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Psychiatry and Primary Care
Recent epidemiologic studies have found that most patients with mental illness are seen exclusively in primary care medicine. These patients often present with medically unexplained somatic symptoms and utilize at least twice as many health care visits as controls. There has been an exponential growth in studies in this interface between primary care and psychiatry in the last 10 years. This special section, edited by Wayne J. Katon, M.D., will publish informative research articles that address primary care-psychiatric issues.
A direct comparison of presenting characteristics of depressed outpatients from primary vs. specialty care settings: preliminary findings from the STAR*D clinical trial Bradley N. Gaynes, A. John Rush, Madhukar Trivedi, Stephen R. Wisniewski, G.K. Balasubramani, Donald C. Spencer, Timothy Petersen, Michael Klinkman, Diane Warden, Robert K. Schneider, Daniel B. Castro, Robert N. Golden pages 87-96 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (147 KB)
Health beliefs and depression in a group of elderly high utilizers of medical services Carolyn M. Levinson, Benjamin G. Druss pages 97-99 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (81 KB)
Correlates and consequences of chronic insomnia Michael E. Thase pages 100-112 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (204 KB)
Personality characteristics among cardiothoracic transplant recipients Carol S. Stilley, Mary Amanda Dew, Paul Pilkonis, Ann Bender, Mary McNulty, Alan Christensen, Kenneth R. McCurry, Robert L. Kormos pages 113-118 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (112 KB)
Mental illness and health care use: a study among new neurological patients Morten Steen Hansen, Per Fink, Lene Søndergaard, Morten Frydenberg pages 119-124 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (110 KB)
Psychological state, quality of life, and coping style in patients with digestive cancer Toshiko Matsushita, Eisuke Matsushima, Michio Maruyama pages 125-132 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (129 KB)
Mood and anxiety disorders in women with treated hyperthyroidism and ophthalmopathy caused by Graves' disease Robertas Bunevicius, Dzilda Velickiene, Arthur J. Prange pages 133-139 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (123 KB)
Emergency psychiatry in the general hospital
The emergency room is the interface between community and health care institution. Whether through outreach or in-hospital service, the psychiatrist in the general hospital must have specialized skill and knowledge to attend the increased numbers of mentally ill, substance abusers, homeless individuals, and those with greater acuity and comorbidity than previously known. This Special Section will address those overlapping aspects of psychiatric, medicine, neurology, psychopharmacology, and psychology of essential interest to the psychiatrist who provides emergency consultation and treatment to the general hospital population.
Rapid-acting IM ziprasidone in a psychiatric emergency service: a naturalistic study Horacio Preval, Steven G. Klotz, Robert Southard, Andrew Francis pages 140-144 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (109 KB)
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor are invited for comment on a topic of current interest or on material published in GENERAL HOSPITAL PSYCHIATRY. Letters should be typed double-spaced and are subject to editing according to space limitations.
Left–sided chest pain as an unusual presentation of extrapyramidal symptoms Axel Ropohl, Samuel Elstner, Johannes Kornhuber, Igor Alexander Harsch pages 145-146 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (90 KB)
Letter to the editor
Use of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale to evaluate the symptom of excessive sleepiness in major depressive disorder Leslie Lundt pages 146-148 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (124 KB)
Fluvoxamine induced complex partial seizure in the treatment of bulimia nervosa Hitoshi Nakahira, Masahito Tomotake, Tetsuro Ohmori pages 148-150 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (166 KB)
Letter to the Editor
A “shrinking” patient — an endocrine disorder? Axel Ropohl, Samuel Elstner, Johannes Hensen, Igor Alexander Harsch pages 150-152 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (111 KB)
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