abstract：:Combat exposure is associated with increased risk of psychiatric and substance use disorders in veterans. However, it is not known whether combat exposure independently increases risk for these disorders or whether this association is accounted for by genetic vulnerability common to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Scherrer JF,Xian H,Lyons MJ,Goldberg J,Eisen SA,True WR,Tsuang M,Bucholz KK,Koenen KC

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the relationships between attitudes toward antipsychotics, insight, and other clinical variables in stable schizophrenia. METHODS:Fifty Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision-(DSM-IV-TR)-diagnosed schizophrenic...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Rocca P,Crivelli B,Marino F,Mongini T,Portaleone F,Bogetto F

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to examine correlates of occupational disability in a large, clinical sample of individuals with a primary diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). METHODS:A total of 238 individuals with a primary Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition diagnosis of OC...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Mancebo MC,Greenberg B,Grant JE,Pinto A,Eisen JL,Dyck I,Rasmussen SA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that a clinical form of separation anxiety can be observed in adults. An important question of relevance to defining the construct of adult separation anxiety is whether there is discontinuity between that constellation and other forms of anxiety. In the present study, 2 taxometric procedures ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Silove D,Slade T,Marnane C,Wagner R,Brooks R,Manicavasagar V

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An anxious-retarded subtype of major depressive disorder, defined by high scores for both anxiety and retardation, has been derived from melancholia and appeared to have higher external validity in terms of poor outcome and vasopressinergic stress hormone regulation. A specific personality could enhance the ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： de Winter RF,Wolterbeek R,Spinhoven P,Zitman FG,Goekoop JG

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was conducted to examine whether pediatric patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and hoarding symptoms differed in terms of clinical characteristics from pediatric OCD patients without hoarding symptoms. METHOD:Eighty children and adolescents with OCD (range, 7-17 years) completed clin...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Storch EA,Lack CW,Merlo LJ,Geffken GR,Jacob ML,Murphy TK,Goodman WK

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of the study was to evaluate from the perspective of the Piaget developmental model the cognitive functioning of a sample of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. METHOD:Fifty patients with schizophrenia (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition) and 40 healthy mat...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Torres A,Olivares JM,Rodriguez A,Vaamonde A,Berrios GE

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to observe if patients with panic disorder (PD) and patients with major depression with panic attacks (MDP) (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition criteria) respond in a similar way to the induction of panic attacks by an oral caffeine challenge test. We randomly selected 29...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Nardi AE,Lopes FL,Valença AM,Freire RC,Veras AB,de-Melo-Neto VL,Nascimento I,King AL,Mezzasalma MA,Soares-Filho GL,Zin WA

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than a decade ago, a consensus panel recommended that remission be defined on the 17-item version of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D) as a cutoff of less than 7. Recently, some investigators have suggested that this threshold to define remission may be too high. If true, this means that heterogene...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Zimmerman M,Posternak MA,Chelminski I

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines in daily smokers (1) subjective effects and main reason for smoking after controlling for nicotine dependence level in 100 controls and 173 patients with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, schizophrenia and (2) the association of specific subjective effects and s...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Gurpegui M,Martínez-Ortega JM,Jurado D,Aguilar MC,Diaz FJ,de Leon J

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compulsive buying is defined by the presence of repetitive impulsive and excessive buying, leading to personal and family distress. The objective of this study is to assess the prevalence of compulsive buying among "normal consumers" and to describe the specificities in the buying style of compulsive buyers. We tried ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Lejoyeux M,Mathieu K,Embouazza H,Huet F,Lequen V

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by interpersonal disturbances, but the neurocognitive aspects of these symptoms are poorly understood. We hypothesized that patients with BPD have impaired perception of emotional expressions, which are related to symptoms of interpersonal dysfunction. To control ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Minzenberg MJ,Poole JH,Vinogradov S

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated several aspects of the validity of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition avoidant personality disorder (APD) construct, with emphasis on the psychometric properties of the diagnostic criteria and the prototype nature of the construct. A sample of 1,058 patien...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Hummelen B,Wilberg T,Pedersen G,Karterud S

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insight into having a psychotic disorder is often considered to be a positive characteristic that improves quality of life. However, the evidence regarding this controversy is mixed. The present study examined the relation between insight and quality of life. METHOD:One hundred thirty-one participants with ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Hasson-Ohayon I,Kravetz S,Roe D,David AS,Weiser M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to describe the clinical features of 35% CO2-induced panic attacks in patients with panic disorder (PD) (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual and Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition) and compare them with the last spontaneous panic attack in patients with PD who had not had a panic attack after the 35% CO2 chall...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Nardi AE,Valença AM,Lopes FL,Nascimento I,Veras AB,Freire RC,Mezzasalma MA,de-Melo-Neto VL,Zin WA

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been hypothesized that college women are particularly susceptible to the development and maintenance of disturbed eating behaviors. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of disordered eating attitudes and eating disorders in a sample of Turkish female college students. The Eating Attitudes Te...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Uzun O,Güleç N,Ozşahin A,Doruk A,Ozdemir B,Calişkan U

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Milder forms of depression are highly prevalent in the clinical setting as well as in primary care. However, it is still unclear whether there are distinguishable groups among the various subthreshold syndromes and to what extent they are associated with impairment, thus requiring treatment. Therefore, the s...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Backenstrass M,Frank A,Joest K,Hingmann S,Mundt C,Kronmüller KT

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of schizophrenic subtypes shows a high range of cross-cultural and historical variations. Our study aimed to investigate the effect of different diagnostic criteria on the prevalence of schizophrenic subtypes. A sample of 220 consecutively admitted schizophrenic patients from 3 different psychiatric i...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Stompe T,Ortwein-Swoboda G,Ritter K,Marquart B,Schanda H

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although research on body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is increasing, no follow-up studies of this disorder's course of illness have been published. METHODS:The status of 95 outpatients with BDD treated in a clinical practice was assessed by chart review. Standard scales were used to rate subjects at baseline ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Phillips KA,Grant JE,Siniscalchi JM,Stout R,Price LH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to explore the levels of insight in patients with depressive disorders and to examine the factors that influenced insight. Using the Mood Disorders Insight Scale, we evaluated 247 patients with depressive disorders to determine their levels of insight with respect to their awareness of the ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Yen CF,Chen CC,Lee Y,Tang TC,Ko CH,Yen JY

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lack of insight of patients with schizophrenia into various aspects of their illness and treatment is an important clinical issue. Poor insight has been reported to be associated with neurocognitive deficits, particularly in the frontal and parietal functions. The aim of this study was to examine relationships between...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Goodman C,Knoll G,Isakov V,Silver H

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Kraepelinian concept of pfropfschizophrenia refers to the intertwined coexistence of mental retardation and schizophrenia. Patients with this syndrome are relatively treatment resistant and are often harmed by diverging policies and cost cuts within the framework of mental health care services. Thus, a b...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Catinari S,Vass A,Ermilov M,Heresco-Levy U

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cloninger's psychobiological model of temperament and character postulates that each of the temperament dimensions is associated with a specific emotional experience, depending on the situational cues. The aim of the present study was to test this postulate in a variety of challenging experimental tasks. The participa...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Puttonen S,Ravaja N,Keltikangas-Järvinen L

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Personality disorders are common in subjects with panic disorder. Personality disorders have been shown to affect the course of panic disorder. The purpose of this study was to examine which personality disorders affect clinical severity in subjects with panic disorder. This study included 122 adults (71 women, 41 men...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Ozkan M,Altindag A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ) assesses defensive behavior by empirically evaluating conscious derivatives of defense and coping mechanisms in everyday life. It was developed on the assumption that defenses can be ordered along a maturity-immaturity continuum and tend to group into clusters, or defensive styles...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： San Martini P,Roma P,Sarti S,Lingiardi V,Bond M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a household survey of 3,012 adults aged 18 and over in order to estimate the prevalence of DSM-IV obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in urban areas in Konya, Turkey. Trained psychiatry interns administered the 2.1 version of the OCD section of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). The ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Cilliçilli AS,Telcioglu M,Aşkin R,Kaya N,Bodur S,Kucur R

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have implicated antisocial personality disorder in criminal behavior, but little is known about the association between "normal" personality dimensions and arrest. We investigated the relationships between these personality dimensions and prior arrest in a sample of adults participating in a longitudi...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Samuels J,Bienvenu OJ,Cullen B,Costa PT Jr,Eaton WW,Nestadt G

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated relevant outcome domains in the patient's perspective following psychiatric outpatient treatment for non-psychotic, non-substance-related disorders. Questionnaires, including the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ) and the Bern Inventory of Treatment Goals (BIT-C) applied as a broad typolog...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Hasler G,Moergeli H,Schnyder U

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A majority of individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) do not seek health care. To better understand why not, health care-seekers (HCS) with OCD (n = 25) were compared with non-health care-seekers (NHCS) with OCD (n = 23) regarding their sociodemographic variables, symptom severity, types of obsessions and...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Beşiroğlu L,CIlli AS,Aşkin R

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prison-based research has been limited due to concern that prisoners may represent a vulnerable population secondary to possible coercion and limited capacity for voluntary informed consent. This study was designed to assess decisional capacity and susceptibility to coercion in prison research subjects. Subjects were ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Moser DJ,Arndt S,Kanz JE,Benjamin ML,Bayless JD,Reese RL,Paulsen JS,Flaum MA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In current psychiatric literature, the received view is that dissociative symptoms originate from aversive childhood events. To a large extent, this view is based on cross-sectional studies that do not rule out a scenario in which dissociative tendencies contribute to self-reports of childhood trauma. In two studies, ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Merckelbach H,Jelicic M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between subjective quality of life (QOL) and suicide attempts in patients with schizophrenia has been understudied. The current study tested the hypothesis that QOL is negatively associated with a history of suicidality of patients with schizophrenia. QOL, as measured by the Quality of Life Enjoyment ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Ponizovsky AM,Grinshpoon A,Levav I,Ritsner MS

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although several studies have indicated that persons with a high ruminative coping style experience higher depression after the loss of a loved one, the relationship between ruminative coping and the occurrence of clinical depression and anxiety disorders after a loss has not been thoroughly investigated. This study i...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Ito T,Tomita T,Hasui C,Otsuka A,Katayama Y,Kawamura Y,Muraoka M,Miwa M,Sakamoto S,Agari I,Kitamura T

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and putative obsessive-compulsive (OC) spectrum disorders is unclear. This study investigates the prevalence of putative OC spectrum disorders in OCD subjects in a controlled clinical design. The putative OC spectrum disorders studied included somatoform dis...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Jaisoorya TS,Reddy YC,Srinath S

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concern within the literature has emerged from time to time arguing the poor validity of self-reported measures in psychopathology, namely, the reporting of psychotic experience. Although it is commonly believed that patients who have had a psychotic episode cannot accurately self-report their experience, very few stu...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Preston NJ,Harrison TJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study sought to determine concordance of cognitive impairment among elderly female twins. Cognitive testing was performed by telephone interview in a sample of 100 female-female twins older than 65 years. The participants were 32 monozygotic (MZ) and 18 dizygotic (DZ) female twin pairs, all between the age...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Barak Y,Aizenberg D,Achiron A

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is present in all human populations with approximately the same incidence. Why does such illness persist given that it is associated with a reproductive disadvantage? What is the balancing advantage? A possible explanation is linked to human language. According to this hypothesis schizophrenia occurs as ...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Berlim MT,Mattevi BS,Belmonte-de-Abreu P,Crow TJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Davidson Trauma Scale (DTS) is a validated self-rating scale used in the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A shorter version of the DTS was developed to serve as a diagnostic screening tool. A four-item scale, the SPAN (named for its principal four items: Startle, Physiological arousal, Anger, an...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Chen CH,Shen WW,Tan HK,Chou JY,Lu ML

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substance use disorders are associated with increased suicidal behavior. The suicidal behavior in patients without a history of illegal substance abuse, who consume benzodiazepines (BZDs) regularly in doses higher than those recommended, has not been previously studied. The aim of this study was to investigate the fac...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Lekka NP,Paschalis C,Beratis S

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No theory adequately explicates the relationships between stress, social support, and health. The recently developed Stress Process Model incorporates multiple levels of support and stress at the individual, family, and community level, with a focus on predicting mental health outcomes. The purpose of this study was t...

journal_title：Comprehensive psychiatry

authors： Katerndahl DA,Parchman M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00