OBJECTIVE To describe persistence to newly prescribed antidepressant medications within the Rhode Island Medicaid population. METHODS This retrospective study analyzed antidepressant medication persistence in a cohort of new users for a period spanning 2013-2014, focusing on the acute treatment phase (first 12 weeks of treatment). Covariates assessed included patient gender, age, comorbidity ...

OBJECTIVES To measure the rate and predictors of change on the Mini-Mental State Examination in patients with Parkinson disease (PD) and to compare that change with the Mini-Mental State Examination changes of patients with Alzheimer disease and nondemented subjects. PATIENTS Patients with PD were drawn from a community-based cohort in Rogaland County, Norway. Those who were without cognitive...

STUDY OBJECTIVE We describe the epidemiology of emergency department (ED) visits for attempted suicide and self-inflicted injury. METHODS Data were obtained from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, a national probability sample of ED visits. All visits for attempted suicide or self-inflicted injury (E950 to E959) during 1997 to 2001 were included in these analyses. RESULTS...

BACKGROUND We examined the risk of psychiatric in-patient admissions and out-patient visits among Danish patients with congenital heart defects (CHD). METHODS AND RESULTS Using the Danish National Registry of Patients, we identified CHD patients born January 1, 1977, to January 1, 2002. For each patient, we randomly selected 10 population-comparison cohort members from the Danish Civil Regist...

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have many health needs that place demands on the health service sector. This study used administrative data to compare health profiles in young adults 18-24 years of age with ASD to peers with and without other developmental disability. Young adults with ASD were more likely to have almost all the examined clinical health issues and health service...

INTRODUCTION Various cases of self-inflicted foreign body insertion into the urethra have been reported in adult males. The most common motive for such acts has been postulated as autoerotic stimulation, psychiatric illness or intoxication. CASE PRESENTATION A 40-year-old male presented with a partially inserted tongue cleaner in his urethra with one end projecting from the urethral meatus an...

Introduction: Hypocalcemia is a rare cause for panic attacks. Therefore, It might be misdiagnosed in some cases. Case presentation :We intend introduce a 28 years old woman with no previous history of psychiatric problems referred due to weight loss, hair loss and hyperthyroidism like symptoms. In the first all physicians haven't considered hypo calcemia follow thyroidectomy. Discussion : Panic...

Background—We examined the risk of psychiatric in-patient admissions and out-patient visits among Danish patients with congenital heart defects (CHD). Methods and Results—Using the Danish National Registry of Patients, we identified CHD patients born January 1, 1977, to January 1, 2002. For each patient, we randomly selected 10 population-comparison cohort members from the Danish Civil Registra...

BACKGROUND We examined all psychiatric consultations carried out over 3 years at the Emergency Room (ER) of the hospital of Perugia, with the aim of describing the epidemiologic characteristics of patients with any psychiatric illness and their management. We also assessed the distribution of psychiatric emergencies over this period of observation. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We recruited patients c...

OBJECTIVE We sought to examine the short-term and long-term impacts of psychiatric hospitalisations among patients of Chinese and South Asian origin. DESIGN Retrospective population-based cohort study using linked health administrative data. SETTING We examined all adult psychiatric inpatients discharged between 1 April 2006 and 31 March 2014 in Ontario, Canada, who were classified as Chine...