MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica' source. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:25:07 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311477&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2010.01552.x Conclusion: Late-onset schizophrenia should be considered a subtype of schizophrenia. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311477 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3311477 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311484&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2010.01539.x Conclusion: Different risk factors may operate during onset and persistence of subthreshold mania and depression. The differential associations found for mania and depression dimensions suggest partly different underlying mechanisms. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311484 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3311484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311483&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2010.01546.x Conclusion: These findings support the hypotheses that cannabis use increases the risk of developing psychotic symptoms and that this risk is further increased in those individuals who use cannabis more heavily and commence it at a younger age. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311483 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3311483 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311482&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2010.01547.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311482 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3311482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311481&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2010.01549.x Conclusion: Higher levels of motor activity in ADHD are objectively measurable not only in children, but in adults as well. It is linked to cognitive performance arguing against distinguishable diagnostic subtypes. The objective measurement of motor activity seems to extend the description of ADHD symptoms derived from rating scales and might thus help to bridge the gap between psychopathological symptom description and neurobiological alterations. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311481 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3311481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311480&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2010.01542.x Conclusion: UHR patients have a high prevalence of history of trauma. Previous sexual trauma may be a predictor of onset of psychotic disorder in this population. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311480 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3311480 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311479&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2010.01543.x Conclusion: Good psychosocial functioning that involves both social and vocational competence is difficult for borderline patients to achieve and maintain over time. In addition, their vocational functioning is substantially more compromised than their social functioning. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311479 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3311479 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311478&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2010.01548.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311478 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3311478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3266804&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2010.01541.x Conclusion: We conclude that PD is associated with an array of psychiatric and physical illnesses. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3266804 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3266804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3246810&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2010.01540.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3246810 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3246810 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3246812&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01537.x Conclusion: Addition of lamotrigine to lithium was found effective in bipolar depressed patients. Further addition of paroxetine in non-responders to lithium plus lamotrigine did not appear to provide additional benefit, while it appeared to do so in non-responders to lithium plus placebo. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3246812 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3246812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3246811&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2010.01538.x Conclusion: Patients with recurrent self-injurious behaviours, frequent users of healthcare services who often undergo repeated medical assessment and treatment, are likely at higher risk for iatrogenic adverse events. Multiple diagnostic radiology examinations have recently come under scrutiny for causing increased lifetime risk of cancer. Healthcare providers, in particular psychiatrists and emergency department physicians, should consider the cumulative risks of radiological procedures when assessing and treating patients with DSH. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3246811 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3246811 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3204702&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01529.x Conclusion: A growing body of evidence indicates that the glutamatergic system is involved in the pathophysiology of depression, and may represent a target for intervention. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3204702 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3204702 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3204701&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01532.x Conclusion: Sustained attention may be considered as an endophenotype of the illness. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3204701 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3204701 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3204700&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01533.x Conclusion: Sex work is a major public health problem. It has many faces, but ill mental health of sex workers is primarily related to different forms of violence. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3204700 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3204700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3204699&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01535.x Conclusion: Comparing the most recent generation of immigrants with descendants of previous ones may account for the lower risk ratios observed in countries of longstanding vs. recent immigration. Two neurobiological hypotheses are proposed to explain the epidemiological findings in black populations and in immigrants. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3204699 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3204699 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3185199&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01531.x Conclusion: All three tests are valid for detecting geriatric major depression with the QIDS-C16 being slightly better. Self-rated QIDS-SR16 is recommended as a screening tool as it is least expensive and least time consuming. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3185199 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3185199 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3185198&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01534.x Conclusion: These findings might be related to the absence of confirmed Torsade de Pointes (TdP) cases related to sertindole exposure, despite sertindole's QTc prolonging effects. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3185198 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3185198 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3185197&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01536.x Conclusion: Legal admission status per se did not seem to influence treatment adherence and outcome. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3185197 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3185197 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3171737&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01530.x Conclusion: The results suggest that changes in cognitions may mediate changes in PD symptomatology and that the process of change is circular. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3171737 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3171737 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3148935&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01524.x Conclusion: The ARMS is associated with abnormalities of regional brain function that are qualitatively similar to those in patients who have recently presented with psychosis but less severe. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3148935 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3148935 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3148934&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01525.x Conclusion: High daily life reward experience increases resilience after environmental adversity; modification of reward experience may constitute a novel area of therapeutic intervention. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3148934 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3148934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3148933&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01526.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3148933 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3148933 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3148932&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01527.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3148932 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3148932 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3148931&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01528.x Conclusion: Impulsivity was higher in bipolar disorder with or without ASPD than in ASPD alone, and higher in ASPD than in controls. Adverse effects of bipolar disorder in ASPD, but not of ASPD in bipolar disorder, were accounted for by increased impulsivity. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3148931 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3148931 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3114951&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01521.x Conclusion: Screening for metabolic disorders, in particular MPSes, should always be considered in patients with a history of mental deficit and dementia or progressive functional decline. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3114951 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3114951 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3114950&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01523.x Conclusion: Onset age was younger among BPD than MDD patients, and very early onset may distinguish BPD vs. UP-MDD with depressive-onset. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3114950 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3114950 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3114952&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01520.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3114952 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3114952 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3079179&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01518.x Conclusion: Findings from a population-based sample support the hypothesized relationship between allergies and suicidal ideation. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3079179 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3079179 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3079178&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01519.x Conclusion: Clinical factors seem the most important predictors of recurrence. Data from studies performed in the general population and primary care on the recurrent course of MDD are scarce. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3079178 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3079178 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3056490&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01517.x Conclusion: Patients with late-life panic disorder respond well to both paroxetine and CBT. Although promising, the outcomes warrant replication in larger study groups. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3056490 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3056490 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3052026&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01514.x Conclusion: Use of ADs in adults with BPD or MDD was highly prevalent and moderately increased the risk of mania overall, with little protection by mood stabilizers. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3052026 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3052026 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3052027&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01516.x Conclusion: Concurrent social phobia and bulimia nervosa may be potential risk factors for SI in patients with non-psychotic MDD. Additionally, patients with more than one past depressive episode may also be at increased risk of SI. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3052027 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3052027 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3003632&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01506.x Conclusion: Depression early in the emergence of a psychosis is fundamental to the development of future depression and suicidal thinking. Efforts to predict and reduce depression and deliberate self-harm in psychosis may need to target this early phase to reduce later risk. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3003632 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3003632 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3003631&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.1511.x Conclusion: The significant association between social support and psychological distress, rather than diagnosable mental disorders, highlights the importance of social support, especially when the severity of a mental health related problem is low. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3003631 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3003631 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3003630&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01512.x Conclusion: Results underscore the long-term risks of suffering from a combined anxiety and depressive syndrome. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3003630 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3003630 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3003629&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01513.x Conclusion: Active medication has a small but significant contribution to the overall efficacy of combined treatments. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3003629 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3003629 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2988969&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01505.x Conclusion: This clinical database revealed marked diversity in age and diagnostic groups in FEP with implications for services and guidelines. These common presentations of psychoses are grossly under researched, and no treatment guidelines currently exist for them. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2988969 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2988969 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2977115&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01499.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2977115 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2977115 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2977114&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01501.x Conclusion: This study analyzing a specific gene × environment interaction in female BPD patients suggests an association between SLEs and impulsive aggression, as well as a modulating effect of the COMT Val158Val genotype on the relation between SLEs and impulsive aggression. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2977114 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2977114 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2977113&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01507.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2977113 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2977113 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2967159&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01502.x Conclusion: Personality disorders are neither particularly stable nor treatment resistant. In depressed out-patients, personality disorder symptoms in general improve significantly even in patients whose response to their treatment for depressive symptoms is modest or poor. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2967159 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2967159 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2967164&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01479.x Conclusion: The CBOS intervention appears to be beneficial in reducing early negative symptom exacerbations. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2967164 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2967164 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2967163&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01493.x Conclusion: Both UP and BP depressions remit with ECT. Polarity is not a factor in the response rate. In this sample ECT did not precipitate mania in depressed patients. Treatment algorithms for UP and BP depression warrant re-evaluation. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2967163 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2967163 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2967162&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01495.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2967162 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2967162 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2967161&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01496.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2967161 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2967161 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2967160&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01498.x Conclusion: Substance use, mainly tobacco, was common in bipolar patients. Tobacco use negatively impacted CHD risk. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2967160 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2967160 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2946826&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01500.x Conclusion: There are substantial differences in the incidence rates of non-affective psychoses and schizophrenia depending on the availability of data. Not including out-patient care will underestimate the incidence rates. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2946826 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2946826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2946831&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01489.x Conclusion: This study supports findings that the amygdala plays an important role in the systemic brain pathophysiology of ADHD. Whether patients with ADHD and larger amygdala volumes are more vulnerable to affective disorders needs further investigation. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2946831 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2946831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2946830&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01490.x Conclusion: Controlling for maternal illness severity, reducing exposure to SSRI's at the end of pregnancy had no significant clinical effect on improving neonatal health. These findings raise the possibility that some adverse neonatal outcomes may not be an acute pharmacological condition such as toxicity or withdrawal. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2946830 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2946830 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2946829&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01491.x Conclusion: Childhood trauma rather than childhood life events are related to anxiety and depressive disorders. The strong associations with the comorbid group suggest that childhood trauma contributes to the severity of psychopathology. Our study underscores the importance of heightened awareness of the possible presence of childhood trauma, especially in adult patients with comorbid anxiety and depressive disorders. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2946829 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2946829 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2946828&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01484.x Conclusion: Despite receiving significantly more antidepressants the suicidal patients suffered from significantly more depressive symptoms up to discharge, yet without differing regarding response and remission. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2946828 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2946828 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2946827&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01492.x Conclusion: Algorithms for AD treatment vary according to national and local preferences. Although the evidence for most of the treatment strategies is rather meagre, an AD algorithm appears to be an useful instrument in clinical practice. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2946827 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2946827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890461&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01488.x Conclusion: Preventive efforts should be undertaken in the selected high-risk groups. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890461 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2890461 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890468&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01480.x Conclusion: Adult separation anxiety disorder is likely to be much more common in adults than previously recognized. Research is needed to better understand the relationships of this condition with other co-occurring affective disorders. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890468 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2890468 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890467&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01483.x Conclusion: Cannabis has a different impact on FEP than other substances. Large epidemiological studies are needed to disentangle cannabis effect. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890467 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2890467 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890466&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01485.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890466 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2890466 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890465&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01481.x Conclusion: Mild cognitive impairment is frequent in older GP patients. Subjective memory complaints predict incident MCI. Especially vascular risk factors provide the opportunity of preventive approaches. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890465 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2890465 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890464&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01482.x Conclusion: Abrupt cessation of smoking is associated with a potentially serious risk of toxicity in patients taking clozapine. Plasma clozapine levels must be monitored closely and adjustments made in dosage, if necessary, for at least six months after cessation. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890464 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2890464 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890463&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01486.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890463 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2890463 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890462&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01487.x Conclusion: Our data indicate a rising, and highly prevalent, mental ill-health among the young in Stockholm County, a region representative of urbanized, secular Western societies. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890462 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2890462 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2807486&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01475.x Conclusion: Major depressive disorder is related to an altered link between cardiac vagal influence and delta sleep, suggesting disorders in cardiovascular controls and an altered neuroplasticity. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2807486 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2807486 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2807485&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01476.x Conclusion: Barriers to indexation of journals contribute to the difficulties in achieving fair representation in the main literature databases for the scientific production in these countries. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2807485 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2807485 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2807484&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01477.x Conclusion: Results support and extend previous research by demonstrating that the relationship between childhood trauma and psychosis is found across diagnostic groups. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2807484 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2807484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2781880&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01471.x Conclusion: We suggest a redefinition of resistant bipolar I and II depression. We propose different degrees of severity within bipolar depression in a stepwise manner. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2781880 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2781880 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2729985&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01458.x Conclusion: There is a discrepancy between the published evidence and the frequent decision to switch antidepressants, indicating an urgent need for more controlled studies. Pending such studies we recommend that physicians rely on more thoroughly evaluated strategies. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2729985 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2729985 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2715832&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01466.x Conclusion: Yoga breath-based interventions may help relieve psychological distress following mass disasters. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2715832 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2715832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2715841&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01449.x Conclusion: There is a need to understand both relative and absolute differences in order to make informed decisions. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2715841 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2715841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2715840&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01460.x Conclusion: The findings support the inclusion of features of impulsive aggression, such as hot temper/short fuse, in the ADHD syndrome in adults. These overlap with features of BPD. The findings inform the selection of research samples. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2715840 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2715840 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2715839&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01462.x Conclusion: Venlafaxine monotherapy may be a safe and effective monotherapy of BP II MDE with a low hypomanic conversion rate in lithium non-responders. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2715839 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2715839 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2715838&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01463.x Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the lowered adiponectin levels in MDD are depression-specific and not explained by conventional low adiponectin-related factors such as such as coronary heart disease and metabolic disorders. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2715838 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2715838 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2715837&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01464.x Conclusion: That unipolar psychotic depression should be treated with a combination of an antidepressant and an antipsychotic and not with an antidepressant alone, can be considered evidence based with regard to venlafaxine[ndash]quetiapine vs. venlafaxine monotherapy. Whether this is also the case for imipramine monotherapy is likely, but cannot be concluded from the data. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2715837 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2715837 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2715836&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01469.x Conclusion: This study provides further evidence for dysfunctional child rearing being relevant to the development of OCD and depression. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2715836 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2715836 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2715835&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01470.x Conclusion: Males who develop non-affective psychoses have subtle impairments in cognitive capacity prior to the development of their psychotic disorder. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2715835 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2715835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2715834&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01459.x Conclusion: The rates of psychiatric comorbidities and the impairment of psychosocial functioning increase progressively along the spectrum of social anxiety. The fact that Subthreshold SAD causes considerable disability and suffering in comparison with control subjects justifies a review of the validity of the diagnostic criteria. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2715834 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2715834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2715833&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01461.x Conclusion: This review is the first to have focused on costs in different stages of dementia. The stage is an important determinant of costs. However, characteristics of individual studies need to be considered, when making use of their results. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2715833 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2715833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2709003&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01442.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2709003 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2709003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2709004&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01441.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2709004 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2709004 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2699510&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01431.x Conclusion: Mental disorders are common in the Moroccan general population, particularly mood and anxiety disorders. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2699510 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2699510 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2601899&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01439.x Conclusion: Psychotic-like experiences may increase the risk of suicidal problems among adolescents. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2601899 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2601899 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2598123&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01438.x Conclusion: Urbanization may be taken into account in the allocation of mental health services. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2598123 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2598123 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2584066&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01418.x Conclusion: Coercive measures in psychiatry are more likely to be experienced by migrants than by native Danes. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2584066 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2584066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2584065&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01426.x Conclusion: Both age group and dual diagnoses had strong and independent impacts on age-at-onset in out-patients with BD. Substance abuse may be partly accountable for earlier symptom onset, but other features of BD in younger generations are still in need to be accounted for. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2584065 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2584065 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2584064&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01434.x Conclusion: Although this study was not controlled, the high success rate in a diagnostically refined sample implies that the psychostimulants may be efficacious for patients with melancholic and bipolar depression who have failed to respond to orthodox antidepressant drugs. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2584064 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2584064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2584063&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01437.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2584063 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2584063 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570152&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01433.x Conclusion: We speculate that her symptoms were discontinuation syndrome, including psychotic symptoms and physical symptoms, caused by (i) venlafaxine-clomipramine interaction and/or (ii) the serotonin reuptake inhibitor-like effects of low-dose venlafaxine. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570152 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2570152 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570154&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01428.x Conclusion: Lithium appears to have a sustained effect on a central core region of emotional processing and should therefore be considered in studies examining BD. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570154 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2570154 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570153&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01429.x Conclusion: The effects and safety of amisulpride in the treatment of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder are predicted by daily dose. The plasma concentration threshold for response appears to be approximately 200 ng/ml. EPS are more reliably predicted by plasma level than by dose. TDM for patients prescribed amisulpride is thus of some clinical value. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570153 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2570153 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2556007&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01424.x Conclusion: The pertinent empirical database is small and heterogeneous. The lack of conclusive recommendations is related to issues of nosological status, plurality of diagnostic criteria and validity of the concept of schizoaffective disorder. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2556007 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2556007 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2556006&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01432.x Conclusion: We found a pattern of pre- and postnatal growth that predisposed to higher trait anxiety in late adulthood. This pattern resembles that found to increase the risk of cardiovascular events and, thus, points to a shared common origin in a suboptimal prenatal and childhood developmental milieu. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2556006 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2556006 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2556005&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01436.x Conclusion: Our study suggests that subjective QOL domains have prognostic value for the course of depressive symptoms over time, both in patient and community samples. Respective self-perceptions should therefore be directly addressed by therapeutic and preventive interventions. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2556005 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2556005 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2517134&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01427.x Conclusion: These results are the first to ecologically validate stress-related psychosis in BPD. However, psychotic reactivity was not limited to expression of paranoia but involved a broader range of psychotic experiences including hallucinations. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2517134 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2517134 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2517136&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01425.x Conclusion: Considering the growing number of persons from the general population exposed to APs, population studies assessing the risk/benefit ratio of SGAP use in disorders other than psychosis are necessary, particularly in children and adolescents. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2517136 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2517136 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2517135&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01435.x Conclusion: Opposing patterns of inflammatory markers in CVD or MDD alone were reversed when both conditions were present. MDD reduced levels of ferritin, transferrin and fibrinogen in CVD in a gender-specific way. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2517135 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2517135 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2509286&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01408.x Conclusion: Respiratory variability might be a candidate for a biological marker of PD: an abnormal breathing pattern as found in panic disorder (PD) patients compared with controls might indicate instability of the respiratory homeostasis. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2509286 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2509286 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2509290&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01422.x Conclusion: Even though assessed with parent-reports in childhood and analogous self-reports in adulthood, and over a large period of 24 years, continuity of psychopathology was found from childhood into adulthood. Anxious/depressed problems, delinquent behavior and aggressive behavior in childhood are core predictors for adult psychopathology. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2509290 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2509290 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2509289&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01423.x Conclusion: We found a family with a three-generation history of FD who exhibited calcification in the brain and mental retardation. Compared to her mother, the patient described here displayed anticipation of disease onset. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2509289 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2509289 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2509288&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01410.x Conclusion: In this independent study, pet ownership at baseline, and cat ownership in particular, was associated with increased cardiac morbidity and mortality in the year following an admission for an acute coronary syndrome, a finding contrary to previous reports. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2509288 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2509288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2509287&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01417.x Conclusion: This pattern of activation preliminary suggests an association with diminished emotion regulation, impulse control as well as with response selection and reappraisal during the imagination of SIB. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2509287 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2509287 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2446598&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01416.x Conclusion: Findings are consistent with clinical, particularly some neurocognitive, features of bipolar disorder and implicate fronto-subcortical circuits in its neurobiology. They more probably reflect a trait abnormality or illness scar rather than a mood state-dependent finding. Processes other than ageing and vascular factors may underlie their development. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2446598 Sun, 31 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2446598 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2446602&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01411.x Conclusion: Our findings emphasize the need for early support and intervention in psychosocially disadvantaged families. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2446602 Fri, 29 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2446602 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2446601&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01413.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2446601 Fri, 29 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2446601 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2446600&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01414.x Conclusion: Mentalizing impairment in schizophrenia spectrum disorders and BD might reflect underlying general cognitive deficits and residual symptom expression, rather than representing a specific trait-marker. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2446600 Fri, 29 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2446600 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2446599&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01415.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2446599 Fri, 29 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2446599 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2437034&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01403.x Conclusion: Group value and perceived legitimacy of discrimination may be useful targets to help people with mental illness to better cope with stigma. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2437034 Wed, 27 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2437034 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2437037&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01412.x Conclusion: Treatment in a specialized bipolar clinic improves the overall outcome, but bipolar II disorder seems to be still treated sub-optimally with a possible iatrogenic increase of hypomanic days. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2437037 Tue, 26 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2437037 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2437036&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01397.x Conclusion: Outcome management is feasible in people receiving in-patient psychiatric care, but failed to show an overall short-term effect. Strategies need to be developed to improve active use of routinely collected treatment outcome data in mental health care. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2437036 Tue, 26 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2437036 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2437035&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01402.x Conclusion: The extent to which the HPA-axis [ndash] by itself [ndash] plays a role in the aetiology of anxiety is questionable. Interactions of the HPA-axis with other biological or environmental factors may be more important. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2437035 Tue, 26 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2437035 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2427900&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01407.x Conclusion: Men and women with type I and II BD have fairly similar illness-related clinical characteristics, but their profile of comorbid disorders may differ significantly, particularly regarding substance use and eating disorders. In medium-term follow-up, females appear to have a higher hazard of recurrence than males. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2427900 Thu, 21 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2427900 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2397836&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01391.x Conclusion: These results may contribute to the development of prognostic tools to distinguish between those who will and those who will not develop PTSD. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2397836 Thu, 07 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2397836 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2397835&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01399.x Conclusion: The fact that bipolar patients with a history of childhood ADHD have a different clinical outcome than the pure bipolar group, regardless of whether the ADHD symptoms remained in adulthood or not, suggests that it represent a distinct early-onset phenotype of bipolar disorder. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2397835 Thu, 07 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2397835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2397834&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01401.x Conclusion: Patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder in Taiwan had a high prevalence of MS, which appeared early in their lives. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2397834 Thu, 07 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2397834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380640&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01390.x Conclusion: Medications did not have any significant influence on neurocognitive performance, suggesting that neurocognitive deficits are an integral part of bipolar disorder. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380640 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2380640 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380639&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01394.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380639 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2380639 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380638&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01395.x Conclusion: Efforts to improve the QOL of patients with schizophrenia in this environment should encompass the identified variables. Larger, longitudinal and multi-centred studies are needed to adequately identify factors predicting QOL in this environment. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380638 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2380638 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380637&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01396.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380637 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2380637 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2353645&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01389.x Conclusion: Patients with TRS and TRD have different CC morphological characteristics, and therefore there may be aberrant interhemispheric connectivity in schizophrenia and major depressive disorder patients. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2353645 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2353645 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2353646&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01398.x Conclusion: The finding of increased overall behavioural difficulties and psychopathology in adult patients with TS+ADHD when compared with TS-only is in agreement with previous findings in children with TS. Appropriate treatment of ADHD in TS patients during childhood may prevent many behavioural problems in adulthood. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2353646 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2353646 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2330589&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01373.x Conclusion: Discharge planning interventions are effective in reducing rehospitalisation and in improving adherence to aftercare among people with mental disorders. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2330589 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2330589 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2302078&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01385.x Conclusion: Approximately every fifth patient with schizophrenia had lifetime AUD diagnosis. When contrasted with the most recent review, there might be a descending trend in AUD prevalence in patients with schizophrenia. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2302078 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2302078 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2302080&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01386.x Conclusion: This evaluation has shown significant improvements in psychosocial functioning but not psychopathology during treatment at an Early Intervention for Psychosis Service. Despite attempts to retain patients, there is a high rate of treatment discontinuation. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2302080 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2302080 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2302082&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01387.x Conclusion: We found limited differentiation of bipolar II depression from unipolar, melancholic and non-melancholic depression. Differences suggested previously may reflect age, gender and severity differences, highlighting the need for appropriately matched groups in defining bipolar II depression. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2302082 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2302082 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2261727&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01365.x Conclusion: It is critical to assess for family history of suicidal behavior when treating depressed suicide attempters as it may serve as an indicator of the risk of repeat suicide attempt and as a guide for treatment. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2261727 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2261727 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2261730&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01358.x Conclusion: The massed, 3-week group CBT schedule proved to be effective and feasible for PD patients with outcomes comparable with that of standard, spaced group CBT. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2261730 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2261730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2261729&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01378.x Conclusion: Those using methadone and heroin simultaneously may increase risk of rhabdomyolysis and ischemic stroke. Patients under methadone maintenance therapy should be warned regarding these serious adverse events. Hypotheses of heroin-related rhabdomyolysis and stroke in heroin abusers are discussed. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2261729 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2261729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2261728&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01379.x Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the majority of schizophrenia out-patients achieved symptomatic remission after 12 weeks treatment and confirms the importance of managing negative symptoms in order to achieve disease remission. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2261728 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2261728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2261732&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01368.x Conclusion: Based on our findings, folic acid seems to be an effective adjuvant to sodium valproate in the treatment of the acute phase of mania in patients with bipolar disorder. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2261732 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2261732 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2261731&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01372.x Conclusion: At the present time, the data concerning the benefits and risks do not justify prodromal intervention as standard clinical practice. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2261731 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2261731 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2261740&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01369.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2261740 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2261740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2261739&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01370.x Conclusion: The abundance of irrelevant or unnecessary acts in OCD motor rituals represents reduced functionality in terms of task completion, typifying OCD rituals as pessimal behavior (antonym of optimal behavior). (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2261739 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2261739 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2261738&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01371.x Conclusion: Psychotic symptoms are associated with behavioural symptoms regardless of dementia status. Since these symptoms lead to decreased ability to function in daily life and increased caregiver burden, it is important for health professionals to identify and treat these symptoms also in non-demented. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2261738 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2261738 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2261737&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01374.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2261737 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2261737 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2261736&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01375.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2261736 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2261736 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2261735&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01376.x Conclusion: While MAOIs are rarely prescribed, a range of non-MAOI drug and psychological treatments are of some perceived benefit for depressed patients with atypical features. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2261735 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2261735 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2261734&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01377.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2261734 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2261734 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2261733&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01380.x Conclusion: The suicide risk of in-patients is distinctly higher than in the general population. A better assessment of suicide risk before regular leave periods could lead to a decrease of suicides in in-patient settings, as well as a more rigorous treatment of borderline cases, and of affective and psychotic symptoms. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2261733 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2261733 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2229563&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01366.x Conclusion: NA emerged as a stronger and more robust predictor of suicide attempts than DIS and impulsivity, and warrants greater attention in suicide risk assessment. Distinguishing between facets of impulsivity is important for clinical risk assessment. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2229563 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2229563 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2229564&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01363.x Conclusion: Heterogeneity among study findings may be due to differences in study methodology, language and diagnostic interview/criteria used. Therefore, the results of different studies may not be directly comparable and the EPDS may not be an equally valid screening tool across all settings and contexts. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2229564 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2229564 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2213948&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01367.x Conclusion: In studies lasting up to 16 weeks, the addition of an antipsychotic to clozapine treatment has marginal therapeutic benefit. Longer and larger trials are necessary to demonstrate the precise therapeutic utility of antipsychotic co-therapy with clozapine. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2213948 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2213948 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2213949&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01364.x Conclusion: The high discriminative validity and the emerging links over a proposed interest-limiting precognitive set to cognitive theory of suicide encourage clinical application of tests of electrodermal reactivity. The study offers a series of testable hypotheses constituting a new platform for suicidological research in depression. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2213949 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2213949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2197624&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01357.x Conclusion: The risk-biased information search presumably follows the principle of 'primum non nocere'. The benefit-biased information presentation might be motivated by the wish to persuade patients to accept the proposed therapy. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2197624 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2197624 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2197625&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2008.01326.x Conclusion: The ACR is approximately 5[ndash]10% and most people with MCI will not progress to dementia even after 10 years of follow-up. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2197625 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2197625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2189504&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01362.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2189504 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2189504 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2189508&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01344.x Conclusion: The observed trend in the number of suicides with antidepressants was well predicted by the hypothesis that the increased use of antidepressants has been a substantially contributing cause of the decrease in suicide. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2189508 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2189508 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2189507&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01356.x Conclusion: The generalisability of Internet data is uncertain. However, the data suggest that adverse subjective effects play a central role in the experience of taking antipsychotic drugs and may be related to the drugs' desired benefits. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2189507 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2189507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2189506&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01359.x Conclusion: High CAR was associated with an impairment of the effect of bright light therapy. This result raises the question of whether bright light acts through a mechanism different from that of antidepressants. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2189506 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2189506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2189505&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01361.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2189505 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2189505 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2169500&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01354.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2169500 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2169500 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2169503&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01347.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2169503 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2169503 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2169502&cid=s_27179_172_f&fid=27179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%252Fj.1600-0447.2009.01351.x (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2169502 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2169502