Drug abuse as seen in the University Department of Psychiatry, Kaduna, Nigeria, in 1980-1984.

abstract：:Neuroleptic side-effects adversely affect clinical outcome in schizophrenic patients. Clinicians therefore require an understanding of the impact of such side-effects. This study compared psychiatrists' estimates of the prevalence of neuroleptic side-effects and associated distress with schizophrenic patients' reports...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Day JC,Kinderman P,Bentall R

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep deprivation (SD) is an antidepressant intervention with multiple administration formats that has been investigated primarily with uncontrolled clinical trials and qualitative reviews of the literature. The validity and applicability of these findings to the treatment of bipolar depression (BPD) is unce...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Gottlieb JF,Goel N,Chen S,Young MA

更新日期：2020-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Aiming at promoting young people's mental health and reducing stigma towards people with schizophrenia, project weeks were carried out with secondary school students aged 14-18 years (n=90). Key to the project week is meeting a (young) person with schizophrenia. METHOD:Students' attitudes and behavioural int...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Schulze B,Richter-Werling M,Matschinger H,Angermeyer MC

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the capacity of several thyroid-axis measures to distinguish between depressed and control subjects and determined whether these variables were related to antidepressant treatment response. We studied 105 subjects who fulfilled the DSM-III-R criteria for a current major depressive episode and 41 volunt...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Sullivan PF,Wilson DA,Mulder RT,Joyce PR

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) was administered to 54 adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa. Scores were compared with those of matched groups of normal and of nonanorectic adolescents referred for assessment to an adolescent psychiatric unit. Significant differences between the 3 groups were demonstrated w...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Russell JD,Kopec-Schrader E,Rey JM,Beumont PJ

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum levels of total L-tryptophan (L-TP) were determined before and during treatment in patients suffering from endogenous depression, who were treated with L-TP, 6 g daily, and unilateral electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The gaussian curve of initial L-TP concentrations changed into a bimodal distribution during tre...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： d'Elia G,Lehmann J,Raotma H

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale (CPRS) a subscale for depression has been derived in the course of a study of depression in which 209 patients took part. The subscale presented in this article comprises 28 items from the original pool and two additional items constructed later. The scale has a h...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Perris C,Eisemann M,von Knorring L,Perris H

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We set forth to build a prediction model of individuals who would develop bipolar disorder (BD) using machine learning techniques in a large birth cohort. METHODS:A total of 3748 subjects were studied at birth, 11, 15, 18, and 22 years of age in a community birth cohort. We used the elastic net algorithm wit...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Rabelo-da-Ponte FD,Feiten JG,Mwangi B,Barros FC,Wehrmeister FC,Menezes AM,Kapczinski F,Passos IC,Kunz M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies that measured cytokine and chemokine levels in individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) compared to healthy controls (HCs). METHOD:The PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsycINFO databases were searched up until May 30, 2016. Effect sizes were esti...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Köhler CA,Freitas TH,Maes M,de Andrade NQ,Liu CS,Fernandes BS,Stubbs B,Solmi M,Veronese N,Herrmann N,Raison CL,Miller BJ,Lanctôt KL,Carvalho AF

更新日期：2017-05-01 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 test the hypothesis that not only intrafamiliar childhood abuses inflicted to the patient, but also major losses or other severe life events suffered by the mother within 2 years of patient's birth, are risk factors for the development of dissociative disorders (DDs). METHOD:A multicentric case-control st...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Pasquini P,Liotti G,Mazzotti E,Fassone G,Picardi A,Italian Group for the Study of Dissociation.

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-five DSM-III-diagnosed schizophrenics and 37 normal and age-matched controls were examined using an oddball paradigm for the generation of P300 and smooth eye-pursuit tasks. Results were compared between groups and related to clinical characteristics, including a family history of psychiatric illness. Group dif...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Ebmeier KP,Potter DD,Cochrane RH,Mackenzie AR,MacAllister H,Besson JA,Salzen EA

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pipamperone was compared double-blindly with placebo to evaluate its capacity to relieve sleep disorders in 40 depressive inpatients. At the end of the 1-week trial, most of the items relating to sleep disturbances had improved significantly in the 24 patients of the pipamperone group whereas only a few items showed s...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Ansoms C,Backer-Dierick GD,Vereecken JL

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of organic brain syndrome occurring in relation to psychological stress 2 years after a severe head injury is described. Treatment with haloperidol resulted only in slight improvement. A dramatic improvement was achieved with carbamazepine. ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Bouvy PF,van de Wetering BJ,Meerwaldt JD,Bruijn JB

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study comprises a retrospective evaluation of the case records of 49 first-admission patients with acute reactive paranoid psychosis and of the subsequent follow-up almost 10 years later, with special reference to clinical and social course and outcome. Ten of the 41 followed-up patients were diagnosed schizophren...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Jørgensen P

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen consecutive case records of inpatients at a child psychiatric department with the diagnosis anorexia nervosa (AN) (DSM-III-R) were investigated to describe the family interaction pattern. To evaluate the families, the information from the case records was supplemented by interviews of the therapists and final...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Røijen S

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parental bonding patterns were studied in 52 female Japanese eating disorder outpatients with and without histories of sexual or physical abuse and with dissociation. Instruments included the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI), the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) and the Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule (...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Berger D,Ono Y,Saito S,Tezuka I,Takahashi Y,Uno M,Ishikawa Y,Kuboki T,Asai M,Suematsu H

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In one of the hypotheses on the causes of schizophrenia it is proposed that viruses may play a role in the etiology and pathogenesis of at least some forms of schizophrenia. In our study, 30 healthy adults and 30 schizophrenic patients were investigated for humoral and cellular immunity against herpes simplex virus (H...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Schindler L,Leroux M,Beck J,Moises HW,Kirchner H

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:109 killers, 38 nonviolent offenders and 54 community controls were compared on psychiatric diagnosis, the MMPI, Cattell 16 PF, IQ and clinical neurological results. Killers did not differ from nonviolent offenders on diagnosis or personality in general. Only higher MMPI Hysteria scale scores differentiated the killer...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Langevin R,Paitich D,Orchard B,Handy L,Russon A

更新日期：1982-09-01 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：:A total of 289 Greenlanders admitted for the first time to a mental hospital from 1980 to 1983, were followed for 7 years. Thirty-seven patients, 24 men and 13 women, were diagnosed with schizophrenia at least once during the follow-up period. The annual first admission rate per 100,000 was 41 for men and 23 for women...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lynge I,Jacobsen J

更新日期：1995-06-01 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：:In this paper an account is given of the effect of single-night sleep deprivation (SD) therapy in 124 depressive patients of different diagnostic groups. Phasic depressives showed a marked improvement after treatment by sleep deprivation. Because these improvements were often of short duration, we repeated the treatme...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Pflug B

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of Schneiderian first-rank symptoms (FRS) in 294 consecutive admissions to a research unit was evaluated with reference to their diagnostic distribution (SADS/RDC). Thirty-five of 58 patients with schizophrenia had FRS, as compared to nine of 190 patients with major depressive disorder. All patients wit...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Tandon R,Greden JF

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined the co-occurrence of anxiety/mood and personality disorders (PDs) in substance abusers, the impact of anxiety/ mood disorders on the symptom profiles of PDs, and the impact of anxiety/mood disorders and PDs on pre-treatment status. METHOD:Current anxiety/mood disorders and PDs and pre-tre...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Verheul R,Kranzler HR,Poling J,Tennen H,Ball S,Rounsaville BJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Exploration of academic and creative potentials of first-degree relatives of hospital-treated psychotic patients in Iceland. METHOD:Relatives identified in a previously published family study of psychosis are evaluated, using records available at the National Archives and National Library in Reykjavik. Perfo...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Karlsson JL

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The impact of religious/spiritual activities on clinical outcomes in patients with serious mental illnesses remains controversial, which was addressed in this international cross-sectional study. METHOD:Three-hundred sixty-nine subjects were recruited from Austria (n = 189) and Japan (n = 180), consisting of...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Mizuno Y,Hofer A,Frajo-Apor B,Wartelsteiner F,Kemmler G,Pardeller S,Suzuki T,Mimura M,Fleischhacker WW,Uchida H

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increased death rate has been found in patients treated in hospital for neurosis but the reasons for this are not known. A case note study is described in which 37 patients who were treated in hospital for neurosis and subsequently died are compared with a cross-matched sample of treated neurotics who were alive at...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Sims AC,Rudge BJ

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The neurodevelopmental hypothesis of psychosis suggests that disrupted white matter (WM) maturation underlies disease onset. In this longitudinal study, we investigated WM connectivity and compared WM changes between individuals at ultra-high-risk for psychosis (UHR) and healthy controls (HCs). METHOD:Thirty...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Krakauer K,Nordentoft M,Glenthøj BY,Raghava JM,Nordholm D,Randers L,Glenthøj LB,Ebdrup BH,Rostrup E

更新日期：2018-01-01 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