abstract：BACKGROUND:Many individuals with schizophrenia are stigmatized by society. It is necessary to understand the factors contributing to stigma. This study investigated the relation of symptoms and other patient characteristics with perceived stigmatization in patients with schizophrenia. METHOD:Sixty patients with schizo...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Ertugrul A,Uluğ B

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Relationship transitions have consistently been found to be associated with mental health in young adulthood, but previous studies have not demonstrated clearly whether such relationship transitions actually precede the development of mental health problems and have focused almost exclusively on subclinical ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Overbeek G,Vollebergh W,Engels RC,Meeus W

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are reports on favourable course and outcome of schizophrenia in lowincome countries. The aim of the present study was to examine onset and clinical course of the illness in a community-based sample in rural Ethiopia based on crosssectional information. METHOD:A two-stage survey was carried out in But...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Kebede D,Alem A,Shibre T,Negash A,Fekadu A,Fekadu D,Deyassa N,Jacobsson L,Kullgren G

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In many developing countries, a large proportion of people work without the social and legislative protection accorded to those in the "formal" labour market. Formal and informal work are very distinct labour market destinations for those leaving unemployment. From a policy perspective, the value of encourag...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Ludermir AB,Lewis G

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examined the effect of stress and social support on the relationship between single-parent status and depression. METHOD:A secondary data analysis of the 1994-95 National Population Health Survey was conducted. Single and married mothers who participated in the survey were derived from the genera...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Cairney J,Boyle M,Offord DR,Racine Y

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parental absence has been connected with later criminality. We studied the association between very early separation and criminality in a unique data set. METHODS:The index cohort consisted of 2,906 subjects born between 1945 and 1965 in Finland who were temporarily isolated from their family immediately af...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Mäki P,Hakko H,Joukamaa M,Läärä E,Isohanni M,Veijola J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnosis of schizophrenia by clinicians is not always accurate in terms of operational diagnostic criteria despite the fact that these diagnoses form the basis of case registers and routine statistics. This poses a challenge to psychiatric research. We studied the reasons for diagnostic discordance betw...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Moilanen K,Veijola J,Läksy K,Mäkikyrö T,Miettunen J,Kantojärvi L,Kokkonen P,Karvonen JT,Herva A,Joukamaa M,Järvelin MR,Moring J,Jones PB,Isohanni M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of parental socioeconomic status (SES) on subjects' well-being and health behaviour in adolescence, early adulthood and adulthood, and whether these impacts remained after controlling for the person's own SES. METHODS:All 16-year-old ninth-grade school pupi...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Huurre T,Aro H,Rahkonen O

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been few studies on the impact of de-institutionalization on psychiatric patients' lives in Chinese culture. The objectives of the present study were: (1) to compare quality of life (QOL) of Chinese patients with schizophrenia living in three different treatment settings (hospital, long-stay care ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Chan GW,Ungvari GS,Shek DT,Leung Dagger JJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coping strategies may influence the psychological outcome after a stressful event, both as coping at the time of the event and as strategies of dealing with its consequences after the event. The aim of the study was to investigate coping strategies used by civilians during the air attacks in Yugoslavia in 19...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Gavrilovic J,Lecic-Tosevski D,Dimic S,Pejovic-Milovancevic M,Knezevic G,Priebe S

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to investigate predictors of Quality of Life in a group of severely mentally ill substance abusers. These patients took part in a multi-centre study aimed at improving co-operation between psychiatric and social services in Sweden during the years 1995 to 1998. METHODS:Two hundred ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Schaar I,Ojehagen A

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The value of measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among people with persisting psychotic disorders is contentious, despite the call for it in treatment outcome and economic evaluation. Our aim was to investigate the validity of psychotic patients' self-report regarding their HRQoL, using the WHOQ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Herrman H,Hawthorne G,Thomas R

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment programmes are largely hospital based in developing countries and yet research on factors predicting frequent re-hospitalisation remains scarce from them. This cross-sectional study of factors predictive of frequent re-hospitalisation explored whether factors reported from developed countries could...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Kumar S,Robinson E,Kumar Sinha V

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite much interest in the development of liaison psychiatry in general practice there is no clear evidence that any form of intervention is effective. We carried out a pilot randomised controlled trial, the first we believe into this type of care, of one such model; enhanced liaison with individual patien...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Emmanuel JS,McGee A,Ukoumunne OC,Tyrer P

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This is an epidemiological study of a possible causal role of marijuana use in the development of Major Depressive Episode (MDE). Male-female differences in the suspected causal association have also been studied. METHOD:Data are from 6,792 National Comorbidity Survey participants aged 15-45 years, assessed...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Chen CY,Wagner FA,Anthony JC

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The outcome of less intensive case management services, such as the strengths model, is still inconclusive, which suggests a need for more controlled studies. The aim of the present study was to investigate the outcome of a strengths model of case management service (SCM) compared to standard care. METHODS:...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Björkman T,Hansson L,Sandlund M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Religious delusions are clinically important because they may be associated with selfharm and poorer outcomes from treatment. They have not been extensively researched. This study sought to investigate the prevalence of religious delusions in a sample of patients admitted to hospital with schizophrenia, to d...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Siddle R,Haddock G,Tarrier N,Faragher EB

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the past decades a number of studies have appeared on suicide among persons in jail and prison remand settings, and sentenced prisoners. In these papers contradictory views concerning the relation between suicide risk and length of custody were published. METHODS:This article reports on a study that in...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Frottier P,Frühwald S,Ritter K,Eher R,Schwärzler J,Bauer P

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Better understanding of the relationship between pain and depression in older adults in the community is of particular importance considering the high prevalence of both conditions in these adults. In the present study, the longitudinal relationship between pain and depression in older adults was examined, th...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Geerlings SW,Twisk JW,Beekman AT,Deeg DJ,van Tilburg W

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The epidemiology of suicidal ideation has remained a relatively unstudied area. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence, prevalence and persistence of and recovery from suicidal ideation in a sample of the Finnish general population. METHODS:Postal questionnaires including the Beck Depression...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Hintikka J,Pesonen T,Saarinen P,Tanskanen A,Lehtonen J,Viinamäki H

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Beliefs about the helpfulness of interventions are influencing the individual help-seeking behavior in case of mental illnesses. It is important to identify these beliefs as professional helpers are asked to consider them in their treatment recommendations. OBJECTIVE:Assessing lay proposals for an appropria...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Lauber C,Nordt C,Falcato L,Rössler W

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence-based practice requires the development of measures which are suitable for everyday clinical use ('feasible'). There is no consensus as to how to establish feasibility. METHOD:The feasibility of a new assessment - the Threshold Assessment Grid (TAG) - for use when making referrals to mental health ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Slade M,Cahill S,Kelsey W,Powell R,Strathdee G,Valiakalayil A

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is great concern in the UK, and other countries, about the clinical management of psychosis and substance misuse co-morbidity. However, relatively little is known about the UK prevalence and management of co-morbidity. METHOD:We implemented a screening survey of patients who were in treatment with an ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Weaver T,Rutter D,Madden P,Ward J,Stimson G,Renton A

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study investigated whether problem behaviour in 5- to 6-year-old children is related to parental education and occupation. It also analysed the contribution of correlating factors to explain this association. METHOD:The Child Behaviour Checklist was administered to a large community sample of 1317 chil...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Kalff AC,Kroes M,Vles JS,Bosma H,Feron FJ,Hendriksen JG,Steyaert J,van Zeben TM,Crolla IF,Jolles J

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies from the Western world have reported on stigmatisation of people with mental illnesses and its negative consequences, but few studies have addressed the issue in traditional rural societies. The present study aimed to estimate the extent and socio-demographic distribution of stigma as perceived ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Shibre T,Negash A,Kullgren G,Kebede D,Alem A,Fekadu A,Fekadu D,Madhin G,Jacobsson L

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rates of deliberate self-poisoning have increased in recent years. While over-the-counter availability and prescribing patterns may influence trends in substances used in overdose, these may also be related to clinical characteristics of patients. We investigate trends in substances used for self-poisoning a...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Townsend E,Hawton K,Harriss L,Bale E,Bond A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Public-health psychiatry is concerned, on the one hand, to ensure access to mental health services for all persons in need and, on the other hand, to advance knowledge of the social and environmental risk factors of mental disorders, and to establish a basis for preventive action. It is unclear how far curre...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Cooper B

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social class is an important aspect of all societies. Social class differences in the prevalence of common mental disorder are likely to vary according to time, culture and stage of economic development. The present study aimed to investigate the intermediaries between social class and common mental disorder...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Ludermir AB,Lewis G

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Nigeria, there are no national social welfare and community rehabilitation programmes for the mentally ill. Families have to bear the major burden of care. The present study aimed to assess the severity of indices of burden among relatives of 75 schizophrenics and 20 major affective disorder cases, to ide...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Ohaeri JU

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study is based on the hypothesis that in any catchment area there are patients with chronic mental illness who are unknown to a comprehensive psychiatric/psychosocial care system. METHOD:A standardized questionnaire was sent to all general practitioners in a circumscribed catchment area in southwestern ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Längle G,Welte W,Rösger U,Günthner A,U'Ren R

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anthropophobia, a subtype of social phobia, is prevalent in Chinese and Japanese societies. This study investigated sociocultural influences on the course of this culturally specific mental disorder. METHOD:One hundred and fifty subjects, including 50 anthropophobic, 50 neurasthenic, and 50 community subjec...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Zhang AY,Yu LC,Draguns JG,Zhang J,Tang D

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:National suicide statistics show remarkable differences in the frequencies of various methods used for completed suicide. The WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Parasuicide makes possible for the first time an international comparison of the frequencies of methods used in attempted suicide, because the data are b...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Michel K,Ballinari P,Bille-Brahe U,Bjerke T,Crepet P,De Leo D,Haring C,Hawton K,Kerkhof A,Lönnqvist J,Querejeta I,Salander-Renberg E,Schmidtke A,Temesvary B,Wasserman D

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies assess the reliability of case register diagnoses, despite their widespread use in psychiatric research. This study investigates case register diagnostic reliability in comparison to casenote derived diagnoses in a birth cohort. METHODS:Diagnostic information from the case register and casenotes...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： McConville P,Walker NP

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lack of consensus about the meaning of severe mental illness makes it difficult to prioritise the severely mentally ill for specialist mental health care. The goal of this study was to develop a valid and brief assessment of severity of mental illness. METHOD:Six search workshops (n = 57) using consensus te...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Slade M,Powell R,Rosen A,Strathdee G

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Earlier research has shown that psychiatric problems in children tend to persist over years. This investigation assessed the persistence of psychiatric deviance among children over a 7-year period from the age of 8 to the age of 15 years. We also explored the relationship between problems leading to special ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Kumpulainen K,Räsänen E,Henttonen I,Hämäläinen M,Roine S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies have demonstrated that in schizophrenia there are decreased rates of marriage, fertility and marital fertility. However, it is not clear whether this finding occurs as a social consequence of having the illness or is an inherent part of the illness. One would expect it to vary across cultures if...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Hutchinson G,Bhugra D,Mallett R,Burnett R,Corridan B,Leff J

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have shown an association between the rates of suicide employing certain types of medications and the availability of those drugs. During recent years, prescription patterns of psychoactive drugs commonly used in suicides have undergone some major changes. This study examines whether altered...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Carlsten A,Waern M,Allebeck P

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aims of this study were to assess self-perceived clinical and social needs among 120 schizophrenic outpatients, and the relationship between needs and subjective quality of life. METHOD:The Camberwell Assessment of Need instrument (CAN) was used to assess needs and the Lancashire Quality of Life Profile...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Bengtsson-Tops A,Hansson L

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of nonfatal suicidal behavior has been shown to be equal in Swedish and Turkish adolescents, but more Swedish than Turkish adolescents kill themselves. Social attitudes towards self-killing are liberal/permissive in Sweden compared to condemnatory/prohibiting attitudes in Turkey. Against this ...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Eskin M

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aims of this two-stage epidemiological study were: to determine the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the general population of the island of Formentera (Balearic Isles, Spain); to provide reference data for subsequent health care planning; and to test a relatively new assessment instrument, the Sch...

journal_title：Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

authors： Roca M,Gili M,Ferrer V,Bernardo M,Montaño JJ,Salvà JJ,Flores I,Leal S

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00