Polypharmacy among psychiatric patients.

abstract：:A mild form of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) in a schizophrenic patient who was receiving a depot neuroleptic is described and beneficial response to oral diazepam 50 mg daily is reported. ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kontaxakis VP,Christodoulou GN,Markidis MP,Havaki-Kontaxaki BJ

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a review article parental losses (PL) of children in different age and sex groups are psycho-analytically examined from the view point of the triangular family relationship, cognitive development of the children and their ability to mourn, delinquency, schizophrenia and affective illnesses, and lastly the controver...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Laajus S

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：: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

abstract：:An indepth study was carried out over 1 year on all instances of overt heterosexual interactions among acute psychiatric patients on mixed-sex intensive treatment units. Sixteen of the 1060 patients treated on the units were involved in nine instances of overt heterosexual interactions. Analysis of the interactions sh...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Modestin J

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an open study of 12 inpatients who met the DSM-III criteria for a major depressive episode, the effects of clomipramine (CI) on the monoamine metabolites 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), homovanillic acid (HVA), 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl glycol (HMPG) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were measured simultaneously wi...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Mårtensson B,Wägner A,Beck O,Brodin K,Montero D,Asberg M

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study set out to describe the sexual attitudes and behaviour of 50 hospitalized alcoholic men by comparing them with a sample of the general population, matched in age and social class. This control sample was identified by random selection from a company register, and subjects were recruited into the study with ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Whalley LJ

更新日期：1978-10-01 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: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：:In a long-term follow-up study of 44 female alcoholics, a family history of alcoholism was related to younger age of onset of problem drinking, but did not necessarily imply a poorer outcome within this highly selected group of individuals. Alcoholism in father and his family was not related to either antisocial or bo...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Haver B

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:'Crisis cards' state patients' treatment details and preferences in anticipation of a later occasion when the patient might be too ill to express them directly. We assessed the feasibility of introducing 'crisis cards', or a collaborative form of them, 'joint crisis plans', into a sectorized community psychia...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Sutherby K,Szmukler GI,Halpern A,Alexander M,Thornicroft G,Johnson C,Wright S

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antidepressants are ineffective in about 30% of patients with major depression. Some authors then advise treatment of non-responders with (non-tricyclic) more selective reuptake inhibitors. In a double-blind, partial crossover study, 71 patients were selected for treatment during 4 weeks with oxaprotiline and/or fluvo...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nolen WA,van de Putte JJ,Dijken WA,Kamp JS,Blansjaar BA,Kramer HJ,Haffmans J

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between low cerebrospinal fluid 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (CSF 5-HIAA) and aggressive acts in mentally disordered violent offenders. METHOD:CSF concentrations of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), homovanillic acid and 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl gly...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lidberg L,Belfrage H,Bertilsson L,Evenden MM,Asberg M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 1018 self-poisoned patients were treated during one year (1983) at the emergency room of Helsinki University Central Hospital for 1207 suicide attempts; 46% were left without psychiatric consultation. Women were consulted more frequently than men. Patients with previous psychiatric treatment were referred m...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Suokas J,Lönnqvist J

更新日期：1991-03-01 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: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:Lycanthropy is an unusual psychiatric syndrome involving the delusion of being an animal. Cotard's syndrome is another rare condition in which the patient has nihilistic delusions and ideation of immortality. We report a psychiatric patient who had both syndromes simultaneously. METHOD:A single case was repo...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nejad AG,Toofani K

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To construct a practical instrument for the identification and referral of crime victims who are at high risk for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHOD:Crime victims filing a complaint at a police station were asked to fill out a questionnaire probing risk factors for PTSD (n=126). One and 3 months l...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Wohlfarth T,Winkel FW,Van Den Brink W

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little attention has been payed to the classification of psychotic symptoms in dementia sufferers. This article compares the etiology of delusions, visual hallucinations and delusional misidentification and examines the value of factors generated from principal components analysis as a possible classificatory system i...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Ballard CG,Bannister CL,Patel A,Graham C,Oyebode F,Wilcock G,Chung MC

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article illustrates the development of psychiatric register research and discusses the strengths, limitations, and possible directions for future activities. METHOD:Examples illustrating the development from the post-World War II introduction of psychiatric register research until today are selected. R...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Munk-Jørgensen P,Okkels N,Golberg D,Ruggeri M,Thornicroft G

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide meta-analytical evidence of bone mineral density (BMD), fractures, and osteoporosis rates in eating disorders (ED) vs. healthy controls (HCs). METHOD:Three independent authors searched major electronic databases from inception till August 2015 for cross-sectional studies reporting BMD in people wi...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Solmi M,Veronese N,Correll CU,Favaro A,Santonastaso P,Caregaro L,Vancampfort D,Luchini C,De Hert M,Stubbs B

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate for subtypes of bipolar depression using latent class analysis (LCA). METHOD:Participants were recruited through a bipolar disorder (BD) clinic. LCA was undertaken using: (i) symptoms reported on the SCID-IV for the most severe lifetime depressive episode; (ii) lifetime illness features such a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Perich T,Hadzi-Pavlovic D,Frankland A,Breakspear M,Loo C,Roberts G,Holmes-Preston E,Mitchell PB

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the service use and costs of individuals who have a dual diagnosis of psychosis and substance abuse with those who have a diagnosis of psychosis but no substance abuse. METHOD:Patients with psychosis were identified and a representative sample were interviewed. Six-month service use was measured a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： McCrone P,Menezes PR,Johnson S,Scott H,Thornicroft G,Marshall J,Bebbington P,Kuipers E

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study a number of women and their husbands were interviewed early on in the pregnancy, in the week after delivery and again 4 months later. The couvade syndrome, in which the father-to-be suffers from somatic symptoms of psychogenic origin connected in some way with his wife's pregnancy, was investiga...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Bogren LY

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide a clinically useful analysis of the relationship between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), in particular fluoxetine and violent or suicidal behaviour. METHOD:All published papers on Medline and other databases linking serotonin, SSRIs and aggression were reviewed. RESULTS:A small p...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Walsh MT,Dinan TG

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The promise of adopting a valid and reliable tool for diagnosing addiction-related problems is offered by the Addiction Severity Index (ASI). Socially determined admissions and poor treatment facilities may have biased the representativeness of our sample, though methodological difficulties were minimal. The ASI was u...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Bilal AM

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to investigate the association between major mental disorders (MMDs) and homicide. METHOD:The rates of exculpations because of MMDs among 1087 Austrian homicide offenders during 1975 and 1999 were compared with the rates of the respective disorders in the general population. RESULTS:...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Schanda H,Knecht G,Schreinzer D,Stompe T,Ortwein-Swoboda G,Waldhoer T

更新日期：2004-08-01 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

abstract：:The management of 430 patients treated for depressive illness, at the Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Aro, Abeokuta, Nigeria, has been reviewed. Psychotherapy particularly with tricyclic antidepressants and electroconvulsive therapy were the main methods of treatment, but neuroleptics and anxiolytics were frequently prescr...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Makanjuola JD,Oyerogba KO

更新日期：1987-11-01 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