abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Social Functioning Scale (SFS) was designed to evaluate social functioning essential to schizophrenic patients. Its length may be difficult to use in clinical practice. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a short version of the SFS. METHODS:Data from 445 patients with schizophrenia...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Alonso J,Olivares J,Ciudad A,Manresa J,Casado A,Gilaberte I

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Whenever a new scale is created or translated from another language, it must be validated, establishing its reliability for the new population where it will be used. Sleep quality concept is a construct that can be evaluated using self-report scales. Resulting elements vary depending on the individuals sur...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Lomeli HA,Pérez-Olmos I,Talero-Gutiérrez C,Moreno CB,González-Reyes R,Palacios L,de la Peña F,Muñoz-Delgado J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The high prevalence of bulimia nervosa among eating disorders and limited repertoire of assessment tools available for these disorders in Spanish have resulted in special interest regarding the adaptation of a specific instrument such as the Bulimia Test (BULIT). METHODOLOGY:A total of 119 outpatients, mo...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Vázquez Morejón AJ,García-Bóveda RJ,Vázquez-Morejón Jiménez R

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Longitudinal studies are the only ones capable of responding to the question of whether cognitive deficits present in schizophrenia follow a stable course and establishing its evolutive relationship with other clinical symptoms of the disease. This article reviews a total of 30 studies published in patients with a fir...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Ojeda N,Sánchez P,Elizagárate E,Yöller AB,Ezcurra J,Ramírez I,Ballesteros J

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Family influence and involvement in the obsessive- compulsive symptoms of their relatives are widely recognized in clinical practice although there is a very little research investigating those variables. The Family Accommodation (FAS) for obsessive-compulsive symptoms is an interview developed to evaluate...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Otero S,Rivas A

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Patients with amygdala dysfunction generally have behavioral impairment. Temporal lobe surgery might be a model of study of unilateral amygdala resection. The objective of this study was to evaluate behavioral flexibility in epileptic patients who undergo amygdala resection for epilepsy surgery and evaluat...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Butman J,Allegri RF,Thomson A,Fontela E,Abel C,Viaggio B,Drake M,Serrano C,Loñ L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:After the description of its involvement in amydalin lesions, there has been growing interest in the last decade on the neuropsychological examination of impaired emotional recognition in different diseases. This study aims to demonstrate the existence of emotional recognition impairment in a case of front...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： García-Caballero A,González-Hermida J,García-Lado I,Recimil MJ

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In recent years, research has been aimed at finding variables mediating between neurocognition and psychosocial functioning in schizophrenia, proposing insight as one of these variables. Some authors have found associations between insight and functional outcome, and between insight and symptomatology, alt...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Gil D,Bengochea R,Arrieta M,Alvarez A,Sánchez R,Diego M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although in the pharmacological field topiramate has shown proved efficacy in impulsive behavioral disorders (IBD), this fact has not been demonstrated with the same evidence in children and adolescents. The aim of this study is to evaluate improvement of symptoms in different IBD in those ages after treat...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Dolengevich Segal H,Rodríguez Salgado B,Conejo Garcia A,San Sebastian Cabases J

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The bulk of research on Family Interventions concentrates on assessing its efficacy in reducing psychotic relapses, there being very little research into its ability to reduce the morbidity of the main caregiver over the course of time. METHOD:Follow-up study at five years of a cohort of informal caregive...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Montero I,Masanet MJ,Lacruz M,Bellver F,Asencio A,García E

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review is focused on aggressive behavior in adult patients with major mental disorders. Aggression, agitation, and hostility are defined. The roles of intramuscular forms of ziprasidone and olanzapine in the treatment of acute agitation and aggression are discussed. We review general considerations pertaining to ...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Volavka J,Citrome L,Huertas D

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure health related quality of life (HRQL) and social functioning in schizophrenic patients treated with olanzapine under regular clinical practice conditions. METHODS:Out-patients diagnosed of schizophrenia and beginning treatment with olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone or typical oral antipsychotics...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Mayoral F,Montejo AL,Bousoño M,González-Torres MA,Olivares JM,Ros S,Sanjuán J,Escobar R,Lara N

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper is to analyze the influence and differential weight of some specific psychological variables on adolescent antisocial behavior. A sample of 1,851 adolescents (49.92 % men and 50.08 % women) from the Autonomous Community of Madrid was assessed. Several stepwise regression analyses were conducted, ...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Muñoz JJ,Navas Collado E,Graña Gómez JL

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To describe benzodiazepine use in the adult population from Santiago, Chile and attempt to establish associations with different sociodemographic and medical variables. METHODS:This is a cross-sectional study whose sampling frame was the adult population, aged 16 to 64 years (n = 3,237,286). The sampling ...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Fritsch Montero R,Rojas Castillo G,Gaete Olivares J,Araya Baltra R,González Rubio I

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Guatemalan society was exposed to an internal armed conflict during the period from 1962 to 1996. During these years, the civil society suffered multiple traumatic events. The objective of this study is to understand the psychological impact that the conflict had on the mental health of the Guatemalans...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Herrera W,de Jesús Mari J,Ferraz MP

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Abnormal synaptic pruning has been proposed by some authors as a theory to explain schizophrenia. It has been studied in different ways, some of which are computerized models. METHODS:A PC computer with MATLAB version 5.3 and Neural Networks Toolbox programs were used. To reproduce the model we used Elman...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： de la Fuente-Sandoval C,Portillo V,Fresán A,Apiquian R

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Freud introduced two concepts of illness gain-one was a more external conscious adaptive form of gain, called secondary gain, and the other was a more internal unconscious destructive form of gain, called the need to be ill. Both forms of illness gain are interdependent and secondary gain can generate a ne...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： van Egmond JJ

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There are no conclusive data on the effectiveness of antidepressant drugs in the treatment of comorbid cases of alcohol dependence and depression. OBJECTIVES:To determine the effectiveness of venlafaxine on depression and on severity (need of treatment) of alcohol dependence and related problems. METHODS...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： García-Portilla MP,Bascarán MT,Saiz PA,Mateos M,González-Quirós M,Pérez P,Avila JJ,Torres MA,Bombín B,Caso C,Marín R,Prieto R,Bobes J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper is to present the bibliometric indicators of Actas Españolas de Psiquiatría that were obtained from the study "Potential impact factor of the Spanish medical journals in 2001", financed by the Spanish Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. The citations made in Actas Españolas de Psiquiatría...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Aleixandre Benavent R,Valderrama Zurián JC,Castellano Gómez M,Simó Meléndez R,Navarro Molina C

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we present a case of chronic mania and we revise its diagnosis and treatment. A case of a 23 year old patient with chronic mania as well as his response to clozapine treatment is described. ...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Pailhez Vindual G,Palomo Nicolau AL

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:One of the most typical clinical problems is the assessment of malingering in the field of forensic and penitentiary psychiatry. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this research was to find associations between different personality types and psychometric response styles. MATERIAL AND METHODS. SUBJECTS:participant...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Mohíno Justes S,Dolado Cuello J,Arimany Manso J,Ortega-Monasterio L,Cuquerella Fuentes A,Vilardell Molas J,Planchat Teruel LM

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Children Yale-Brown Obsessive- Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS) constitutes a very good instrument for the evaluation of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms, by a clinical interview administered to the patient and parent, that includes summary score of the clinician. OBJECTIVE:We are proposing a Sp...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Ulloa RE,de la Peña F,Higuera F,Palacios L,Nicolini H,Avila JM

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, there has been considerable evidence on the phenomenon of intelligence quotient (IQ) gains over time with a gain rate of approximately three IQ points per decade. This phenomenon has been called the Flynn effect. This review article presents the evidence that supports this effect and discusses its imp...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Martorell Cafranga A,Ayuso Mateos JL

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of classical psychodynamic concepts in the psychotherapy of personality disorders (PD) is carried out. New approaches, such as dialectic behavioral therapy or cognitive analytic therapy, are also studied. Whenever possible, evidence is given on the efficacy of these approaches. The article finishes with a PD ...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Rubio García I,Pérez Urdániz A,Santos García JM,Carrasco Perera JL,Molina Ramos R,Misiego Peral JM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The theory of mind (ToM) is a new concept which could be defined as the ability to make inferences on the intentions of others. This capacity has been used to explain childhood autism symptoms and recently an attempt has been made to refer it to schizophrenia. The authors aim to review the theory of mind concept, the ...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Portela Vicente M,Virseda Antoranz A,Gayubo Moreo L

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The main purpose of this study was to determine if olanzapine (OLZ) can improve the ability to recognize emotional expressions, in the facial, prosodic and contextual modalities in treatment refractory schizophrenics (TRS) and, if this could be related to its effects on depressive symptoms. METHOD:14 TRS ...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Ibarrarán-Pernas GY,Guevara MA,Cerdán LF,Ramos-Loyo J

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To study working memory function in major depression using identification and memory tests with event-related potentials (ERP). METHODS:We compared behavioral performance and event-related potentials during the processing of the Sternberg working memory task in 26 patients with major depression and 64 hea...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Ortiz T,Pérez-Serrano JM,Zaglul C,Coullaut R,Coullaut J Jr,Criado J,Fernández A

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To estimate the prevalence of bulimia nervosa and bulimic behavior in women who come to Primary Health Care consultations, using the DSM-IV criteria. DESIGN:Descriptive, observational study Setting. Primary Health Care. PARTICIPANTS:Women over 14 years who come to general medicine consultations. Selectio...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Galdón Blesa MP,López-Torres JD,David García Y,Gómez Honrubia MC,Escobar Rabadán F,Martínez Ramírez M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Previous studies on adverse cognitive effects of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) have not found any significant alteration of the frontal functions after an acute treatment course. This study aims to assess frontal executive functions in psychiatric patients during maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (M-...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Rami-González L,Bernardo M,Portella MJ,Goti J,Gil-Verona JA,Salamero M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This series of patients was gathered to assess the use of last and slow titration dosage of venlafaxine in in-patients with major depression and to evaluate the action onset. An observational open study was performed in 3 centers in 18 in-patients. Nine patients were included in fast titration dosage group (FT) and 9 ...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Bernardo M,Buisán E,Durán A,Soler-Insa PA,Gascón J,Alberni J,Prieto R

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatic fibromyalgia, also known as fibrositis or myofascial pain, is a common syndrome whose diagnoses, founded mainly on physical examination, usually delays due to symptom unspecificity, amount of complementary tests requested and intercourse with psychiatric disorders. Psychyatrists and psychologists get often i...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Sarró Alvarez S

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1992 it has been reported that obsessive-compulsive behavior may emerge in patients treated with clozapine. We would like to report a case of obsessive-compulsive behavior emerging after initiation of treatment with clozapine in a 22-year-old man with a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder that was successfully...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Sánchez Bonome L,Barjau Romero JM,Lara Muñoz Rd,Márquez Tejero MC

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Updating psychopathology is currently viewed as being dependent on a readjustment that fits the ever increasing knowledge of cerebral physiopathology. Nevertheless, this recalibration cannot elude the apories of a medical semiology based upon the identification of correlates and injury as the reference of ...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Ramos Gorostiza P,Rejón Altable C

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, interest in the effects of gender or sex on brain morphology has rapidly increased. Structural and functional imaging studies offer us important though preliminary results. In this review, we will first comment on research dealing with neurodevelopmental differences and the influence hormones appear t...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Usall i Rodié J

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The victims of terrorist attacks have a lower level of mental health than general population. However this effects has been only demonstrated in short term after the terrorist attack. METHODS:2998 people from 544 families who have suffered a terrorist attacks. General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28) as a p...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Baca E,Cabanas ML,Baca-García E

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Due to the fact that various research studies have shown that drug users usually have a father with negative characteristics, it is convenient to investigate this phenomenon and take it into consideration in addict treatment efforts. METHODOLOGY:This is a qualitative study that explores the fatherly perce...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Sánchez Huesca R,Guisa Cruz VM,Cedillo González A,Pascual Blanco Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Choking phobia is characterized by fear and avoidance of swallowing food, fluids or pills. It often appears in women after an episode of choking on food. We present the case of an adolescent beginning her phobia after a mononucleosis with severe dysphagia. Patient's solid restriction raised concerns about differential...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： de Lucas-Taracena MT,Ibarra I

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In spite of the frequent prophylactic use of lithium salts in affective disorders, few papers have been published about clinical outcome predictors in long-term follow-up. OBJECTIVE:To identify clinical predictors of long-term outcome in a sample of bipolar outpatients on lithium treatment. METHODS:An in...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Garcia-López A,Ezquiaga E,Nieves P,Rodríguez-Salvanés F

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate a semi-structured Revised Iowa Collateral Head Injury Interview (RICHII) to assess post-traumatic, psychosocial frontal symptoms. METHOD:1. To revise the RICHII in the light of recent research findings and previous pilot studies. 2. External experts assure face and content validity. 3. Standard r...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Pelegrín Valero C,Gómez-Hernández R,Lobo Satúe A

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Delirium is an organic mental disorder defined as a confusional state, attention deficit and disorganized thinking, with a fluctuating course and acute development. Underlying causes are numerous, but the most common are multiple medical problems and drug side effects. SUBJECTS AND METHOD:We present a des...

journal_title：Actas espanolas de psiquiatria

authors： Navinés R,Gómez E,Franco JG,de Pablo J

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00