abstract：:Twenty-seven patients with Alzheimer-type dementia (ATD) were treated with bright light therapy in the morning for four consecutive weeks. The cognitive state of each patient was evaluated with the Mini-Mental-State Examination (MMSE) and circadian rhythm with actigram before and after therapy for all of the patients ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Yamadera H,Ito T,Suzuki H,Asayama K,Ito R,Endo S

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Night-time bright light (BL) treatment and triazolam (0.125 mg/day) were given to three healthy elderly people in a cross-over design. They kept a daytime sleepiness test and a sleep log, and their wrist-activity was monitored simultaneously. Subjectively, BL increased daytime sleepiness and naps, and decreased night-...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Usui A,Ishizuka Y,Matsushita Y,Fukuzawa H,Kanba S

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old man was admitted with progressive left hemiparesis and left homonymous hemianopsia of 1 month's duration. During the 2 months before admission, he had suffered from slowly progressive dementia. The diagnosis of right-sided watershed (WS) infarction was made. He exhibited slow progression of dementia and ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Hashiguchi S,Mine H,Ide M,Kawachi Y

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While hypercortisolemia is commonly observed in depression, exactly where in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (H-P-A) axis this dysfunction arises remains undefined. In attempting to distinguish between central or peripheral locus of dysfunction, we studied in 12 patients (10 females, two males) with primary ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Jiang HK,Wang JY,Lin JC

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telemedicine is the provision of professional medical services from sites removed from the patient. This study was conducted in order to assess the reliability of psychiatric evaluations via video-consultation. The inter-rater reliability was determined for each interviewing condition by employing the reliability-test...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Matsuura S,Hosaka T,Yukiyama T,Ogushi Y,Okada Y,Haruki Y,Nakamura M

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of sociodemographic factors, physical factors and mental factors on the physical and social disability of patients attending outpatient clinics of general hospitals. Physical and psychiatric morbidity in 1580 consecutive patients attending the internal medicine depar...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Sata M,Yoshitake K,Utsunomiya H,Hatada K,Ohtsuka T,Sugasaki H,Nakane Y

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a significant problem for some patients presenting with snoring and excessive daytime sleepiness. The 'golden standard' therapy in OSAS is considered to be nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). The effects of CPAP on work performance in sleep apnoics has not been ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Ulfberg J,Jonsson R,Edling C

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper describes cognitive approaches to the treatment of a major depressive episode in a patient with residual schizophrenia. The goal of therapy was to increase and stabilize the patient's physical activity through decreasing dysfunctional cognition pertinent to inertia. A therapeutic strategy of 'schedul...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Inoue K,Kawabata S

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most acute psychotic episodes are regarded as indicators of schizophrenia. We developed an algorithm for the treatment of such episodes. In Japan, psychiatrists tend to prescribe two or more neuroleptics at once, but it is thought that using a single neuroleptic is better, and the algorithm we report is based on this ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Hayashida M,Nakane Y

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors reviewed the literature on the pharmacotherapy of geriatric mood disorders. Based on the evidence available, we have proposed: (i) that although any antidepressant is assumedly equal in antidepressive efficacy, ones with weak anticholinergic and antialpha1 effects are preferable in geriatric patients; (ii)...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Oshima A,Higuchi T

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is usually diagnosed on the basis of the typical clinical course, with remission and exacerbation in multiple parts of the central nervous system (CNS). Recently, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has made a large contribution to the diagnosis of patients with MS. But it is difficult to make a d...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Ogawa K,Kishi M,Kurihara T,Ikeda K,Kinoshita M

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we applied the Zung self-rating depression scale (SDS) to 19 renal failure patients who were introduced to haemodialysis in the Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Japan. The patients were divided into two groups: the emergent introduction (EI) group, who underwent unanticipated and sudden in...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Miura H,Kitagami T,Ohta T

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to understand the sleep-wake cycle during the period from late pregnancy to about 3 months of postpartum by evaluating the number of actigraphic activities in four women (one multipara and three primi gravidae), and to compare the results with the findings from sleep logs. An irregularity...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Shinkoda H,Matsumoto K,Park YM

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A medium-sized portable digital recorder with fully integrated circuit (IC) memories for sleep monitoring has been developed. It has five amplifiers for EEG, EMG, EOG, ECG, and a signal of body acceleration or respiration sound, four event markers, an 8 ch A/D converter, a digital signal processor (DSP), 192 Mbytes IC...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Yamamoto M,Nakao M,Katayama N,Waku M,Suzuki K,Irokawa K,Abe M,Ueno T

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most women experience sleep changes across the menstrual cycle. We applied the ultra-short sleep-wake schedule to healthy females to compare their 24-h sleep propensity rhythms in the follicular and luteal phases. The daytime (09.00-16.30 h) subjective sleepiness and the number of slow wave sleep-containing nap trials...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Shibui K,Uchiyama M,Okawa M,Kudo Y,Kim K,Kamei Y,Hayakawa T,Akamatsu T,Ohta K,Ishibashi K

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the hypnotic effects of 10 mg melatonin and placebo, which were administered at 10.00 h, according to a single-blind crossover design, on an 8-h diurnal sleep from 11.00 to 19.00 h, following a full night of sleep. The subjects were six healthy male students, each of whom underwent polysomnogra...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Matsumoto M

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the effects of the daytime nap on performance, mood and physiological measures in aged individuals Participants were six healthy aged persons (M=72.2 years old) who habitually napped in the afternoon three or more times a week. They participated under two conditions with an interval of 1 week. In ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Tamaki M,Shirota A,Tanaka H,Hayashi M,Hori T

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report cases of four patients with mild obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) with frequent breathing-related electroencephalogram (EEG) arousals which led to excessive daytime sleepiness. In spite of a relatively low apnea hypopnea index (AHI), sleep was disrupted by frequent EEG arousals associated with respira...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Mikami A,Watanabe T,Motonishi M,Honda H,Kyotani K,Uruha S,Terashima K,Teshima Y,Sugita Y,Takeda M

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency and type of psychological problems of outpatients in general healthcare settings, the recognition and management of those problems by physicians, and the course of the problems were investigated using a two-stage sampling design method. The subjects were outpatients visiting the department of internal me...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Utsunomiya H,Yoshitake K,Otsuka T,Sugasakl H,Sata M,Hatada K,Nakane Y

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A preliminary study on the Noh mask test for analysis of recognition of facial expression was performed. The present study was conducted on 15 normal subjects (mean age: 32 years, SD 9.7 years) as the first step to test for the differences between psychiatric patients and normal subjects. Stimuli were created by photo...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Minoshita S,Satoh S,Morita N,Tagawa A,Kikuchi T

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that various perceptual abnormalities exist in autism. However, because perceptual phenomena are intersubjective, a phenomenological approach is required for getting hold of the reality of the modes of perception involved in autism. From this standpoint, the author has proposed the concept of 'percept...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Kobayashi R

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An overview of the most important older and newer results regarding the relationship between violent and criminal behavior on the one hand and schizophrenic illness on the other hand is presented. Four different methods are available to study this relationship: (i) study of the prevalence of mental illness in criminal...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Modestin J

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main World Health Organization (WHO) activities of the Tokyo Center are as follows: (1) It performed the research project entitled 'A Bio-Psycho-Social Study on Children with Emotional and Behavioral Problems' in cooperation with the Beijing and Seoul Centers from 1985 to 1987. These results suggested that the dev...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Matsushima E,Kojima T,Obayashi S,Ohta K,Ando K,Toru M,Shimazono Y,Takebayashi H,Takahashi S,Xia ML,Ohkura T,Yoshino M,Okubo Y,Matsuura M,Ando H

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many reports of adolescents with periodic episodes, each followed by complete remission within 2 weeks; however, the nosology and long-term prognosis of such cases have not been elucidated. A prospective follow-up study on 11 cases (nine girls and two boys) who met predetermined criteria is reported. The fir...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Abe K,Ohta M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study is to clarify the results of Survey-1993 conducted by the committee on the education system in Japanese Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry regarding the present situation of education on child and adolescent psychiatry in Japan, and to compare these with the results of Survey-1982 conducte...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Hayashi M,Yamazaki K

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In September 1987 in Japan, the Mental Hygiene Law was amended to the Mental Health Law. This Law emphasizes the protection of human rights of the mentally disabled as well as the promotion of their social rehabilitation. In 1993, Mental Health Law was partially revised in the following four areas: (i) social rehabili...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Asai K

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first application of computed tomographic scan to the schizophrenic brain by Johnstone et al. initiated a new neuroscience research era with new perspectives on the neurobiological aspects of major psychoses. The most common paradigm in the flurry of brain imaging studies following the first report was the case-co...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Okazaki Y

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the dual purpose of protecting the human rights of mentally disordered persons and promoting their social rehabilitation, the newly revised Mental Health Law was enacted in July 1987. It has brought significant change in that it has shifted Japanese mental health care from a hospital-based to a community-based sy...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Kawasaki T

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new mathematical method was developed to analyze time series. Applications of this method to the delta component of all-night sleep electroencephalogram (EEG) revealed new variations with double-rapid eye movement (REM)-sleep interval. The proposed method entails repeated application of the least squares spectrum. F...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Koga E,Tsuji Y

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four community residing elderly people in need of care, who were registered with the municipal welfare center in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and their principal caregivers participated in the study. The principal caregivers completed a self-administered questionnaire involving their demographic status, provided d...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Arai Y,Miura H,Washio M,Kudo K

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tsukuba College of Technology is the first national university established as an institute of higher education for the visually and hearing impaired. We have been systematically conducting a University Personality Inventory (UPI) survey on our students since 1989 to understand their mental health. In this study, we co...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Yoshida T,Ichikawa T,Ishikawa T,Hori M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extensive survey of problems encountered by foreign students of the University of the Ryukyus and the resulting levels of stress was carried out in order to determine the main stressors hindering academic progress and personal adjustment. Subjectively perceived stress levels after arrival in Japan were obtained fro...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Randall M,Naka K,Yamamoto K,Nakamoto H,Arakaki H,Ogura C

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of acute haloperidol administration on Fos protein expression was examined immunohistochemically in discrete regions of the rat brain. Male Wistar rats were injected subcutaneously (s.c.) with 0.1, 0.25, or 1.0 mg/kg of haloperidol. Two h after the injection, the rats were perfused, and the numbers of Fos i...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Suzuki M,Sun YJ,Murata M,Kurachi M

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of mental and physical daytime activities upon REM sleep cycle (REM cycle) during 1 night was studied in five university students (aged 19-25 years). Mental activity with high tension has effects upon the timing of REM sleep periods in the later part of the night. Physical activity has effects upon the tim...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Kobayashi T,Ishikawa T,Arakawa K

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavior of event related potential (ERP) components in the drowsy state was examined in nine subjects using oddball paradigm. A component with peak latency of 300 msec, N300, was superimposed on ERP in the drowsy state. N300 appeared also in stage 1 of NREM sleep and closely resembled vertex sharp wave evoked by soun...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Sekine A,Niiyama Y,Fujiwara R,Satoh N,Fushimi M,Kutsuzawa O,Hishikawa Y

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We made an attempt to express a complaint of sleep disturbance by a self-rating scale of radar chart mode. The questionnaire for sleep disturbance is made up of eight items. Each item was scored from grade 1 to 4. The score of each item was projected to the MY radar chart, designed by us. It is noted that this method ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Yamaguchi N,Matsubara S,Momonoi F,Morikawa K,Takeyama M,Maeda Y

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the relationship between a volitional lifestyle and sleep-life habits in the aged. High volitional group (HVG: n=45, 26 men and 19 women, mean age 73.0 years) and low-volitional group (LVG: n=45, 27 men and 18 women, mean age 72.2 years) were grouped using the scale of self-confidence. It was f...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Shirota A,Tanaka H,Hayashi M,Hori T

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All night polysomnographic evaluation (PSG) soon after admission and at the late period of admission revealed an atypically high sleep efficiency and a prolonged total sleep time. Sleep onset latency and distribution of REM and NREM sleep stages were like those of normal sleepers. On REM latency, while it was remarkab...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Yoshikawa N,Suzuki S,Ishimoto T,Matsumoto M,Miyagishi T

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to show the clinical significance of the differences in arousal response at a termination of apnea/hypopnea between aged and middle-aged patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). We polygraphically assessed electrocardiographic (ECG) and electroencephalographic (EEG) arousal. Elec...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Okada T,Hanyu M,Noda A,Kayukawa Y,Ohta T

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From our practice at the sleep disorders clinic in Kohnodai Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), we report the clinical characteristics of circadian sleep-wake rhythm disorders. Nearly 90% of circadian rhythm sleep disorders were diagnosed as delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSPS) or as non-24 sl...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Kamei Y,Urata J,Uchiyaya M,Hayakawa T,Ozaki S,Shibui K,Okawa M

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00