Neuroleptic dose and schizophrenic symptoms. A survey of prescribing practices.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the prevalence of Toxoplasma infection between the first-episode schizophrenia and the controls and to compare the clinical features between the Toxoplasma-seronegative and Toxoplasma-seropositive patients with schizophrenia. METHOD:The rate of serum reactivity to Toxoplasma in 600 schizophrenia, ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Wang HL,Wang GH,Li QY,Shu C,Jiang MS,Guo Y

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland resulted in a nationwide quarantine on March 27, 2020. This study represents the first assessment of rates of anxiety and depression in the general population of Ireland during the pandemic. AIMS:Our first aim was to estimate the probable prevalence rates of generalized anxi...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Hyland P,Shevlin M,McBride O,Murphy J,Karatzias T,Bentall RP,Martinez A,Vallières F

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：:The affect of 20 chronic schizophrenic in-patients was assessed by two psychiatrists using two rating scales. The interview recordings were reviewed three times--firstly with the auditory information only (the "audio review"), secondly with the visual information only (the "visual review") and thirdly with both (the "...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kitamura T,Kahn A,Kumar R

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumoencephalography (PEG) was carried out in 50 patients of both sexes consecutively discharged from a psychiatric department with a diagnosis of acute schizophrenia. At clinical follow-up with a mean observation time of 8 years the diagnosis was verified in 38 patients, while 12 were considered to have had a reacti...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Haug JO

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide meta-analytical evidence of bone mineral density (BMD), fractures, and osteoporosis rates in eating disorders (ED) vs. healthy controls (HCs). METHOD:Three independent authors searched major electronic databases from inception till August 2015 for cross-sectional studies reporting BMD in people wi...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Solmi M,Veronese N,Correll CU,Favaro A,Santonastaso P,Caregaro L,Vancampfort D,Luchini C,De Hert M,Stubbs B

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric illness is a significant risk factor for both attempted and completed suicide and psychotropic medications account for 80% of all drug overdoses involving prescription medications. One challenge facing clinicians is to balance the benefit of treatment against the risk of drug overdose. The aim of the prese...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Buckley NA,Dawson AH,Whyte IM,Hazell P,Meza A,Britt H

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

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：:During the premenstrual and follicular phases of the menstrual cycle, 41 women who had generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) plus premenstrual syndrome (PMS) were assessed with psychiatric rating scales and compared with 21 GAD patients without PMS and 19 controls. The latter two groups were rated only once, in the typic...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： McLeod DR,Hoehn-Saric R,Foster GV,Hipsley PA

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Lithium-neuroleptics induced encephalopathy is a rare drug interaction. Here I am reporting a patient who developed reversible encepatholopathy with lithium-risperidone combination. METHOD:A single case report. RESULT:A patient of bipolar disorder, who presented with manic symptoms with psychotic feature, s...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Boora K,Xu J,Hyatt J

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early diagnosis is important for the course of schizophrenia. AIM:To investigate whether prodromal symptoms of schizophrenia lead to increased use of primary care. METHOD:A register-based cohort study of 21 894 cases with incident schizophrenia and 437 880 matched controls. RESULTS:Cases used daytime prim...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nørgaard H,Søndergaard Pedersen H,Fenger-Grøn M,Mors O,Nordentoft M,Vestergaard M,Munk Laursen T

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the service use and costs of individuals who have a dual diagnosis of psychosis and substance abuse with those who have a diagnosis of psychosis but no substance abuse. METHOD:Patients with psychosis were identified and a representative sample were interviewed. Six-month service use was measured a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： McCrone P,Menezes PR,Johnson S,Scott H,Thornicroft G,Marshall J,Bebbington P,Kuipers E

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that depressive symptoms correlate with Alzheimer's disease (AD) type changes in CSF and structural and functional imaging including hippocampus volume, cortical thickness, white matter lesions, Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-P...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Auning E,Selnes P,Grambaite R,Šaltytė Benth J,Haram A,Løvli Stav A,Bjørnerud A,Hessen E,Hol PK,Muftuler løndalen A,Fladby T,Aarsland D

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to investigate the relationships between a model of personality based on the concept of defense mechanisms, as articulated by Vaillant, with the psychobiological model of personality, as developed by Cloninger. A total of 128 adults from 11 family pedigrees with at least two alcohol-dependent members compl...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Mulder RT,Joyce PR,Sellman JD,Sullivan PF,Cloninger CR

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study sample consisting of 51 patients suffering from acute and transient psychotic disorder (ATPD) (ICD-10) on initial examination was evaluated at 1-year follow-up. The findings show a diagnostic change in half of the patients (48%), most often to schizophrenia (15%) and affective disorder (28%). From index admiss...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Jørgensen P,Bennedsen B,Christensen J,Hyllested A

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

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

authors： Ahmed MH

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some further results on the effects of the two hypnotic drugs, nitrazepam and flurazepam monohydrochloride, on mood state are described. An automated assessment and scoring system, Computer Assisted Psychometric System (C.A.P.S.), was used to assess mood state and showed that both hypnotics had a mild euphoriant effec...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Sambrooks JE,MacCulloch MJ,Rooney JF

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demographic data, personal and familial characteristics, as well as DSM-III-R-based psychiatric diagnoses were collected in 369 adolescents and young adults aged between 15 and 29 years, referred to an Emergency Department for psychological problems. In total, 60% of them were suicide attempters. Separations before th...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Chastang F,Rioux P,Dupont I,Baranger E,Kovess V,Zarifian E

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of suicide among the nonnomadic Gypsies in three counties in Hungary revealed that they had a lower completed suicide rate but a higher attempted suicide rate than ethnic Hungarians. The rate of attempted suicide appeared to be higher in the younger, partially assimilated Gypsies as a result of the conflict be...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Zonda T,Lester D

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five different strategies were used to detect cases in which depressed behaviour occurred in both spouses within the same time period (simultaneous depression). Among 7068 references on depression in the literature, only one referred to a case of simultaneous depression. Of 8008 registered individuals hospitalized in ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Holte A,Bjoru E,Sorvig BS,Abrahamsen P

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information processing models are influenced by the information sciences and by computer technology, which progressed in the 1960s and 1970s. During the last decade these models have formed the theoretical basis for much of the experimental research on cognitive dysfunctions in psychiatric patients. An essential eleme...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Rund BR,Landrø NI

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Speech recordings were made of 16 depressed patients during depression and after clinical improvement. The recordings were analyzed using a computer program which extracts acoustic parameters from the fundamental frequency contour of the voice. The percent pause time, the standard deviation of the voice fundamental fr...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nilsonne A

更新日期：1987-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:There are hardly any randomised-controlled trials of structured family interventions for schizophrenia from India. This study attempted to evaluate the impact of a structured psychoeducational intervention for schizophrenia, compared with standard out-patient treatment, on various patient- and caregiver-relat...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kulhara P,Chakrabarti S,Avasthi A,Sharma A,Sharma S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Examinations are anecdotally viewed as extremely stressful to Singapore schoolchildren. We test this postulate by obtaining parental ratings of children's emotional stress levels longitudinally in a large representative sample of sixth (P6) and fifth (P5) class primary schoolchildren, respectively, exposed an...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Parker G,Cai Y,Tan S,Dear K,Henderson AS,Poh GT,Kwee GC

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major aim of this study was to investigate links between chronic insomnia and mental and personality disorders using the DSM-III-R classification. Of a sample of 2512 general practice attenders, 105 with a chronic insomnia complaint over a 4-month period were evaluated for mental and personality disorders. In addi...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Schramm E,Hohagen F,Käppler C,Grasshoff U,Berger M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of mental disorders in a representative sample of old people in Gothenburg, Sweden, was studied at 70, 75 and 79. The study comprised 392 subjects at 70, 302 subjects at 75 and 203 at 79. A case was defined by cut-off points on symptom and sign rating scales, and diagnoses were defined operationally as ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nilsson LV,Persson G

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven children who had received a diagnosis of elective mutism upon admission to the children's psychiatric clinic, were followed up 8--18 years later. The average age upon admission was 9 1/2 years, and at the time of follow-up, 23 years. Nine of the children came from homes with a strong familial shyness and reserv...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Wergeland H

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gender discriminating vocabulary tests administered to a consecutive series of 53 male transsexuals show different results. The Slater Selective Vocabulary Test, Cohen's factors and the Terman-Miles Attitude Interest Analysis Test (M-F) show male transsexuals to have a higher degree of feminization than normal control...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kenna JC,Hoenig J

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examine the safety and efficacy of venlafaxine monotherapy in bipolar type II (BP II) patients with major depressive episode (MDE) who were unresponsive to prior lithium monotherapy. We hypothesized that venlafaxine would be superior to lithium with a low hypomanic conversion rate. METHOD:Seventeen patien...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Amsterdam JD,Wang G,Shults J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00