Brain density in depression: methodological and psychopathological aspects.

abstract：:We investigated past suicidal behaviour and family history of suicide in 713 inpatients with major depressive illness. A familial history of suicide (mainly violent) significantly increased the frequency of violent suicidal behaviour in depressive women; bipolar patients being more affected than unipolars. In depresse...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Linkowski P,de Maertelaer V,Mendlewicz J

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of recent research reports have reported significant relationships between seasonal mood change (seasonality) and personality. However, some of the results are difficult to interpret because of inherent methodological problems, the most important of which is the use of samples drawn from the southern as oppos...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Jang KL,Lam RW,Livesley WJ,Vernon PA

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that depressive symptoms correlate with Alzheimer's disease (AD) type changes in CSF and structural and functional imaging including hippocampus volume, cortical thickness, white matter lesions, Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-P...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Auning E,Selnes P,Grambaite R,Šaltytė Benth J,Haram A,Løvli Stav A,Bjørnerud A,Hessen E,Hol PK,Muftuler løndalen A,Fladby T,Aarsland D

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients who engage in recurrent deliberate self-harm (DSH) behaviours have increased morbidity and mortality and use emergency services more than others. Unrecognized iatrogenic injury may play a role. Specifically, we call attention to the potential danger of cumulative radiation exposure. METHOD:Case pres...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Norelli LJ,Coates AD,Kovasznay BM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 1600 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 16 living in a county bordering on Paris were interviewed concerning their health, their use of drugs, both legal and illegal, their behavior, and their seeking of health care. Fourteen percent of the boys and 23% of the girls had already thought about suicide and...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Choquet M,Menke H

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred and twenty-two adolescent suicide attempts were examined. The intent to die was weaker than in adult persons. Within lethality no difference was found. Adolescents came mostly from the lowest social classes and their educational status was low. Their mental health was often unsatisfactory. The psychiatric...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kotila L,Lönnqvist J

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Swedish version of the Camberwell Family Interview (CFI), a psychiatric, semistructured interview schedule for assessing a family's emotional atmosphere, is described. Thirty-two relatives of patients with schizophrenic disorders, according to DSM-III criteria, were interviewed. Eighteen relatives were interviewed t...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Orhagen T,d'Elia G

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is a predictor analysis of the screening procedure followed by a psychiatric service for a period of 1 year preceding and a period of 1 year following the introduction of community psychiatry. Throughout this period, the psychiatric service consisted of a local service within the catchment area and a centra...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Søgaard HJ,Søndergaard I

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify trajectories of depressive symptoms in older community residents. METHOD:Depressive symptomatology, based on a modified Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale, was obtained at years 0, 3, 6, and 10, in the Duke Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (n = 416...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kuchibhatla MN,Fillenbaum GG,Hybels CF,Blazer DG

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients attending a clinic were ascertained for psychiatric morbidity by a general practitioner and reascertained by a psychiatrist. The agreement ranged from 84% for neurosis and 60% for psychosis. The differences were mainly due to a lack of the depression category in the general practitioner's classification. One ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Binitie A

更新日期：1981-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Examine the overall incidence of medically treated depression in Denmark among individuals 15-44 years old, and estimate the 5-year cumulative incidence of psychiatric hospital care among individuals treated first in non-hospital-based care. METHODS:We followed all individuals born in Denmark between 1969 an...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Musliner KL,Liu X,Gasse C,Christensen KS,Wimberley T,Munk-Olsen T

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

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：OBJECTIVE:There is ongoing concern about the possible negative impact of ECT on neurocognitive functioning in older patients. In this study, we aimed to characterize the long-term cognitive effects of ECT in patients with late-life depression, using an extensive neuropsychological battery. METHODS:A total of 110 patie...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Obbels J,Verwijk E,Vansteelandt K,Dols A,Bouckaert F,Schouws S,Vandenbulcke M,Emsell L,Stek M,Sienaert P

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews certified suicide in Fiji during the 2-year period from 1971-1972. The data show the much higher incidence of suicide in Fiji Indians than in other races, the incidence in Fiji Indian females being particularly high. The findings on a more detailed sample survey of 50% of the certified cases are p...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Price J,Karim I

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether persons with bipolar disorder and their siblings have leadership traits and are overrepresented in executive professions. METHOD:A nested case-control study based on longitudinal Swedish total population registries. Data from officer suitability interviews (n=1,126,519), and informatio...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kyaga S,Lichtenstein P,Boman M,Landén M

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:This paper presents an analysis of the impact of the psychiatric reform in Italy on health care delivery by the general practitioner. In an urban district of the Veneto region a survey was made on the opinions and assessments of the general practitioner about the new status of psychiatric care, on the psychiatric case...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Rizzardo R,Rovea A,Magni G

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demographic data, personal and familial characteristics, as well as DSM-III-R-based psychiatric diagnoses were collected in 369 adolescents and young adults aged between 15 and 29 years, referred to an Emergency Department for psychological problems. In total, 60% of them were suicide attempters. Separations before th...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Chastang F,Rioux P,Dupont I,Baranger E,Kovess V,Zarifian E

更新日期：1998-12-01 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:Deficits in social cognition have been reported in euthymic subjects with bipolar disorder (BD). However, some studies have failed to find differences favoring controls. As most investigations have been conducted with small samples, they have not had sufficient power to detect statistically significant differ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Samamé C,Martino DJ,Strejilevich SA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether (reported) parental over involvement and lack of affection identify initially healthy subjects at risk for depression. One thousand subjects from the province of Utrecht, the Netherlands were randomly selected by using telephone addresses and asked to participate in a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kerver MJ,van Son MJ,de Groot PA

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It seems odd that male suicide rates have decreased in Portugal over the last few years, whereas the opposite has happened in most other countries. In order to investigate the reasons for such a decrease, suicide rates were compared with controversial cases (ICD-9 category E 980-989) and with homicide rates. The resul...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： de Castro EF,Pimenta F,Martins I

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:109 killers, 38 nonviolent offenders and 54 community controls were compared on psychiatric diagnosis, the MMPI, Cattell 16 PF, IQ and clinical neurological results. Killers did not differ from nonviolent offenders on diagnosis or personality in general. Only higher MMPI Hysteria scale scores differentiated the killer...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Langevin R,Paitich D,Orchard B,Handy L,Russon A

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the accuracy of translation and to test the validity of the Greek version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). In the translation study, the English and the Greek versions of the GHQ were administered to a sample of 50 bilingual respondents. The internal consistency, item...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Garyfallos G,Karastergiou A,Adamopoulou A,Moutzoukis C,Alagiozidou E,Mala D,Garyfallos A

更新日期：1991-10-01 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 availability of confiding persons both within and outside the household has been investigated in a series of 110 depressed patients and of 98 non-psychiatric controls. The depressive sample has been classified into diagnostic subgroups of unipolar, bipolar, reactive-neurotic and unspecified type of depression. The...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Eisemann M

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The existence of cannabis-induced psychosis (CP) remains controversial, partly because of methodological problems. We hypothesize that acute schizophrenia (AS) and CP can have distinct demographic, premorbid and clinical features. METHOD:We compared 26 patients with CP to 35 with AS, after their cannabis-con...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Núñez LA,Gurpegui M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Remoxipride, a novel substituted benzamide, was given for 4 weeks to 18 florid schizophrenics in an open study. The mental state of the majority improved as measured by the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. Remoxipride itself did not appear to cause troublesome extrapyramidal effects. There were no significant adverse e...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： McCreadie RG,Morrison D,Eccleston D,Gall RG,Loudon J,Mitchell MJ

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lithium is the primary treatment for manic-depressive illness. The mechanism of action of lithium and its endocrine effects remain unclear. Therefore, the hormone responses to sequential stimuli, namely arginine, TRH, and LHRH, were studied in eight patients with major depression before and during treatment with lithi...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Joffe RT,Post RM,Ballenger JC,Rebar R,Gold PW

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00