BACKGROUND Few studies have prospectively examined risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the aftermath of a traumatic exposure. The aim of this study is to identify the concurrent influence of psychological and biological diatheses on PTSD onset and maintenance, taking into account socio-demographic factors and psychiatric antecedents. METHODS A total of 123 civilians (61.8...

OBJECTIVE This analysis sought to describe the characteristics and well-being of carers of older people with mental health problems admitted to a general hospital. METHODS General medical and trauma orthopaedic patients aged 70 years or older admitted to an acute general teaching hospital were screened for mental health problems. Those screened positive, together with a carer, were invited to...

OBJECTIVE A recent study showed that rivastigmine and memantin improved behavioral and psychiatric symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in Alzheimer's dementia. Furthermore, according to recent guidelines presented by the Movement Disorder Society, rivastigmine is efficacious for the treatment of dementia in Parkinson's disease (PD). We investigated the efficacy of rivastigmine for BPSD in patients with...

Evidence-based Psychiatric Care 2016;2;56-60 Abstract Objectives: This study aims to analyze the relationship between symptoms – focusing on depression – and the recovery style in a psychiatric day center. Assuming that this relationship affects the burden management, the study has the additional endpoint of evaluate the impact of the interaction between symptoms and recovery style on the distr...

OBJECTIVES Spontaneous abortion is one of the most important complications of pregnancy with short and long adverse psychological effects on women. This study assesses the implications of a spontaneous abortion history has on women's psychiatric symptoms and pregnancy distress in subsequent pregnancy less than one years after spontaneous abortion. METHODS A case-control study was conducted on...

This study examines the effects of a borderline-specific treatment, called general psychiatric management, on emotional change, outcome and therapeutic alliance of an outpatient presenting with borderline personality disorder. Based on the sequential model of emotional processing, emotional states were assessed in a 10-session setting. The case showed an increase in expressions of distress and ...

The high prevalence of histories of childhood sexual and physical abuse in inpatient psychiatric populations is documented. In the present study, 38 female inpatients on a psychiatric unit in a teaching hospital were administered an abuse questionnaire and standard measures of psychological distress. Seventy-six percent of the women reported some history of abuse before the age of 16. As predic...

BACKGROUND Cognitive models suggest that distress associated with auditory hallucinations is best understood in terms of beliefs about voices. What is less clear is what factors govern such beliefs. This study aimed to explore the way in which traumatic life events contribute towards beliefs about voices and any associated distress. METHOD The difference in the nature and prevalence of trauma...

The diagnostic issues, classification, incidence, genetic factors, and theories of etiology of psychiatric illness associated with childbirth are reviewed. Psychologic influences, psychosocial factors and the concept of biologic maladaptation associated with prospective motherhood are discussed. Postpartum mental distress is not a unitary phenomenon. The physiology of the puerperium is thus not...

Method Ageneralpopulation sample of 7076 individualswas interviewedwith the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) in1996 (baseline),1997 (T1) and1999 (T2).At T2, clinicians also scored the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) item‘unusual thoughtcontent’. Analyses comparedhallucinatory experienceswith andwithout subjective distress at baseline for riskof delusion formation at fol...