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Are patient characteristics associated with quality of depression care and outcomes in collaborative care programs for depression?
24 October 2011
Abstract: Objective: To determine whether demographic or clinical characteristics of primary care patients are associated with depression treatment quality and outcomes within a collaborative care mod...
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Amy M. Bauer,
Vanessa Azzone,
Laurie Alexander,
Howard H. Goldman,
Jürgen Unützer,
Richard G. Frank
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1-8
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| Psychiatric-Medical Comorbidity |
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Depression in pregnancy is associated with preexisting but not pregnancy-induced hypertension
04 November 2011
Abstract: Background: The aim was to examine whether depression is associated with preexisting hypertension or pregnancy-induced hypertension in a large sample of women attending a university-based ob...
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Wayne J. Katon,
Joan E. Russo,
Jennifer L. Melville,
Jodie G. Katon,
Amelia R. Gavin
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9-16
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Depressive symptoms, risk factors and sleep in asthma: results from a national Israeli health survey
24 October 2011
Abstract: Objective: The objective was to assess the association between asthma and depressive symptoms (DS) and to evaluate the relationship between DS and risk factors [smoking, physical inactivity,...
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Aviva Goral,
Joshua D. Lipsitz,
Khitam Muhsen,
Raz Gross
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17-23
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Effects of heart disease on depression treatment: results from the COMED study
17 October 2011
Abstract: Objective: To determine the impact of self-reported heart disease (HD) on major depressive disorder (MDD) treatment outcomes. Method: This single-blind, 7-month prospective randomized trial ...
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Kevin Brian Kerber,
Stephen R. Wisniewski,
James F. Luther,
Andrew F. Leuchter,
Inna D'Empaire,
Madhukar H. Trivedi,
A. John Rush
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24-34
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Cytokine changes in the pathophysiology of poststroke depression
07 November 2011
Abstract: Objective: Poststroke depression (PSD) is a frequent psychiatric sequela after stroke, and its influence is detrimental. However, the etiology of PSD is still not clear. Although many studie...
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Jian-An Su,
Shih-Yong Chou,
Ching-Shu Tsai,
Tai-Hsin Hung
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35-39
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Screening inventories to detect depression in chronic hepatitis C patients
17 October 2011
Abstract: Objective: To settle the best cutoffs for inventories to diagnose depression in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients. Method: Seventy-five CHC patients were assessed using a standard psychiatr...
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Bruno Cópio Fábregas,
Flávia Domingues Vitorino,
Débora Millard Rocha,
Alexandre Sampaio Moura,
Ricardo Andrade Carmo,
Antônio Lúcio Teixeira
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40-45
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Psychiatric disorders as assessed with SCID in chronic pain patients: the anxiety disorders precede the onset of pain
17 October 2011
Abstract: Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in patients referred to a tertiary pain clinic. The temporal relationship between the onset of pain a...
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Peter Knaster,
Hasse Karlsson,
Ann-Mari Estlander,
Eija Kalso
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46-52
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Which psychotropic medications induce hepatotoxicity?
02 December 2011
Abstract: Objective: Safe prescribing practices to minimize pharmaceutically induced liver damage or worsening of preexisting conditions require knowledge about medicines with hepatotoxic potential. T...
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Karim Sedky,
Racha Nazir,
Aditya Joshi,
Gagandeep Kaur,
Steven Lippmann
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53-61
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QT variability among weight-restored patients with anorexia nervosa
10 August 2011
Abstract: Objective: Anorexia nervosa (AN) may be complicated by cardiac arrhythmias and sudden death. A single study reported an increased QT variability index (QTVI), a marker for cardiac arrhythmog...
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Moshe Nussinovitch,
Eitan Gur,
Keren Kaminer,
Benjamin Volovitz,
Naomi Nussinovitch,
Udi Nussinovitch
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62-65
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Three-year mortality of delirium among elderly inpatients in consultation–liaison service
07 November 2011
Abstract: Objective: The purpose of this study is to assess 3-year mortality in delirious patients receiving consultation–liaison service in a general hospital setting. Methods: We consecutively enrol...
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Meng-Chang Tsai,
Hsu-Huei Weng,
Shih-Yong Chou,
Ching-Shu Tsai,
Tai-Hsin Hung,
Jian-An Su
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66-71
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Medication adherence and quality of life among Nigerian outpatients with schizophrenia
31 October 2011
Abstract: Objective: The aim of this study was to examine medication adherence among outpatients with schizophrenia in relation to their subjective quality of life and other sociodemographic, clinical...
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Adegoke Oloruntoba Adelufosi,
Timothy Olaolu Adebowale,
Olukayode Abayomi,
Julianah Temilola Mosanya
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72-79
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Internet addiction: hours spent online, behaviors and psychological symptoms
31 October 2011
Abstract: Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate psychopathological symptoms, behaviors and hours spent online in patients with internet addiction disorder (IAD) at a new psychiatric serv...
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Federico Tonioni,
Lucio D'Alessandris,
Carlo Lai,
David Martinelli,
Stefano Corvino,
Massimo Vasale,
Fabrizio Fanella,
Paola Aceto,
Pietro Bria
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80-87
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| Emergency Psychiatry in the General Hospital |
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Prospective study of risk factors for increased suicide ideation and behavior following recent discharge
13 October 2011
Abstract: Objective: The purpose of this study is to prospectively examine the association between predictors from the three thematic areas — suicidality, personal risk factors and patient care factor...
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Paul Links,
Rosane Nisenbaum,
Munazzah Ambreen,
Ken Balderson,
Yvonne Bergmans,
Rahel Eynan,
Henry Harder,
John Cutcliffe
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88-97
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Race and the clinical diagnosis of depression in new primary care patients
24 October 2011
Abstract: Objective: The objective was to determine whether the effects of new patient status on primary care depression diagnoses differ by patient race. Method: Primary care visits (n=168,482) from ...
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Alicia Lukachko,
Mark Olfson
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98-100
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Hemochromatosis-induced bipolar disorder: a case report
30 May 2011
Abstract: Objective: A patient presenting with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, bipolar disorder was found to be affected by high iron hemochromatosis. This promp...
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Daniele Serata,
Antonio Del Casale,
Chiara Rapinesi,
Iginia Mancinelli,
Pieritalo Pompili,
Giorgio D. Kotzalidis,
Laura Aimati,
Valeria Savoja,
Gabriele Sani,
Maurizio Simmaco,
Roberto Tatarelli,
Paolo Girardi
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101.e1-101.e3
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Recurrent escitalopram-induced hyponatremia in an elderly woman with dementia with Lewy bodies
10 August 2011
Abstract: We report the development of hyponatremia following initiation of escitalopram therapy in a 73-year-old woman. The patient, with a history of dementia with Lewy bodies, had presented with mu...
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Po-Hsin Tsai,
Hsi-Chung Chen,
Shih-Cheng Liao,
Mei-Chih Meg Tseng,
Ming-Been Lee
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101.e5-101.e7
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Urinary tract infection complicated by urine retention presenting as pseudocyesis in a schizophrenic patient
01 August 2011
Abstract: Pseudocyesis is a rare condition wherein a nonpregnant woman shows signs and symptoms of pregnancy, such as abdominal enlargement, breast enlargement, pigmentation, cessation of menses, subj...
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Yi-Wei Yeh,
Shin-Chang Kuo,
Chun-Yen Chen
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101.e9-101.e10
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Late-onset OCD as presenting manifestation of semantic dementia
12 September 2011
Abstract: Semantic dementia (SD) is a neurodegenerative disease belonging to the spectrum of frontotemporal dementia that presents with loss of memory for words and prevalent left temporal pole atroph...
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Sara Pompanin,
Giulia Perini,
Tommaso Toffanin,
Francesca Gnoato,
Diego Cecchin,
Renzo Manara,
Annachiara Cagnin
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102.e1-102.e4
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Successful use of ECT in post-stroke depression
21 September 2011
Abstract: Post-stroke depression is a potentially persistent complication of stroke. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for depression, but with limited data regarding safety in...
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Maria Harmandayan,
Magdalena Romanowicz,
Christopher Sola
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102.e5-102.e6
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Psychosis and Dandy–Walker complex: report of four cases
10 October 2011
Abstract: Concurrence of psychosis and Dandy–Walker complex (DWC) has been reported in some medical literature. Here, we reported four patients with concurrent psychosis and DWC of all four subtypes. ...
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Zhaoyu Gan,
Feici Diao,
Zili Han,
Kanglai Li,
Liarong Zheng,
Nianhong Guan,
Zhuang Kang,
Xiaoli Wu,
Qinling Wei,
Minfeng Cheng,
Ming Zhang,
Jinbei Zhang
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102.e7-102.e11
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Mania following addition of hydroxytryptophan to monoamine oxidase inhibitor
03 October 2011
Abstract: This case report highlights the risk of nutritional supplements and misinformation obtained from the internet particularly for those on monamine oxdiase inhibitors (MAOIs). Despite sophistic...
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José V. Pardo
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102.e13-102.e14
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Safe use of electroconvulsive therapy in a highly suicidal survivor of carbon monoxide poisoning
28 September 2011
Abstract: It has been reported that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may increase the likelihood of delayed neuropsychiatric sequelae (DNS) after carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. We present a suicidal p...
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Chih-Lin Chiang,
Mei-Chih Meg Tseng
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103.e1-103.e3
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Steroid-induced psychosis in a child: treatment with risperidone
19 October 2011
Abstract: Steroid-induced psychosis is one of the most serious adverse effects of steroid therapy but is a little-known complication in children. There is no clear mechanism model for steroid-induced ...
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Ozlem Bag,
Ilker Erdoğan,
Zuhal Sivis Onder,
Serdar Altınoz,
Aysel Ozturk
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103.e5-103.e6
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Hepatitis C treatment and erotomania
24 October 2011
Abstract: The emergence of psychosis during antiviral therapy for hepatitis C is a rare side effect poorly understood in terms of etiopathogenesis, clinical features and prognosis. Erotomania is a rar...
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Mauro García-Toro,
Angels Vilella,
Margalida Gili,
Joan Salva,
Miquel Roca
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103.e7-103.e10
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Failure to diagnose herniated discs in a depressed 43-year-old woman
24 October 2011
Abstract: A high comorbidity is known to exist between psychiatric illness and chronic pain (I. Elman, J.K. Zubieta, D. Borsook. The missing p in psychiatric training: why it is important to teach pai...
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Michael S. Hanau
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Rage: associations with compulsive buying
01 August 2011
In the extant literature, associations between compulsive buying and comorbid disorders of impulse control have been infrequently studied. McElroy et al. examined a sample of 20 psychiatric patients ...
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Randy A. Sansone,
Joy Chang,
Bryan Jewell,
Brandee E. Marion
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