the perpetrator's ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Sigal M,Gelkopf M,Meadow RS

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to explore the levels of insight in patients with depressive disorders and to examine the factors that influenced insight. Using the Mood Disorders Insight Scale, we evaluated 247 patients with depressive disorders to determine their levels of insight with respect to their awareness of the ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Yen CF,Chen CC,Lee Y,Tang TC,Ko CH,Yen JY

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to compare patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) associated with pathologic skin picking (PSP) and/or trichotillomania, and patients with OCD without such comorbidities, for demographic and clinical characteristics. We assessed 901 individuals with a primary diagnosis of OCD...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Lovato L,Ferrão YA,Stein DJ,Shavitt RG,Fontenelle LF,Vivan A,Miguel EC,Cordioli AV

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Dopamine receptor polymorphisms have been associated with specific patterns of novelty seeking (NS) temperamental nature and frontal executive function. In addition, carriers of dopamine receptor type 2 (DRD2)-TaqI A1 have been hypothesized to be potentially vulnerable to addictive behaviors. In the presen...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Han DH,Yoon SJ,Sung YH,Lee YS,Kee BS,Lyoo IK,Renshaw PF,Cho SC

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously published single case reports of patients with a unilateral lesion were assembled. After the lesion, each of the 244 cases presented at least one of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) symptoms of a manic episode, namely, elated or irritable mood, grandiosity, ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Braun CM,Daigneault R,Gaudelet S,Guimond A

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six hundred Massachusetts-registered psychiatrists were surveyed for their opinions on items plausibly related to the production of false memories of childhood sexual abuse. One hundred fifty-four psychiatrists completed the written questionnaire. A majority of respondents (69%) endorsed the following statement: "The ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Feigon EA,de Rivera J

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insight into having a psychotic disorder is often considered to be a positive characteristic that improves quality of life. However, the evidence regarding this controversy is mixed. The present study examined the relation between insight and quality of life. METHOD:One hundred thirty-one participants with ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Hasson-Ohayon I,Kravetz S,Roe D,David AS,Weiser M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-specific suicide rates in the United States between 1951 and 1988 were shown in cohort, cross-sectional, and age group formats. Despite considerable variation among women and younger and older men, suicide rates among 40- to 44-year-old men have remained stable. Since suicide is strongly influenced by psychosocial...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Riggs JE,McGraw RL,Keefover RW

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High levels of anhedonia have been found in patients with schizophrenia; specifically they report higher levels of social anhedonia rather than physical anhedonia, and further, in the anticipatory rather than consummatory facets of pleasure. Nonetheless, contrasting results emerged regarding the underlying m...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Fortunati R,Ossola P,Camerlengo A,Bettini E,De Panfilis C,Tonna M,Maggini C,Marchesi C

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the relationships between attitudes toward antipsychotics, insight, and other clinical variables in stable schizophrenia. METHODS:Fifty Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision-(DSM-IV-TR)-diagnosed schizophrenic...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Rocca P,Crivelli B,Marino F,Mongini T,Portaleone F,Bogetto F

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical vignettes of patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and schizotypal personality disorder (STPD) were evaluated and rated for evidence of cognitive and perceptual distortions. The differences in the distortions of each group were then compared. The findings show that while STPD patients have signi...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Sternbach SE,Judd PH,Sabo AN,McGlashan T,Gunderson JG

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in psychiatric practice was studied in 41 consecutive psychiatric outpatients. Different criteria for IBS were applied to the data set to determine the effects on the rates of IBS obtained. Depending on an option in the Rome criteria, IBS rates varied from 13% using the...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： North CS,Alpers DH

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As psychiatric consultants to pediatric wards, we are often asked whether to disclose to young children full information about the invasive medical procedures they face. To date, no studies have been published offering an evidence-based answer to this question. This prospective study examined whether sharing...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Ben Ari A,Margalit D,Roth Y,Udassin R,Benarroch F

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichotillomania, the compulsive urge to pull out one's hair, is a poorly studied chronic condition affecting 2 to 8 million people, 90% of whom are women. Significant gains have been made about the nature and clinical presentation of this disorder, and yet conceptualizations of trichotillomania remain inconsistent an...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Casati J,Toner BB,Yu B

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The uncontrolled use of video games can be addictive. The Game Addiction Scale (GAS) is an instrument that was developed to assess this type of addiction. The GAS consists of 21 items that are divided into the following seven factors: salience, tolerance, mood modification, relapse, withdrawal, conflict and ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Lemos IL,Cardoso A,Sougey EB

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The objective of this paper is to introduce the concept of late catatonia to foreign readers for the first time in English. METHODS:The original study was conducted about 20 years ago. The subjects were 16 persons who first visited our institutions between 1990 and 1996. They fulfilled the following criteria: 1) l...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Kocha H,Moriguchi S,Mimura M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to examine cognitive performance and basic symptoms (BS) in the relatives of schizophrenic patients. The experimental sample comprised 24 first-degree relatives of patients. Each relative was matched to one control. Cognitive tests were: Continuous Performance Test (CPT), N-Back Workin...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Bove EA

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although prior studies have examined rates of bankruptcy in pathologic gambling (PG), there are only limited data regarding the clinical correlates of those with PG who declare bankruptcy because of gambling. METHOD:Five hundred seventeen consecutive subjects with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Grant JE,Schreiber L,Odlaug BL,Kim SW

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Preventing self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) is particularly challenging on commuter campuses, given lower social cohesion and higher levels of stress than among traditional college populations. The present study examined the relationship between stressful life events (SLEs) and risk for differen...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Macrynikola N,Miranda R,Soffer A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00