Suicidal behaviour in major depressive illness.

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: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: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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the methodological value of studies that signaled one or more selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) as teratogenic agents. METHOD:Medical literature, published in English (1980-November 2010), was searched using MEDLINE/PubMed, TOXNET, EMBASE, and The Cochrane Library to identify all arti...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Gentile S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:While findings are contradictory, many studies report that long Duration of Untreated Psychosis (DUP) correlates with poorer outcome in first episode psychosis. In an outcome study of first-episode psychosis, we compared the patients who refused to participate in a follow-along with those who consented to est...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Friis S,Melle I,Larsen TK,Haahr U,Johannessen JO,Simonsen E,Opjordsmoen S,Vaglum P,McGlashan TH

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence from follow-up studies concerned with the mortality of epilepsy suggests the suicide rate is increased. The risk of suicide seems to be higher from temporal lobe epilepsy, for epilepsy with a greater degree of handicap and in the early years of the condition. ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Barraclough BM

更新日期：1987-10-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between physical and mental disorders and the separate and joint effect of physical and mental disorders on work-loss. METHOD:Data was derived from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study. This was a general population study in which 7076 adults, aged between 18 an...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Buist-Bouwman MA,de Graaf R,Vollebergh WA,Ormel J

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays a crucial role in modulating resilience and vulnerability to stress. The aim of this study was to investigate whether epigenetic regulation of the BDNF gene is a biomarker of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) development among veterans exposed to combat in th...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kim TY,Kim SJ,Chung HG,Choi JH,Kim SH,Kang JI

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This paper presents a case of chronic mania and reviews the diagnosis with respect to its definition and utility. METHOD:A case of chronic mania is described. RESULTS:Unremitting mania poses a diagnostic and management challenge. CONCLUSION:Persistent mania of this duration is rare, but a diagnosis of chro...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Malhi GS,Mitchell PB,Parker GB

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to test the hypothesis of "schizophrenic spectrum" disorders. The families of 60 process schizophrenics were systematically interviewed with structured interview forms, and evaluated for psychiatric illness according to strict diagnostic criteria. The interviewed persons were then separa...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Fowler RC,Tsuang MT,Cadoret RJ,Monnelly E

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathophysiology behind the abnormalities of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal cortex axis found in patients with major depressive disorder was studied by the use of the vasopressin test. The response of plasma adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and cortisol to the injection of 10 IU lysine-vasopressin (LVP) was investiga...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Akner G,Ljunggren JG,Kjellman BF,Undén F,Wetterberg L

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between patients with acute major depression and chronic affective disorders was investigated in 298 nonpsychotic outpatients. The patients were categorized into 4 groups: major depression only, major depression with dysthymic or cyclothymic disorders, dysthymic or cyclothymic disorder without major d...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Alnaes R,Torgersen S

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-two per cent of the MMPI CODES OF 60 ALCOHOLICS IN THE Link Society and institutional groups of the present study were classified according to a mixed typological-dimensional model. The study applied reciprocal two-digit high-point codes and also five different spiked codes and two different codes which includ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kristianson P

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and the safety of moclobemide (400-600 mg/day), a reversible and selective inhibitor of monoamine oxidase-A (RIMA) and of clomipramine (100-150 mg/day) were compared respectively in 98 and 93 nonmelancholic, nonpsychotic out-patients with a DSM-III major depressive episode over 6 weeks and up to 3 months,...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lecrubier Y,Pedarriosse AM,Payan C,Schmid-Burgk W,Stabl M

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevailing theory that normal intelligence and mild mental retardation are determined by multiple additive genes is critically reviewed in the light of findings from recent population studies. Discrepancies between theoretical concepts and reported data are noted, particularly those concerning frequency of mild me...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Akesson HO

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research in neuroendocrinology has evidenced that hyperactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) depends on hypersecretion of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH). The aim of this study was to investigate the activity of HPA before and after recovery in depressed patients treated with electro...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Dored G,Stefansson S,d'Elia G,Kågedal B,Karlberg E,Ekman R

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal glucose tolerance is often found in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN). We attempted to evaluate pancreatic B-cell functioning after intravenous glucagon administration. Fourteen patients with the restricting type of AN (percentage of ideal body weight 71.5 +/- 1.6%, mean +/- SE) and 6 patients with the buli...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kobayashi N,Tamai H,Takii M,Matsubayashi S,Nakagawa T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a prospective study of 150 consecutive outpatients who were either married or divorced. Marriage custom in Saudi Arabia is unique to the culture of that country and several different kinds of marriage are identified: arranged marriage of cousins; marriage of a couple who have not met before consummation; marri...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Chaleby K

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lithium is the primary treatment for manic-depressive illness. The mechanism of action of lithium and its endocrine effects remain unclear. Therefore, the hormone responses to sequential stimuli, namely arginine, TRH, and LHRH, were studied in eight patients with major depression before and during treatment with lithi...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Joffe RT,Post RM,Ballenger JC,Rebar R,Gold PW

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred people with autistic disorder (DSM-III-R) without a known cause who comprised a total population of children with autism were compared with "autistic-like" children, Asperger syndrome and age-matched comparison children from the general population and were examined with regard to month of birth. There was ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Gillberg C

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional linkage between platelet MAO activity and psychopathology was explored by analyzing temperamental correlates in 40 male subjects by means of scales from the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), the Zuckerman Sensation Seeking Inventory, and the Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP). Linear correlat...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Schalling D,Asberg M,Edman G,Oreland L

更新日期：1987-08-01 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：: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：:A prospective study was carried out on 30 patients suffering from a psychotic episode following a stressful life event. They were found to have an Emotional, Timid, Sensitive, Tense and Insecure personality. Sleep disturbance, Affective symptoms, Histrionic behaviour and Excitement were the common clinical features. S...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Pandurangi AK,Kapur RL

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate women who had first-episode psychosis within 1 year after parturition. The Danish Psychiatric Central Register and the Danish Medical Birth Register were linked to identify all women admitted for the first time to a psychiatric department in Arhus County with a psychotic episod...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Videbech P,Gouliaev G

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Describe potential cardiac complications of low-dose quetiapine and other atypical antipsychotic drugs. METHOD:We present a case report of a 45-year-old Black woman with multiple medical and psychiatric problems taking low-dose quetiapine. RESULTS:Coincident with a generalized seizure, the patient developed...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Vieweg WV,Schneider RK,Wood MA

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the accuracy of translation and to test the validity of the Greek version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). In the translation study, the English and the Greek versions of the GHQ were administered to a sample of 50 bilingual respondents. The internal consistency, item...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Garyfallos G,Karastergiou A,Adamopoulou A,Moutzoukis C,Alagiozidou E,Mala D,Garyfallos A

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00