Utilization review and quality assurance: staying in the black and working with the blues.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed at determining the prevalence of psychosis in tuberculosis (TB) patients in comparison to nontuberculosis control and its correlation with disease pattern. METHOD:One hundred and fifteen patients with TB and 112 family members visiting the multidrug treatment-resistant treatment center at Un...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Lasebikan VO,Ige OM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of adolescents in a general hospital setting is fraught with difficulty. There are significant limitations to time, space, finances, and the physical plant. There are limitations to the numbers, types, mix of patients with other patients, and the types of treatment available. To deal with these issues, a...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Madow MR

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperthyroidism has profound effects on mental health. The literature is sparse, however, with regard to suicide attempts related to untreated hyperthyroidism. This case report illustrates the presentation of a patient in the intensive care unit after a life-threatening Tylenol overdose presumed to be secondary to adj...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Petrich CE,Bui MP,Farrell HM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The use of cell phones and short message service (SMS, also called "texting") has become pervasive in Western society and increasingly throughout the world. Despite the importance of this technology in everyday life, little is known about how patients draw on SMS to keep in contact with family and friends dur...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Bergvik S,Wynn R

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medicine has undergone a technological explosion which presents physicians with an increased need to make difficult ethical decisions. This has been met by an equivalent development in American medical schools of efforts to teach the ethics of medical practice. The courses vary widely from school to school. It is reco...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： McCartney JR

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To ascertain how effective the Beck Depression Inventory for Primary Care (BDI-PC) was in screening for DSM-IV major depression disorders (MDD) in outpatients who were scheduled for routine office visits with physicians specializing in internal medicine, the BDI-PC was administered to 60 male and 60 female outpatients...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Steer RA,Cavalieri TA,Leonard DM,Beck AT

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow transplantation offers new hope for cure in a variety of leukemias, aplastic anemia, and other immunodeficiency and hematologic disorders. But the psychologic circumstances accompanying this procedure are often profoundly stressful. The evolution of consultation--liaison services on a bone marrow transplan...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Rappaport BS

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 10-item Center for the Epidemiological Studies of Depression Short Form (CES-D-10) is a widely used self-report measure of depression symptomatology. The aim of this study is to investigate the psychometric properties of the CES-D-10 in healthy community dwelling older adults. METHODS:The sample consist...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Mohebbi M,Nguyen V,McNeil JJ,Woods RL,Nelson MR,Shah RC,Storey E,Murray AM,Reid CM,Kirpach B,Wolfe R,Lockery JE,Berk M,ASPREE Investigator Group.

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Barriers to clear communication, such as culture, language, and other aspects of self-presentation may have an important impact on the doctor-patient relationship. When not addressed, cultural and linguistic issues can result in unreliable clinical histories, noncompliance with medical treatment, misinterpretation of ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Rueda-Lara MA,Buchert S,Skotzko C,Clemow LP

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence of depression among otolaryngology patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) and the outcome of treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). METHOD:Ninety patients with MUS from a population of 983 consecutive otolaryngology outpatients were enrolled....

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Goto F,Tsutsumi T,Oishi N,Mimura M

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report a case of Alzheimer's disease (AD) following mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHOD:Case report. RESULTS:We report the time course of AD following mild TBI with evidence of AD pathology. A patient complained of minor memory disturbance 6 months after TBI and was diagnosed with mild cognitive im...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Tateno A,Sakayori T,Takizawa Y,Yamamoto K,Minagawa K,Okubo Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More information is needed regarding the medical care utilization and costs of individuals who report depressed mood, persistent anxiety, brief anxiety, panic, and trouble controlling violent behavior. We present findings from a 1-year prospective follow-up study of a stratified random sample of adult HMO enrollees (N...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Hunkeler EM,Spector WD,Fireman B,Rice DP,Weisner C

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appreciation of the role of milieu in psychiatry has waxed and waned in response to various scientific, ideologic, and social pressures. In this review, historical trends in the use of environment in treatment of mental illness are integrated with social science and empirical research studies of milieu. While the insi...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Kirshner LA,Johnston L

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize temporal trends and outcomes of invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) for people with severe mental disorders (SMD) admitted due to natural causes. METHODS:We identified all 224,507 hospitalizations of patients aged 15-69 who underwent MV in Spain between 2000 and 2015, excluding poisonings an...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Martínez-Alés G,López-Cuadrado T,Olfson M,Bouza C

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of growing concern has been the phenomenon of psychoactive chemicals legally marketed as a variety of products such as "bath salts" or "herbal incense." There is little in the formal literature about actual adverse effects of such chemicals. We have two cases of a paranoid psychosis in individuals consuming methylened...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Antonowicz JL,Metzger AK,Ramanujam SL

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of physiological data displayed on Intensive Care Unit (ICU) monitors can be a valuable adjunct for the consulting psychiatrist interviewing a resistant post ingestion patient. Directing the patient's awareness to his own physiological responses at moments of repressed affect can aid in penetrating dense denial of...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Weimer SR

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Netherlands, the prescription of beta-blockers to patients older than 70 years has increased sharply in recent years. The neuropsychiatric adverse reactions associated with the use of beta-blockers are relatively uncommon and they are mostly seen with poisoning or overdose. We describe an 81-year-old man who de...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Ahmed AI,van Mierlo P,Jansen P

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minicomputer systems have been designed for researchers who have no prior computer experience and, therefore, require no computer training, that is, programming knowledge. Such systems allow immediate access to the data, their retrieval, reduction, and analysis, and the retention of direct control over the data base b...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Strain JJ,Norvell CM,Strain JJ,Mueenuddin T,Strain JW

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the case of a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome- and Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis-related mania in which olanzapine was successfully used adjunctively and transiently to antifungal therapy. ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Spiegel DR,Bayne CE,Wilcox L,Somova M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advancing medical technology presents problems to medical professionals previously unforeseen. Psychiatric consultants are frequently called upon to assist staff, patients, and families in addressing these issues. The nursing staff of an infant intensive care unit was surveyed as to their perceptions of their work and...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Brack G,LaClave LJ,Heumann KA

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Previous studies have shown higher rates of death by suicide, suicide attempts, suicidal ideation and non-suicidal self-directed violence (NS-SDV) in bariatric surgery patients. METHODS:Data came from the Toronto Bari-Psych Cohort study of adult patients who underwent bariatric surgery between 2010 and 2016....

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Wnuk S,Parvez N,Hawa R,Sockalingam S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of alcohol abuse in a general hospital inpatient population. The study population consisted of 1138 consecutive admissions to three surgical and two medical wards of the University Hospital Rotterdam during a 6-month period. According to the Munich Alcoholism Test (MA...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Smals GL,van der Mast RC,Speckens AE,Schudel WJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eating disorders like bulimia nervosa, generally considered to be rare in Asian countries, are currently on the rise among the youth, probably secondary to rapid westernization and globalization of the orient. Clinical manifestations of these disorders, which were previously thought to be different in the oriental cou...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Deb KS,Gupta R,Varshney M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Anxiety and depressive disorders are widely prevalent, but patients are only treated in a minority of cases. In this study, the explanation of receiving mental health treatment is sought in predisposing and enabling characteristics and indicators for objective and self-perceived need. METHODS:Cross-sectional...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Verhaak PF,Prins MA,Spreeuwenberg P,Draisma S,van Balkom TJ,Bensing JM,Laurant MG,van Marwijk HW,van der Meer K,Penninx BW

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichotillomania represents a syndrome of hair pulling in which patients compulsively and ritualistically pluck their hair in response to a sense of tension or urgency. This report documents a case of hair pulling associated with dementia. Neuropsychological testing demonstrated the deficits to be localized predominan...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Mittal D,O'Jile J,Kennedy R,Jimerson N

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-stroke depression is a potentially persistent complication of stroke. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for depression, but with limited data regarding safety in stroke patients. We report the case of a 30-year-old woman with a history of stroke and antiphospholipid syndrome, who became de...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Harmandayan M,Romanowicz M,Sola C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Depression is undertreated in cardiac disease. Our aim was to evaluate frequency and risk factors of psychiatric disorders in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. METHODS:This was a two-phase epidemiological approach, using screening questionnaire then gold standard structured clinical interview. A cohort of 148 pat...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Morgan JF,O'Donoghue AC,McKenna WJ,Schmidt MM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hashimoto's encephalopathy (HE), which carries kaleidoscopic clinical presentations, is easily misdiagnosed in clinical practice. Early diagnosis and prompt initiation of steroid therapy are associated with good prognosis. We describe a 50-year-old female patient who had subclinical hypothyroidism and who presented he...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Goh KK,Chiu YH,Shen WW

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate longitudinal associations of burnout with heart rate variability (HRV) in patients after their first events of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). METHODS:In total, two hundred eight patients participated in this one-year follow-up study. On the day before discharge, their personal burnout level wa...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Zhang M,Liu L,Shi Y,Yang Y,Yu X,Angerer P,Kristensen TS,Li J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Individuals with schizophrenia are more likely to develop diabetes than individuals without schizophrenia. The objective of this study was to determine the quality of diabetes care and diabetes-related health outcomes among individuals with and without schizophrenia. METHOD:We conducted a retrospective cohor...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Kurdyak P,Vigod S,Duchen R,Jacob B,Stukel T,Kiran T

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00