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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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the predictive value of the Strauss and Carpenter Prognostic Scale (SCPS) for transition to a first psychotic episode in subjects clinically at high risk (CHR) of psychosis. METHOD:Two hundred and forty-four CHR subjects participating in the European Prediction of Psychosis Study were assessed...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nieman DH,Velthorst E,Becker HE,de Haan L,Dingemans PM,Linszen DH,Birchwood M,Patterson P,Salokangas RK,Heinimaa M,Heinz A,Juckel G,von Reventlow HG,Morrison A,Schultze-Lutter F,Klosterkötter J,Ruhrmann S,EPOS group.

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify risk factors associated with cycle acceleration (CA), that is, progressive decrease in duration of syndrome-free intervals between affective episodes, in acutely admitted patients with bipolar disorder (BD). METHOD:All patients (n = 210) with BD I (67%) and BD II (33%) (DSM-IV) acutely admitted t...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Finseth PI,Morken G,Malt UF,Andreassen OA,Vaaler AE

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study 50 of 51 schizophrenic long-term patients treated by a community-based outpatient service were followed-up for 2 years. Factors known to be relevant for rehospitalization were correlated with the rate of hospitalizations 1) in the past, 2) during the last year and 3) during the follow-up period. We were ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Hoffmann H

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:About one-third of patients referred to services for people at high risk for psychosis may have already developed a first episode of psychosis (FEP). We compared clinical outcomes in FEP patients who presented to either high risk or conventional mental health services. METHOD:Retrospective study comparing du...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Fusar-Poli P,Díaz-Caneja CM,Patel R,Valmaggia L,Byrne M,Garety P,Shetty H,Broadbent M,Stewart R,McGuire P

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Literature suggests that childhood trauma increases vulnerability for schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, including schizotypal personality disorder (SPD). Yet, it remains unexplored whether childhood trauma predicts symptom load and the level of neurocognitive functioning in SPD. METHOD:We included 225 indivi...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Velikonja T,Velthorst E,McClure MM,Rutter S,Calabrese WR,Rosell D,Koenigsberg HW,Goodman M,New AS,Hazlett EA,Perez-Rodriguez MM

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequencies of auditory, visual and olfactory hallucinations as defined by Wing et al. were studied in schizophrenic patients of various groups treated in the same hospital. The diagnosis of schizophrenia was made by the use of the Syndrome Check List. It was found that there were some cultural differences in the ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Ndetei DM,Vadher A

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional brain glucose metabolism was determined in 9 male alcohol-dependent inpatients and 12 male healthy controls. All the patients were socially impaired by the alcohol abuse. All the subjects had abstained from alcohol and drugs for more than four weeks before entering the study. Brain glucose metabolism was dete...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Wik G,Borg S,Sjögren I,Wiesel FA,Blomqvist G,Borg J,Greitz T,Nybäck H,Sedvall G,Stone-Elander S

更新日期：1988-08-01 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:This study examines if YKL-40 is increased in individuals with psychotic disorders and if elevated YKL-40 levels at baseline is associated with subsequent development of type 2 diabetes. METHOD:A total of 1383 patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or affective psychosis and 799 healthy controls were rec...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Dieset I,Mørch RH,Hope S,Hoseth EZ,Reponen EJ,Gran JM,Aas M,Michelsen AE,Reichborn-Kjennerud T,Nesvåg R,Agartz I,Melle I,Aukrust P,Djurovic S,Ueland T,Andreassen OA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to identify psychopathological factors associated with long-term functional outcome in euthymic bipolar disorder patients and to test new measures of mood instability and symptoms intensity. METHOD:Fifty-five patients with more than 12 months of follow-up were included. In addition ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Strejilevich SA,Martino DJ,Murru A,Teitelbaum J,Fassi G,Marengo E,Igoa A,Colom F

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Depression in bipolar disorder (BipD) requires a therapeutic approach that is from treating unipolar major depressive disorder (UniD), but to date, no reliable methods could separate these two disorders. The aim of this study was to establish the clinical validity and utility of a non-invasive functional MRI-...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Li M,Das T,Deng W,Wang Q,Li Y,Zhao L,Ma X,Wang Y,Yu H,Li X,Meng Y,Palaniyappan L,Li T

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Religious patients with generalized anxiety disorder were given religious psychotherapy in addition to supportive psychotherapy anxiolytic drugs. Those receiving religious psychotherapy showed significantly more rapid improvement in anxiety symptoms than those who received supportive psychotherapy and drugs only. Thus...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Azhar MZ,Varma SL,Dharap AS

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen chronic alcoholics and 15 presenile patients were matched in pairs with regard to their mean hemisphere cerebral blood parameters-an index of brain metabolism. The distribution of the regional cerebral blood flow was similar in the two groups. The alcoholics performed significantly better in all psychometric t...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Berglund M,Gustafson L,Hagberg B,Ingvar DH,Nilsson L,Risberg J,Sonesson B

更新日期：1977-05-01 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：:Combined data from double-blind risperidone studies were used to analyse the severity of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) associated with treatment in patients with chronic schizophrenia. Factors associated with maximum EPS severity were increasing risperidone dose (< or = 8 mg/day was similar to placebo), lower baseline...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lemmens P,Brecher M,Van Baelen B

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gender discriminating vocabulary tests administered to a consecutive series of 53 male transsexuals show different results. The Slater Selective Vocabulary Test, Cohen's factors and the Terman-Miles Attitude Interest Analysis Test (M-F) show male transsexuals to have a higher degree of feminization than normal control...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kenna JC,Hoenig J

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By means of a psychiatric case register the total psychiatric population in the Nacka region (75,000 inhabitants) was analysed during a 2-year period with regard to the amount of psychotherapy consumed in different social groups. Among the patients, the utilization of psychotherapy was 60% for social group I compared ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Cullberg J,Stefansson CG

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a long-term potential adverse effect of neuroleptic treatment, and older age has been correlated with the development of TD. We conducted a chart review of current out-patients and examined annual Abnormal Inventory Movement Scale (AIMS) evaluations for the period 1987-1995 for 43 patients w...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Labbate LA,Lande RG,Jones F,Oleshansky MA

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:At least 50% of bipolar disorder (BD) patients have an additional diagnosis, one of the most difficult to manage being obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Defining the nosology of BD-OCD comorbidity has important clinical implications, given that treatments for OCD can worsen BD outcomes. METHOD:A systemati...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Amerio A,Odone A,Liapis CC,Ghaemi SN

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：:The associations between milieu therapists' feelings towards patients and the unit's psychological climate were studied at 21 small treatment homes for severely disturbed psychiatric patients. The milieu therapists filled out self-report instruments where they rated their feelings towards patients on a feeling-word ch...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Holmqvist R,Fogelstam H

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified version of the revised Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire (PDQ-R), based on DSM-III-R personality disorders (PD), was completed by 74 psychiatric patients. A factor analysis of the scores for each of the PD (i.e. of the number of positive DSM-III-R criteria for each of the PD) yielded 3 factors that defin...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Dowson JH,Berrios GE

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

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：:The recurrent psychoses, rather than, as Kraepelin supposed, constituting 2 major entities, manic depressive illness and schizophrenia, as separate diseases, may be distributed along a continuum that extends from unipolar depressive illness through bipolar and schizoaffective psychosis to schizophrenia with increasing...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Crow TJ

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of psychotherapy in schizophrenic patients, the existence of certain clinical and anamnestic variables, such as persistent auditory hallucinations, was found to correlate with a negative outcome. To test whether these clinical variables could be a sign of organic brain abnormality, the records of 33 schizop...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Cullberg J,Nybäck H

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a population survey in Stockholm, 224 dementia cases were staged using two scales: the Washington University Clinical Dementia Rating Scale and DSM III-R. Both scales had to be modified by adding additional specifications and, in the case of DSM III-R, a new category of questionable dementia. After modification, th...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Forsell Y,Fratiglioni L,Grut M,Viitanen M,Winblad B

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There have been increasing pressures to adopt or incorporate dimensional representations in various sections of DSM-5 including the psychotic disorders section. Thus far, findings offered as evidence of a continuous distribution of psychosis are limited given their exclusive focus on the manifest rather than ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Ahmed AO,Buckley PF,Mabe PA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00