abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, Voluntary Assisted Return Programmes (VARPs) have received increasing funding as a potential way of reducing the number of refugees in EU member states. A number of factors may affect the mental well-being of returnees. These include adjustment to the home country following return, difficult...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： von Lersner U,Elbert T,Neuner F

更新日期：2008-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In practical sleep medicine, therapists face the question of whether or not to discontinue the ongoing use of hypnotics in patients, as well as the possible effects of discontinuation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of discontinuing third-generation hypnotics on the results of cognitive-be...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Zavesicka L,Brunovsky M,Matousek M,Sos P

更新日期：2008-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Weight gain is commonly observed during psychotropic treatments for chronic forms of severe mental illness and is most rapid during the early treatment phases. All formats of behavioural weight intervention programmes have suggested that weight gain can be prevented or reversed in some patients. There is no ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Bushe CJ,McNamara D,Haley C,McCrossan MF,Devitt P

更新日期：2008-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To make well informed treatment decisions for their patients, clinicians need credible information about potential risk for substantial weight gain. We therefore conducted a post-hoc analysis of clinical trial data, examining early weight gain as a predictor of later substantial weight gain. METHODS:Data fr...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Lipkovich I,Jacobson JG,Hardy TA,Hoffmann VP

更新日期：2008-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with major depression refractory to repeated pharmacological trials (TRD) may remain symptomatic for many years after their index episode. Augmentation strategies (with lithium or an atypical antipsychotic) or combining an antidepressant with short-term psychotherapy have been used with relative suc...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Chaput Y,Magnan A,Gendron A

更新日期：2008-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Schizophrenia has been linked with intrauterine exposure to maternal stress due to bereavement, famine and major disasters. Recent evidence suggests that human vulnerability may be greatest in the first trimester of gestation and rodent experiments suggest sex specificity. We aimed to describe the consequenc...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Malaspina D,Corcoran C,Kleinhaus KR,Perrin MC,Fennig S,Nahon D,Friedlander Y,Harlap S

更新日期：2008-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several terms in the scientific literature about posttraumatic stress disorder are used with different meanings in studies conducted by different authors. Words such as trauma, violence, catastrophe, disaster and barbarism are often used vaguely or confusingly, and their meanings change in different articles...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Braga LL,Fiks JP,Mari JJ,Mello MF

更新日期：2008-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is estimated that around 4% of the population engages, or has engaged, in deliberate non-suicidal self-injury. In clinical samples, the figures rise as high as 21%. There is also evidence to suggest that these figures may be increasing. A family member or friend may suspect that a person is injuring thems...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Kelly CM,Jorm AF,Kitchener BA,Langlands RL

更新日期：2008-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biological factors influencing individual response to drugs are being extensively studied in psychiatry. Strikingly, there are few studies addressing social and cultural differences in attitudes toward psychotropic medications. The objective of this study was to investigate ethno-culturally determined belief...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Thorens G,Gex-Fabry M,Zullino DF,Eytan A

更新日期：2008-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies of family reactions following teenage suicide are hampered by the psychological difficulties of approaching families and recruiting an unbiased sample of study subjects. By using a small but consecutive series of cases, we examined the qualitative aspects of loosing a teenage family member due to sui...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Lindqvist P,Johansson L,Karlsson U

更新日期：2008-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the high prevalence of co-morbid substance use among mental health service users (dual diagnosis), very few mental health workers in the UK have had training and/or clinical experience to equip them to deliver targeted interventions to this client group. METHOD:In a randomised controlled trial of tr...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Hughes E,Wanigaratne S,Gournay K,Johnson S,Thornicroft G,Finch E,Marshall J,Smith N

更新日期：2008-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is common among people with diabetes, negatively affecting quality of life, treatment adherence and diabetes outcomes. In routine clinical care, diabetes patients have limited access to mental health services and depression therefore often remains untreated. Web-based therapy could potentially be ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： van Bastelaar KM,Pouwer F,Cuijpers P,Twisk JW,Snoek FJ

更新日期：2008-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have compared self-reported criminal behaviour with high-quality databases of criminal offences and judicial sanctions. Self-reported problems from drug abusers are generally believed to be valid. We assessed the validity of self-reported theft, drug offences and prison sentences from a five-year...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Jansson I,Hesse M,Fridell M

更新日期：2008-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Frequent users of the psychiatric emergency service (PES) place a heavy burden upon the mental health care delivery system. The aim of this study was to identify distinct temporal or geographical patterns of PES use by these patients as potential markers for their early detection. METHODS:Diagnostic profile...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Chaput YJ,Lebel MJ

更新日期：2007-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple studies have shown that brain gene expression is disturbed in subjects suffering from schizophrenia. However, disentangling disease effects from alterations caused by medication is a challenging task. The main goal of this study is to find transcriptional alterations in schizophrenia that are indepe...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Saetre P,Emilsson L,Axelsson E,Kreuger J,Lindholm E,Jazin E

更新日期：2007-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atypical antipsychotics are increasingly used for treatment of mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and considered to have fewer extrapyramidal effects than older antipsychotics. METHODS:We examined efficacy in randomised trials of bipolar disorder where the presenting episode was eithe...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Derry S,Moore RA

更新日期：2007-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Co-morbidity with substance use disorders negatively influences overall functioning in patients with psychosis. However, frequencies and courses of risky use of alcohol, drugs and cigarettes are rarely investigated in patients at psychosis units. The purpose of this study is to describe the use of alcohol, d...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Cruce G,Ojehagen A

更新日期：2007-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk of schizophrenia is thought to be higher in population isolates that have recently been exposed to major and accelerated cultural change, accompanied by ensuing socio-environmental stressors/triggers, than in dominant, mainstream societies. We investigated the prevalence and phenomenology of schizop...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Robin RW,Gottesman II,Albaugh B,Goldman D

更新日期：2007-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a genetically influenced condition although indicators of environmental risk including maternal smoking during pregnancy, low birth weight and low social class have also been found to be associated with the disorder. ADHD is a phenotypically heterogeneous di...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Langley K,Holmans PA,van den Bree MB,Thapar A

更新日期：2007-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychiatric treatment of suicidal youths is often difficult and non-compliance in treatment is a significant problem. This prospective study compared characteristics and changes in cognitive functioning, self image and psychosocial functioning among 13 to 18 year-old adolescent psychiatric inpatients with su...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Hintikka U,Marttunen M,Pelkonen M,Laukkanen E,Viinamäki H,Lehtonen J

更新日期：2006-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased mortality rates among previous child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) patients have been found in Scandinavian studies up to the 1980s. The suicide risk in this group has been estimated to be almost five times higher than expected. This article addresses two questions: Do Swedish CAP patients contin...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Engqvist U,Rydelius PA

更新日期：2006-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been previous reported deaths due to clozapine-induced constipation. In all these cases patients have experienced prior abdominal symptoms over a period of weeks or months. CASE PRESENTATION:We report the sudden death due to constipation of a healthy young male patient on clozapine without any kn...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Townsend G,Curtis D

更新日期：2006-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is an 8-week course developed for patients with relapsing depression that integrates mindfulness meditation practices and cognitive theory. Previous studies have demonstrated that non-depressed participants with a history of relapsing depression are protected from r...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Finucane A,Mercer SW

更新日期：2006-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Second generation antipsychotics (SGA) have demonstrated several advantages over first generation antipsychotics (FGA) in terms of positive, negative, cognitive, and affective symptoms and a lower propensity for extrapyramidal side effects. Despite these undeniable advantages, SGA have been associated with c...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Tarricone I,Casoria M,Gozzi BF,Grieco D,Menchetti M,Serretti A,Ujkaj M,Pastorelli F,Berardi D

更新日期：2006-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Koro is a culture bound syndrome, which has been reported usually from Asian countries. It has been described as an acute, brief lasting illness, which often occurs in epidemics. There is no description in literature of a chronic form of this syndrome. CASE PRESENTATION:Two sporadic cases with koro-like sym...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Kar N

更新日期：2005-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The weight-gain caused by many psychotropic drugs is a major cause for poor compliance with such medications and could also increase cardio-vascular morbidity among psychiatric patients. Recent reports have shown that the anticonvulsant topiramate causes weight loss in various patient groups. The drug has al...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Kirov G,Tredget J

更新日期：2005-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While physical health has improved considerably over recent decades in Finland, the disease burden of mental health, especially that of depression, has become increasingly demanding. However, we lack long-term data on the natural course of subjective well-being in the general population. The aim of this stud...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Koivumaa-Honkanen H,Kaprio J,Honkanen RJ,Viinamäki H,Koskenvuo M

更新日期：2005-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The skin contains a system for producing serotonin as well as serotonin receptors. Serotonin can also cause pruritus when injected into the skin. SSRI-drugs increase serotonin concentrations and are known to have pruritus and other dermal side effects. CASE PRESENTATION:A 46-year-old man consulted his docto...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Cederberg J,Knight S,Svenson S,Melhus H

更新日期：2004-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current operational diagnostic systems have substantial limitations for lifetime diagnostic classification of bipolar spectrum disorders. Issues include: (1) It is difficult to operationalize the integration of diverse episodes of psychopathology, (2) Hierarchies lead to loss of information, (3) Boundaries b...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Craddock N,Jones I,Kirov G,Jones L

更新日期：2004-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The reliability of the subjective statements reports on disturbed night sleep and alertness in the daytime was assessed by their correlation to the objective indicators in patients with mild depression. METHOD:Among patients with depression, altogether 28 patients with insomnia were examined. Their answers ...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Matousek M,Cervena K,Zavesicka L,Brunovsky M

更新日期：2004-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Concentrations of monoamine metabolites in human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have been used extensively as indirect estimates of monoamine turnover in the brain. CSF monoamine metabolite concentrations are partly determined by genetic influences. METHODS:We investigated possible relationships between DNA poly...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Jönsson EG,Bah J,Melke J,Abou Jamra R,Schumacher J,Westberg L,Ivo R,Cichon S,Propping P,Nöthen MM,Eriksson E,Sedvall GC

更新日期：2004-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological reports about dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD) in elderly people from developing countries are scarce. Therefore, we sought to determine the prevalences of dementia and AD in a population of nursing home residents and senior center attendees of Durango City, Mexico, and to determine whet...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Alvarado-Esquivel C,Hernández-Alvarado AB,Tapia-Rodríguez RO,Guerrero-Iturbe A,Rodríguez-Corral K,Martínez SE

更新日期：2004-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite of an increasing body of research the associations between vitamin B12 and folate levels and the treatment outcome in depressive disorders are still unsolved. We therefore conducted this naturalistic prospective follow-up study. Our aim was to determine whether there were any associations between the...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Hintikka J,Tolmunen T,Tanskanen A,Viinamäki H

更新日期：2003-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypercortisolism as a sign of hypothamamus-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis overactivity and sleep EEG changes are frequently observed in depression. Closely related to the HPA axis is the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) as 1. adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is a common stimulus for cortiso...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Murck H,Held K,Ziegenbein M,Künzel H,Koch K,Steiger A

更新日期：2003-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The medical management of aggressive and violent behaviour is a critical situation for which there is little evidence. In order to prepare for a randomised trial, due to start in the psychiatric emergency rooms of Rio de Janeiro in 2001, a survey of current practice was necessary. METHODS:A seven day survey...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Huf G,da Silva Freire Coutinho E,Fagundes HM Jr,Oliveira ES,Lopez JR,Gewandszajder M,da Luz Carvalho A,Keusen A,Adams CE

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been used to induce side-specific mood changes in volunteers and patients. To clarify inconsistencies between reports that used different stimulation frequencies, we conducted a controlled study with a low (1 Hz) frequency, comparing left wit...

journal_title：BMC psychiatry

authors： Jenkins J,Shajahan PM,Lappin JM,Ebmeier KP

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00