Correlates of addiction-related problems in Kuwait: a cross-cultural view.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study focuses on the controversial relationship between borderline personality disorder (BPD) and bipolar disorder (BD), defined according to different criteria set, in a world-wide sample of patients with a current major depressive episode (MDE). METHOD:A total of 5635 patients with an MDE were enrolled...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Perugi G,Angst J,Azorin JM,Bowden C,Vieta E,Young AH,BRIDGE Study Group.

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the renal function (urine volume, glomerular filtration rate, urinary osmolality and proteinuria) of 50 patients chronically treated with lithium carbonate for major affective disorder. No patient had any alteration in the parameters considered. No relationship was found between any of the parameters s...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Conte G,Vazzola A,Sacchetti E

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have repeated, on the average 29.7 years later, Rorschach test in 11 schizophrenic men and 19 schizophrenic women. This work was carried out in the course of a follow-up study of schizophrenics more than 65 years of age. Analysis of the records showed that the only differences between the first and second ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Müller C,Le-Dinh T

更新日期：1976-03-01 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：:Zuclopenthixol decanoate (ZPT-D) and haloperidol decanoate (HAL-D) were compared in the maintenance treatment of chronic schizophrenic patients. All patients were treated with either ZPT-D or HAL-D for at least 3 months and were then randomly allocated to treatment with either ZPT-D (100-600 mg every 4 weeks) or HAL-D...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Wistedt B,Koskinen T,Thelander S,Nerdrum T,Pedersen V,Mølbjerg C

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to elucidate the relationship between psychotic and behavioural symptoms in the elderly. METHOD:A representative sample of 85 year old subjects living in Gothenburg, Sweden (n = 451) was assessed with neuropsychiatric examinations, key informant interviews and record reviews. RESULTS:Fourteen pe...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Ostling S,Gustafson D,Waern M

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Chronically mentally ill patients in community mental health care report a better quality of life (QOL) than those in long-term hospital care, which suggests that the treatment setting per se influences their QOL. METHOD:In a region where both treatment settings are of a comparable high standard, we assessed...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Rössler W,Salize HJ,Cucchiaro G,Reinhard I,Kernig C

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety men between the ages of 20 to 65 were studied to investigate the relationships between stress, depression and psychogenic pain. Three groups (the coronary heart disease (CHD) group; the left-sided psychogenic chest pain (LPCP) group; and the control group) comprising 30 patients per group, each completed the So...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Naidoo P,Patel CJ

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the last decade, several studies have suggested that depression is accompanied by increased oxidative stress and decreased antioxidant defenses. We tested the hypothesis that high levels of the antioxidant uric acid are associated with lower risk of hospitalization with depression and use of prescription a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Wium-Andersen MK,Kobylecki CJ,Afzal S,Nordestgaard BG

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examines concurrent associations of attachment security, psychopathology and recollections of early parental interactions, in adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), depression, and in healthy controls. METHOD:Thirty-six out-patients with OCD, 16 depressed out-patients and 26 controls wer...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Myhr G,Sookman D,Pinard G

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the prevalence and determinants of the reasons given for non-adherence to psychiatric medication in a representative community survey. METHOD:We used data for all participants taking oral psychotropic medication (n = 634) from the 2000 British Survey of National Psychiatric Morbidity. RESULTS:Of...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Cooper C,Bebbington P,King M,Brugha T,Meltzer H,Bhugra D,Jenkins R

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Premenstrual Assessment Form (PAF) is a new self report procedure designed to measure changes in mood, behavior, and physical condition during the premenstrual period. It reflects the great variability of premenstrual syndromes as opposed to the common practice of viewing these changes as a single entity. In compa...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Halbreich U,Endicott J,Schacht S,Nee J

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecological correlates of suicide were explored for the counties of Hungary and the states of the United States. Only one common correlate was identified (divorce rates). The remaining social indicators that were associated with suicide rates in the United States were not associated with suicide rates in Hungary. The i...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lester D,Moksony F

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to further evaluate the oestrogen hypothesis of schizophrenia, which postulates low oestradiol levels to be a risk factor for these disorders. A possible influence of neuroleptic-induced hyperprolactinaemia was to be addressed. METHOD:Sex hormones were measured and cycle phase asses...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Huber TJ,Borsutzky M,Schneider U,Emrich HM

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The idea of cortical surface anomalies in subjects with intellectual disability (mental retardation) and schizophrenia can be traced back to early 20th century qualitative observations. Since it is unknown whether modern quantitative measures of cortical complexity and folding would retrieve those early empir...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Sandu AL,Paillère Martinot ML,Artiges E,Martinot JL

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines admission rates for schizophrenia in terms of degree of urbanization. Patient data was obtained from the Dutch psychiatric register. The scale of urbanization used had five categories and was utilized to establish the degree of urbanization in each municipality (n=647). Admission rates showed a s...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Peen J,Dekker J

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study sample of 50 patients suffering from schizophrenia was examined at readmission and thereafter every second week until each patient had been interviewed five times i.e. eight weeks in total. Three types of recovery are identified, one with full and two with partial recovery of delusional beliefs. In patients wi...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Jørgensen P

更新日期：1995-12-01 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 evaluate cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis (CBTp) delivered by non-expert therapists, using CBT relevant measures. METHOD:Participants (N = 74) were randomised into immediate therapy or waiting list control groups. The therapy group was offered 6 months of therapy and followed up 3 months later. T...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Peters E,Landau S,McCrone P,Cooke M,Fisher P,Steel C,Evans R,Carswell K,Dawson K,Williams S,Howard A,Kuipers E

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the accuracy of psychiatric patients' statements on coercive measures compared with medical file information using empirical methodology, and relating the statements to patients' psychopathology. METHOD:One hundred and forty-three in-patients were identified consecutively, and interviewed usin...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Poulsen HD,Engberg M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the atheoretical approach of the DSM-III-R, the personality disorders have their roots in specific theoretical schools. Due to clinical tradition, analogies with Axis I and the tradition in psychiatry and medicine, the personality disorders are presented as categories although there is more empirical support f...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Ekselius L,Lindström E,von Knorring L,Bodlund O,Kullgren G

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to analyse the cost-incidence of schizophrenia in two areas with widely differing health service systems. METHOD:The costs of patients with schizophrenia in the 3 years after the first service contact were evaluated (i) in an area (A) with fully developed mental health community prog...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Salvador-Carulla L,Haro JM,Cabasés J,Madoz V,Sacristán JA,Vázquez-Barquero JL

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leisure activities of 110 depressed patients and of 98 non-psychiatric controls were studied. The following aspects of leisure behaviour were taken into account: quantity, type (active, passive), frequency, presence of other people, place and satisfaction. In addition, possible relationships between personality an...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Eisemann M

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder. Its prevalence appears inconsistent in different regions of China; thus, we conducted this meta-analysis to estimate the prevalence of schizophrenia in mainland China. METHOD:Studies on the prevalence of schizophrenia in mainland China were identified from electroni...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Long J,Huang G,Liang W,Liang B,Chen Q,Xie J,Jiang J,Su L

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Case of an interstitial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 21 presenting with first episode of psychosis. METHOD:A case report. RESULTS:A 16-year-high school student of Somalian origin presented with a first episode of psychosis, mild mental retardation and dysmorphic features. Chromosome analysis revea...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Takhar J,Malla AK,Siu V,MacPherson C,Fan YS,Townsend L

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Investigation of deep brain stimulation (DBS) as a last-resort treatment alternative to capsulotomy in treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). METHOD:Prospective single-case based design with evaluation of DBS impact on emotions, behaviour, personality traits and executive function in three...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Gabriëls L,Cosyns P,Nuttin B,Demeulemeester H,Gybels J

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of priapism caused by the alpha adrenoreceptor blocking action of a butyrophenone. The problem was solved surgically performing a cavernousspongiosum fistula. ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Morera A,Estrada AG,Valenciano R

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study comprised 26 patients with somatic symptoms indicating a hernia-reflux syndrome referred to a university hospital ear, nose and throat department. The aim was to throw light on the hypothesis that this syndrome is largely a psychosomatic problem. The patients were divided into two groups: subjects with and w...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nielzén S,Pettersson KI,Regnéll G,Svensson R

更新日期：1986-02-01 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：:An empirical classification of 203 adolescent suicide attempters (mean age 17.3) was achieved using multiple correspondence analysis. The characteristics upon which the classification is based concern sociodemographic as well as psychological variables. Two groups are identified: the first is predominantly characteriz...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kienhorst CW,de Wilde EJ,van den Bout J,van der Burg E,Diekstra RF,Wolters WH

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00