Childhood experiences and personality traits in patients with motor conversion symptoms.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the prevalence and determinants of the reasons given for non-adherence to psychiatric medication in a representative community survey. METHOD:We used data for all participants taking oral psychotropic medication (n = 634) from the 2000 British Survey of National Psychiatric Morbidity. RESULTS:Of...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Cooper C,Bebbington P,King M,Brugha T,Meltzer H,Bhugra D,Jenkins R

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isocarboxazide has been used as long-term treatment for a selected group of 20 depressive patients, of whom some 90% (17/19) were non-responders to treatment with tricyclic antidepressants. At the follow-up the median duration of illness was 162 months, and the median duration of treatment was 42 months. Side-effects ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Larsen JK,Rafaelsen OJ

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low levels of platelet monoamine oxidase have been found in schizophrenic and bipolar depressive patients. The enzyme activity seems to correlate negatively with certain personality traits (social activity, sensation seeking, hypomania, positive affect and monotony avoidance) which are correlated to some extent with t...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Gattaz WF,Beckmann H

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence from follow-up studies concerned with the mortality of epilepsy suggests the suicide rate is increased. The risk of suicide seems to be higher from temporal lobe epilepsy, for epilepsy with a greater degree of handicap and in the early years of the condition. ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Barraclough BM

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a 24-week, needs-based cognitive-behaviourally oriented family intervention for patients suffering from schizophrenia led to improved relapse profiles over a 5-year follow-up period. METHOD:The case notes of 60 patients who had participated in a randomized, controlled effectiveness trial...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Sellwood W,Wittkowski A,Tarrier N,Barrowclough C

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been many studies in the literature examining childhood parental loss as a risk factor for adult psychiatric disorders such as depression, schizophrenia or anxiety disorders. However, with regard to alcohol dependence, only a limited number of such studies exists, and these have reported inconsistent findin...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Furukawa T,Harai H,Hirai T,Fujihara S,Kitamura T,Takahashi K

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland resulted in a nationwide quarantine on March 27, 2020. This study represents the first assessment of rates of anxiety and depression in the general population of Ireland during the pandemic. AIMS:Our first aim was to estimate the probable prevalence rates of generalized anxi...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Hyland P,Shevlin M,McBride O,Murphy J,Karatzias T,Bentall RP,Martinez A,Vallières F

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether large social networks are associated with better functional outcome in psychotic disorders. METHOD:A prospective cohort study of epidemiologically representative patients with psychosis was analysed to examine the relationship between social networks and functional outcome. Standardize...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Howard L,Leese M,Thornicroft G

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) is released as part of the acute phase immune response and can directly stimulate the release of corticotrophin-releasing hormone and thus induce hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis hyperactivity. Major depression has been shown to be accompanied by both an acute phase immune resp...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Owen BM,Eccleston D,Ferrier IN,Young AH

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep disturbances commonly occur in the premenstruum in both Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) patients and in women from the general population. Reports on the Post-Sleep Inventory were obtained from a clinic sample of PMS patients and samples from the general population dichotomized into a non-clinic group with and witho...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Mauri M,Reid RL,MacLean AW

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old man with multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS) received the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) citalopram for treatment of depression. The treatment was successful and, in parallel to the remission of the depressive symptoms, all MCS symptoms vanished. This suggests that a subgroup of MCS pati...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Andiné P,Rönnbäck L,Järvholm B

更新日期：1997-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To identify trajectories of depressive symptoms in older community residents. METHOD:Depressive symptomatology, based on a modified Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale, was obtained at years 0, 3, 6, and 10, in the Duke Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (n = 416...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Kuchibhatla MN,Fillenbaum GG,Hybels CF,Blazer DG

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to test the transferability of the Marke-Nymann Temperament Scale (MNTS) using the Rasch item analysis. The results showed that the three Sjöbring personality dimensions Validity, Stability, and Solidity measured by the MNTS were without transferability. However, the item analysis demonst...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Bech P,Allerup P,Rosenberg R

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that serum creatine kinase levels might be useful in the investigation of dementia. In this study serum creatine kinase BB (CKBB) isoenzyme levels were investigated in a community population of elderly women aged 70 to 80 years. Normative data for this group were compared with the findings in you...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Brayne C,Calloway P

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Examinations are anecdotally viewed as extremely stressful to Singapore schoolchildren. We test this postulate by obtaining parental ratings of children's emotional stress levels longitudinally in a large representative sample of sixth (P6) and fifth (P5) class primary schoolchildren, respectively, exposed an...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Parker G,Cai Y,Tan S,Dear K,Henderson AS,Poh GT,Kwee GC

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hope has long been considered an important therapeutic factor in medicine, nursing and mental health and recently received attention as a central component of recovery. However, conceptual clarity, applicability and the predictive value of hope remain unclear. This review aims to define hope, review current a...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Schrank B,Stanghellini G,Slade M

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of previously published CSF monoamine data has revealed statistical evidence for a biological subtype of depression, characterized by abnormally low CSF-5HIAA and CSF HVA. Using maximum likelihood gaussian mixture analysis we were able to resolve the empirical frequency distributions of both CSF HVA and CSF 5...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Gibbons RD,Davis JM

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:419 patients in Sri Lanka, 150 patients in U.K. and 172 patients in Canada who were suffering from "Functional Psychoses" were interviewed using the Present State Examination to elicit Schneider's First Rank Symptoms (FRS). Nationality and ethnicity were found to be significant variables associated with lower prevalen...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Chandrasena R

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to find out whether there are any similarities between cannabis psychosis on the one hand and schizophrenia and mania on the other, and to delineate any consistency in the pattern of clinical symptoms of cannabis psychosis. Relevant data were collected from patient's case-notes depicting biog...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Imade AG,Ebie JC

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 1018 self-poisoned patients were treated during one year (1983) at the emergency room of Helsinki University Central Hospital for 1207 suicide attempts; 46% were left without psychiatric consultation. Women were consulted more frequently than men. Patients with previous psychiatric treatment were referred m...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Suokas J,Lönnqvist J

更新日期：1991-03-01 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：UNLABELLED:Lycanthropy is a rare psychiatric condition in which the patient believes in being transformed into an animal. Belief in the transformation of another person into an animal has not been reported, so far. Here, a patient with an impression of bipolar mood disorder (mixed type) and such delusion is reported. ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nejad AG

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ethnicity is a risk factor for tardive dyskinesia (TD) and other antipsychotic drug-induced movement disorders (ADIMD). It is unclear whether this association is mediated through genetic, environmental or cultural factors individually or in combination. This pilot study aimed to explore this interaction by de...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Sundram S,Lambert T,Piskulic D

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this review is to summarize all data on suicidal behaviour reported in the Bible and to discuss basic implications for medical ethical positions. METHOD:All books of the Jerusalem Bible, including the apocrypha accepted in the Catholic canon, were searched for all cases of suicide, attempted suici...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Koch HJ

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent interest in community care of schizophrenic patients has led to publication of a number of studies that deal with patients' rehabilitation in their families. Joint efforts of psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers have produced a number of techniques for collaboration with families of schizophrenic pat...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： el-Islam MF

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Review of recent literature with emphasis on growth, development and epidemiology of eating disorders and diabetes reveals many common features of the conditions. Thus we hypothesize more concurrence than would occur by chance alone. At present epidemiological evidence is inconclusive, but prevalence of eating disorde...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nielsen S,Børner H,Kabel M

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation studied by direct interviews in a randomly selected sample of 58 Swedish unbroken families, factors of importance for the father's experience of his preschool child. The father's experience of his child was shown to correlate with the child's experience of him. Fathers experiencing their child in a ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Nettelbladt P,Uddenberg N,Englesson I

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports on the development and testing of a new Chinese diagnostic instrument--the Adult Diagnostic Interview Schedule-Present (ADIS-P). This instrument uses a selection of items adapted from DIS and SADS. It is administered within approximately 25 min by a trained clinician using a small portable computer ...

journal_title：Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica

authors： Zheng Y,Yang W,Phillips MR,Dai C,Zheng H

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00