Predictors of the outcome of disability pension for alcohol abusers.

Abstract:

:A multi-variate multiple regression analysis was carried out to screen the crucial characteristics of alcohol abusers immediately prior to pension in order to indicate their subsequent trends. Stepwise multiple regression analyses were performed in the younger and older subgroups, as well as in 56 first-time pension applicants, in a region of the county of Ostergötland in Sweden. In the analyses, changes, over a 2-year interval, of composite scores on overall well-being, psychiatric status, need satisfaction and intellectual capacity, together with changes in alcohol consumption and gamma-GT-value, functioned as dependent variables. Eighty-five parameters of the abusers' quality of life at pension served as independent variables. The features that were seen, in various constellations, to be significantly related to non-improvement rather than to improvement were: an abrupt change-over from a previously active life, longer education, middle age, tendencies to passivity and to social confinement, worse observed psychiatric status in contrast to less bad reported status, relatively better self-rated well-being, remaining intellectual resources, black-outs, a lower current alcohol consumption, lower gamma-GT, S-NAP, S-ALAT- and S-protein-values together with more elevated P-IgA, P-ALP-, S-creatinine- and S-Ca-corrected values. The results are discussed with reference to their general applicability, plausible mechanisms in a pension situation, previously launched hypotheses, and the methodological limitations of the study. It is concluded that a literal application of the results in practice must be made with caution.

journal_name

Acta Psychiatr Scand

authors

Hörnquist JO,Elton M,Ostlund R

doi

10.1111/j.1600-0447.1983.tb00951.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1983-12-01 00:00:00

pages

426-36

issue

6

eissn

0001-690X

issn

1600-0447

journal_volume

68

pub_type

杂志文章
  • Suicide, homicide and the quality of life in various countries.

    abstract::Based on the theory of Henry & Short, it was predicted that suicide rates should be higher and homicide rates lower in countries where the quality of life is better. In 1980, for a sample of 43 countries, this prediction was confirmed for some components of the quality of life (psychological well-being) but not for ot...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1990.tb05459.x

    authors: Lester D

    更新日期:1990-04-01 00:00:00

  • Delirium tremens. Some clinical features. Part I.

    abstract::Twenty patients with delirium tremens and related states were investigated from the time of admission until the acute state was over. Using strict diagnostic criteria the material was divided into two groups according to the severity of the clinical condition; nine patients had fully developed delirium tremens (grade ...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1979.tb00550.x

    authors: Kramp P,Hemmingsen R

    更新日期:1979-11-01 00:00:00

  • Cannabis-induced psychosis: a cross-sectional comparison with acute schizophrenia.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:The existence of cannabis-induced psychosis (CP) remains controversial, partly because of methodological problems. We hypothesize that acute schizophrenia (AS) and CP can have distinct demographic, premorbid and clinical features. METHOD:We compared 26 patients with CP to 35 with AS, after their cannabis-con...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1034/j.1600-0447.2002.1o079.x

    authors: Núñez LA,Gurpegui M

    更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00

  • First admission with puerperal psychosis: 7-14 years of follow-up.

    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

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1995.tb09761.x

    authors: Videbech P,Gouliaev G

    更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00

  • Psychosexual problems in male childhood malignancy survivors.

    abstract::We studied the development of psychosexuality and object relationships in 58 young males who had survived malignancies in childhood. Using a psychodynamically oriented, semistructured psychiatric interview, we formed 13 criteria for comparisons between patients over and under 18 years of age. Of these 13 criteria, 12 ...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1992.tb01459.x

    authors: Ropponen P,Siimes MA,Rautonen J,Aalberg V

    更新日期:1992-02-01 00:00:00

  • Pathways to care: help seeking behaviour in first episode psychosis.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine the number of attempts it took before patients with a first episode of psychosis received adequate help, the signs or symptoms that led them to seek help and the people from whom they attempted to seek help. METHOD:Subjects were 86 individuals with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder, mainly schiz...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1034/j.1600-0447.2002.02004.x

    authors: Addington J,Van Mastrigt S,Hutchinson J,Addington D

    更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00

  • Chinese diagnostic interview schedule. II. A validity study on estimation of lifetime prevalence.

    abstract::The validity of DIS-CM (Chinese modified version of Diagnostic Interview Schedule) was examined by analyzing lifetime prevalence of each age group, age at onset, and recency of illness. The magnitude of the discrepancy between the empirical and the estimated data was adopted as the criterion of the degree of deviation...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1986.tb02695.x

    authors: Hwu HG,Yeh EK,Chang LY,Yeh YL

    更新日期:1986-04-01 00:00:00

  • Risk of psychiatric diagnoses in children and adolescents of parents with torture trauma and war trauma.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:Evidence point to intergenerational effects of trauma in refugee populations. This study estimates the risk of psychiatric diagnoses in children of severely traumatized refugees. The unique clinical sample consisted of refugee parents treated for torture trauma and war trauma, and outcomes were investigated u...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/acps.13203

    authors: Bager L,Agerbo E,Skipper N,Høgh Thøgersen M,Laursen TM

    更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00

  • Corticotropin, cortisol and beta-endorphin responses to the human corticotropin-releasing hormone during melancholia and after unilateral electroconvulsive therapy.

    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

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1990.tb03053.x

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

    更新日期:1990-09-01 00:00:00

  • Deep brain stimulation for treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder: psychopathological and neuropsychological outcome in three cases.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:Investigation of deep brain stimulation (DBS) as a last-resort treatment alternative to capsulotomy in treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). METHOD:Prospective single-case based design with evaluation of DBS impact on emotions, behaviour, personality traits and executive function in three...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Gabriëls L,Cosyns P,Nuttin B,Demeulemeester H,Gybels J

    更新日期:2003-04-01 00:00:00

  • Characteristics of HIV patients who attempt suicide.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To examine the risk factors for suicidal behaviour in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients. METHOD:HIV substance dependent positive patients who had attempted suicide were compared with HIV substance dependent positive patients who had never attempted suicide for suicide risk factors. RESULT...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.02033.x

    authors: Roy A

    更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00

  • Perceptual defense and vulnerability to postpartum depression.

    abstract::The objective was to assess the relationship between vulnerability to postpartum depression and perceptual defense evoked by tachistoscopic stimuli alluding to perinatal themes in pregnant women. Tachistoscopic stimuli have been shown to produce different thresholds of conscious identification according to their emoti...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1994.tb01624.x

    authors: Borgeat F,David H,Saucier JF,Dumont M

    更新日期:1994-12-01 00:00:00

  • Increased right amygdala volume in lithium-treated patients with bipolar I disorder.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:The amygdala plays a major role in processing emotional stimuli. Fourteen studies using structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have examined the amygdala volume in paediatric and adult patients with bipolar disorder (BD) compared with healthy controls (HC) and reported inconsistent findings. Lithium has ...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01428.x

    authors: Usher J,Menzel P,Schneider-Axmann T,Kemmer C,Reith W,Falkai P,Gruber O,Scherk H

    更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00

  • Studies of cellular immunity, serum interferon titers, and natural killer cell activity in schizophrenic patients.

    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

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1986.tb02739.x

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

    更新日期:1986-06-01 00:00:00

  • A polydiagnostic scale for dimensional classification of endogenous depression. Derivation and validation.

    abstract::Several operational diagnoses (OPD) for endogenous depression have been proposed. However--though aiming at similar clinical concepts--the amount of association and agreement between different OPD is rather low. In this study the relationship between eight OPD (Research Diagnostic Criteria, DSM-III, Michigan Discrimin...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1986.tb10599.x

    authors: Maier W,Philipp M

    更新日期:1986-08-01 00:00:00

  • Personality in unipolar and bipolar manic-malancholic patients.

    abstract::By use of standardized case-recording criteria (MULTI-CLAD) manic-melancholic patients were classified as unipolar (n = 13) and bipolar (n = 23). Personality patterns are evaluated when patients were in neutral mood (defined by low symptom rating scale scores). Results showed that the similarities in the personality p...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1980.tb00612.x

    authors: Bech P,Shapiro RW,Sihm F,Nielsen BM,Sørensen B,Rafaelsen OJ

    更新日期:1980-09-01 00:00:00

  • Leucocyte arylsulphatase A activity and subtypes of chronic schizophrenia.

    abstract::Previous studies have suggested that arylsulphatase A (ASA - the biochemical marker of metachromatic leucodystrophy) deficiency may be present in a sizeable proportion of patients with chronic psychosis. This study surveyed leucocyte ASA activity in a group of chronic psychotic patients and compared ASA activity in 3 ...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1990.tb01355.x

    authors: Heavey AM,Philpot MP,Fensom AH,Jackson M,Crammer JL

    更新日期:1990-07-01 00:00:00

  • General psychopathology is more important for executive functioning than diagnosis.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:Impaired executive functioning (EF) has often been reported in patients with major depression or schizophrenia. We hypothesize that the variance in EF is more affected by level of general psychopathology than by diagnosis. METHOD:Forty-three patients with major depression and 47 with schizophrenia were inclu...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.2004.00389.x

    authors: Stordal KI,Mykletun A,Asbjørnsen A,Egeland J,Landrø NI,Roness A,Rund BR,Sundet KS,Lundervold AJ,Lund A

    更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00

  • Reliability of an Italian standardized and expanded Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS 4.0) in raters with high vs. low clinical experience.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:The aims of this study were (i) to assess the inter-rater reliability of the latest Italian expanded 24-item version of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, BPRS version 4.0 and (ii) to assess the feasibility of obtaining reliable BPRS 4.0 ratings by reliability training of clinically less experienced trainees...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb10850.x

    authors: Roncone R,Ventura J,Impallomeni M,Falloon IR,Morosini PL,Chiaravalle E,Casacchia M

    更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00

  • The prevalence of schizophrenia in mainland China: evidence from epidemiological surveys.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder. Its prevalence appears inconsistent in different regions of China; thus, we conducted this meta-analysis to estimate the prevalence of schizophrenia in mainland China. METHOD:Studies on the prevalence of schizophrenia in mainland China were identified from electroni...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析

    doi:10.1111/acps.12296

    authors: Long J,Huang G,Liang W,Liang B,Chen Q,Xie J,Jiang J,Su L

    更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00

  • Age, period and cohort effects on suicide rates in Australia, 1919-1999.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To examine age, period and cohort effects on Australian suicide rates. METHOD:Male suicide rates for successive 5-year periods between 1919 and 1998, and for 1999 were displayed graphically to examine interactions between age, period and cohort effects. RESULTS:There has been a pronounced period effect on m...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1034/j.1600-0447.2002.1193.x

    authors: Snowdon J,Hunt GE

    更新日期:2002-04-01 00:00:00

  • Suicide as a crime in the UK: legal history, international comparisons and present implications.

    abstract::Suicide was a crime in England and Wales until 1961. This paper compares the English legal treatment of suicide with that in other Western countries. The delayed English decriminalization of suicide is a likely result of the nature of English common law, rather than a reflection of actual public opinion and medico-leg...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb09857.x

    authors: Neeleman J

    更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00

  • Health care costs of therapy-refractory schizophrenic patients treated with clozapine: a study in a community psychiatric service in Italy.

    abstract::This study evaluates the utilization of clozapine in the treatment of therapy-refractory schizophrenia in terms both of patterns of care and of health care costs in a community psychiatric service in Italy. Data covering the year prior to commencing clozapine and the year following the initiation of the therapy were c...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb07225.x

    authors: Percudani M,Fattore G,Galletta J,Mita PL,Contini A,Altamura AC

    更新日期:1999-04-01 00:00:00

  • Brain density in depression: methodological and psychopathological aspects.

    abstract::The relationship between brain density, measured by computerized tomography (CT), and severity of depression was investigated in 44 patients with a major depressive episode according to DSM-III. In order to limit methodological problems, correlations between both the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) and the Bech-...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb06392.x

    authors: Schlegel S

    更新日期:1988-11-01 00:00:00

  • The development of the Self-Rating Inventory for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

    abstract::In this study a newly developed Self-rating Inventory for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is presented. The instrument consists of 47 items, reflecting DSM-III-R criteria, associated features and items corresponding to the disorder of extreme stress not otherwise specified. All items are phrased in a trauma-indep...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1994.tb01574.x

    authors: Hovens JE,van der Ploeg HM,Bramsen I,Klaarenbeek MT,Schreuder JN,Rivero VV

    更新日期:1994-09-01 00:00:00

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

    abstract::367 new cases of drug abuse and related cases were admitted to the teaching hospital within the study period. These cases comprised approximately 11% of all new admissions during the period. 80% were between 15 and 30 years, and 76% of them were single. People in this age group tend to abuse cannabis and amphetamine m...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1986.tb06234.x

    authors: Ahmed MH

    更新日期:1986-07-01 00:00:00

  • Prejudice and schizophrenia: a review of the 'mental illness is an illness like any other' approach.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:Many anti-stigma programmes use the 'mental illness is an illness like any other' approach. This review evaluates the effectiveness of this approach in relation to schizophrenia. METHOD:The academic literature was searched, via PsycINFO and MEDLINE, to identify peer-reviewed studies addressing whether public...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.2006.00824.x

    authors: Read J,Haslam N,Sayce L,Davies E

    更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00

  • Gender differences in unipolar depression: an update of epidemiological findings and possible explanations.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To give an update on epidemiological findings on sex differences in the prevalence of unipolar depression and putative risk factors. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Systematic review of the literature. RESULTS:Recent epidemiological research yields additional evidence for a female preponderance in unipolar depression,...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.00204.x

    authors: Kuehner C

    更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00

  • Prospective investigations of the prodromal state of schizophrenia: review of studies.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:The paper presents a comprehensive overview of prospective studies monitoring or intervening in the pre-onset phase of first episode psychosis. METHOD:A systematic literature search was conducted and supplemented by a manual search. All relevant studies were ordered and intensively reviewed according to spec...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.2005.00697.x

    authors: Olsen KA,Rosenbaum B

    更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00

  • Persistent social dysfunction in anxious and depressed patients with personality disorder.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine the long-term social function of psychiatric patients with anxiety and depressive disorders and to relate this to personality status and other factors. METHOD:A cohort of 210 patients (mean age 35 years) with dysthymic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder or panic disorder diagnosed using a st...

    journal_title:Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1046/j.1600-0447.2003.00241.x

    authors: Seivewright H,Tyrer P,Johnson T

    更新日期:2004-02-01 00:00:00