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Proposed diagnostic criteria and the screening and diagnosing tool of Internet addiction in college studentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: The aims of this study were to develop diagnostic criteria of Internet addiction for college students (DC-IA-C) with diagnostic interviews and to establish the optimal cutoff points of the Chen Internet Addiction Scale (CIAS) for the purposes of screening for and making the diagnosis of Internet addiction. A total of 216 college students (132 male and 84 female) were recruited in the study. The results demonstrated that 5/6 cutoff points of criteria A in DC-IA-C had the best diagnostic accuracy (95.9%). Besides, 63/64 and 67/68 cutoff points of the CIAS were evaluated to be the best screening and diagnostic cutof...
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - May 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Chih-Hung Ko, Ju-Yu Yen, Sue-Huei Chen, Ming-Jen Yang, Huang-Chi Lin, Cheng-Fang Yen Source Type: journals

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Validity and reliability of the Korean version of the Mood Disorder QuestionnaireEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: These findings demonstrated the adequate validity and reliability of the K-MDQ, suggesting that this instrument is useful for screening bipolar disorders in Korea. However, we recommend that the original criteria be modified to improve the sensitivity. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Duk-In Jon, Narei Hong, Bo-Hyun Yoon, Han Yong Jung, Kyooseob Ha, Young Chul Shin, Won-Myong Bahk Source Type: journals

Individual and family correlates for cigarette smoking among Taiwanese college studentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Our findings support the association of cigarette use in Taiwanese young adults with several individual, family, and peer factors identified in Western studies. Intervention in cigarette use should be multifaceted, by taking its correlates and the concurrent psychopathology, use of substances, and suicidality into consideration. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Susan Shur-Fen Gau, Meng-Chuan Lai, Yen-Nan Chiu, Chun-Te Liu, Ming-Been Lee, Hai-Gwo Hwu Source Type: journals

Self-reported childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms are not specific to the disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Results provide further evidence that retrospective self-report of childhood ADHD symptoms is not specific to ADHD and highlight concerns about the reliance on self-report of childhood ADHD symptoms for diagnostic purposes. Results suggest consideration of specific types of symptoms, and sex differences might increase diagnostic use of self-reported childhood symptoms. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Julie Suhr, Eric Zimak, Melissa Buelow, Laurie Fox Source Type: journals

The prevalence of alexithymia and its relationship with Youth Self-Report problem scales among Finnish adolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated the relationship between alexithymia, depressive symptoms, and Youth Self-Report (YSR) self-image profiles among 13 to 18-year-old adolescents (n = 7087) attending school in Kuopio, Finland. The final sample consisted of 3936 adolescents (1801 boys, 2135 girls) who completed structured self-rating questionnaires (Toronto Alexithymia Scale [TAS] 20, Beck Depression Inventory [BDI], and YSR) during class periods at school. The overall prevalence of alexithymia was 7.3%. However, girls in all age groups were more frequently alexithymic than boys. Regardless of sex, alexithymic youths reported more depr...
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kirsi Honkalampi, Tommi Tolmunen, Jukka Hintikka, Marja-Liisa Rissanen, Jari Kylmä, Eila Laukkanen Source Type: journals

The Clinical Global Impressions scale: errors in understanding and useEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Clinical trials investigators' inclusion of indication-irrelevant adverse events threatens the validity of the CGI as an efficacy measure and may contribute to failure to detect efficacy signals in psychopharmacology clinical trials. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Joan Busner, Steven D. Targum, David S. Miller Source Type: journals

The effect of methylphenidate on Internet video game play in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Discussion: We suggest that Internet video game playing might be a means of self-medication for children with ADHD. In addition, we cautiously suggest that MPH might be evaluated as a potential treatment of Internet addiction. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Doug Hyun Han, Young Sik Lee, Churl Na, Jee Young Ahn, Un Sun Chung, Melissa A. Daniels, Charlotte A. Haws, Perry F. Renshaw Source Type: journals

Prevalence of psychotic symptoms in substance users: a comparison across substancesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Most users dependent on illicit substances experience psychotic symptoms in the context of use of, or withdrawal from, these substances. Psychotic symptoms increased with the severity of the substance use disorders for all 4 substances. These findings emphasize the importance of developing services to target this population as they are at a heightened risk for developing psychotic symptoms. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Matthew J. Smith, Jagadisha Thirthalli, Arbi Ben Abdallah, Robin M. Murray, Linda B. Cottler Source Type: journals

What is the effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on temperament and character in patients with fibromyalgia?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Depressive symptoms in patients with FM can be significantly decreased by treatment with SSRIs. A careful clinical assessment and study of personality profile is needed to identify patients with FM who may benefit from antidepressant pharmacologic therapy and specific psychotherapeutic interventions. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Marianna Mazza, Osvaldo Mazza, Massimiliano Pomponi, Marco Di Nicola, Luca Padua, Massimo Vicini, Pietro Bria, Salvatore Mazza Source Type: journals

The dynamic relationship of parental personality traits with the personality and psychopathology traits of anorectic and bulimic daughtersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Parents of eating-disordered participants displayed personality characteristics that differed from controls and, among ED subgroups, these differences were related to their daughter's personality and psychopathology. The linear correlation did not fully explain the relationship of the parental personality traits to the presence of their daughter's ED, suggesting that a more complex personality-based family dynamic is involved. A Temperament and Character Inventory profile of the entire family may be used in the planning of family treatment. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Secondo Fassino, Federico Amianto, Giovanni Abbate-Daga Source Type: journals

Patterns of temperament and character in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder and their association with symptom severityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Patterns of temperament and character of patients with PTSD were significantly different from those of healthy controls. In addition, these patterns are specifically associated with the PTSD symptom severity. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sujung J. Yoon, Chansoo S. Jun, Hye-young An, Hyoung Ryul Kang, Tae-Youn Jun Source Type: journals

Early family environment, borderline personality symptoms, and somatic preoccupation among internal medicine outpatientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Unusual or complicated medical illnesses in childhood may be risk factors for both borderline personality and somatic preoccupation in adulthood. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Randy A. Sansone, Victoria R. Buckner, Nighat A. Tahir, Michael W. Wiederman Source Type: journals

Pain as a predictor of depression treatment outcomes in women with childhood sexual abuseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Findings support the evidence that depression is particularly severe and difficult to treat in patients with CSA and pain. Clinicians should evaluate pain in depressed patients with CSA histories. Role functioning may prove to be a particularly important target in the treatment of patients with pain. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ellen L. Poleshuck, Nancy L. Talbot, Haiyan Su, Xin Tu, Linda Chaudron, Stephanie Gamble, Donna E. Giles Source Type: journals

Personality disorder traits as predictors of subsequent first-onset panic disorder or agoraphobiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: Determining how personality disorder traits and panic disorder and/or agoraphobia relate longitudinally is an important step in developing a comprehensive understanding of the etiology of panic/agoraphobia. In 1981, a probabilistic sample of adult (≥18 years old) residents of east Baltimore were assessed for Axis I symptoms and disorders using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS); psychiatrists reevaluated a subsample of these participants and made Axis I diagnoses, as well as ratings of individual Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition personality disorder traits. Of the partic...
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: O. Joseph Bienvenu, Murray B. Stein, Jack F. Samuels, Chiadi U. Onyike, William W. Eaton, Gerald Nestadt Source Type: journals

Remission in schizophrenia: analysis in a naturalistic settingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: In spite of certain weaknesses of the study, we may conclude that current definition of remission is primarily a symptomatic measure, covering a subset of symptoms, some of which are not schizophrenia-specific. Although the definition may be clinically relevant, we must be aware of the risk that the connotation of the word could induce too much focus on symptom control. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jonas Eberhard, Sten Levander, Eva Lindström Source Type: journals

Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in adolescents: risk factors versus resilience moderationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: High levels of exposure to community violence, perceived stress, and childhood abuse and neglect may contribute to the development of PTSD symptoms in South African adolescents. However, high levels of resilience may buffer the negative effects of childhood abuse and neglect. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - April 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dylan S. Fincham, Lucas Korthals Altes, Dan J. Stein, Soraya Seedat Source Type: journals

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Temperament and character in subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: There were significant differences in TCI subscales between patients with OCD and controls. Particular personality traits may have an influence on the severity and the dimensions of OC symptoms. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - March 13, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Se Joo Kim, Jee In Kang, Chan-Hyung Kim Source Type: journals

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, paranoid personality disorder diagnosis: a unitary or a two-dimensional construct?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The reliability and validity of the unitary PPD construct may be questioned. The 2-dimensional PPD model should be further explored. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - March 13, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Erik Falkum, Geir Pedersen, Sigmund Karterud Source Type: journals

Population-based prevalence of smoking in psychiatric inpatients: a focus on acute suicide risk and major diagnostic groupsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: Objective: The aim of the study was to define the extent of current and lifetime smoking by diagnostic groups and suicide risk as reason for admission in a geographically defined psychiatric inpatient cohort.Design: The study used a population-based retrospective chart review.Methods: Smoking status and discharge diagnoses for Olmsted County, Minnesota, inpatients aged 18 to 65 admitted for psychiatric hospitalization in 2004 and 2005 were abstracted from the electronic medical record. Diagnostic groups were compared to each other using χ2 tests and Fisher exact test to analyze smoking status within the inpatien...
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - March 13, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Timothy W. Lineberry, Josiah D. Allen, Jessica Nash, Christine W. Galardy Source Type: journals

Brief cognitive-behavioral therapy with fibromyalgia patients in routine careEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Brief group CBT is effective in reducing emotional distress in female patients with long-standing fibromyalgia syndrome in the context of routine care. Attention-distraction skills appear to be amenable to change by means of brief CBT, but further research is needed to clarify their contribution to short-term clinical improvement. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - March 13, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Susana Vázquez-Rivera, César González-Blanch, Laura Rodríguez-Moya, Dolores Morón, Sara González-Vives, José Luis Carrasco Source Type: journals

Latent class analysis of the Child Behavior Checklist Obsessive-Compulsive ScaleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: The Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (OCS) of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) predicts obsessive-compulsive disorder and is highly heritable. Latent class analysis (LCA) of the OCS was used to identify profiles within this 8-item scale and to examine heritability of those profiles. The LCA was performed on maternal CBCL reports of their 6- to 18-year–old children from 2 US nationally representative samples from 1989 (n = 2475, 50% male) and 1999 (n = 2029, 53% male) and from Dutch twins in the Netherlands Twin Registry at ages 7 (n = 10 194, 49.3% male), 10 (n = 6448, 48.1% male), and 12 (n = 3674, 48.6% male)...
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - March 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Robert R. Althoff, David C. Rettew, Dorret I. Boomsma, James J. Hudziak Source Type: journals

Symptomatic determinants of insight in schizophrenia spectrum disordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: Impaired insight in schizophrenia spectrum disorders has been linked to several psychopathologic features including positive symptoms, although not all dimensions of psychopathology have been studied and confounds from other symptoms have not been ruled out. In addition, the nature of the association between insight and specific positive symptoms, in particular delusions, remains unclear. The present investigation examined whether, in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders insight is associated with specific symptom dimensions including delusional severity. The factor structure was determined from scores ...
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - March 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Lisa Buchy, Ivan J. Torres, Peter F. Liddle, Todd S. Woodward Source Type: journals

Relationship between lunar phases and serious crimes of battery: a population-based studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The present study fails to find a significant association between lunar phases and crimes of battery. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - March 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Teresa Biermann, Rita Asemann, Carmel McAuliffe, Armin Ströbel, Jochen Keller, Wolfgang Sperling, Stefan Bleich, Johannes Kornhuber, Udo Reulbach Source Type: journals

Is there a measurement overlap between depressive symptoms and quality of life?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Our findings indicate that most WHOQOL-BREF items do not exhibit DIF for a current major depressive episode and the variance associated with depression in this generic QOL measure is restricted to some facets of this construct. Thus, we recommend this restricted adjustment for depression in future analyses of this measure. Furthermore, our study indicates that researchers must measure QOL regardless of depression severity. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - March 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Neusa Sica da Rocha, Mick J. Power, Donald M. Bushnell, Marcelo P. Fleck Source Type: journals

Quality of life and psychopathology during the course of schizophreniaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Despite similar QOL and symptoms profiles, these findings suggested that relationships among patterns of symptomatology and QOL change during the course of schizophrenia. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - March 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Paola Rocca, Michela Giugiario, Cristiana Montemagni, Cristiana Rigazzi, Giuseppe Rocca, Filippo Bogetto Source Type: journals

A comparison of life events in suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents and young adults with major depression and borderline personality disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: This retrospective study assessed the correlations between various types of stressful life events (SLE) and suicidal adolescents and young adults with major depressive disorder (MDD;22), borderline personality disorder (BPD;18), and nonsuicidal adolescents and young adults with MDD (20) and BPD (20). A community control group of 40 participants was also evaluated.The measurements used were Life Events Checklist, Childhood Sexual Abuse Questionnaire, Suicide Risk Scale, and Beck Depression Inventory.Suicidal participants experienced a greater number of total lifetime negative events compared with nonsuicidal parti...
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - March 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Netta Horesh, Tali Nachshoni, Leo Wolmer, Paz Toren Source Type: journals

Does personality disorder decrease the likelihood of remission in early-onset chronic depression?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: This study suggests that PD are significant predictors of remission in early-onset chronic depression. (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - March 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Vito Agosti, David J. Hellerstein, Jonathan W. Stewart Source Type: journals

Addiction and suicidal behavior in acute psychiatric inpatients.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: A large, potentially lethal, and highly expensive subgroup of patients has been characterized, which might be called the "New Revolving Door acute psychiatric inpatient." This group, which uses the most expensive level of care in the mental health system but is substantially addiction related, poses special challenges for inpatient psychiatric units, addiction treatment providers, and health care planners. PMID: 19216884 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - February 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ries RK, Yuodelis-Flores C, Roy-Byrne PP, Nilssen O, Russo J Tags: Compr Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Predictors of nonadherence among individuals with bipolar disorder receiving treatment in a community mental health clinic.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Comorbid substance abuse, negative attitudes toward mood-stabilizing medication, and difficulty managing to take medication in the context of one's daily schedule are primary determinants of medication treatment adherence. A patient-centered collaborative model of care that addresses negative attitudes toward medication and difficulty coping with medication routines may be ideally suited to address individual adherence challenges. PMID: 19216885 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - February 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sajatovic M, Ignacio RV, West JA, Cassidy KA, Safavi R, Kilbourne AM, Blow FC Tags: Compr Psychiatry Source Type: journals

General health and quality-of-life measures in active, recent, and comorbid mental disorders: a population-based health 2000 study.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Even in comparison with a chronic physical illness such as diabetes, comorbid psychiatric disorders have a high impact on psychological well-being, perceived health, and quality of life, when evaluated by simple, useful, and feasible self-rating scales. The scales used may be useful in monitoring the severity and course of psychiatric conditions. Recognizing and treating psychiatric comorbidity is important in improving the quality of life of psychiatric patients. PMID: 19216886 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - February 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pirkola S, Saarni S, Suvisaari J, Elovainio M, Partonen T, Aalto AM, Honkonen T, Perälä J, Lönnqvist J Tags: Compr Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Risk factors associated with lifetime suicide attempts in bipolar I patients: findings from a French National Cohort.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Risk factors that may be associated with suicide attempts in bipolar disorder are still a matter of debate. We compared demographic, illness course, clinical, and temperamental features of suicide attempters vs those of nonattempters in a large sample of bipolar I patients admitted for an index manic episode. One thousand ninety patients (attempters = 382, nonattempters = 708) were included in the study. Multivariate analysis evidenced 8 risk factors associated with lifetime suicide attempts as follows: multiple hospitalizations, depressive or mixed polarity of first episode, presence of stressful life events before il...
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - February 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Azorin JM, Kaladjian A, Adida M, Hantouche E, Hameg A, Lancrenon S, Akiskal HS Tags: Compr Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Cumulative effect of multiple trauma on symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression in adolescents.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Our findings indicate that adolescents exposed to multiple traumas are more likely to experience more severe symptoms of PTSD and depression than those who experience a single event, with this effect independent of childhood adversity and everyday stressful life experiences. Exposure to multiple trauma, however, does not seem to be associated with more severe anxiety symptoms. PMID: 19216888 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry)
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - February 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Suliman S, Mkabile SG, Fincham DS, Ahmed R, Stein DJ, Seedat S Tags: Compr Psychiatry Source Type: journals