Current Issue January 2012, Vol. 34, No. 1

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Psychiatry and Primary Care

Are patient characteristics associated with quality of depression care and outcomes in collaborative care programs for depression?
January 2012(Vol. 34 | No. 1 | Pages 1-8)
Amy M. Bauer, Vanessa Azzone, Laurie Alexander, Howard H. Goldman, Jürgen Unützer, Richard G. Frank

Psychiatric-Medical Comorbidity

Depression in pregnancy is associated with preexisting but not pregnancy-induced hypertension
January 2012(Vol. 34 | No. 1 | Pages 9-16)
Wayne J. Katon, Joan E. Russo, Jennifer L. Melville, Jodie G. Katon, Amelia R. Gavin

Depressive symptoms, risk factors and sleep in asthma: results from a national Israeli health survey
January 2012(Vol. 34 | No. 1 | Pages 17-23)
Aviva Goral, Joshua D. Lipsitz, Khitam Muhsen, Raz Gross

Reversible ptosis probably related to duloxetine use
24 January 2012
Mustafa Mehmet Ozkose, Sinan Guloksuz, Bahri Ince, Kursat Altinbas
Duloxetine (Cymbalta) is a dual serotonin–noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor and is used to treat depressive disorders, stress urinary incontinence and fibromyalgia . Here we report a case of reversible...
Psychiatric morbidity predicts perceived burn-specific health 1 year after a burn
24 January 2012
Aili J.F. Low, Johan Dyster-Aas, Mimmie Willebrand, Lisa Ekselius, Bengt Gerdin
Abstract: Objective: Individual factors such as gender, age, coping and personality traits and injury-related factors such as injury severity have been implicated as risk factors for poor perceived he...
Effect of communicating depression severity on physician prescribing patterns: findings from the Clinical Outcomes in MEasurement-based Treatment (COMET) trial
24 January 2012
Trina E. Chang, Yonghua Jing, Albert S. Yeung, Susan K. Brenneman, Iftekhar Kalsekar, Tony Hebden, Robert McQuade, Lee Baer, Jonathan L. Kurlander, Angela K. Watkins, Jean A. Siebenaler, Maurizio Fava
Abstract: Objective: In this secondary analysis from the Clinical Outcomes in MEasurement-based Treatment trial (COMET), we evaluated whether providing primary care physicians with patient-reported fe...
Auditory hallucination and agitation due to memantine in a patient with Alzheimer's disease: a case report
16 January 2012
Seishi Terada, Yosuke Uchitomi
Abstract: Memantine is a noncompetitive N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonist that is well tolerated. However, dementia patients presenting with confusion or worsening of visual hallucinations with...
Quetiapine-induced frequent premature ventricular contraction
16 January 2012
Akiko Deguchi, Masayuki Nakamura, Takehiro Hayashi, Akira Sano
Abstract: A 17-year-old female diagnosed with bipolar II disorder was treated for emotional lability with quetiapine. Two-lead electrocardiography revealed frequent monomorphic premature ventricular c...

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General Hospital Psychiatry explores the many linkages among psychiatry, medicine, and primary care. In emphasizing a biopsychosocial approach to illness and health, the journal provides a forum for professionals with clinical, academic, and research interests in psychiatry's role in the mainstream of medicine. The journal expands on traditional models of consultation-liaison, inpatient and outpatient services in the general hospital to address all aspects of ambulatory, inpatient, emergency, and community care. In response to the unpredictable nature of contemporary life, the journal explores the role of emergency psychiatry in addressing personal, social, political, and forensic responses to stress and trauma. Studies of multisystem relationships between stress, illness, psychosocial factors, inter- and intra-personal relationships, family dynamics, ecological change, and institutional forces are especially relevant to the journal's objectives.

General Hospital Psychiatry will publish original articles, case reports and brief communications on: biopsychosocial approaches to medicine; liaison-consultation psychiatry; psychosomatic medicine; emergency and crisis psychiatry; the relationship of psychiatric services to general medical systems; and new directions in medical education that stress psychiatry's role in primary care, family practice, and continuing education.