Mental health services and research in the Arab world.

abstract：:Psychiatric illness is a significant risk factor for both attempted and completed suicide and psychotropic medications account for 80% of all drug overdoses involving prescription medications. One challenge facing clinicians is to balance the benefit of treatment against the risk of drug overdose. The aim of the prese...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Buckley NA,Dawson AH,Whyte IM,Hazell P,Meza A,Britt H

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The validity of DIS-CM (Chinese modified version of Diagnostic Interview Schedule) was examined by analyzing lifetime prevalence of each age group, age at onset, and recency of illness. The magnitude of the discrepancy between the empirical and the estimated data was adopted as the criterion of the degree of deviation...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Hwu HG,Yeh EK,Chang LY,Yeh YL

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychopathological pattern of depression was assessed by means of the Puzyński Inventory Scale for Depression (ISD) in 79 patients with bipolar affective disorders, 45 with unipolar and 42 with undifferentiated type of affective disorders. Four groups of patients showing different psychopathological patterns were ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Parnowski T

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine secular trends in the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VD) in a general Japanese population. METHOD:Four cross-sectional examinations were conducted among residents of a Japanese community aged >or=65 in 1985, 1992, 1998 and 2005. RESULTS:The age- and sex-adjusted pre...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Sekita A,Ninomiya T,Tanizaki Y,Doi Y,Hata J,Yonemoto K,Arima H,Sasaki K,Iida M,Iwaki T,Kanba S,Kiyohara Y

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examines if YKL-40 is increased in individuals with psychotic disorders and if elevated YKL-40 levels at baseline is associated with subsequent development of type 2 diabetes. METHOD:A total of 1383 patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or affective psychosis and 799 healthy controls were rec...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Dieset I,Mørch RH,Hope S,Hoseth EZ,Reponen EJ,Gran JM,Aas M,Michelsen AE,Reichborn-Kjennerud T,Nesvåg R,Agartz I,Melle I,Aukrust P,Djurovic S,Ueland T,Andreassen OA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the last decade, several studies have suggested that depression is accompanied by increased oxidative stress and decreased antioxidant defenses. We tested the hypothesis that high levels of the antioxidant uric acid are associated with lower risk of hospitalization with depression and use of prescription a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Wium-Andersen MK,Kobylecki CJ,Afzal S,Nordestgaard BG

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-five DSM-III-diagnosed schizophrenics and 37 normal and age-matched controls were examined using an oddball paradigm for the generation of P300 and smooth eye-pursuit tasks. Results were compared between groups and related to clinical characteristics, including a family history of psychiatric illness. Group dif...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Ebmeier KP,Potter DD,Cochrane RH,Mackenzie AR,MacAllister H,Besson JA,Salzen EA

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an open study of 12 inpatients who met the DSM-III criteria for a major depressive episode, the effects of clomipramine (CI) on the monoamine metabolites 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), homovanillic acid (HVA), 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl glycol (HMPG) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were measured simultaneously wi...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Mårtensson B,Wägner A,Beck O,Brodin K,Montero D,Asberg M

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The differentiating power of two individually related measures of outcome, target complaints and psychiatrists' evaluation of individually defined treatment objectives, were studied in two models of treatment planning, one with and one without active patient participation. Target complaints were measured at admission,...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Hansson L,Berglund M,Ohman R

更新日期：1987-03-01 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 determine the prevalence of depression in a community with 15 000 inhabitants in Brazil (Bambuí). METHOD:The Composite International Diagnostic Interview was applied in a random sample of 1041 residents aged 18+ years. RESULTS:The ICD-10 1-month, 1-year and lifetime prevalences of depression were 8.2% (9...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Vorcaro CM,Lima-Costa MF,Barreto SM,Uchoa E

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one of 50 patients satisfying the NINCDS-ADRDA criteria of probable or possible Alzheimer's disease showed psychotic features during a 2-year observation period. Paranoid delusions were reported in 23 patients, delusional misidentification in 17, visual hallucinations in 16 and auditory hallucinations in 8. All...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Förstl H,Besthorn C,Geiger-Kabisch C,Sattel H,Schreiter-Gasser U

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 'short family therapy' in schizophrenia, according to a specific systemic model (the 'Elementary Pragmatic Model' or EPM) with a strong paradoxical structure is presented. A total of 38 schizophrenic patients, randomly allocated, were treated according to the EPM model combined with psychotropic drugs (19 cases, eac...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： De Giacomo P,Pierri G,Santoni Rugiu A,Buonsante M,Vadruccio F,Zavoianni L

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the premenstrual and follicular phases of the menstrual cycle, 41 women who had generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) plus premenstrual syndrome (PMS) were assessed with psychiatric rating scales and compared with 21 GAD patients without PMS and 19 controls. The latter two groups were rated only once, in the typic...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： McLeod DR,Hoehn-Saric R,Foster GV,Hipsley PA

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to ascertain whether suicide victims had ever been in contact with a primary health-care centre, a psychiatric out-patient treatment centre or any form of institutional psychiatric care, and whether there had been any change in such patterns over time. The results show an increase in the numb...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Hydén LC

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to reveal the relationship between family expressed emotion (EE) and family evaluation for symptoms and social adjustment of schizophrenic patients. Chronic schizophrenic outpatients in offshore islands under stationary therapeutic conditions were studied. For evaluation, the Five Minute S...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Otsuka T,Nakane Y,Ohta Y

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 289 Greenlanders admitted for the first time to a mental hospital from 1980 to 1983, were followed for 7 years. Thirty-seven patients, 24 men and 13 women, were diagnosed with schizophrenia at least once during the follow-up period. The annual first admission rate per 100,000 was 41 for men and 23 for women...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lynge I,Jacobsen J

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The endocannabinoid (EC) system is widely distributed throughout the brain and modulates many functions. It is involved in mood and related disorders, and its activity may be modified by exogenous cannabinoids. This article examines the therapeutic potential of cannabinoids in psychiatric disorders. METHOD:A...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Ashton CH,Moore PB

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study comprised 26 patients with somatic symptoms indicating a hernia-reflux syndrome referred to a university hospital ear, nose and throat department. The aim was to throw light on the hypothesis that this syndrome is largely a psychosomatic problem. The patients were divided into two groups: subjects with and w...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nielzén S,Pettersson KI,Regnéll G,Svensson R

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) effect and erythrocyte transketolase activity (ETKA) in a group of 28 patients admitted to a psychiatric emergency ward because of severe alcohol withdrawal syndrome were compared with the TPP effect and ETKA in a control group of 20 healthy nonalcoholic volunteers. The patients were t...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nordentoft M,Timm S,Hasselbalch E,Roesen A,Gammeltoft S,Hemmingsen R

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Case of an interstitial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 21 presenting with first episode of psychosis. METHOD:A case report. RESULTS:A 16-year-high school student of Somalian origin presented with a first episode of psychosis, mild mental retardation and dysmorphic features. Chromosome analysis revea...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Takhar J,Malla AK,Siu V,MacPherson C,Fan YS,Townsend L

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the factor structure of DSM-IV criteria for obsessive compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) in patients with binge eating disorder (BED). METHOD:Two hundred and eleven consecutive out-patients with axis I diagnoses of BED were reliably assessed with semi-structured diagnostic interviews. The eigh...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Grilo CM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure how primary care physicians (PCPs) and psychiatrists treat mild depression. METHOD:We surveyed a national sample of US PCPs and psychiatrists using a vignette of a 52-year-old man with depressive symptoms not meeting Major Depressive Episode criteria. Physicians were asked how likely they were to ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Lawrence RE,Rasinski KA,Yoon JD,Meador KG,Koenig HG,Curlin FA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the economic impact of the duration of antidepressant drug treatment in a real-life setting. METHOD:A historical fixed cohort study included 27 917 patients aged 18 and over with a new antidepressant treatment registered in the national insurance database. The economic impact concerned healthcare e...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Tournier M,Crott R,Gaudron Y,Verdoux H

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature is reviewed on EEG alpha activity in different psychological states, i.e., morbid anxiety, attention and mental relaxation. In the present study, 20 male neurotic inpatients suffering from chronic moderate anxiety were assessed with respect to anxiety level and EEG alpha activity (frequency and per cent...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Siciliani O,Schiavon M,Tansella M

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article illustrates the development of psychiatric register research and discusses the strengths, limitations, and possible directions for future activities. METHOD:Examples illustrating the development from the post-World War II introduction of psychiatric register research until today are selected. R...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Munk-Jørgensen P,Okkels N,Golberg D,Ruggeri M,Thornicroft G

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study comprises a retrospective evaluation of the case records of 49 first-admission patients with acute reactive paranoid psychosis and of the subsequent follow-up almost 10 years later, with special reference to clinical and social course and outcome. Ten of the 41 followed-up patients were diagnosed schizophren...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Jørgensen P

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to identify psychopathological factors associated with long-term functional outcome in euthymic bipolar disorder patients and to test new measures of mood instability and symptoms intensity. METHOD:Fifty-five patients with more than 12 months of follow-up were included. In addition ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Strejilevich SA,Martino DJ,Murru A,Teitelbaum J,Fassi G,Marengo E,Igoa A,Colom F

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a syndrome of involuntary movements that develops in predisposed individuals during neuroleptic drug treatment, with an average prevalence of 15%. Neuroleptic (antidopaminergic) drugs are the predominant etiological factor. Although no simple correlation can be established, both dosage and t...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Gerlach J,Casey DE

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 103 schizophrenic patients we investigated the extent of practice needed in the use of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) to enable its reliability to be assessed. The agreement level of the 7 raters was analysed. Generally, the lowest mean agreement found was for the negative symptoms of the BPRS schizophre...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Andersen J,Kørner A,Larsen JK,Schultz V,Nielsen BM,Behnke K,Munk-Andersen E,Bjørum N

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00