Psychiatric disturbances associated with myasthenia gravis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early diagnosis is important for the course of schizophrenia. AIM:To investigate whether prodromal symptoms of schizophrenia lead to increased use of primary care. METHOD:A register-based cohort study of 21 894 cases with incident schizophrenia and 437 880 matched controls. RESULTS:Cases used daytime prim...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nørgaard H,Søndergaard Pedersen H,Fenger-Grøn M,Mors O,Nordentoft M,Vestergaard M,Munk Laursen T

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:The main objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of common mental disorders in the Moroccan general population. METHOD:On a systematic representative randomized sample, the Moroccan Arabic version of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) was used to assess the prevalence of mo...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kadri N,Agoub M,Assouab F,Tazi MA,Didouh A,Stewart R,Paes M,Toufiq J,Moussaoui D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the classification based on independent psychiatric categories as well as the concept of an underlying 1-dimensional hierarchy of syndromes are insufficiently valid. At symptom level we previously found 5 factor-analytical components representing 6 dimensions of psychopathology. Rasch analysis based on the preval...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Goekoop JG,Zwinderman AH

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal function was examined in 153 manic-depressive patients treated with lithium for more than 5 years, mean 10 years. No significant change was detectable in plasma creatinine. Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) decreased slightly, but significantly, and not until after 17 years of treatment did the regression line re...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Løkkegaard H,Andersen NF,Henriksen E,Bartels PD,Brahm M,Baastrup PC,Jørgensen HE,Larsen M,Munck O,Rasmussen K

更新日期：1985-04-01 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：:Drug use and psychiatric symptoms were independently assessed in a random sample of 177 adolescents from a junior high school population. Pupils who used cigarettes, alcohol, cannabis, solutions (sniffing), and tranquilizers, all had higher frequencies of psychiatric symptoms than non-users. The use of alcohol was sho...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lavik NJ,Onstad S

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors compared 16 nondepressed obsessive-compulsive patients (OCS) with 8 normal controls (NC) of similar age for resting-state regional cerebral glucose metabolic rates (rCMRglu) using positron emission tomography with the fluorodeoxyglucose method. OCS were rated for clinical data, and a neuropsychological bat...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Martinot JL,Allilaire JF,Mazoyer BM,Hantouche E,Huret JD,Legaut-Demare F,Deslauriers AG,Hardy P,Pappata S,Baron JC

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 23-year-old male with a history of severe Tourette syndrome refractory to treatment with oral haloperidol is reported. The Tourette symptoms remitted after treatment with haloperidol decanoate. The response has been maintained over 18 months. ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Clarke DJ,Ford R

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients with DSM-III-R major depression who were treatment-resistant to sertraline were allocated for lithium augmentation therapy. In conjunction with their sertraline, 6 received lithium carbonate 400 mg at night and 5 received 800 mg at night. A total of 7 patients responded within 1 week. The degree of res...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Dinan TG

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To combine the results of earlier comparison studies of in-patient aggression to quantitatively assess the strength of the association between patient factors and i) aggressive behaviour,ii) repetitive aggressive behaviour. METHOD:A systematic review and meta-analysis of empirical articles and reports of com...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Dack C,Ross J,Papadopoulos C,Stewart D,Bowers L

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the longitudinal impact of borderline personality disorder (BPD) on the course and outcome of bipolar disorder (BP) in a pediatric BP sample. METHOD:Participants (N = 271) and parents from the Course and Outcome of Bipolar Youth (COBY) study were administered structured clinical interviews and s...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Yen S,Frazier E,Hower H,Weinstock LM,Topor DR,Hunt J,Goldstein TR,Goldstein BI,Gill MK,Ryan ND,Strober M,Birmaher B,Keller MB

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The care of mentally ill people at home is being encouraged nowadays. As a result, the family members feel an increased burden of care and find it difficult to cope with the care of a schizophrenic patient at home. We interviewed the relatives of 62 schizophrenics systematically regarding the behaviour of the patients...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Gopinath PS,Chaturvedi SK

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Several studies have found an increase in hippocampal volume following electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), but the effect on cortical thickness has been less investigated. We aimed to examine the effects of ECT on cortical thickness and their associations with clinical outcome. METHOD:Using 3 Tesla MRI scanner,...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Gbyl K,Rostrup E,Raghava JM,Carlsen JF,Schmidt LS,Lindberg U,Ashraf A,Jørgensen MB,Larsson HBW,Rosenberg R,Videbech P

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between symptom disorder and personality disorder according to DSM-III was studied in 289 consecutive outpatients. It was observed that personality disorders occurred frequently among the chronic affective and anxiety disorders. The "dramatic" personality disorders were observed especially frequently ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Alnaes R,Torgersen S

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this paper, we aimed at reviewing evidence-based treatment options for bipolar mania and proposed tentative evidence-based clinical suggestions regarding the management of a manic episode, especially regarding the choice of the proper mood stabilizer and antipsychotic medication. METHOD:A narrative review...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Pacchiarotti I,Anmella G,Colomer L,Vieta E

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical effect of a sustained release preparation of amitriptyline has been compared with that of conventional amitriptyline tablets in a double-blind cross-over study with 24 patients suffering from endogenous depression. The sustained release preparation was given in a single evening dose (9 p.m.) of two thirds...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Liisberg P,Mose H,Amdisen A,Jørgensen A,Petersen HE

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports on the development and testing of a new Chinese diagnostic instrument--the Adult Diagnostic Interview Schedule-Present (ADIS-P). This instrument uses a selection of items adapted from DIS and SADS. It is administered within approximately 25 min by a trained clinician using a small portable computer ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Zheng Y,Yang W,Phillips MR,Dai C,Zheng H

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports a true prevalence study of demoralization conducted in a kibbutz. This commune, which assures its members all their instrumental needs throughout the individual life span, is probably one of the few of its kind in the world. All adult members (n = 353) of a kibbutz affiliated with the most orthodo...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Gilboa S,Levav I,Gilboa L,Ruiz F

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the reliability of a brief instrument to assess coping with symptoms by patients with psychotic illness. METHOD:A semi-structured interview (MACS) was developed to assess the amounts of distress, control and coping in relation to psychotic symptoms. Two raters interviewed 23 symptomatic but stable...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Bak M,van der Spil F,Gunther N,Radstake S,Delespaul P,van Os J

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Much of the knowledge we now take for granted regarding major mental disorders such as schizophrenia, suicide and other disorders, would not exist without the use of population based registers. The use of population based registers in psychiatric epidemiology have enabled analyses of associations that otherwi...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Allebeck P

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Schizophrenia is associated with alterations in blood inflammatory markers, including cytokines. Total white blood cell (WBC) count is a marker of low-grade inflammation. We conducted a meta-analysis of total and differential WBC counts in patients with schizophrenia. METHOD:Articles were identified through ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Jackson AJ,Miller BJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the effect of training primary health care (PHC) physicians to recognize mental disorders, an intervention randomized controlled trial was conducted. Three categories of PHC physicians were selected: the index group (n = 12 doctors), control group 1 (n = 12) and control group 2 (n = 4). For 1 week...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Al-Faris E,Al-Subaie A,Khoja T,Al-Ansary L,Abdul-Raheem F,Al-Hamdan N,Al-Mazrou Y,Abdul-Moneim H,El Khwsky F

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The development of the Antidepressant Compliance Questionnaire (ADCQ), assessing patients' attitudes and beliefs on depression and antidepressants. METHOD:A 51-item questionnaire was applied to 85 psychiatric out-patients with a DSM-IV diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD). This data set was used to a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Demyttenaere K,Bruffaerts R,Albert A,Mesters P,Dewé W,Debruyckere K,Sangeleer M

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opinions about mental illness were measured, in 1994, in a probability sample consisting of 360 residents of two boroughs in greater Athens. These boroughs represent the catchment area of a community mental health centre. The aim of this study was to compare the differences in attitudes towards mental illness with a m...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Madianos MG,Economou M,Hatjiandreou M,Papageorgiou A,Rogakou E

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Examinations are anecdotally viewed as extremely stressful to Singapore schoolchildren. We test this postulate by obtaining parental ratings of children's emotional stress levels longitudinally in a large representative sample of sixth (P6) and fifth (P5) class primary schoolchildren, respectively, exposed an...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Parker G,Cai Y,Tan S,Dear K,Henderson AS,Poh GT,Kwee GC

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

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：OBJECTIVE:The study aimed to increase the knowledge about the detailed course differences between different forms of bipolar disorder. METHOD:Using the prospective life-chart-clinician version, we compared the fine-grain analysis of mood swings and treatment modalities of 18 bipolar II with 31 bipolar I patients. RES...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Born C,Seitz NN,Grunze H,Vieta E,Dittmann S,Seemüller F,Amann B

更新日期：2009-12-01 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