The impact of availability, attraction and lethality of suicide methods on suicide rates in Germany.

abstract：:Prior reviews indicate that schizophrenics tend to be born in the winter, relative to non-psychiatric controls. This conclusion has been criticized, however, as the association between birth seasonality and schizophrenia may be the result of a statistical artifact, the age-incidence effect. To examine this possibility...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Rodrigo G,Lusiardo M,Briggs G,Ulmer A

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a sample of the Finnish general population (n=4868), 2.4% of women and 2.3 % of men reported having thought about suicide during the preceding 12 months. The prevalence of parasuicide was correspondingly 0.9% in women and 1.1% in men, higher figures than have previously been found or estimated. Most suicidal indivi...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Hintikka J,Viinamäki H,Tanskanen A,Kontula O,Koskela K

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this 12-week, double-blind, parallel group, placebo-controlled study was to compare paroxetine with clomipramine in 367 patients with DSM-III-R defined panic disorder. Efficacy assessments included the daily panic attack diary, the Clinical Global Impression Scale, the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, the Mar...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lecrubier Y,Bakker A,Dunbar G,Judge R

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT) has been linked to the underlying biological processes related to aggressive behaviour. However, only a few studies on this subject involving young people have been published so far. METHOD:We aimed to investigate the effects of acute tryptophan depletion (ATD) on reacti...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kötting WF,Bubenzer S,Helmbold K,Eisert A,Gaber TJ,Zepf FD

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between symptom disorder and personality disorder according to DSM-III was studied in 289 consecutive outpatients. It was observed that personality disorders occurred frequently among the chronic affective and anxiety disorders. The "dramatic" personality disorders were observed especially frequently ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Alnaes R,Torgersen S

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The first objective is to detail the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) over a decade of follow-up for those in both study groups. The second is to determine time-to-remission, recurrence, and new onset of PTSD, and the third is to assess the relationship between sexual adversity and the like...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Zanarini MC,Hörz S,Frankenburg FR,Weingeroff J,Reich DB,Fitzmaurice G

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report examines the comorbidity among three key symptoms associated with suicidal intent, namely hopelessness, depression and unusual thinking. A total of 97 out-patients with suicidal thoughts were assessed using the Beck Hopelessness Scale, the anxious depression and unusual thinking factor scales of the Deroga...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Mendonca JD,Holden RR

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD), data are lacking on characteristics and severity of hallucinations in modalities other than the auditory (verbal) type. The same applies to relationships between hallucinations and the severity of depression, anxiety, schizotypy, and loneliness. METHODS...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Slotema CW,Bayrak H,Linszen MMJ,Deen M,Sommer IEC

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare neurological soft signs (NSS) in patients of schizophrenia with onset in childhood (COS), adolescence (AdOS) and adulthood (AOS). METHOD:Assessment of NSS in 15 patients of COS and 20 patients each of AdOS and AOS was made using condensed neuropsychiatric examination for NSS. RESULTS:NSS were sig...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Biswas P,Malhotra S,Malhotra A,Gupta N

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of childhood trauma on the clinical course of panic disorder and possible contributing factors. METHOD:Longitudinal data of 539 participants with a current panic disorder were collected from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA). Childhood trauma was assessed with ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： De Venter M,Van Den Eede F,Pattyn T,Wouters K,Veltman DJ,Penninx BWJH,Sabbe BG

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hypothesis of selective predisposition for drepression, neurasthenic syndrome and anxiety states has been tested in a prospective study. The primary material for the investigation consisted of 4,000 city inhabitants who had registered a private car. Almost all of these could be invited to a group investigation by qu...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nyström S,Lindegård B

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

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

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

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined the psychometric properties of the Family Questionnaire (FQ): a self-report measure of relatives' perceptions of the behaviours and symptoms of schizophrenic patients in terms of three dimensions: the frequency of symptoms, the relatives' concern (primary appraisal) and their ability to co...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Quinn J,Barrowclough C,Tarrier N

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

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

authors： Lester D

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort of 330 Chinese schizophrenic patients below age 40 were interviewed 5, 10 and 15 years later to determine which variables could predict their outcome. There were 189 males (57%) and 141 females (43%). At the end of 15 years, 48 (15%) died (34 (10%) from suicide). At the end of 5, 10 and 15 years, the percenta...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Tsoi WF,Wong KE

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether trauma exposure moderates the genetic correlation between substance use disorders and psychiatric disorders, we tested whether trauma exposure modifies the association of genetic risks for mental disorders with alcohol misuse and nicotine dependence (ND) symptoms. METHODS:High-resoluti...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Polimanti R,Kaufman J,Zhao H,Kranzler HR,Ursano RJ,Kessler RC,Stein MB,Gelernter J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews certified suicide in Fiji during the 2-year period from 1971-1972. The data show the much higher incidence of suicide in Fiji Indians than in other races, the incidence in Fiji Indian females being particularly high. The findings on a more detailed sample survey of 50% of the certified cases are p...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Price J,Karim I

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Examine the effects of obesity and metabolic syndrome on outcome in bipolar disorder. METHOD:The Comparative Effectiveness of a Second Generation Antipsychotic Mood Stabilizer and a Classic Mood Stabilizer for Bipolar Disorder (Bipolar CHOICE) study randomized 482 participants with bipolar disorder in a 6-mo...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： McElroy SL,Kemp DE,Friedman ES,Reilly-Harrington NA,Sylvia LG,Calabrese JR,Rabideau DJ,Ketter TA,Thase ME,Singh V,Tohen M,Bowden CL,Bernstein EE,Brody BD,Deckersbach T,Kocsis JH,Kinrys G,Bobo WV,Kamali M,McInnis MG

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the outcome of a sequential treatment protocol in elderly, severely depressed in-patients. METHOD:All 81 patients from a 12-week double-blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing venlafaxine with nortriptyline were asked to participate in a 3 year follow-up study. Thirty-two patients who did ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kok RM,Nolen WA,Heeren TJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the classification based on independent psychiatric categories as well as the concept of an underlying 1-dimensional hierarchy of syndromes are insufficiently valid. At symptom level we previously found 5 factor-analytical components representing 6 dimensions of psychopathology. Rasch analysis based on the preval...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Goekoop JG,Zwinderman AH

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interviews were conducted with 21 patients classified as neurotic or prepsychotic/psychotic, consecutively admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) owing to suicide attempts by means of drug intoxication, with their 37 significant others and with care personnel concerning the patients' contacts with psychiatric, somat...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Wolk-Wasserman D

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a 5-year follow-up study of 76 patients in a crisis intervention ward who were suffering from an adjustment reaction (brief or prolonged depressive reaction) according to ICD-9 criteria indicate a rather favorable course and outcome using standardized instruments. Only 17% developed a chronic or severe ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Bronisch T

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All cases from the county, who were subjected to post-mortem examination at the Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Lund with a diagnosis of suicide during 1949-1984, were compared with the inpatient register at the Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Lund during 1949-1969. During these years all...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Berglund M,Krantz P,Lundqvist G,Therup L

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the durability of positive effects of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) with coping training on psychotic symptoms and social functioning. METHOD:Forty patients with schizophrenia or related psychotic disorders and refractory auditory hallucinations were given CBT and coping training in an int...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Wiersma D,Jenner JA,van de Willige G,Spakman M,Nienhuis FJ

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Academic performance in youth, measured by grade point average (GPA), predicts suicide attempt, but the mechanisms are not known. It has been suggested that general intelligence might underlie the association. METHODS:We followed 26 315 Swedish girls and boys in population-representative cohorts, up to maxim...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Sörberg Wallin A,Zeebari Z,Lager A,Gunnell D,Allebeck P,Falkstedt D

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hope has long been considered an important therapeutic factor in medicine, nursing and mental health and recently received attention as a central component of recovery. However, conceptual clarity, applicability and the predictive value of hope remain unclear. This review aims to define hope, review current a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Schrank B,Stanghellini G,Slade M

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zuclopenthixol decanoate (ZPT-D) and haloperidol decanoate (HAL-D) were compared in the maintenance treatment of chronic schizophrenic patients. All patients were treated with either ZPT-D or HAL-D for at least 3 months and were then randomly allocated to treatment with either ZPT-D (100-600 mg every 4 weeks) or HAL-D...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Wistedt B,Koskinen T,Thelander S,Nerdrum T,Pedersen V,Mølbjerg C

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients attending a clinic were ascertained for psychiatric morbidity by a general practitioner and reascertained by a psychiatrist. The agreement ranged from 84% for neurosis and 60% for psychosis. The differences were mainly due to a lack of the depression category in the general practitioner's classification. One ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Binitie A

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-seven patients with the diagnosis of senile dementia and 70 children aged 6 months to 4 years were observed in three tasks that stimulated exploratory behavior. The subjects were rated according to the frequencies of certain forms of behavior in 52 variables. It was assumed that certain behavior would be more f...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Jonsson CO,Edin P,Söderberg S,Waldton S

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The development of the Antidepressant Compliance Questionnaire (ADCQ), assessing patients' attitudes and beliefs on depression and antidepressants. METHOD:A 51-item questionnaire was applied to 85 psychiatric out-patients with a DSM-IV diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD). This data set was used to a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Demyttenaere K,Bruffaerts R,Albert A,Mesters P,Dewé W,Debruyckere K,Sangeleer M

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00