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abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of personality disorders in a group of elderly patients without an organic mental disorder and to examine the relationship between the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) and personality disorder symptoms in psychogeriatric clinical practice. METHOD...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Casey JE,Joyce PR

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Case notes of patients from nine different cultural groups admitted to a London hospital were scrutinized for religious background and religious phenomenology. With the exception of preaching behaviour there were no statistically significant cultural differences, but certain trends were apparent. The pattern of religi...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Ndetei DM,Vadher A

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the psychological substrate of catatonia. METHOD:Reviewing the historical descriptions and explanations of catatonic behaviours by clinicians from its delineation in the 19th century to the present. RESULTS:Patients with catatonia are often haunted by fears and terrors; this has not been widely a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Fink M,Shorter E

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Children of parents with major depression are at significantly increased risk for developing major depression themselves; however, not all children at genetic risk will develop major depressive disorder (MDD). We investigated the utility of subsyndromal scores on the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) Anxiety/De...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Uchida M,Fitzgerald M,Lin K,Carrellas N,Woodworth H,Biederman J

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Antidepressant medications are efficacious overall; however, some individuals experience worsening mood symptoms and increased suicidal ideation (SI) during treatment. We examined the quantitative electroencephalographic (QEEG) cordance biomarker of brain function biomarker in relation to treatment-emergent s...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Hunter AM,Leuchter AF,Cook IA,Abrams M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a study looking into the association between thyroid status and depression in the postpartum period were reanalysed to explore the psychometric properties of the rating scales employed. The performance of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale was found to be superior to that of the Hospital Anxiety a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Thompson WM,Harris B,Lazarus J,Richards C

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The attitude of the medical profession to psychiatry carries important implications for the quality of personnel attracted into the specialty and for the treatment, in a general medical setting, of patients with mental disorders. This article examines the components of doctors' attitudes and reviews the literature wit...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Buchanan A,Bhugra D

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Most rating scales for bipolar disorders (BDs) do not encompass the spectrum of symptomatology now established as characterizing the illness. We report the rationale, format, reliability and initial validity studies of the Bipolar Inventory of Symptoms Scale (BISS), a 44-item scale designed to encompass the s...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Bowden CL,Singh V,Thompson P,Gonzalez JM,Katz MM,Dahl M,Prihoda TJ,Chang X

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Van den Eynde F, Guillaume S, Broadbent H, Stahl D, Campbell IC, Schmidt U, Tchanturia K. Neurocognition in bulimic eating disorders: a systematic review. OBJECTIVE:  The aim of this study was to review the literature on neurocognition comparing people with a bulimic eating disorder in the acute phase of th...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Van den Eynde F,Guillaume S,Broadbent H,Stahl D,Campbell IC,Schmidt U,Tchanturia K

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：: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：:A nationwide register study of psychiatric admission for anorexia nervosa in Denmark yielded average incidence rates of 1.9 per 100,000 per year for females and 0.17 per 100,000 per year for males. The prevalence was 6.7 per 100,000 per year for females and 0.6 per 100,000 per year for males. The female-male ratio for...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nielsen S

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ) has satisfactory psychometric properties in patients with severe mental disorders and if their scores differ from those of patients with severe medical disorders. To investigate if the scores are related to medication adherence. METHOD:Two hundr...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Jónsdóttir H,Friis S,Horne R,Pettersen KI,Reikvam A,Andreassen OA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hypothesis of selective predisposition for drepression, neurasthenic syndrome and anxiety states has been tested in a prospective study. The primary material for the investigation consisted of 4,000 city inhabitants who had registered a private car. Almost all of these could be invited to a group investigation by qu...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nyström S,Lindegård B

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-seven patients with the diagnosis of senile dementia and 70 children aged 6 months to 4 years were observed in three tasks that stimulated exploratory behavior. The subjects were rated according to the frequencies of certain forms of behavior in 52 variables. It was assumed that certain behavior would be more f...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Jonsson CO,Edin P,Söderberg S,Waldton S

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Prevalence rates for dissociative disorders among psychiatric in-patients vary widely. The aim of this meta-analysis is to offer an explanation for these differences. METHOD:Prevalence studies using a clinical diagnostic interview among psychiatric in-patients were included. Hypotheses concerning the impact ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Friedl MC,Draijer N,de Jonge P

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This paper reviews studies on outcomes of involuntary hospital admissions in general adult psychiatry, and predictors of outcomes. METHOD:Studies assessing observer-rated clinical change and self-rated outcomes were identified. Relevant databases were searched and authors were contacted. Studies were clas...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Katsakou C,Priebe S

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trends in death rates from all suicides and specific methods of suicide in Italy over the period 1955-79 were analysed on the basis of age-specific and age-standardised rates, and through a log-linear Poisson model to isolate the effects of age, birth cohort and calendar period. In both sexes, a large decrease in mort...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： La Vecchia C,Bollini P,Imazio C,Decarli A

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method of treatment of vaginismus by using intravenous diazepam abreaction interviews is reported. Four patients between the ages of 19 and 28 were interviewed. The duration of their main complaint varied from 6 months to 3 years. Three to six abreaction interviews were conducted; the maximum dosage of Valium us...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Mikhail AR

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now generally recognized that dopamine receptors exist in the CNS as different subtypes: D1 receptors, associated with adenylyl cyclase activity, and D2 receptor, uncoupled to a cyclic AMP generating system. In order to understand the role of D1 and D2 receptors in the antipsychotic action of neuroleptics, we ha...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Memo M,Battaini F,Spano PF,Trabucchi M

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether large social networks are associated with better functional outcome in psychotic disorders. METHOD:A prospective cohort study of epidemiologically representative patients with psychosis was analysed to examine the relationship between social networks and functional outcome. Standardize...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Howard L,Leese M,Thornicroft G

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the rates of suicidal behaviour during vs. after discontinuation of treatment with antidepressants, and to determine the comparative rates of suicidal behaviour for patients maintained on tricyclic (TCA) vs. selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants. METHOD:Charts were reviewed...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Yerevanian BI,Koek RJ,Feusner JD,Hwang S,Mintz J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medico-legal investigation into causes of unexpected death of five persons who suffered from eating disorders did not give distinct pathoanatomical explanations. The analysis disclosed a number of risk factors whose interplay may have resulted in a circulatory catastrophy. These factors were of organisational and ideo...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Rajs J,Rajs E,Lundman T

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 440 (50.1%) drinking patients were found in a study of 878 primary care patients in Nigeria, of whom 126 (28.6%) of drinking patients were observed to have alcohol-related problems. Those with alcohol-related problems were significantly more likely to be males, middle-aged and to belong to higher occupation...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Abiodun OA

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the number of attempts it took before patients with a first episode of psychosis received adequate help, the signs or symptoms that led them to seek help and the people from whom they attempted to seek help. METHOD:Subjects were 86 individuals with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder, mainly schiz...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Addington J,Van Mastrigt S,Hutchinson J,Addington D

更新日期：2002-11-01 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：:alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency (ATD) predisposes the individual for serious lung disease in adulthood. The identification of ATD by neonatal screening was hypothesized to have negative long-term effects on the parents' attitudes and feelings associated with the child. This hypothesis was tested by comparing these atti...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： McNeil TF,Thelin T,Aspegren-Jansson E,Sveger T

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroencephalographic coherence scores in 21 teetotaler first-degree relatives of alcoholics, 27 subjects with alcohol dependence and 21 healthy subjects without a family history of alcohol abuse were compared. The relatives had significantly higher coherence scores in the frontal and parietal leads than the alcohol...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Michael A,Mirza KA,Mukundan CR,Channabasavanna SM

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study a newly developed Self-rating Inventory for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is presented. The instrument consists of 47 items, reflecting DSM-III-R criteria, associated features and items corresponding to the disorder of extreme stress not otherwise specified. All items are phrased in a trauma-indep...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Hovens JE,van der Ploeg HM,Bramsen I,Klaarenbeek MT,Schreuder JN,Rivero VV

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-two per cent of the MMPI CODES OF 60 ALCOHOLICS IN THE Link Society and institutional groups of the present study were classified according to a mixed typological-dimensional model. The study applied reciprocal two-digit high-point codes and also five different spiked codes and two different codes which includ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kristianson P

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00