Validity of DSM-III-R diagnosis by psychological autopsy: a comparison with clinician ante-mortem diagnosis.

abstract：:Lithium is the primary treatment for manic-depressive illness. The mechanism of action of lithium and its endocrine effects remain unclear. Therefore, the hormone responses to sequential stimuli, namely arginine, TRH, and LHRH, were studied in eight patients with major depression before and during treatment with lithi...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Joffe RT,Post RM,Ballenger JC,Rebar R,Gold PW

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-four myasthenic patients (54 F, 20 M; mean age 49.6 years) were evaluated using the diagnostic criteria of the DSM-III in order to investigate the prevalence of psychiatric disturbances in this order. Fifty-one had had thymectomies, of whom 28 females had hyperplasia, two females and five males had involution ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Magni G,Micaglio GF,Lalli R,Bejato L,Candeago MR,Merskey H,Angelini C

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

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

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

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is considered a multidimensional disorder, with distinct symptom clusters including re-experiencing, avoidance/numbing, hyperarousal, and most recently depersonalization/derealization. However, the extent of differing intrinsic network connectivity underlying these sympto...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Tursich M,Ros T,Frewen PA,Kluetsch RC,Calhoun VD,Lanius RA

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) comprising thoughts and behaviors is common and often co-occurring with suicidal behavior like ideation, plan, and attempt. As limited data are available for adolescents and young adults, this study aims to present prevalence estimates for lifetime NSSI, its co-occurrence with ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Voss C,Hoyer J,Venz J,Pieper L,Beesdo-Baum K

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:It seems odd that male suicide rates have decreased in Portugal over the last few years, whereas the opposite has happened in most other countries. In order to investigate the reasons for such a decrease, suicide rates were compared with controversial cases (ICD-9 category E 980-989) and with homicide rates. The resul...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： de Castro EF,Pimenta F,Martins I

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of organic brain syndrome occurring in relation to psychological stress 2 years after a severe head injury is described. Treatment with haloperidol resulted only in slight improvement. A dramatic improvement was achieved with carbamazepine. ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Bouvy PF,van de Wetering BJ,Meerwaldt JD,Bruijn JB

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 1600 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 16 living in a county bordering on Paris were interviewed concerning their health, their use of drugs, both legal and illegal, their behavior, and their seeking of health care. Fourteen percent of the boys and 23% of the girls had already thought about suicide and...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Choquet M,Menke H

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was carried out on 30 patients suffering from a psychotic episode following a stressful life event. They were found to have an Emotional, Timid, Sensitive, Tense and Insecure personality. Sleep disturbance, Affective symptoms, Histrionic behaviour and Excitement were the common clinical features. S...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Pandurangi AK,Kapur RL

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salivary secretion was measured in 54 psychiatric patients comprising four diagnostic groups: schizophrenia, mania, depression and anxiety state. Detailed psychometric assessment was carried out at the time of measurement. Although salivary flow failed to show an association with either diagnostic category or mental s...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Toone BK,Lader MH

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The main objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of common mental disorders in the Moroccan general population. METHOD:On a systematic representative randomized sample, the Moroccan Arabic version of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) was used to assess the prevalence of mo...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kadri N,Agoub M,Assouab F,Tazi MA,Didouh A,Stewart R,Paes M,Toufiq J,Moussaoui D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic relationship has been considered an important ingredient of all psychotherapies. In communities in which no familiar conventions of such a relationship are available, the therapeutic encounter poses very different problems from those in the West, where such conventions freely prevail. This study has been c...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Neki JS,Joinet B,Hogan M,Hauli JG,Kilonzo G

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To date only five reports of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) related to olanzapine exist. The first case report was published in November 1998. METHOD:We report the case of a 78-year-old woman suffering from chronic schizophrenia who developed a NMS while being treated with olanzapine and levomepromazin...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Järventausta K,Leinonen E

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper an account is given of the effect of single-night sleep deprivation (SD) therapy in 124 depressive patients of different diagnostic groups. Phasic depressives showed a marked improvement after treatment by sleep deprivation. Because these improvements were often of short duration, we repeated the treatme...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Pflug B

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a clinical study of 80 patients, diagnosed as suffering from hysteria, who attended the psychiatric clinic in Khartoum Hospital over a period of 3 years. The incidence of hysteria was 10%, the female-male ratio 15:1, and young age-groups predominate. 60% were essentially of normal personality. The clinical pic...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Hafeiz HB

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 30 patients with newly diagnosed motor conversion disorder were consecutively investigated by means of a Swedish self-rating inventory designed to assess perceived parental rearing practices (EMBU), and the Karolinska Scale of Personality (KSP). DSM Axis I and II psychopathology was assessed using a Structu...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Binzer M,Eisemann M

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cannabis is an acknowledged risk factor for some mental disorders, but for others the evidence is inconclusive. Prescribed medicinal drugs can be used as proxies for mental disorders. In this study, we investigate how use of cannabis is prospectively related to prescription of antipsychotics, mood stabilizers...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Rognli EB,Bramness JG,von Soest T

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy Japanese DSM-III-R schizophrenic patients were assessed for 30 clinical symptoms using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) of Kay et al. Principal component analysis was applied to the full item set of this scale and disclosed 5 orthogonal independent symptom groups: negative, hostile/excited, tho...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kawasaki Y,Maeda Y,Sakai N,Higashima M,Urata K,Yamaguchi N,Kurachi M

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Relocations after disasters are known to cause added distress in survivors. This study examined the effects of migration and other factors on psychological status of survivors 4 years after the two severe earthquakes in Turkey. METHOD:Five hundred and twenty-six adult survivors of the 1999 earthquakes curren...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kiliç C,Aydin I,Taşkintuna N,Ozçürümez G,Kurt G,Eren E,Lale T,Ozel S,Zileli L

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:The results of a study looking into the association between thyroid status and depression in the postpartum period were reanalysed to explore the psychometric properties of the rating scales employed. The performance of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale was found to be superior to that of the Hospital Anxiety a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Thompson WM,Harris B,Lazarus J,Richards C

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A polymorphism in the promoter region of the NPY gene at position -399 C > T was recently reported to be associated with schizophrenia in a Japanese population and with treatment refractory unipolar depression in a Swedish population. The objective of this study was to investigate potential associations betwe...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lindberg C,Koefoed P,Hansen ES,Bolwig TG,Rehfeld JF,Mellerup E,Jørgensen OS,Kessing LV,Werge T,Haugbøl S,Wang AG,Woldbye DP

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the methodological value of studies that signaled one or more selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) as teratogenic agents. METHOD:Medical literature, published in English (1980-November 2010), was searched using MEDLINE/PubMed, TOXNET, EMBASE, and The Cochrane Library to identify all arti...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Gentile S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:At least 50% of bipolar disorder (BD) patients have an additional diagnosis, one of the most difficult to manage being obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Defining the nosology of BD-OCD comorbidity has important clinical implications, given that treatments for OCD can worsen BD outcomes. METHOD:A systemati...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Amerio A,Odone A,Liapis CC,Ghaemi SN

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of an autopsied patient with hypophyseal prolactinoma and dermatozoic delusions is reported, and the mechanism of onset of this special form of delusion is discussed from the neuroendocrinological view point, including response to medications, and neuropathological and pituitary hormonal studies. The subject ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Takeda M,Tanino S,Nishinuma K,Matsubayashi T,Yamashita S,Nishimura T

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Given the familial influences on schizophrenia, it may be hypothesized that specific symptom domains also cluster within families, and that this applies to both clinical and subclinical levels of expression. This hypothesis was put to the test in a group of patients with a DSM-IV diagnosis of psychotic disord...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lataster T,Verweij K,Viechtbauer W,GROUP.

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：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：:Fifty-eight consecutive suicides committed between 1984 and 1987 by adolescents and young adults (age 15-29 years) in an urban community were the subject of retrospective investigations by means of interviews with survivors. The outcome of the survivors' crisis reactions and the interviewees' capacity to participate i...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Runeson B,Beskow J

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00