Abstract：
:Factitious disorder by proxy (FDP) is a form of abuse in which a caregiver surreptitiously simulates or induces illnesses in a person for whom he or she cares. Typically, a mother is the perpetrator and at least one of her children is victimized. FDP has a high morbidity and mortality rate, and a knowledgeable health team increases the primary physician's confidence in making this difficult diagnosis. The purpose of this study was to determine the levels of awareness of FDP among mental health practitioners and their sources of information. Anonymous questionnaires were sent to 687 primary care physicians and mental health practitioners. Psychiatrists (89%) and psychologists (69%) were more aware of the disorder than were social workers (42%). Years in practice were not associated with awareness of FDP. Psychiatrists were more likely than psychologists or social workers to have had exposure through an actual case or through their professional journals. These findings were statistically significant. Awareness of FDP varies significantly among mental health professionals and may reflect the availability of information during training and in journals. Since social workers and psychologists often have earlier and broader opportunities than psychiatrists to interface with families, enhancements in training and the professional literature in these disciplines are needed if FDP is to be consistently considered and identified.
journal_name
Gen Hosp Psychiatryjournal_title
General hospital psychiatryauthors
Ostfeld BM,Feldman MDdoi
10.1016/0163-8343(95)00127-1subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1996-03-01 00:00:00pages
113-6issue
2eissn
0163-8343issn
1873-7714pii
0163834395001271journal_volume
18pub_type
杂志文章abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chemical restraint is controversial. Appropriate use is ill-defined and chemical restraint may be overutilized. During the period of an unrelated observational study for patients with acute psychomotor agitation in a psychiatric emergency service, we noticed a significant reduction in the number of involun...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.06.001
更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Special observation (the allocation of nurses to watch over nominated patients) is a method of preventing patients harming themselves. This study assessed the relationship between constant special observation (keeping a patient within eyesight or reach) and rates of self-harm on acute psychiatric wards. METH...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.05.008
更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the US national level healthcare utilization patterns of patients with commercial insurance plans before and after a psychiatric hospitalization admitted through the emergency department (ED) using insurance claims data. METHOD:We identified 34,250 patients from multiple commercial health ins...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2020.10.001
更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This study surveys Khmer refugees attending two psychiatric clinics to determine both the prevalence of panic disorder as well as panic attack subtypes in those suffering panic disorder. A culturally valid adaptation of the SCID-panic module, the Cambodian Panic Disorder Survey (CPDS), was administered to 89 consecuti...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0163-8343(00)00102-x
更新日期：2000-11-01 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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.11.004
更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between alcohol use routinely reported during outpatient mental healthcare visits and short-term risk of subsequent suicide attempt. METHODS:Using a longitudinal retrospective-cohort design, electronic health records identified adult outpatient visits to a mental health provider (...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2019.12.002
更新日期：2020-01-01 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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0163-8343(97)00004-2
更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess professionals' adherence to evidence-based guidelines and to investigate whether or not this is influenced by recording of the diagnosis and symptom severity. METHOD:Analysis of baseline cross-sectional data of a cohort study of 721 primary care patients with a confirmed diagnosis of a depressive ...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.05.011
更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This paper examines the frequency with which general hospitals with inpatient psychiatric units provide psychiatric emergency, outpatient, and partial hospital care. An analysis is presented of data from the 1988 American Hospital Association Annual Survey of Hospitals focusing on the number and proportion of general ...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0163-8343(93)90019-k
更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In response to the spiraling anger and frustration voiced by the emergency room (ER) medical staff and the observed negative interactions between the alcohol-dependent patient and the ER staff, the author completed a 6-month retrospective review of all patients evaluated by the ER service with a complaint of alcohol a...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0163-8343(85)90026-x
更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) are at risk for inadequate general medical and preventive care, but little is known about their visits for primary care. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of primary care physician visits from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) 1993-1998 and compared ...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0163-8343(02)00213-x
更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the performance of the Japanese version of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (J-PHQ-9) for depression in primary care. METHODS:Participants in both phases completed the J-PHQ-9, while patients in the second phase also completed the SF-8 (the short form for the health-related QOL scale SF-36). Subj...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2018.03.007
更新日期：2018-01-01 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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2005.06.007
更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This study examines the recognition and treatment of emotional distress in physically healthy primary care patients who perceive themselves to be in fair or poor physical health. Patients (N = 892) from three private primary care practices completed a mental health screening form prior to their medical visit which inc...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0163-8343(95)00023-k
更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystemic inflammatory disorder associated with high levels of depressive symptoms and lower quality of life (QoL). In this study, we aimed to investigate the impact of major depression (MD) on the QoL of patients with BD. METHOD:BD outpatients (n=25) and psychiatric outpatient...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.10.001
更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Catatonia is a rare syndrome that occurs in mood and psychotic disorders, and general medical conditions. Postpartum depression affects 10%-15% of women within 6 months after delivery. Postpartum psychosis affects 0.1%-0.5% of women within weeks after delivery, though it can occur within hours; it carries risk for sui...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.11.010
更新日期：2012-07-01 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
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2016.05.002
更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The variability in estimated rates of major depressive disorder (MDD) in chronic pain samples may be accounted for by sample and methodological differences. Most studies rely on a single measure of depression and lack independent or repeated measures. This study investigated the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in ...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0163-8343(95)00088-7
更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Detection of nonpsychotic morbidity in primary care patients presenting with nonspecific and somatic symptoms has been difficult because of several factors related to the patients, primary care clinicians, and working conditions of the over-crowded clinic. The available standardized screening questionnaires do not ove...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0163-8343(91)90021-n
更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Eating disorders like bulimia nervosa, generally considered to be rare in Asian countries, are currently on the rise among the youth, probably secondary to rapid westernization and globalization of the orient. Clinical manifestations of these disorders, which were previously thought to be different in the oriental cou...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2014.05.006
更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Diligence in the interpretation of results is essential as information gained from the psychiatric patient's history might often be restricted. Nonobservance of established guidelines may lead to a wrong diagnosis, induce a false therapy and result in life-threatening situations. Communication errors between hospitals...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.03.002
更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective was to describe continuity of care approaches for psychiatric emergencies in the emergency department. METHODS:A national survey of all 138 academic emergency departments in the United States was conducted. RESULTS:Most emergency physicians (81%) had no systematic method for identifying psychi...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.05.020
更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral loading with the delayed release formulation of divalproex sodium is widely used for the treatment of patients with acute mania and produces rapid attainment of therapeutic serum levels. Recently, an extended release formulation of divalproex sodium (divalproex ER) was approved for treatment of migraine...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2005.02.001
更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined whether primary care patients were more likely to perceive a current health problem as 'physical illness only' as opposed to entailing psychological difficulties if they had a comorbid somatoform disorder compared to patients who had (a) both comorbid somatoform disorder and anxiety/depression or...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2015.01.002
更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Catatonia is classically associated with psychiatric conditions but may occur in medical and neurologic disorders. Status epilepticus (SE) is a seizure lasting more than five minutes or two or more seizures within a five-minute period without interictal recovery of consciousness. Non-convulsive status epil...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2020.11.008
更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The diagnosis of psychopathology among geriatric acute inpatients requires comprehensive evaluation. To our knowledge, no recently published papers in the geriatric psychiatry literature have systematically examined diagnostic changes during single admissions. We reviewed the charts of 159 patients consecutively admit...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0163-8343(00)00118-3
更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Additional psychiatric disorders in eating disorders patients may contribute to the risk of suicide and suicide attempts. The aim of this study was to examine associations between Axes I and II comorbidity and suicidality in a large sample of women currently suffering from an eating disorder (ED). In a sample of 288 w...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2003.10.005
更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although breast cancer patients' depression changes over time, most longitudinal studies have assessed the influence of only baseline depression on quality of life (QoL). Therefore, this study investigated the influence of changes in depression status on QoL in the year after surgery. METHODS:Participants we...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2017.09.009
更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This report describes the rates of recovery and remission from minor depression or dysthymia in primary care patients three months after completing a randomized controlled treatment trial. The subjects were primary care patients who received > or =4 treatment sessions with Problem-Solving Treatment, paroxetine, or pla...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/s0163-8343(01)00166-9
更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Missed appointments are associated with poorer health outcomes. We predicted that compared to secure attachment style, fearful and dismissing attachment styles would be associated with greater number of missed primary care visits in patients with diabetes. METHODS:In patients with diabetes from nine health m...
journal_title：General hospital psychiatry
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2005.07.004
更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00
