Dietary vitamin B12 deficiency in a patient with multiple sclerosis.

abstract：:Cocaine use is an under-recognized risk factor of antipsychotic-induced acute dystonia. A case of a patient with psychotic illness and concurrent cocaine use developing acute dystonia with ziprasidone is described. ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Duggal HS

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delusional disorder is an uncommon psychotic disorder. The first-line treatments for this chronic and resistant condition are antipsychotic medications, usually associated with several side effects that can exacerbate poor adherence. Conversely, aripiprazole is a well-tolerated antipsychotic drug that is eff...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Miola A,Salvati B,Sambataro F,Toffanin T

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to examine the extent of health care utilisation (excluding costs) of diabetic patients with and without depressive symptoms attending a specialist clinic in Singapore. METHODS:A total of 537 Asian outpatients (aged 21 years and above) who were attending a Diabetes Centre were...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Subramaniam M,Sum CF,Pek E,Stahl D,Verma S,Liow PH,Chua HC,Abdin E,Chong SA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of adolescents in a general hospital setting is fraught with difficulty. There are significant limitations to time, space, finances, and the physical plant. There are limitations to the numbers, types, mix of patients with other patients, and the types of treatment available. To deal with these issues, a...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Madow MR

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric morbidity among 240 pregnant women attending an antenatal unit was assessed by a two-stage screening procedure, using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-30) and Present State Examination Schedule (PSE). The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity was found to be significantly associated with younger age (< ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Abiodun OA,Adetoro OO,Ogunbode OO

更新日期：1993-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The study sought to (1) understand the perspectives of perinatal psychiatric and antenatal health service workers on the service and support needs of mothers with schizophrenia; (2) obtain their views on the feasibility and potential effectiveness of a proposed parenting intervention tailored for this group. ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Wan MW,Moulton S,Abel KM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed differences in the referral rates of African-American and Caucasian elderly for geropsychiatric consultation. Reasons for referral, assigned diagnoses, and interventions made were also compared. A retrospective chart review of psychiatric consultations was completed for patients aged 65 years and older for...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Leo RJ,Narayan DA,Sherry C,Michalek C,Pollock D

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The majority of VA patient suicides are completed with firearms. Interventions that delay patients' gun access during high-risk periods may reduce suicide, but may not be acceptable to VA stakeholders or may be challenging to implement. Using qualitative methods, stakeholders' perceptions about gun safety an...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Walters H,Kulkarni M,Forman J,Roeder K,Travis J,Valenstein M

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the hypothesis that environmental stress in the form of construction on a postpartum ward may be associated with enhanced maternal anxiety. METHODS:Four hundred twenty-two mothers delivering at a university hospital were screened prior to discharge for anxiety using the State Scale of the State Tr...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Mantz R,Britton JR

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The validity and clinical use of a recently developed instrument to assess health care needs of patients with a physical illness, called INTERMED, is investigated. The INTERMED combines data reflecting patients' biological, psychological, and social characteristics with information on health care utilization character...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Stiefel FC,de Jonge P,Huyse FJ,Guex P,Slaets JP,Lyons JS,Spagnoli J,Vannotti M

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:More information is needed regarding the medical care utilization and costs of individuals who report depressed mood, persistent anxiety, brief anxiety, panic, and trouble controlling violent behavior. We present findings from a 1-year prospective follow-up study of a stratified random sample of adult HMO enrollees (N...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Hunkeler EM,Spector WD,Fireman B,Rice DP,Weisner C

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the consultation-liaison psychiatrist for a large burn service, the author investigated the undermedication for pain. This phenomenon could not be adequately explained by the staff's insensitivity, by mistaken ideas about analgesics, or by fears of iatrogenic addiction. For both patients and staff, the pain served ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Perry SW

更新日期：1984-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Psychogenic factors may play a contributory role in the development or persistence of lichen simplex chronicus (LSC). The objective of this study was to evaluate the psychiatric profile of patients with LSC including depression and dissociative experiences. METHOD:Dermatology outpatients with a LSC (n=30) we...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Konuk N,Koca R,Atik L,Muhtar S,Atasoy N,Bostanci B

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonmedical psychotherapists are able to present themselves to the public as psychiatrist-equivalents, except for prescribing drugs, because psychiatrists have neglected to emphasize the nature of medical responsibility, here called "medical primacy." Psychiatric identification with the psychoanalytic and public relati...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Rashkis HA

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the case of a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome- and Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis-related mania in which olanzapine was successfully used adjunctively and transiently to antifungal therapy. ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Spiegel DR,Bayne CE,Wilcox L,Somova M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We describe a patient with prodromal dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) presenting with drug-induced visual hallucinations (VHs). CASE REPORT:A 78-year-old woman complained of daytime recurrent VHs characterized by seeing her face and arms covered in fur and viewing moustaches on her daughter's face. VHs starte...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Rolma G,Jelcic N,Gnoato F,Cecchin D,Cagnin A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports DSM-III diagnoses and demographic characteristics of 100 patients consecutively referred to a university hospital consultation-liaison service for evaluation of medically unexplained symptoms suggesting physical disorders. Thirty-seven percent of patients received diagnoses of somatoform, dissociati...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Slavney PR,Teitelbaum ML

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychiatric literature on competency indicates that a diagnosable psychiatric condition alone does not imply incompetency to make treatment decisions. Nonetheless, it is frequently assumed that individuals who are either mentally retarded or demented are incompetent to make decisions. The authors, focusing on the ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Kaplan KH,Strang JP,Ahmed I

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients with factitious disorder (FD) fabricate illness, injury or impairment for psychological reasons and, as a result, misapply medical resources. The demographic and clinical profile of these patients has yet to be described in a sufficiently large sample, which has prevented clinicians from adopting an ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Yates GP,Feldman MD

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that depression is often inaccurately detected in medical settings, we examined the psychiatric consultations performed at two medical-surgical teaching hospitals. All records for the 4396 consultations seen in a 3-year period were retrospectively reviewed. Consultations were categorized by the ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Boland RJ,Diaz S,Lamdan RM,Ramchandani D,McCartney JR

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful operation of a medical-psychiatry unit requires special considerations in nursing staff development and facility design. This article will discuss in detail issues related to the selection, training, and development of a medical-psychiatry unit nursing staff. Organizational details regarding establishing sc...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Cowart T,Stoudemire A

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective was to estimate the prevalence of both dementia and depression among community-dwelling older Americans and to determine if hospitalization is independently associated with dementia or depression in this population. METHOD:This cross-sectional study utilized data from a nationally representativ...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Davydow DS,Zivin K,Langa KM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are common among inpatients in general hospitals and often cause excess mortality. This study investigates the prevalence of AUDs among nonpsychiatric inpatients in one general hospital and evaluates the ability of medical staff to identify such morbidity. A two-phase case-identification s...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Chen CH,Chen WJ,Cheng AT

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：:Cultural competence, as a tool to overcome disparities in mental healthcare to ethnic minorities, is facing unprecedented challenges. Providers are turning to cultural competence as one of the few resources available for badly needed information and strategies for improving clinical care. This essay provides backgroun...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Vega WA

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine those patients referred to psychiatry for the "problem of coping," a structured clinical databased management system--MICRO-CARES--was employed to identify the frequency, demographic characteristics, psychiatric diagnoses, psychosocial interventions, use of psychopharmacology, number of follow-up visits, an...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Strain J,Hammer JS,Huertas D,Lam HT,Fulop G

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasuicide is usually associated with low suicidal intent and research data show that rising rates remain a challenging clinical and research problem. Hopelessness, a core characteristic of depression, appears to be the link between depression and suicidal behavior in high-risk patients. Previous research in this reg...

journal_title：General hospital psychiatry

authors： Schlebusch L,Wessels WH

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00