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Recognition of depression in children in general hospital-based paediatric units in Kenya: practice and policy implicationsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Although prevalence rate for depression among children is high, detection rates remain low. This finding has clinical practice and policy implications within and outside Kenya. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: David NdeteiLincoln KhasakhalaVictoria MutisoAnne Mbwayo Source Type: journals

Quality of life in mentally ill, physically ill and healthy individuals: The validation of the Greek version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-100) questionnaireEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The findings of the study indicate that the Greek version of WHOQOL-100 provided satisfactory psychometric properties supporting its use within general and pathological populations and in the context of national and crosscultural QoL measurement. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - October 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Maria Ginieri-CoccossisEugenia TriantafillouVlasis TomarasIoannis LiappasGeorge ChristodoulouGeorge Papadimitriou Source Type: journals

Anhedonia in schizophrenia and major depression: state or trait?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: In the schizophrenic sample, anhedonia seems to be a specific subjective psychopathological experience of the negative and disorganised forms of schizophrenia. In the depressed sample, anhedonia seems to be a specific subjective psychopathological experience of those major depressive disorder forms with a marked clinical depression severity. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - October 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Lorenzo PelizzaAlberto Ferrari Source Type: journals

The factor structure of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in Greek adolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The Greek SDQ could be potentially considered as a community-wide screening instrument for adolescents' emotional and behavioural problems. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - August 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: George GiannakopoulosChara TzavaraChristine DimitrakakiGerasimos KolaitisVasiliki RotsikaYannis Tountas Source Type: journals

Attitude of health workers to the care of psychiatric patientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background: In a few months from the time of this report, wards for inpatient care of psychiatric patients at the Bayero University Medical School Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital will be ready for admissions. The attitude of staff to the care of such patients within the hospital was the focus of this study. Methods: The investigation was a descriptive and cross-sectional study on a stratified and randomly selected sample population of workers at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital. A questionnaire was used to elicit responses from the respondents, containing 11 modified items. Statistical analysis of responses was performed. Res...
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - August 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Aghukwa Nkereuwem Chikaodiri Source Type: journals

Psychoeducation and the family burden in schizophrenia: a randomized controlled trialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Family psychoeducation can be an important intervention for patients with schizophrenia in Pakistan. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - July 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tanveer NasrRukhsana Kausar Source Type: journals

Efficacy and safety of aripiprazole in the treatment of bipolar disorder: a systematic reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Aripiprazole appears effective for the treatment and prophylaxis against mania. The data on bipolar depression are so far negative, however there is a need for further study at lower dosages. The most frequent adverse effects are extrapyramidal signs and symptoms, especially akathisia, without any significant weight gain, hyperprolactinaemia or laboratory test changes. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - July 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Konstantinos FountoulakisEduard Vieta Source Type: journals

Correction: Costs and effects of paliperidone extended release compared with alternative oral antipsychotic agents in patients with schizophrenia in Greece: a cost effectiveness studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Correction to Geitona M, Kousoulakou H, Ollandezos M, Athanasakis K, Papanicolaou S and Kyriopoulos I: Costs and effects of paliperidone extended release compared with alternative oral antipsychotic agents in patients with schizophrenia in Greece: a cost effectiveness study. Annals of General Psychiatry 2008, 7:16. This correction reports changes in the values listed for Ziprasidone and Aripiprazole in Table Ten. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - June 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Maria GeitonaHara KousoulakouMarkos OllandezosKostas AthanasakisSotiria PapanicolaouIoannis Kyriopoulos Source Type: journals

Factors Influencing Depression Endpoints Research (FINDER): Baseline results of Italian patients with depressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background: Factors Influencing Depression Endpoints Research (FINDER) is a 6-month, prospective, observational study carried out in 12 European countries aimed at investigating health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in outpatients receiving pharmacological treatment for a first or new depressive episode. Baseline characteristics of patients enrolled in Italy are presented. Methods: All treatment decisions were at the discretion of the investigator. Data were collected at baseline and after 3 and 6 months of treatment. Baseline evaluations included demographics, medical and psychiatric history, and medications used in the ...
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - May 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Luigi GrassiAndrea RossiAlessandra BarracoItalian FINDER Study group Source Type: journals

Obsessive-compulsive disorder and related disorders: a comprehensive surveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Our aim was to present a comprehensive, updated survey on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and obsessive-compulsive related disorders (OCRDs) and their clinical management via literature review, critical analysis and synthesis. Information on OCD and OCRD current nosography, clinical phenomenology and etiology, may lead to a better comprehension of their management. Clinicians should become familiar with the broad spectrum of OCD disorders, since it is a pivotal issue in current clinical psychiatry. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - May 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Michele Fornaro, Filippo Gabrielli, Claudio Albano, Stefania Fornaro, Salvatore Rizzato, Chiara Mattei, Paola Solano, Valentina Vinciguerra and Pantaleo Fornaro Source Type: journals

Schizophrenia pathophysiology: are we any closer to a complete model?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Schizophrenia, a severe brain disorder that involves hallucinations, disordered thinking and deficiencies in cognition, has been studied for decades in order to determine the early events that lead to this neurological disorder. In this review, we interpret the developmental and genetic models that have been proposed and treatment options associated with these models. Schizophrenia was initially thought to be hereditary based on studies of high incidence in certain families. Additionally, studies on specific genes such as ZDHHC8 and DTNBP1 seem to suggest susceptibility to the onset of this disorder. However, no single gen...
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - May 15, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Shaheen E Lakhan and Karen F Vieira Source Type: journals

A short review on the aetiology and pathophysiology of alcoholismEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Alcoholism is a chronic remitting and relapsing condition; its aetiology and pathophysiology remains largely obscure despite recent advances. This review summarises the current knowledge about the causation (biological or psychological) of alcohol addiction. This involves heredity, candidate genes, alcohol metabolism regulation and the influence of alcohol in the pathophysiology of the different neurotransmitter systems. Alcohol addiction is a multifactorial phenomenon where personality structure, individual state of mind and social influences are in constant interaction with brain neurobiology and pathophysiology. This di...
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - May 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: George Moussas, Christos Christodoulou and Athanassios Douzenis Source Type: journals

The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): reliability and validity of the Greek versionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The Greek version of AUDIT has increased internal reliability and validity. It detects 97% of the alcohol-dependent individuals and has a high sensitivity and specificity. AUDIT is easy to use, quick and reliable and can be very useful in detection alcohol problems in sensitive populations. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - May 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: George Moussas, Georgia Dadouti, Athanassios Douzenis, Evangelos Poulis, Athanassios Tzelembis, Dimitris Bratis, Christos Christodoulou and Lefteris Lykouras Source Type: journals

The Inventory of Personality Organisation: its psychometric properties among student and clinical populations in JapanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Although losing more than 40% of the original items, the Japanese IPO may be a reliable and valid measure of Kernberg's personality organisation for Japanese populations. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - May 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hiromi Igarashi, Hiroyoshi Kikuchi, Rikihachiro Kano, Hiroshi Mitoma, Masahiro Shono, Chieko Hasui and Toshinori Kitamura Source Type: journals

Well-being of medical students and their awareness on substance misuse: a cross-sectional survey in PakistanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The majority of the medical students reported a negative impact of heavy workload on their psychological well-being. Significant numbers of medical students think that substance misuse is a coping strategy for stress. Teaching on addiction/addictive substances is poor at undergraduate level in Pakistani medical colleges. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - February 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Abdul Wahab Yousafzai, Syed Ahmer, Ehsanullah Syed, Naila Bhutto, Saman Iqbal, Mohammed Naim Siddiqi and Mohammed Zaman Source Type: journals

The relationship between antipsychotic medication adherence and patient outcomes among individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder: a retrospective studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Patients with lower antipsychotic adherence were at greater risk of hospitalizations and ER visits. Thus, any efforts to increase adherence, even in small increments, can be helpful in decreasing these risks. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - February 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Maureen J Lage and Mariam K Hassan Source Type: journals

Etiological explanation, treatability and preventability of childhood autism: a survey of Nigerian healthcare workers' opinionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: In designing policies and programs to change negative opinions or beliefs of healthcare workers about childhood autism, there is a need for baseline information such as this survey. Changing the negative opinions or beliefs of the healthcare workers about childhood autism should encourage appropriate help-seeking behavior among parents of children with ASD who may be seeking advice or information from the healthcare workers. This would encourage early interventions, which are essential to prognosis of childhood autism. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - February 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Muideen O Bakare, Ahamefule O Agomoh, Peter O Ebigbo, Julian Eaton, Kevin O Okonkwo, Jojo U Onwukwe and Gabriel M Onyeama Source Type: journals

An analysis of correlations among four outcome scales employed in clinical trials of patients with major depressive disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Although MADRS and CGI-I were more sensitive to treatment effects, HAM-D17, MADRS, CGI-S and CGI-I scores present a consistent picture of response to venlafaxine treatment. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - January 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Qin Jiang and Saeeduddin Ahmed Source Type: journals

Preliminary data concerning the reliability and psychometric properties of the Greek translation of the 20-item Subjective Well-Being Under Neuroleptic Treatment Scale (SWN-20)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
DiscussionThe Greek translation of the SWN-20 is reliable, with psychometric properties close to the original scale. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - January 21, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Melina Siamouli, Katerina Moutou, Eleonora Pantoula, Stamatia Magiria, Irini Chatzivasileiou, Konstantinos Arapidis, Achileas Chatzivasileiou, Simeon Deres and Konstantinos N Fountoulakis Source Type: journals

Isotretinoin and psychopathology: a reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Isotretinoin, a synthetic oral retinoid that is used against severe nodulocystic acne, has been associated with various psychiatric side effects such as depression, suicidality and psychotic symptoms. A great number of reports on its effects have been published since its introduction into the market. However, a causal relationship has not been established and the link between isotretinoin use and psychiatric events remains controversial. The present paper reviews the available evidence regarding the association of isotretinoin and psychiatric side effects. All published material reporting psychiatric side effects following...
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - January 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Vassilis P. Kontaxakis, Demetris Skourides, Panayotis Ferentinos, Beata J. Havaki-Kontaxaki and George N. Papadimitriou Source Type: journals

The prevalence of mental disorders in adults in different level general medical facilities in Kenya: a cross-sectional studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The 4.1% clinician detection rate for mental disorders means that most psychiatric disorders in general medical facilities remain undiagnosed and thus, unmanaged. This calls for improved diagnostic practices in general medical facilities in Kenya and in other similar countries. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - January 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: David M Ndetei, Lincoln I Khasakhala, Mary W Kuria, Victoria N Mutiso, Francisca A Ongecha-Owuor and Donald A Kokonya Source Type: journals

Aripiprazole augmentation in poor insight obsessive-compulsive disorder: a case reportEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Doctors should consider aripiprazole as a possible augmentation strategy for serotonergic poor responder obsessive-compulsive patients, but further research on these subjects is needed. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - December 23, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Michele Fornaro, Filippo Gabrielli, Chiara Mattei, Valentina Vinciguerra and Pantaleo Fornaro Source Type: journals

Effect of increasing intraperitoneal infusion rates on bupropion hydrochloride-induced seizures in miceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: In conclusion, the demonstration of an inverse relationship between infusion time of a fixed and convulsive dose of bupropion and the risk of convulsions in a prospective study is novel. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - December 23, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Peter H Silverstone, Robert Williams, Louis McMahon, Rosanna Fleming and Siobhan Fogarty Source Type: journals

Voxel-based structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of patients with early onset schizophreniaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Our findings of regional volume alterations of GM and WM in EOS patients coincide with those of previous studies of adult onset schizophrenia patients. However, in brain regions that had no overall structural differences between EOS patients and controls (that is, the bilateral posterior cingulate gyrus, the right thalamus, the cerebellum, and the pons), within-subject analysis of EOS patients alone revealed that there were significant associations of the volume in these areas and the symptom severity. These findings suggest that at an early stage of the illness, especially for those with onset before brain ma...
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - December 22, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yujiro Yoshihara, Genichi Sugihara, Hideo Matsumoto, John Suckling, Katsuhiko Nishimura, Takao Toyoda, Haruo Isoda, Kenji J Tsuchiya, Kiyokazu Takebayashi, Katsuaki Suzuki, Harumi Sakahara, Kazuhiko Nakamura, Norio Mori and Nori Takei Source Type: journals

Risk factors predict post-traumatic stress disorder differently in men and womenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Gender differences in the predictive value of social support on PTSD appear to be very complex, and no clear conclusions can be made based on the two studies included in this article. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - November 18, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dorte M. Christiansen and Ask Elklit Source Type: journals

Revisiting the Dexamethasone Suppression Test in unipolar major depression: an exploratory studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
DiscussionThe present study explored the pattern of cortisol response to dexamethasone suppression and suggested an alternative way of coding and interpreting the DST on the basis of whether the cortisol levels remain stable or increase vs decrease after the administration of cortisol. The results put forward a complex way of understanding the relationship of the DST results with clinical symptoms. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - November 13, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Konstantinos N Fountoulakis, Xenia Gonda, Zoltan Rihmer, Costas Fokas and Apostolos Iacovides Source Type: journals

The clinical-familial correlates and naturalistic outcome of panic-disorder-agoraphobia with and without lifetime bipolar II comorbidityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Although the severity and outcome of panic-agoraphobic symptomatology appear to be similar in patients with and without lifetime bipolar comorbidity, the higher number of concomitant disorders in our PD patients with BP-II does indicate a greater complexity of the clinical picture in this naturalistic study. That such complexity does not seem to translate into poorer response and outcome in those with comorbid soft bipolarity probably reflects the fact that we had brought BP-II under control with mood stabilizers. We discuss the implications of our findings as further evidence for the existence of a distinct a...
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - November 13, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Cristina Toni, Giulio Perugi, Franco Frare, Giuseppe Tusini, Konstantinos N Fountoulakis, Kareen K Akiskal and Hagop S Akiskal Source Type: journals

Communication between secondary and primary care following self-harm: are National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines being met?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Government guidelines are only partially being met. Reliance on communication by ED staff would leave a substantial proportion of patients discharged from the ED with no or minimal communication to primary care. Psychiatric services need to improve the rate of communication to the patient's GP following assessment. A national sample of National Health Service (NHS) trusts would establish if this is a problem elsewhere. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - October 23, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jayne Cooper, Elizabeth Murphy, Rita Jordan and Kevin Mackway-Jones Source Type: journals

Mnesic imbalance: a cognitive theory about autism spectrum disordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Autism is characterized by impairments in social interaction, communicative capacity and behavioral flexibility. Some cognitive theories can be useful for finding a relationship between these irregularities and the biological mechanisms that may give rise to this disorder. Among such theories are mentalizing deficit, weak central coherence and executive dysfunction, but none of them has been able to explain all three diagnostic symptoms of autism. These cognitive disorders may be related among themselves by faulty learning, since several research studies have shown that the brains of autistic individuals have abnormalities...
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - October 17, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Miguel Angel Romero-Munguia Source Type: journals

Convulsive liability of bupropion hydrochloride metabolites in swiss albino miceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The demonstration of the dose-dependent and metabolite-dependent convulsive effects of bupropion metabolites is a novelty. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - October 15, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Peter H Silverstone, Robert Williams, Louis McMahon, Rosanna Fleming and Siobhan Fogarty Source Type: journals

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of attention processes in presumed obligate carriers of schizophreniaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: These preliminary findings of decreased activity in POCs indicate that this more homogeneous population of unaffected relatives share similar neural abnormalities with people with schizophrenia, suggesting that reduced BOLD activity in the attention network may be an intermediate marker for schizophrenia. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - October 3, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Francesca M Filbey, Tamara Russell, Robin G Morris, Robin M Murray and Colm McDonald Source Type: journals

Increased plasma homocysteine levels in patients with multiple sclerosis and depressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Moderately disabled MS patients with elevated Hcy levels are particularly prone to develop depressive symptomatology. Further study is warranted in order to elucidate the prognostic and therapeutic implications of this novel finding. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - September 9, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nikolaos Triantafyllou, Maria-Eleftheria Evangelopoulos, Vasilios K. Kimiskidis, Evangelia Kararizou, Fotini Boufidou, Konstantinos N Fountoulakis, Melina Siamouli, Chrysoula Nikolaou, Constantinos Sfagos, Nikolaos Vlaikidis and Dimitrios Vassilopoulos Source Type: journals

Costs and effects of paliperidone extended release compared with alternative oral antipsychotic agents in patients with schizophrenia in Greece: a cost effectiveness studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Treatment with paliperidone ER can lead to lower total cost and higher number of stable days in most of the cases examined. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - August 28, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Maria Geitona, Hara Kousoulakou, Markos Ollandezos, Kostas Athanasakis, Sotiria Papanicolaou and Ioannis Kyriopoulos Source Type: journals

Stigmatising attitude of medical students towards a psychiatry labelEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: These results strengthen the view that stigma attached to mental illness is not limited to the general public; medical students are also part of the stigmatising world. There is, therefore, a need to incorporate issues concerning stigma and its reduction as a core component of the mental health curriculum of medical schools. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - August 25, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Olawale O Ogunsemi, Olatunde Odusan and Michael O Olatawura Source Type: journals

Adaptation of the Emotional Contagion Scale (ECS) and gender differences within the Greek cultural contextEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The Greek version of the ECS showed good psychometric properties. It can be used to assess susceptibility to emotional contagion in correlation with psychopathological processes, mood and anxiety disorders primarily. The usefulness of the ECS in the fields of group psychotherapy and health psychology is also under consideration. Further investigation is needed in all these areas. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - August 21, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pantelis Kevrekidis, Petros Skapinakis, Dimitris Damigos and Venetsanos Mavreas Source Type: journals

Self-help interventions for depressive disorders and depressive symptoms: A systematic reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: A number of self-help interventions have promising evidence for reducing subthreshold depressive symptoms. Other forms of evidence such as expert consensus may be more appropriate for interventions that are not feasible to evaluate in randomised controlled trials. There needs to be evaluation of whether promotion to the public of effective self-help strategies for subthreshold depressive symptoms could delay or prevent onset of depressive illness, reduce functional impairment, and prevent progression to other undesirable outcomes such as harmful use of substances. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - August 19, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Amy J Morgan and Anthony F Jorm Source Type: journals

Alcohol significantly lowers the seizure threshold in mice when co-administered with bupropion hydrochlorideEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: These results show that in mice alcohol lowers the seizure threshold for bupropion-induced seizures. Clinical implications are firstly that there may be an increased risk of seizures in patients consuming alcohol, and secondly that formulations that can release bupropion more readily in alcohol may present additional risks to patients. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - August 18, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Peter H Silverstone, Robert Williams, Louis McMahon, Rosanna Fleming and Siobhan Fogarty Source Type: journals

Association between antipsychotics and weight gain among psychiatric outpatients in Pakistan: a retrospective cohort studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Pakistani patients are just as likely to put on weight during antipsychotic treatment as patients from other countries. Considering that this population already has a much higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus compared to the Western countries, the consequences of increased weight may be even more serious in terms of increased morbidity and mortality. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - August 18, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Syed Ahmer, Rashid A M Khan and Saleem PERWAIZ Iqbal Source Type: journals

Transfers to psychiatry through the consultation-liaison psychiatry service: 11 years of experienceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The transfer of a patient to the psychiatric ward is a decision depending on multiple factors. Medical diagnoses do not seem to play a major role in the transfer to the psychiatric ward. From the psychiatric diagnosis, depressive and dysthymic disorders are the most common in the transferred population, whilst the transfer is influenced by social factors regarding the patient, the patient's behaviour, the conditions in the ward she/he is treated in and any recent occurrence(s) that increase the anxiety of the staff. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - August 14, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Christos Christodoulou, Katerina Fineti, Athanasios Douzenis, George Moussas, Ioannis Michopoulos and Lefteris Lykouras Source Type: journals

Mourning and melancholia revisited: correspondences between principles of Freudian metapsychology and empirical findings in neuropsychiatryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Freud began his career as a neurologist studying the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system, but it was his later work in psychology that would secure his place in history. This paper draws attention to consistencies between physiological processes identified by modern clinical research and psychological processes described by Freud, with a special emphasis on his famous paper on depression entitled 'Mourning and melancholia'. Inspired by neuroimaging findings in depression and deep brain stimulation for treatment resistant depression, some preliminary physiological correlates are proposed for a number of key psychoa...
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - July 24, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Robin L Carhart-Harris, Helen S Mayberg, Andrea L Malizia and David J Nutt Source Type: journals

Correlates of weapon carrying among high school students in the United StatesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: This research identifies factors that are associated with weapon bearing among adolescents in the United States. These factors may be important in the design of interventions aimed at improving school safety and adolescent health. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - July 7, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Adamson S Muula, Emmanuel Rudatsikira and Seter Siziya Source Type: journals

A comparative study of anxiety and depression in patients with bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and tuberculosis in a general hospital of chest diseasesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Depression and anxiety are very prevalent in patients with pulmonary disease, especially chronic disease. This may be a very important negative factor in patients' adaptation to the chronic course of their disease. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - May 21, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Georgios Moussas, Athanasios Tselebis, Athanasios Karkanias, Dimitra Stamouli, Ioannis Ilias, Dionisios Bratis and Kalliopi Vasila-Demi Source Type: journals

Prevalence and correlates of being bullied among in-school adolescents in Beijing: results from the 2003 Beijing Global School-Based Health SurveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: We believe the results of this study will raise awareness among school health practitioners and administrators, paediatric psychiatrists and psychologists on the prevalence and correlates of bullying among adolescents in Beijing, China. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - April 2, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Alice Hazemba, Seter Siziya, Adamson S Muula and Emmanuel Rudatsikira Source Type: journals

Sleep patterns and habits in high school students in IranEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Our results are in contrast with that of previous studies that concluded sleep duration is shorter in Asia than in Europe, that boys woke-up significantly later than girls, and that the frequency of sleep latency category was associated with gender and grade level. The magnitude of the daytime sleepiness, daytime sleepiness during classes, sleep latency, and incidences of waking up at night represent major public health concerns for Iran. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - March 13, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ahmad Ghanizadeh, Mohsen Kianpoor, Mehdi Rezaei, Hadi Rezaei, Rozita Moini, Kamran Aghakhani, Jamshid Ahmadi and Seyed Reza Moeini Source Type: journals

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS): validation in a Greek general hospital sampleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The Greek version of HADS showed good psychometric properties and could serve as a useful tool for clinicians to assess anxiety and depression in general hospital patients. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - March 6, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ioannis Michopoulos, Athanasios Douzenis, Christina Kalkavoura, Christos Christodoulou, Panayiota Michalopoulou, Georgia Kalemi, Katerina Fineti, Paulos Patapis, Konstantinos Protopapas and Lefteris Lykouras Source Type: journals

Recognizing thyrotoxicosis in a patient with bipolar mania: a case reportEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Physicians should consider a comorbid hyperthyroidism in bipolar manic patients only partially responsive to standard care treatment with a mood stabilizer and antipsychotic. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - February 19, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Catherine S.N. Lee and Burton Hutto Source Type: journals

Season of birth and handedness in Serbian high school studentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The present study failed to provide support for a season of birth effect on atypical lateralisation of handedness in humans. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - January 30, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sanja Milenkovic, Daniel Rock, Milan Dragovic and Aleksandar Janca Source Type: journals

Preventing suicide: a resource for the familyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The family can play an important role in the prevention of suicide if it is capable of aiding the mental health care services in the early detection and management of family members at risk. In order to attain this goal, the whole family should be informed in how to prevent suicide. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - January 24, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sergio A. Perez Barrero Source Type: journals

A familial concurrence of schizophrenia and Gaucher's diseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The concurrence of schizophrenia and Gaucher's disease in the same family is an unusual phenomenon. The literature regarding this coincidence is limited, despite the fact that patients with Gaucher's disease have one or two mutated alleles, considered to be a risk factor leading to conditions such as Dementia, Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - December 17, 2007 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Odysseas D Mouzas, Kostantinos E Siomos and Nikiforos V Angelopoulos Source Type: journals

Parents attitudes and opinions on the use of psychotropic medication in mental disorders of childhoodEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Parents' opinions and beliefs are not in line with scientific facts. This suggests a need to further inform the parents on the safety and efficacy of psychotropic medication in order to improve treatment compliance. (Source: Annals of General Psychiatry)
Source: Annals of General Psychiatry - November 15, 2007 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Helen Lazaratou, Dimitris C Anagnostopoulos, Elias Alevizos, Fotini Haviara and Dimitris Ploumpidis Source Type: journals