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Risperidone in the treatment of mixed state bipolar patients: Results from a 24-week, multicenter, open-label study in KoreaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The combination of risperidone with mood stabilizers was an effective and safe treatment for manic symptoms and coexisting depressive symptoms of bipolar disorder. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - November 5, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Young Sup Woo, Won-Myong Bahk, Duk-In Jon, Sang-Keun Chung, Sang-Yeol Lee, Yong Min Ahn, Chi-Un Pae, Hyun-Sang Cho, Jeong-Gee Kim, Tae-Yeon Hwang, Hong-Seok Lee, Kyung Joon Min, Kyung-Uk Lee, Bo-Hyun Yoon Source Type: journals

Identification of high-risk dementia cohorts in a community sample of Japanese elderlyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Although there have been many attempts to identify subjects with high risk of dementia, this preliminary study suggests that information about temporal changes in cognitive function is useful when performing community-based surveys. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - September 23, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Shunichiro Shinagawa, Shiori Nakamura, Makoto Iwamoto, Norifumi Tsuno, Masahiro Shigeta Source Type: journals

How the psychiatrists of a mental health department managed their patients before an attempted suicideEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: According to the psychiatrists' descriptions of their last contact with the patients, most attempted suicides have not been preceded by a change in clinical conditions. Moreover, psychiatrists, irrespective of their age and gender, and of patient diagnosis, frequently judged the attempts to have been unpreventable. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - September 22, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Paolo Scocco, Elena Toffol, Elisa Pilotto, Pertile Riccardo, Luigi Pavan Source Type: journals

Stress-coping strategies of patients with gender identity disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The difference in the usage of positive reappraisal strategies between MTF and FTM type GID patients was not explained by other demographic characteristics, and we suppose that the gender difference in GID patients might influence the usage of positive reappraisal strategies. The ratio of FTM GID patients might be higher at our center because MTF GID patients can obtain vaginoplasty easily, whereas phalloplasty surgery for FTM GID patients is performed at only a few centers, including our clinic, in Japan. As a result, more FTM GID patients come to our clinic with a clear intention to undergo sexual rearrangem...
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - September 22, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Yosuke Matsumoto, Toshiki Sato, Masaru Ohnishi, Yuki Kishimoto, Seishi Terada, Shigetoshi Kuroda Source Type: journals

Low level of parental bonding might be a risk factor among women with prolonged depression: A preliminary investigationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Especially in female patients, the prolongation of depression is likely a result of low levels of paternal care and low education. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - September 22, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Hiroko Handa, Akinori Ito, Hitoshi Tsuda, Isao Ohsawa, Toyoaki Ogawa Source Type: journals

Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview: Development, reliability and validity of the Chinese versionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The Chinese version of the Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview is reliable and valid for use. This study has important implications for burden measurement in Chinese caregivers. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - September 22, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Lu Lu, Lie Wang, Xiaoshi Yang, Qiaolian Feng Source Type: journals

Factors predicting transferal after psychiatric emergency management in the elderlyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The study suggested that elderly visitors in the psychiatric ER were a unique group, and specific considerations should be included in the intervention for these patients. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - September 11, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Chieh-Hsin Lin, Chao-Wen Hsu, Ching-Yun Teng, Platinum Po-Chun Sun, Heng-Chia Hsu, Yu-Ting Wung, Ching-Hua Lin Source Type: journals

Childhood emotional abuse and dissociation in patients with conversion symptomsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Borderline personality disorder, dissociation and reports of childhood emotional abuse refer to a subgroup among patients with conversion symptom. Dissociation seems to be a mediator between childhood trauma and borderline phenomena among these patients. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - August 10, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Vedat Sar, Serkan Islam, Erdinç Öztürk Source Type: journals

Atypical antipsychotics in the treatment of deliriumEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Delirium is common in all medical settings. Atypical antipsychotics are increasingly used for the management of delirium symptomatology but their effectiveness has not been systematically studied. The aim of the present study was therefore to provide an up-to-date review on the use of atypical antipsychotics in the treatment of delirium. A search was conducted of the databases of MEDLINE, PsycINFO and EMBASE from 1997 to 2008 for English-language articles using the key words 'delirium' and the names of all the atypical antipsychotics. A total of 23 studies were used for this review. Fifteen of the studies were single-agent...
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - August 9, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Vaios Peritogiannis, Ekaterini Stefanou, Charalampos Lixouriotis, Christos Gkogkos, Dimitrios V. Rizos Source Type: journals

Practice-based depression screening for psychiatry outpatients: Feasibility comparison of two-types of Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression ScalesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The 10-item CES-D is the better instrument to use because of the higher feasibility than the 20-item CES-D in psychiatric outpatient settings. The different answer format used in each questionnaire (a yes or no format in the former vs a multiple-choice format in the latter) may influence the feasibility, rather than the number of items. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - August 9, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Takeshi Nishiyama, Norio Ozaki, Nakao Iwata Source Type: journals

Total antioxidant capacity and total oxidant status in patients with major depression: Impact of antidepressant treatmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Treatment administered for 3 months to MDD patients increases TAC while decreasing TOS and OSI. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - August 9, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Birgul Elbozan Cumurcu, Huseyin Ozyurt, Ilker Etikan, Suleyman Demir, Rifat Karlidag Source Type: journals

Algorithm-guided treatment versus treatment as usual for major depressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: AGT may be superior to TAU for patients with mild or moderate MDD, based on the remission rates achieved. The later treatment steps in the AGT, however, were rarely utilized because participants who did not receive any benefit dropped out early. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - August 9, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Aihide Yoshino, Takehito Sawamura, Nobuhisa Kobayashi, Sachi Kurauchi, Aki Matsumoto, Soichiro Nomura Source Type: journals

Prevalence of i.v. thiopental use in psychiatric emergency settings in JapanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Because this multicenter study has an epidemiological character, the prevalence of i.v. thiopental use in psychiatric emergency settings in Japan is considered to be 8.0%. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - August 9, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Kotaro Hatta, Mitsuru Nakamura, Kenichi Yoshida, Hiroshi Hamakawa, Toru Wakejima, Takao Nishimura, Toshitaka Kawabata, Toyoaki Hirata, Chie Usui, Yutaka Sawa Source Type: journals

Effect of age and gender on schizotypal personality traits in the normal populationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Psychological changes related to adolescence and better social adaptation as a result of life experience might contribute to the age- and gender-related differences in schizotypy. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - August 9, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Emre Bora, Leyla Baysan Arabaci Source Type: journals

The associations between menopausal syndrome and depression during pre-, peri-, and postmenopausal period among Taiwanese female aboriginesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Depression should be routinely evaluated for female Taiwanese aborigines consulting with physicians for menopause symptoms, especially for somatic symptoms. Furthermore, attention should be provided to premenopausal women with sexual dysfunction and postmenopausal women with vasomotor symptoms for depression. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - June 30, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ju-Yu Yen, Mei-Sang Yang, Mei-Hua Wang, Chien-Yu Lai, Mao-So Fang Source Type: journals

Distribution of neurofibrillary tangles in diffuse neurofibrillary tangles with calcificationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The diffuse appearance of NFT in the cerebral cortex with the highest severity in the temporal pole was found to be a neuropathological characteristic of DNTC. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - June 29, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Katsuyuki Ukai, Hiroto Shibayama, Ryoko Ishihara, Norio Ozaki Source Type: journals

Subjective assessments of the quality of life, well-being and self-efficacy in patients with schizophreniaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Each scale has different features and should be utilized depending upon the expected effect of treatment or the purpose of assessment. The treatments provided to patients must be directed at improving both psychological and social impairments, in order to enhance the social functioning and QoL of patients. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - June 24, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Bun Chino, Takahiro Nemoto, Chiyo Fujii, Masafumi Mizuno Source Type: journals

Frontal and cingulate gray matter volume reduction in heroin dependence: Optimized voxel-based morphometryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Frontal and cingulate atrophy may be involved in the neuropathology of heroin dependence. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - June 14, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Haihong Liu, Yihui Hao, Yoshio Kaneko, Xuan Ouyang, Yan Zhang, Lin Xu, Zhimin Xue, Zhening Liu Source Type: journals

Randomized study of school-based intensive interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents with suicidal risk and parasuicide behaviorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Intensive school-based IPT-A-IN is effective in reducing the severity of depression, suicidal ideation, anxiety and hopelessness in depressed adolescents with suicidal risk. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - June 14, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Tze-Chun Tang, Shaw-Hwa Jou, Chih-Hung Ko, Shih-Yin Huang, Cheng-Fang Yen Source Type: journals

Psychiatric and psychological outcomes of Japanese living donors following liver transplantationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study indexed the mental status in six living donor liver transplantations (LDLT) performed at the Juntendo University Hospital between 2005 and 2007. The donors' preoperative and postoperative psychiatric and psychological status was assessed using the Profile of Mood States (POMS) and the State[ndash]Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The present study found that the donors' POMS anger/hostile score decreased significantly following transplantation. In addition, the STAI score suggested that donors had little anxiety or depression following the operation. Although the present study was limited due to the small number o...
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - June 14, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Nobuto Shibata, Hiromi Shimazaki, Naoya Sano, Seiji Kawasaki, Heii Arai Source Type: journals

Neurochemistry of the hippocampus in patients with obsessive–compulsive disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The presence of neuronal degeneration is suggested in OCD. Future longitudinal neuroimaging and neuropsychological studies with larger patient samples are warranted in order to confirm these preliminary findings to better characterize the relevance of neurochemical abnormalities in hippocampus in the pathophysiology of OCD. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - June 14, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Murad Atmaca, Hanefi Yildirim, Huseyin Ozdemir, Mustafa Koc, Sinan Ozler, Ertan Tezcan Source Type: journals

Body image and self-esteem in somatizing patientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Somatizing patients who were dissatisfied with their bodily functions and appearance had lower levels of self-esteem and high comorbidity of depression. In clinical practice it is suggested that clinicians should take into account psychiatric comorbidity, self-esteem, and body image in somatizing patients when planning treatment approaches. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - June 14, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ozen O. Sertoz, Ozge Doganavsargil, Hayriye Elbi Source Type: journals

Intrasubject reproducibility of prefrontal cortex activities during a verbal fluency task over two repeated sessions using multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The current results suggest that the measurement experience exerted very little influence, except for in a very small region. In addition, the intrasubject reproducibility of frontal activation measured by multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy was well demonstrated in mentally healthy subjects at intervals of two months. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - May 24, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Yu Kakimoto, Yukika Nishimura, Naomi Hara, Motohiro Okada, Hisashi Tanii, Yuji Okazaki Source Type: journals

Demographic and perinatal factors for behavioral problems among children aged 4–9 in TaiwanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Prenatal/perinatal and maternal care, and gender-specific measures are important for prevention of childhood emotional/behavioral problems. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - May 22, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Yen-Nan Chiu, Susan Shur-Fen Gau, Wen-Che Tsai, Wei-Tsuen Soong, Chi-Yung Shang Source Type: journals

Prevalence and correlates of epileptic seizure in substance-abusing subjectsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Life-time prevalence of epileptic seizures was assessed in 626 consecutive patients treated for substance abuse. Seizures were reported in 8.63% (9.2% in alcohol abusers, 12.5% in opioid abusers). A total of 64.8% of the seizures were associated with substance use. These occurred during withdrawal in the alcohol cohort and during intoxication with dextropropoxyphene and withdrawal from heroin or poppy husk in the opioid cohort. Results indicate that seizures may be more common in older patients with longer duration of dependence among those abusing alcohol. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - May 22, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Surendra K. Mattoo, Shubh M. Singh, Rahul Bhardwaj, Suresh Kumar, Debasish Basu, Parmanand Kulhara Source Type: journals

Smaller pituitary volume in adult patients with obsessive–compulsive disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Taking into consideration that the prior study found decreases in pituitary volume in pediatric patients with OCD as compared with healthy control subjects, future large MRI studies should investigate pituitary size longitudinally, with a careful characterization of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) function in conjunction with anatomic MRI evaluation. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - May 22, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Murad Atmaca, Hanefi Yildirim, Sinan Ozler, Mustafa Koc, Bilge Kara, Semih Sec Source Type: journals

Dopamine D2/3 receptor binding potential and occupancy in midbrain and temporal cortex by haloperidol, olanzapine and clozapineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Both typical and second-generation antipsychotics occupy cortical dopamine D2/3 receptors, thus mediating therapeutic efficacy. Observed differences in midbrain dopamine D2/3 occupancy between classical antipsychotics and second-generation antipsychotics may have clinical relevance by modulating altered nigrostriatal dopamine neurotransmission during the acute phase of schizophrenia. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - May 22, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Heli Tuppurainen, Jyrki T. Kuikka, Heimo Viinamäki, Minna Husso, Jari Tiihonen Source Type: journals

Autonomic nervous system activity and psychiatric severity in schizophreniaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The significantly lower ANS activity in the low-GAF group suggests that such autonomic functional depression could be associated with the severity of schizophrenia. The present data further imply that schizophrenia patients with more depressed overall ANS and PNS activity might encounter increasing risks for cardiovascular events such as sudden death. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - May 22, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Mami Fujibayashi, Tamaki Matsumoto, Ikuko Kishida, Tetsuya Kimura, Chie Ishii, Norio Ishii, Toshio Moritani Source Type: journals

Sleep paralysis in adolescents: The 'a dead body climbed on top of me' phenomenon in MexicoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The characteristics of the 'a dead body climbed on top of me' phenomenon suggest that is identical to sleep paralysis and a frequent experience among Mexican adolescents. During adolescence, sleep paralysis seems to be a recurrent phenomenon frequently accompanied by hallucinatory experiences. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - May 22, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alejandro Jiménez-Genchi, Víctor M. Ávila-Rodríguez, Frida Sánchez-Rojas, Blanca E. Vargas Terrez, Alejandro Nenclares-Portocarrero Source Type: journals

Association between the dysbindin gene (DTNBP1) and cognitive functions in Japanese subjectsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: A risk-independent SNP in DTNBP1 may have an impact on cognitive functions such as memory and IQ in healthy subjects. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - May 22, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ryota Hashimoto, Hiroko Noguchi, Hiroaki Hori, Kazutaka Ohi, Yuka Yasuda, Masatoshi Takeda, Hiroshi Kunugi Source Type: journals

Psychiatric consultation for post-liver-transplantation patientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: These findings suggest that psychiatric consultation is beneficial to inpatients after liver transplantation, especially those with depression and delirium. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - May 22, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Nien-Mu Chiu, Chao-Long Chen, Andrew T. A. Cheng Source Type: journals

Estimation of premorbid general fluid intelligence using traditional Chinese reading performance in Taiwanese samplesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The regression equations derived in the present study may provide a basis for estimating premorbid RSPM performance. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - April 30, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ying-Jen Chen, Meng-Yang Ho, Kwan-Ju Chen, Chia-Fen Hsu, Shan-Jin Ryu Source Type: journals

Correlation between a reduction in Frontal Assessment Battery scores and delusional thoughts in patients with Alzheimer's diseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: In addition to episodic memory disorders, a reduction in the FAB score may reflect frontal lobe dysfunctions, including executive function, in patients with AD, leading to delusional ideation. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - April 29, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Tomoyuki Nagata, Kazuhiro Ishii, Tatsuhiko Ito, Kimiyoshi Aoki, Yoshito Ehara, Hidehiro Kada, Haruko Furukawa, Maki Tsumura, Shunichiro Shinagawa, Hiroo Kasahara, Kazuhiko Nakayama Source Type: journals

Characteristics of elderly people using the psychiatric emergency systemEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We investigated the differences between elderly and under-65-year-old patients using the psychiatric emergency system. The following characteristics were more common in elderly patients than in younger patients: organic mental disorder, mood disorder, dementia, disturbed consciousness, no excitation, physical complications, no history of visiting a psychiatrist and no history of hospitalization. In addition, significantly more elderly patients with mood disorder attempt suicide. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - April 27, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Enami Sawayama, Megumi Takahashi, Hisatoshi Arai, Keisuke Nakajima, Akiko Kano, Toru Sawayama, Hitoshi Miyaoka Source Type: journals

Genetic association of BDNF val66met and GSK-3β-50T/C polymorphisms with tardive dyskinesiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that the GSK-3[beta] C/C genotype with the BDNF val allele is associated with patients having schizophrenia without TD. This study also suggests that the BDNF and GSK-3[beta] gene polymorphisms work in combination, but not individually, in predisposing patients with schizophrenia to TD. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - April 27, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Sung Woo Park, Jung Goo Lee, Bo Geum Kong, Sun Jung Lee, Chan Hong Lee, Jeong Ik Kim, Young Hoon Kim Source Type: journals

Pharmacokinetics and efficacy of a direct switch from conventional depot to risperidone long-acting injection in Chinese patients with schizophrenic and schizoaffective disordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: These findings suggest that switching from conventional depot to long-acting risperidone is feasible with the advantage of symptom reduction and side-effect profile decrement. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - April 27, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ying-Ching Lai, Ming-Chyi Huang, Chun-Hsin Chen, Chang-Jer Tsai, Chun-Hung Pan, Chih-Chiang Chiu Source Type: journals

Risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome screening in mood disorder patientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The present results showed that OSAS can be detected at a remarkably higher rate by considering appropriate OSAS risk factors in mood disorder patients, and suggested that there is a high rate of undetected and therefore untreated OSAS among mood disorder patients. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - April 17, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Miho Hattori, Tsuyoshi Kitajima, Takahiro Mekata, Aya Kanamori, Mototaka Imamura, Hiroki Sakakibara, Yuhei Kayukawa, Tamotsu Okada, Nakao Iwata Source Type: journals

Cytokines and schizophrenia: Microglia hypothesis of schizophreniaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The etiology of schizophrenia remains unclear, while there has been a growing amount of evidence for the neuroinflammation and immunogenetics, which are characterized by an increased serum concentration of several pro-inflammatory cytokines. Despite the fact that microglia comprise only (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - April 13, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Akira Monji, Takahiro Kato, Shigenobu Kanba Source Type: journals

Psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the Beck Cognitive Insight Scale: Relation of cognitive insight to clinical insightEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The BCIS-J is a reliable and valid instrument to measure cognitive aspects of insight and appears to complement clinical insight scales. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - April 13, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Tomohiro Uchida, Kazunori Matsumoto, Akiko Kikuchi, Tetsuo Miyakoshi, Fumiaki Ito, Takashi Ueno, Hiroo Matsuoka Source Type: journals

Randomized clinical comparison of perospirone and risperidone in patients with schizophrenia: Kansai Psychiatric Multicenter StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Perospirone was as effective as risperidone against positive and negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. Both antipsychotic agents were equally well-tolerated. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - April 13, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Gaku Okugawa, Masaki Kato, Masataka Wakeno, Jun Koh, Masayuki Morikawa, Naoki Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Shinosaki, Hiroshi Yoneda, Toshifumi Kishimoto, Toshihiko Kinoshita Source Type: journals

Differentiation between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and pervasive developmental disorders with hyperactivity on objective activity levels using actigraphsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The observed objective activity levels in each group reflect the degree to which the boys are able to tolerate changes in situations. Objective measurement of activity levels may be useful to differentiate hyperactivity in children with ADHD from that in children without ADHD. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - April 13, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Noa Tsujii, Akira Okada, Reigetsu Kaku, Noriko Kuriki, Kazushi Hanada, Osamu Shirakawa Source Type: journals

Association between feasibility of discharge, clinical state, and patient attitude among inpatients with schizophrenia in JapanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: A psychiatrist's judgment regarding discharge is a comprehensive decision that takes into account psychiatric symptoms, social functioning, and age. Such a judgment could also affect a patient's own attitude toward discharge. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - April 13, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Yoshio Mino, Iwao Oshima, Shinji Shimodera Source Type: journals

Antidepressant effect detected on proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in drug-naïve female patients with first-episode major depressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Although no significant metabolic alterations exist in female patients with drug-naïve first-episode MDD as evaluated on 1H-MRS, an increase in Ino/Cr was observed following 8-week antidepressant treatment. These findings give rise to the possibility that non-neuronal cells, particularly glial cells that are probably damaged, play a role in the action of antidepressant treatment. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - April 13, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Semra Ulusoy Kaymak, Başaran Demir, Kader Karlı Oğuz, Senem Şentürk, Berna Uluğ Source Type: journals

Attenuated prefrontal activation during a verbal fluency task in remitted major depressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of the present study was to investigate whether a functional abnormality in the left prefrontal cortex observed in patients with major depression performing a verbal fluency task is present after remission of depression. Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to study changes in cerebral blood oxygenation in eight remitted patients with major depression and 10 healthy control subjects during a verbal fluency task. Compared to the control subjects, the patients had a reduced response in the left prefrontal cortex (middle frontal gyrus, Brodmann area 10). These findings suggest the presence of dysfunction in ...
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - April 13, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Go Okada, Yasumasa Okamoto, Hidehisa Yamashita, Kazutaka Ueda, Hiroshi Takami, Shigeto Yamawaki Source Type: journals

A two-year follow-up study of chronic fatigue syndrome comorbid with psychiatric disordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Chronic fatigue syndrome patients have a relatively high prevalence of comorbid psychiatric disorders, especially major depressive disorders. The outcomes of chronic fatigue syndrome and psychiatric disorders are independent. Therefore treatment of comorbid psychiatric disorders is necessary in addition to the medical treatment given for chronic fatigue syndrome. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - April 13, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Yasunori Matsuda, Tokuzo Matsui, Kouhei Kataoka, Ryosuke Fukada, Sanae Fukuda, Hirohiko Kuratsune, Seiki Tajima, Kouzi Yamaguti, Yukiko Hakariya Kato, Nobuo Kiriike Source Type: journals

Neuropsychiatric symptoms predict change in quality of life of Alzheimer disease patients: A two-year follow-up studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The presence of specific neuropsychiatric symptoms (mood and psychosis symptoms) was associated with changes in the QOL of AD patients during the follow-up period. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - April 13, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Hiroshi Tatsumi, Shutaro Nakaaki, Katsuyoshi Torii, Yoshihiro Shinagawa, Norio Watanabe, Yoshie Murata, Junko Sato, Masaru Mimura, Toshiaki A. Furukawa Source Type: journals

Reliability and validity of a Japanese version of the Cambridge depersonalization scale as a screening instrument for depersonalization disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: In this study, J-CDS showed good reliability and validity. The best cut-off point, when we use this for distinguishing individuals with depersonalization disorder from individuals without psychiatric disorders, is 60 points. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - April 3, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Miyuki Sugiura, Masataka Hirosawa, Sumio Tanaka, Yasunobu Nishi, Yasuyuki Yamada, Motoki Mizuno Source Type: journals

Internet overuse and excessive daytime sleepiness in adolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Internet addiction is strongly associated with EDS in adolescents. Clinicians should consider examining Internet addiction in adolescent cases of EDS. (Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences)
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - March 25, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Kwisook Choi, Hyunsook Son, Myunghee Park, Jinkyu Han, Kitai Kim, Byungkoo Lee, Hyesun Gwak Source Type: journals

Oxytocin, sexually dimorphic features of the social brain, and autismEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The common features of autism spectrum disorder, a highly heritable representative pervasive developmental disorder with significant heterogeneity and multiple-genetic factors, are severe dysfunction in social reciprocity, abnormalities in social brain regions, and disproportionately low probability in the female gender. Concomitantly, certain domains of mental function, such as emotional memory and social reciprocity, show a significant sex difference. In addition, recent neuroimaging studies have shown significant sexual dimorphisms in neuroanatomical correlates of social cognition. Recently, some sexually dimorphic fact...
Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - March 24, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Hidenori Yamasue, Hitoshi Kuwabara, Yuki Kawakubo, Kiyoto Kasai Tags: PCN Frontier Review Source Type: journals

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome with use of quetiapine in mental retardationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - March 20, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Amitava Dan, Rahul Bharadwaj, Sandeep Grover Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: journals