Fifty-one patients who on admission in 1959-62 were diagnosed schizophrenic and yet achieved full remission were followed for 4-16 years (average 10 years). Subsequently, 20 of the remitting schizophrenics relapsed, spent an average of 25% of the…
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OBJECTIVE: Prospective study of well children at risk of bipolarity to identify the frequency and pattern of potentially prodromal symptoms/behaviors for bipolar disorder type I (BPI) disorder. METHOD: A total of 110 at-risk children with a BPI…
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BACKGROUND: Depression is common in nursing-home patients and is often of chronic nature. AIMS: To examine the prevalence, incidence and the persistence rates of clinically significant depressive symptoms, and their risk factors among nursing-home…
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BACKGROUND: Previous studies have demonstrated the short-term efficacy of pharmacotherapy and behavior therapy for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but no longer-term (i.e., >4 months) investigations have compared these 2 treatments…
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The aim of the present study was to examine whether the neural structures subserving meditation can be reproducibly measured, and, if so, whether they are different from those supporting the resting state of normal consciousness. Cerebral blood flow…
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BACKGROUND: It is important to identify trends in deliberate self-harm because of potential links both with complex mental health problems and with suicide itself, and because of its significant impact on resources in both mental health and acute…
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BACKGROUND: Within the schizophrenia spectrum disorders, schizoaffective disorder is conventionally considered to have a better prognosis compared to schizophrenia. We tested the hypothesis that patients with first-episode schizoaffective disorder…
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BACKGROUND: This study is an extension of a 28-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of memantine in 252 patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer disease. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate long-term memantine treatment in moderate to…
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OBJECTIVES: Patients with bipolar disorder (BD) have an increased risk of obesity as well as psychotropic-associated weight gain. The objective of this study was to compare sibutramine and topiramate as adjunctive treatments for…
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The Chernobyl Forum Report from the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster concluded that mental health effects were the most significant public health consequence of the accident. This paper provides an updated review of…
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This study examined outcomes at a 2-year follow-up assessment for child psychotherapy as it typically is delivered in outpatient settings. The treatment condition (53 children, mean age = 10.5 years) and control condition (53 children, mean age =…
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This paper describes a program of rural satellite psychiatric clinics that has evolved within a Veterans Affairs medical center over the past three decades. The eight clinics are staffed by a single team that includes a psychiatrist, a psychiatric…
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OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the prevalence and changing trends of mental disorders and the effects of gender and urbanization among adolescents in Taiwan. METHOD: A random sample of seventh-grade students (N=1,070) was recruited from one…
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Computer techniques readily extract from the brainwaves an orderly sequence of brain potentials locked in time to sound stimuli. The potentials that appear 8 to 80 msec after the stimulus resemble 3 or 4 cycles of a 40-Hz sine wave; we show here…
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BACKGROUND: The long-term course of obsessive-compulsive disorder is insufficiently known. We studied the course of this disorder in patients who were followed up for 40 years. METHODS: Patients admitted with a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive…
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Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) has been shown to be a promising method to disseminate cognitive behavior therapy for social anxiety disorder (SAD). Several trials have demonstrated that Internet-based CBT can be effective for SAD in…
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This paper reports register data concerning somatic and psychiatric hospital care on 117 battered women who were identified in a surgical emergency department and offered a treatment program. Data were collected during a period of 10 years before to…
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We report a 65-year-old man with parkinsonism, supranuclear gaze palsy, and dementia. The patient was well until 58 years of the age (1984) when he noted an onset of tremor in his right hand. He visited our neurology service two years after the…
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the validity and reliability of a rapidly administered neurocognitive screening battery consisting of 4 brief tests (Enhanced Cued Recall, Temporal Orientation, Verbal Fluency, and Clock Drawing) to distinguish between…
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It has been part of the role of medical organizations in Western nations to develop position statements on various sociopolitical issues. Both the American Psychiatric Association and the American Medical Association have established position…
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