Effects of volitional lifestyle on sleep-life habits in the aged.

abstract：AIMS:The present study was designed to investigate quality of life (QOL) among caregivers of cancer inpatients, and to explore the related factors with the long-term goal to improve QOL of cancer caregivers in China. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was performed during the period January-March 2008. Subjects comprised...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Lu L,Pan B,Sun W,Cheng L,Chi T,Wang L

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency and type of psychological problems of outpatients in general healthcare settings, the recognition and management of those problems by physicians, and the course of the problems were investigated using a two-stage sampling design method. The subjects were outpatients visiting the department of internal me...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Utsunomiya H,Yoshitake K,Otsuka T,Sugasakl H,Sata M,Hatada K,Nakane Y

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Long-term use of methamphetamine could induce psychosis, but consequences with regards to intelligence have seldom been investigated. Long-term use of alcohol could also result in intellectual deterioration. METHODS:The IQ of 34 methamphetamine-induced psychosis (MIP) patients (age, 28.7 +/- 6.1 years) and 34 alc...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Lin SK,Huang MC,Lin HC,Pan CH

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subjects of this study were 306 male alcoholics who lived in Osaka, Japan, and who were initially diagnosed with alcoholism at a psychiatric institution between 1972 and 1983. Follow-up studies were done on three occasions: 1 March 1985 (Time 1), 1 November 1988 (Time 2) and 1 March 1992 (Time 3). We followed up 2...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Noda T,Imamichi H,Kawata A,Hirano K,Ando T,Iwata Y,Yoneda H

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA may play a role in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. A recent meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies indicated a significant association between schizophrenia and a common intronic variation in MIR137HG (microRNA 137 host gene) encoding the primary microRNA-137. To explore additional risk variat...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Egawa J,Nunokawa A,Shibuya M,Watanabe Y,Kaneko N,Igeta H,Someya T

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study course and outcome of Bipolar II disorder, 217 major depressive episode (MDE) patients were interviewed with Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV. Patients with more than three MDE and patients with fewer MDE were compared. Patients with more than three MDE were 77.8%. Comparisons, controlled for confound...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Benazzi F

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Open-system social skills training (SST) was performed in an open psychiatric ward of the hospital of Yokohama City University. Between June 1998 and March 2000, 223 patients were being treated for various mental disorders and 136 of these patients voluntarily participated in the open-system SST at least once. The SST...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Takahashi M,Kosaka K

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A female patient exhibiting functional hearing loss in her left ear demonstrated reduced amplitude of P3 component in event-related potentials (ERP) to left monaural stimulation, with preserved N1 and N2 components to stimulation of either ear. This result suggested that stimuli in the affected ear were conducted succ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Fukuda M,Hata A,Niwa S,Hiramatsu K,Yokokoji M,Hayashida S,Itoh K,Nakagome K,Iwanami A

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：:The relationship between the entorhinal cortex and prepulse inhibition (PPI) as well as the nucleus accumbens dopaminergic participation in acoustic startle were examined in rats. After the entorhinal cortex was damaged bilaterally using ibotenic acid, a microdialysis probe was placed in the nucleus accumbens for dete...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Goto K,Ueki A,Iso H,Morita Y

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to examine over a 12-month post-intervention period whether the participation of community-living individuals with mental illness in cognitive behavioral group therapy for recovery of self-esteem (CBGTRS) resulted in improved outcomes. METHODS:This was a non-randomized controlled trial. T...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Kunikata H,Yoshinaga N,Nakajima K

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was aimed to clarify the differences in clinical implications between wrist- and arm-cutting. Subjects were 201 delinquent adolescents (178 males and 23 females) who had been admitted to a detention center from February to March 2003. A self-reporting questionnaire and the Adolescent Dissociative Exp...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Matsumoto T,Yamaguchi A,Chiba Y,Asami T,Iseki E,Hirayasu Y

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To estimate the prevalence, severity, and treatment of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edn; DSM-IV) mental disorders in community populations in Japan, face-to-face household surveys were conducted in four community populations in Japan. A total of 1663 community adults responded (overall re...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

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

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most acute psychotic episodes are regarded as indicators of schizophrenia. We developed an algorithm for the treatment of such episodes. In Japan, psychiatrists tend to prescribe two or more neuroleptics at once, but it is thought that using a single neuroleptic is better, and the algorithm we report is based on this ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Hayashida M,Nakane Y

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kraepelin's system of mental diseases has contributed substantially to the foundation of modern psychiatric diagnosis in the DSM-IV and ICD-10. Considering Kraepelin's influence in the creation of these diagnostic tools, the question arises as to how Kraepelin's contemporaries and successors reacted to his nosology. H...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Palm U,Möller HJ

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between panic attacks and hostility in patients with chronic schizophrenia. Thirty-two patients with a minimum 2-year history of treatment for schizophrenia were interviewed. The patients took mood stablizers lithium, carbamazepine and valproate adjunctively fo...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Chen CY,Liu CY,Yang YY

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the diagnostic concepts of taijin-kyofu-sho (TKS) and social phobia, by comparing the clinical diagnosis of TKS and the operational diagnosis of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd edition, revised; DSM-III-R). Three evaluators conducted s...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Nakamura K,Kitanishi K,Miyake Y,Hashimoto K,Kubota M

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：AIMS:Suicide is a leading cause of death among Japanese college and university students. Gatekeeper-training programs have been shown to improve detection and referral of individuals who are at risk of suicide by training non-mental-health professional persons. However, no studies have investigated the effectiveness of...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Hashimoto N,Suzuki Y,Kato TA,Fujisawa D,Sato R,Aoyama-Uehara K,Fukasawa M,Asakura S,Kusumi I,Otsuka K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to clarify the difference in the perception of family functioning measured on the Family Assessment Device (FAD) by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV diagnoses (i.e. schizophrenia, major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder) and by raters (patients and family members). The subjects wer...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Koyama A,Akiyama T,Miyake Y,Kurita H

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：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：:We report cases of four patients with mild obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) with frequent breathing-related electroencephalogram (EEG) arousals which led to excessive daytime sleepiness. In spite of a relatively low apnea hypopnea index (AHI), sleep was disrupted by frequent EEG arousals associated with respira...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Mikami A,Watanabe T,Motonishi M,Honda H,Kyotani K,Uruha S,Terashima K,Teshima Y,Sugita Y,Takeda M

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study tested the potential association between the 3111C/T polymorphism of the CLOCK gene and seasonal variations in mood and behavior. A total of 297 Korean college students were genotyped for the CLOCK polymorphism and the seasonal variation was evaluated using the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnai...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Paik JW,Lee HJ,Kang SG,Lim SW,Lee MS,Kim L

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), the intermediate filament protein expressed in astrocytes, plays a key role in many aspects of brain function through communication with neurons or blood vessels. A common single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), GFAP -250 C/A (rs2070935), is associated with the transcriptional ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Takahashi Y,Takeuchi H,Sakai M,Yu Z,Kikuchi Y,Ito F,Matsuoka H,Tanabe O,Yasuda J,Taki Y,Kawashima R,Tomita H

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delusions associated with cerebrovascular diseases have been sporadically reported. Although both psychiatrists and neurologists attempted to link delusions with anatomical locations of the brain lesion, comorbid psychiatric and neurological disorders make the interpretation of delusions difficult. The purpose of the ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Su KP,Hsu CY,Hsieh SC,Shen WW

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine general practitioners' (GPs') diagnosis of a case vignette presenting both anxiety and depression symptoms, and to understand their treatment preferences for the case. METHODS:A total of 1193 copies of a questionnaire were sent to doctors in primary care settings throughout Thailand. The questionnaire ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Lotrakul M,Saipanish R

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Tissue pH and RNA integrity are crucial quality-control indicators of human post-mortem brain tissues in the identification of the pathogeneses of neuropsychiatric disorders, but pH has not been measured as often due to limitations in the amount of tissue available. This study was designed to develop and validate a...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Ono CT,Yu Z,Kikuchi Y,Kunii Y,Hino M,Matsumoto J,Nagaoka A,Ito J,Iwasaki Y,Hagihara H,Miyakawa T,Yoshida M,Saito Y,Niwa SI,Yabe H,Kakita A,Tomita H

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the pathophysiology of somatization. The authors' aim was to explore associated factors with somatoform disorders. The authors studied 10 female patients with a diagnosis of somatization disorder or undifferentiated somatoform disorder with no comorbid current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Hakala M,Vahlberg T,Niemi PM,Karlsson H

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavior of event related potential (ERP) components in the drowsy state was examined in nine subjects using oddball paradigm. A component with peak latency of 300 msec, N300, was superimposed on ERP in the drowsy state. N300 appeared also in stage 1 of NREM sleep and closely resembled vertex sharp wave evoked by soun...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Sekine A,Niiyama Y,Fujiwara R,Satoh N,Fushimi M,Kutsuzawa O,Hishikawa Y

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00