Meta-analysis of total and differential white blood cell counts in schizophrenia.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the prevalence of depression according to ICD-10 criteria using a self-completed questionnaire and to identify psychosocial predictors of depression at discharge in patients with acute coronary syndrome. METHOD:A total of 899 patients with acute coronary syndrome completed the Major Depression In...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Sørensen C,Brandes A,Hendricks O,Thrane J,Friis-Hasche E,Haghfelt T,Bech P

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonazepam (CLN), a benzodiazepine originally used as an anti-epileptic, was tested in schizophrenia in a double blind comparison in combination with haloperidol (HL). Twenty-four schizophrenic inpatients, diagnosed according to DSM III were treated with HL and CLN (Group 1) or HL and placebo (Group 2) for 4 weeks. Th...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Altamura AC,Mauri MC,Mantero M,Brunetti M

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dexamethasone suppression test (DST) was administered to 30 inpatients who met the DSM-III-R criteria for chronic schizophrenia and shared similar environments. Four of them (13%) were DST nonsuppressors. The mean and maximum postdexamethasone cortisol levels were correlated with the patient's score on the scale f...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Garyfallos G,Lavrentiadis G,Amoutzias D,Monas K,Manos N

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isocarboxazide has been used as long-term treatment for a selected group of 20 depressive patients, of whom some 90% (17/19) were non-responders to treatment with tricyclic antidepressants. At the follow-up the median duration of illness was 162 months, and the median duration of treatment was 42 months. Side-effects ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Larsen JK,Rafaelsen OJ

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pedigrees of manic-depressive patients in treatment at the Lithium Clinic of the Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Cagliari, were evaluated for linkage between major affective illness and the protan-deutan-glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase region of the X-chromosome. Two informative pedigrees were foun...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Del Zompo M,Bocchetta A,Goldin LR,Corsini GU

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequencies of auditory, visual and olfactory hallucinations as defined by Wing et al. were studied in schizophrenic patients of various groups treated in the same hospital. The diagnosis of schizophrenia was made by the use of the Syndrome Check List. It was found that there were some cultural differences in the ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Ndetei DM,Vadher A

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EEG and EMG were monitored simultaneously at 72 ECT sessions in 18 patients. When EMG was recorded from the leg the duration of EMG curve convulsions varied between 43 and 89% of the EEG recorded seizure duration of the same fit. The EMG/EEG seizure ratio varied widely among different patients as well as within the si...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Sørensen P,Bolwig TG,Lauritsen B,Bengtson O

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that not only intrafamiliar childhood abuses inflicted to the patient, but also major losses or other severe life events suffered by the mother within 2 years of patient's birth, are risk factors for the development of dissociative disorders (DDs). METHOD:A multicentric case-control st...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Pasquini P,Liotti G,Mazzotti E,Fassone G,Picardi A,Italian Group for the Study of Dissociation.

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The primary aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness of group and individual cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). METHOD:One hundred and ten out-patients with OCD were randomly assigned to 15 sessions of either group CBT or individual CBT. Outcome measures were ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Jónsson H,Hougaard E,Bennedsen BE

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1983-1984 the Swedish Committee for the Prevention and Treatment of Depression launched an educational program on the diagnosis and treatment of depressive disorders for all general practitioners on the island of Gotland. The baseline year chosen was 1982 and the immediate effects were evaluated in 1985. In 1988 th...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Rutz W,Carlsson P,von Knorring L,Wålinder J

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested that arylsulphatase A (ASA - the biochemical marker of metachromatic leucodystrophy) deficiency may be present in a sizeable proportion of patients with chronic psychosis. This study surveyed leucocyte ASA activity in a group of chronic psychotic patients and compared ASA activity in 3 ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Heavey AM,Philpot MP,Fensom AH,Jackson M,Crammer JL

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 103 Holocaust survivors who suffered from Nazi persecution during their childhood years were interviewed in 1992. The interviews were conducted using a questionnaire specially prepared for statistical studies of Holocaust survivors. The study demonstrated that most survivors in this sample still suffer toda...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Robinson S,Rapaport-Bar-Sever M,Rapaport J

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicide rates by each major method of suicide are presented for 16 countries in 1960-1964 and in 1980. The overall suicide rate rose during this period in the sample countries. Suicide rates by motor vehicle exhaust, hanging, firearms and other methods rose during this period, suicide rates by domestic gas fell, and s...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lester D

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a study of drug treatment of aggressive behavior to be reported separately, we have evaluated the double-blind procedure in a recently completed comparison of the efficacy of lithium carbonate versus placebo in modifying aggressive behavior in nonpsychotic incarcerated delinquents. We conclude that the side...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Marini JL,Sheard MH,Bridges CI,Wagner E

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Prognostic studies of major depression have mainly focused on episode remission and relapse, and only a limited number of studies have examined long-term course of depressive symptomatology at threshold and subthreshold levels. METHOD:The Group for Longitudinal Affective Disorders Study has conducted prospec...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Furukawa TA,Yoshimura R,Harai H,Imaizumi T,Takeuchi H,Kitamura T,Takahashi K

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified version of the revised Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire (PDQ-R), based on DSM-III-R personality disorders (PD), was completed by 74 psychiatric patients. A factor analysis of the scores for each of the PD (i.e. of the number of positive DSM-III-R criteria for each of the PD) yielded 3 factors that defin...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Dowson JH,Berrios GE

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep disturbances commonly occur in the premenstruum in both Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) patients and in women from the general population. Reports on the Post-Sleep Inventory were obtained from a clinic sample of PMS patients and samples from the general population dichotomized into a non-clinic group with and witho...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Mauri M,Reid RL,MacLean AW

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substantial fluctuations have prevailed in both the rate and particular methods of suicide in the Federal Republic of Germany during the past 40 years. The current study examines the extent to which the availability, attraction and lethality of particular methods of suicide affect suicide rates. A close relationship e...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Wiedenmann A,Weyerer S

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multi-variate multiple regression analysis was carried out to screen the crucial characteristics of alcohol abusers immediately prior to pension in order to indicate their subsequent trends. Stepwise multiple regression analyses were performed in the younger and older subgroups, as well as in 56 first-time pension a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Hörnquist JO,Elton M,Ostlund R

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information processing models are influenced by the information sciences and by computer technology, which progressed in the 1960s and 1970s. During the last decade these models have formed the theoretical basis for much of the experimental research on cognitive dysfunctions in psychiatric patients. An essential eleme...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Rund BR,Landrø NI

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this paper we review critically the current status of neurocognitive studies in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). METHOD:CFS literature was monitored as part of a large research project which involved several neuropsychological and psychopathological studies. The literature survey was the resu...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Michiels V,Cluydts R

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Prolonged duration is commonly used as an indicator that bereavement-related depression (BRD) is pathological. DSM-IV replaced the traditional 1-year pathology cut-point by a 2-month cut-point. Yet, little evidence exists regarding the validity of these cut-points in indicating increased BRD severity. This st...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Wakefield JC,Schmitz MF,Baer JC

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:The aim of this 12-week, double-blind, parallel group, placebo-controlled study was to compare paroxetine with clomipramine in 367 patients with DSM-III-R defined panic disorder. Efficacy assessments included the daily panic attack diary, the Clinical Global Impression Scale, the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, the Mar...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lecrubier Y,Bakker A,Dunbar G,Judge R

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ginseng root extract is a widely used herbal product not devoid of side effects. This report describes the development of manic symptoms after ginseng consumption in a patient with affective disorder. Other potentially harmful side effects of ginseng are also reviewed. METHOD:A single case report. RESULTS:A...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Vázquez I,Agüera-Ortiz LF

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the predictive value of the Strauss and Carpenter Prognostic Scale (SCPS) for transition to a first psychotic episode in subjects clinically at high risk (CHR) of psychosis. METHOD:Two hundred and forty-four CHR subjects participating in the European Prediction of Psychosis Study were assessed...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nieman DH,Velthorst E,Becker HE,de Haan L,Dingemans PM,Linszen DH,Birchwood M,Patterson P,Salokangas RK,Heinimaa M,Heinz A,Juckel G,von Reventlow HG,Morrison A,Schultze-Lutter F,Klosterkötter J,Ruhrmann S,EPOS group.

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Impaired executive functioning (EF) has often been reported in patients with major depression or schizophrenia. We hypothesize that the variance in EF is more affected by level of general psychopathology than by diagnosis. METHOD:Forty-three patients with major depression and 47 with schizophrenia were inclu...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Stordal KI,Mykletun A,Asbjørnsen A,Egeland J,Landrø NI,Roness A,Rund BR,Sundet KS,Lundervold AJ,Lund A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the durability of positive effects of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) with coping training on psychotic symptoms and social functioning. METHOD:Forty patients with schizophrenia or related psychotic disorders and refractory auditory hallucinations were given CBT and coping training in an int...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Wiersma D,Jenner JA,van de Willige G,Spakman M,Nienhuis FJ

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Lycanthropy is a rare psychiatric condition in which the patient believes in being transformed into an animal. Belief in the transformation of another person into an animal has not been reported, so far. Here, a patient with an impression of bipolar mood disorder (mixed type) and such delusion is reported. ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nejad AG

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dexamethasone suppression test (DST) and thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) stimulation test were performed in 34 patients with endogenous depression. Compared with 33 psychiatric controls (limit of discrimination for serum cortisol of 275 nmol/l = 10 micrograms/100 ml) the specificity of the DST was 91% and the sens...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Aggernaes H,Kirkegaard C,Krog-Meyer I,Kijne B,Larsen JK,Laursen AL,Lykke-Olesen L,Mikkelsen PL,Rasmussen S,Bjørum N

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00