Test-retest reliability of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire: Revised.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of sociodemographic factors, physical factors and mental factors on the physical and social disability of patients attending outpatient clinics of general hospitals. Physical and psychiatric morbidity in 1580 consecutive patients attending the internal medicine depar...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Sata M,Yoshitake K,Utsunomiya H,Hatada K,Ohtsuka T,Sugasaki H,Nakane Y

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various perspectives exist regarding Internet gaming disorder. While the concept of behavioral addiction is gaining recognition, some view the phenomenon as merely excessive indulgence in online pastimes. Still, in recent years, complaints from patients or their family members about problems related to Internet use, p...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Lee SY,Lee HK,Choo H

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We made an attempt to express a complaint of sleep disturbance by a self-rating scale of radar chart mode. The questionnaire for sleep disturbance is made up of eight items. Each item was scored from grade 1 to 4. The score of each item was projected to the MY radar chart, designed by us. It is noted that this method ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Yamaguchi N,Matsubara S,Momonoi F,Morikawa K,Takeyama M,Maeda Y

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several countries, such as the USA, inadvertently created a different behavioral health payment system from the rest of medicine through the introduction of diagnostic-related group exemptions for psychiatric care. This led to isolation in the administration and delivery of care for patients with mental health and sub...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Kishi Y,Kathol RG,McAlpine DD,Meller WH,Richards SW

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of phenobarbital (PB; doses, 5, 10, and 25 mg/kg, intraperitoneally (i.p.)) and zonisamide (ZNS; doses, 30, 75, and 150 mg/kg, i.p.) on nitric oxide (NO) production, and those of coadministration of PB (5 mg/kg, i.p.) and ZNS (75 mg/kg, i.p.) on monoamines in the brain of the seizure-susceptible EL mouse w...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Tominaga M,Nagatomo I,Uchida M,Hashiguchi W,Akasaki Y,Takigawa M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to determine the rate of substance abuse in the juvenile detention house and to determine the relationship between crime and substance abuse and conduct disorder. Two hundred and thirty cases in the biggest juvenile detention house in Istanbul, Turkey were assessed according to Dia...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Copur M,Turkcan A,Erdogmus M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study examined catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) DNA methylation in the peripheral blood of schizophrenia patients and also in healthy controls to investigate its potential use as a peripheral biomarker of schizophrenia and its relations with the clinical variables of schizophrenia patients. METHODS:We exam...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Nour El Huda AR,Norsidah KZ,Nabil Fikri MR,Hanisah MN,Kartini A,Norlelawati AT

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Rare variations are suggested to play a role in the genetic etiology of schizophrenia; to further investigate their role, we performed a three-stage study in a Japanese population. METHODS:In the first stage, we performed whole-exome sequencing (WES) of two parent-affected offspring trios. In the second stage, we ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Hoya S,Watanabe Y,Hishimoto A,Nunokawa A,Inoue E,Igeta H,Otsuka I,Shibuya M,Egawa J,Sora I,Someya T

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 71-year-old woman with an 11-year history of slowly progressive decline of motor speech. Normal clinical investigations including routine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 7, 8 and 10 years after the onset of speech dysfunction led to the suggestion of a psychogenic disorder. Extensive clini...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Tebartz van Elst LH,Juengling FD,Kassubek J,Schmidtke K,Thiel T,Ebert D,Dykierek P,Hüll M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Antisaccadic eye movements, requiring inhibition of a saccade toward a briefly appearing peripheral target, are known to be impaired in schizophrenia. Previous neuroimaging studies have indicated that patients with schizophrenia show diminished activations in the frontal cortex and basal ganglia. These studies use...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Fukumoto-Motoshita M,Matsuura M,Ohkubo T,Ohkubo H,Kanaka N,Matsushima E,Taira M,Kojima T,Matsuda T

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the effect of neuropsychiatric symptoms on longitudinal changes in the quality of life (QOL) of patients with Alzheimer disease (AD). METHODS:First, we investigated whether neuropsychiatric symptoms at baseline predict changes in the QOL of AD patients over time. Then we examined the associations betwee...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Tatsumi H,Nakaaki S,Torii K,Shinagawa Y,Watanabe N,Murata Y,Sato J,Mimura M,Furukawa TA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors reviewed the literature on the pharmacotherapy of geriatric mood disorders. Based on the evidence available, we have proposed: (i) that although any antidepressant is assumedly equal in antidepressive efficacy, ones with weak anticholinergic and antialpha1 effects are preferable in geriatric patients; (ii)...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Oshima A,Higuchi T

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum concentrations of total, free and acylcarnitine were compared in 25 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and among age- and sex-matched normal controls by the new enzymatic cycling method in order to clarify whether the fatigue in MS might be due to possible carnitine-related fatty acid metabolic abnormalit...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Fukazawa T,Sasaki H,Kikuchi S,Hamada T,Tashiro K

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children 4th edition-Chinese version (WISC-IV-Chinese) has been in clinical use in Taiwan since 2007. Research is needed to determine how the WISC-IV, modified from its earlier version, will affect its interpretation in clinical practice in a Mandarin-speaking context. METHODS:W...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Yang P,Cheng CP,Chang CL,Liu TL,Hsu HY,Yen CF

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the effects of the bombing on the atomic bomb survivors' mental health, a mental health survey was conducted using a 12-item version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and a mail survey on atomic bomb exposure conditions and lifestyle using a self-administered questionnaire. A total of 3526 atom...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Honda S,Shibata Y,Mine M,Imamura Y,Tagawa M,Nakane Y,Tomonaga M

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Category and letter verbal fluency tests are widely used for dementia detection and severity measure. Performances of these tasks have been regarded to be mainly associated with the left frontal lobe function. However, some recent studies suggest that there are different neuropsychological bases between these two task...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Kitabayashi Y,Ueda H,Tsuchida H,Iizumi H,Narumoto J,Nakamura K,Kita H,Fukui K

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Oxidative stress has gained attention recently in psychiatric medicine and has been reported to be associated with various diseases. However, the psychosocial factors involved in oxidative stress are still not well understood. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine whether anxiety levels and neuroticism were a...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Matsushita M,Kumano-Go T,Suganuma N,Adachi H,Yamamura S,Morishima H,Shigedo Y,Mikami A,Takeda M,Sugita Y

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Odor perception has been studied in patients with various mental disorders; however, no consensus has been reached as to its detection, identification, or pleasantness/unpleasantness of odors especially in patients with depression. One hundred and nineteen normal elderly individuals living at home were exposed to odor...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Satoh S,Morita N,Matsuzaki I,Konishi T,Nakano T,Minoshita S,Arizono H,Saito S,Ayabe AS

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We had investigated the clinical characteristics of panic disorder (PD) in a Japanese outpatient population comprised of more than 250 patients diagnosed as having PD during a 13-year study period and observed that some PD patients had both panic attacks (PA) and limited symptom panic attacks (LPA). In the criteria fo...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Shioiri T,Someya T,Fujii K,Noguchi T,Takahashi S

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In a previous study it was demonstrated that the anxiolytic action of tandospirone, a 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)(1A) receptor agonist, is facilitated by cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4 inhibitors, such as ketoconazole and cimetidine. It is also known that fluvoxamine, a selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (SSRI), in...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Nishikawa H,Inoue T,Masui T,Izumi T,Nakagawa S,Koyama T

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated whether bright light therapy (BLT) is an effective and safe treatment for manic/depressive symptoms and a preventive measure for recurrent mood episodes in patients with bipolar disorder. METHODS:A literature search of major electronic databases was conducted in J...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Takeshima M,Utsumi T,Aoki Y,Wang Z,Suzuki M,Okajima I,Watanabe N,Watanabe K,Takaesu Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently a new sustained-release formulation of valproic acid has been developed in Japan. The sustained-release mechanism of the new formulation was different from the conventional formulation. The aim of the present study was to compare the pharmacokinetic characteristics of valproic acid in two sustained-release fo...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Yasui-Furukori N,Saito M,Nakagami T,Niioka T,Sato Y,Fujii A,Kaneko S

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven patients with Alzheimer-type dementia (ATD) were treated with bright light therapy in the morning for four consecutive weeks. The cognitive state of each patient was evaluated with the Mini-Mental-State Examination (MMSE) and circadian rhythm with actigram before and after therapy for all of the patients ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Yamadera H,Ito T,Suzuki H,Asayama K,Ito R,Endo S

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two cases of transient global amnesia (TGA) diagnosed using a clinical criteria and single photon emission tomography (SPECT) with the aid of Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM). Both patients underwent an initial SPECT study about 20 h after the disappearance of the amnesic episode, and a second study 3 we...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Asada T,Matsuda H,Morooka T,Nakano S,Kimura M,Uno M

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to provide basic descriptive data regarding utilization of 12-month mental health services in the Japanese community population. Face-to-face household surveys were carried out in four areas (two urban cities and two rural municipalities), and a total of 1663 persons participated (over...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Naganuma Y,Tachimori H,Kawakami N,Takeshima T,Ono Y,Uda H,Hata Y,Nakane Y,Nakane H,Iwata N,Furukawa TA,Kikkawa T

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although atypical antipsychotics have been associated with improvements in cognitive function in schizophrenia, the neurochemical basis for such effects is not well understood. Candidate neurotransmitter systems primarily involve dopamine and serotonin. The current study explored this issue by examining the cognitive ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Tyson PJ,Laws KR,Flowers KA,Tyson A,Mortimer AM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 448 patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), 40 patients (8.9%) had been involved in one or more automobile accidents during the preceding 5 years. The main cause of these accidents was falling asleep while driving. Excessive sleepiness during driving was associated with an Epworth sleepi...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Shiomi T,Arita AT,Sasanabe R,Banno K,Yamakawa H,Hasegawa R,Ozeki K,Okada M,Ito A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Previous studies have supported the claim that psychological stress induces the production of reactive oxygen species. Several authors have suggested that patients with psychiatric disorders show high levels of oxidative stress markers. We examined different oxidative stress markers in patients with chronic schizo...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Miyaoka T,Ieda M,Hashioka S,Wake R,Furuya M,Liaury K,Hayashida M,Tsuchie K,Arauchi R,Araki T,Shioji I,Ezoe S,Inoue K,Yamaguchi T,Horiguchi J

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Brain metabolism activated studies have indicated associations between memory and the anterior cingulate cortex and hippocampus in patients with depression. The aim of the present study was therefore to investigate memory function, measured as performance on the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R), and its relati...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Azuma H,Segawa K,Nakaaki S,Murata Y,Kawakami K,Tohyama J,Iidaka T,Shinagawa Y,Nakano Y,Yamada A,Watanabe N,Hongo J,Akechi T,Furukawa TA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of tardive dystonia are reported. The first case was an 18-year-old schizophrenic woman suffering from parkinsonism and hypotension induced by antipsychotic drugs. Risperidone (4 mg/day) was added to her drug regimen and after increasing the dosage to 6 mg/day, she began to exhibit retrocollis. The second ca...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Tachikawa H,Suzuki T,Kawanishi Y,Hori M,Hori T,Shiraishi H

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00