Unit-specific variation in occupational stress across a general hospital.

abstract：:The relationships specified in DSM-III between somatization disorder and depression, and somatization disorder and hypochondriasis require further validation and easier methods of detection for use by primary care physicians. The authors investigated hypochondriacal and depressive symptoms in 13 family practice outpat...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Oxman TE,Barrett J

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outpatient consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry has been beset with problems concerning funding and patient acceptance. Though the consultation, liaison, and referral clinic models for outpatient C-L psychiatry each offer advantages, they have not conquered these fundamental problems. This paper introduces the multid...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Sullivan MD

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article reviews all available literature concerning the implications of Type D personality (the conjoint effects of negative affectivity and social inhibition) among patients with noncardiovascular conditions. METHODS:Published papers were included if they studied Type D personality among noncardiovascu...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Mols F,Denollet J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the most prevalent long-term psychiatric diagnoses among survivors of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to identify the predictors of chronic PTSD in SARS survivors. DESIGN:PTSD at 30 months after the SARS ou...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Mak IW,Chu CM,Pan PC,Yiu MG,Ho SC,Chan VL

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although breast cancer patients' depression changes over time, most longitudinal studies have assessed the influence of only baseline depression on quality of life (QoL). Therefore, this study investigated the influence of changes in depression status on QoL in the year after surgery. METHODS:Participants we...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Kim SY,Kim SW,Shin IS,Park MH,Yoon JH,Yoon JS,Kim JM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the US national level healthcare utilization patterns of patients with commercial insurance plans before and after a psychiatric hospitalization admitted through the emergency department (ED) using insurance claims data. METHOD:We identified 34,250 patients from multiple commercial health ins...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Xi W,Banerjee S,Penfold RB,Simon GE,Alexopoulos GS,Pathak J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Special observation (the allocation of nurses to watch over nominated patients) is a method of preventing patients harming themselves. This study assessed the relationship between constant special observation (keeping a patient within eyesight or reach) and rates of self-harm on acute psychiatric wards. METH...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Stewart D,Bowers L,Warburton F

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the association between panic disorder (PD), physician-diagnosed cardiac disease (CD), and the interaction of these variables in relation to health care utilization, as measured by emergency department (ED) visitations, in an epidemiologic sample. METHODS:Subjects were identified from the Nationa...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Korczak DJ,Goldstein BI,Levitt AJ

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychiatric presentation of advanced neurosyphilis is well documented, yet there is no set protocol to treat these occurrences. This report indexes a 61-year-old African-American male with no known psychiatric history but with a pertinent medical history of neurosyphilis (non-human immunodeficiency virus). He deve...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Spiegel DR,Qureshi N

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a population study on the prevalence of psychopathology, users of "Over-The-Counter" Psychotropics (OTC-Ps) were studied. First, their mental health profile was examined by a number of subjective and objective assessments. Second, the medical consumption of the users was studied with special attention to th...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： van Rijswijk E,van de Lisdonk EH,Zitman FG

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article illustrates how a mandatory consult procedure identified treatable psychiatric problems. Using a computerized data-based format, 372 (37.4%) patients (the "judgment" group) of 996 psychiatric consultations were identified as referred to assess the patient's capacity to execute a consent form for a medical...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Strain JJ,Taintor Z,Gise LH,Spikes J

更新日期：1985-07-01 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：:This study documents the effect of an untimely death on a group of patients in a psychiatric inpatient unit. The large community meeting was used as a forum to characterize unique bereavement patterns in a subgroup of schizophrenic patients. Nonschizophrenic patients tended to reach out to obtain comfort and support, ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Trappler B,Friedman S

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is a common disorder in the primary care setting; it is associated with considerable distress and dysfunction. The management of depressed primary care patients can be complicated by the fact that these patients may lack insight into the cause of their symptoms and report only the somatic manifestations of ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Brody DS,Thompson TL 2nd,Larson DB,Ford DE,Katon WJ,Magruder KM

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factitious disorder by proxy (FDP) is a form of abuse in which a caregiver surreptitiously simulates or induces illnesses in a person for whom he or she cares. Typically, a mother is the perpetrator and at least one of her children is victimized. FDP has a high morbidity and mortality rate, and a knowledgeable health ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Ostfeld BM,Feldman MD

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors explore the difficulties present in the capacity evaluation of patients with strong religious beliefs. The article reviews the legal protection for treatment refusal on religious grounds as well as psychiatry's approach to religion. Clinical cases encountered in an urban hospital are presented to highlight...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Waldfogel S,Meadows S

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a schizophrenic man whose lack of pain and related objective signs of a perforated small bowel led to a delay in diagnosis and surgical intervention. A review of the literature suggests that both psychodynamic and specific biologic factors can produce atypical presentations in psychotic patients with illne...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Rosenthal SH,Porter KA,Coffey B

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:History of prolonged traumatization has been associated with reduced quality of life (QoL) and difficulties in coping with major life-threatening conditions. We assessed the association between the impact of Holocaust experience (posttraumatic symptoms) and QoL of patients before and after an open heart surge...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Schreiber S,Soskolne V,Kozohovitch H,Deviri E

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective was to assess the association between asthma and depressive symptoms (DS) and to evaluate the relationship between DS and risk factors [smoking, physical inactivity, body mass index (BMI) and sleep duration] in asthmatic individuals. METHODS:We analyzed data from the Israeli National Health Int...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Goral A,Lipsitz JD,Muhsen K,Gross R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated pediatrician-reported practices in identifying, assessing, and treating traumatic exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children. METHOD:Focus groups guided the development of a survey that was mailed to primary care pediatricians in Massachusetts in 2005. Descriptive s...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Banh MK,Saxe G,Mangione T,Horton NJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with an acute organic brain syndrome and accompanying neurological symptoms are described. Extensive work up showed that both patients suffered from small-cell lung cancer. Cerebral metastases were absent. Following chemotherapy and radiotherapy to the primary tumor one of the two patients showed a comple...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： den Hollander AM,van Hulst AM,Meerwaldt JD,Haasjes JG

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral loading with the delayed release formulation of divalproex sodium is widely used for the treatment of patients with acute mania and produces rapid attainment of therapeutic serum levels. Recently, an extended release formulation of divalproex sodium (divalproex ER) was approved for treatment of migraine...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Miller BP,Perry W,Moutier CY,Robinson SK,Feifel D

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seclusion room is an integral component of hospital psychiatry. This study prospectively surveyed 50 patients shortly after each was released from an isolation room in a voluntary general hospital psychiatric unit. Fifty-eight percent of the sample were diagnosed with mood disorders. Previous studies found general...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Mann LS,Wise TN,Shay L

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Losing an infant or fetus late in pregnancy, during birth or in the first year of life is a potentially traumatic event for parents. However, little is known about the factors contributing to chronic posttraumatic stress reactions in this population. The present study examined chronic posttraumatic stress dis...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Christiansen DM,Elklit A,Olff M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug abuse is a prevalent problem in society and often occurs as abuse of multiple substances. The authors present a model for understanding the clinical symptomatology and course of substance-induced organic mental disorders and present a hypothesis that explains how various factors might interact to produce the diso...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Kulick AR,Ahmed I

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) are at risk for inadequate general medical and preventive care, but little is known about their visits for primary care. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of primary care physician visits from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) 1993-1998 and compared ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Daumit GL,Pratt LA,Crum RM,Powe NR,Ford DE

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ventral striatum has been assigned a major role in addictive behavior. In addition, clinical lesion studies have described involvement of the insula and globus pallidus. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of alleviation of alcohol and nicotine addiction after a cerebrovascular incident in the d...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Muskens JB,Schellekens AF,de Leeuw FE,Tendolkar I,Hepark S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interviews with patients and staff of the New York Hospital Burn Unit in which they discuss their reactions to a variety of unit milieu stresses were videotaped. These were then edited together and played back at staff conference. This intervention increased staff awareness of unit stresses, facilitated discussion abo...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Pauker SL

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：:Systematic assessment of the effect of clinical research studies on child and parent participants has been limited. Such assessment could provide an empirical basis for the ethical conduct of research, assisting investigators and institutional review boards in balancing the need for sound research with the need to pro...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Kassam-Adams N,Newman E

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00