Opioid Agonist or Therapeutic Community Treatment

Patients with heroin addiction entering opioid agonist or therapeutic community treatment

The main aim of the present study was to verify whether the five psychopathological dimensions identified through the SCL-90 tool in a previous study carried out on patients with heroin addiction entering an outpatient opioid agonist treatment (OAT) were also observable in those entering a residential treatment community (TC).

• Title: Psychopathological symptoms of patients with heroin addiction entering opioid agonist or therapeutic community treatment
• Authors: Pier Paolo Pani, Emanuela Trogu, Federica Vigna-Taglianti, Federica Mathis, Roberto Diecidue, Ursula Kirchmayer, Laura Amato, Marina Davoli, Joli Ghibaudi, Antonella Camposeragna, Alessio Saponaro, Fabrizio Faggiano, Angelo Giovanni Icro Maremmani and Icro Maremmani
• Date: 2014
• Source: Annals of General Psychiatry 2014, 13:35  doi:10.1186/s12991-014-0035-x

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Opioid Agonist or Therapeutic Community Treatment

Psychiatrists' attitudes & Anorexia Nervosa: Survey

Psychiatrists' attitudes & Anorexia Nervosa: Survey

Research suggests that psychiatrists have a range of attitudes towards the use of compulsory treatment for Anorexia Nervosa.

• Title:Research - Psychiatrists' attitudes towards autonomy, best interests and compulsory treatment in anorexia nervosa: a questionnaire survey
• Authors: Jacinta OA Tan, Helen A Doll, Raymond Fitzpatrick, Anne Stewart and Tony Hope
• Date: 2008
• Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2008, 2:40  doi:10.1186/1753-2000-2-40

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Psychiatrists' attitudes & Anorexia Nervosa: Survey

Psychiatric Disorders In Hemophilic Patients

Psychiatric Disorders In Hemophilic Patients

Hemophilia is caused by absence of or defective coagulation factors. Aim of this study was to evaluate hemophiliac patients regarding possible psychiatric disorders.

• Title: Psychiatric Disorders In Hemophilic Patients
• Authors: Fakhari A., Dolatkhah R.
• Date: n/a
• Source: Priory Lodge Education Ltd

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Psychiatric Disorders In Hemophilic Patients

Premature Death Associated With Delirium

Premature Death Associated With Delirium 

The objective of this study was to estimate the fraction of a year of life lost associated with delirium at 1-year follow-up. Although delirium is an acute condition, it is associated with premature mortality.

• Title: Premature Death Associated With Delirium at 1-Year Follow-up
• Authors: Douglas L. Leslie, PhD; Ying Zhang, MD, MPH; Theodore R. Holford, PhD; Sidney T. Bogardus, MD; Linda S. Leo-Summers, MPH; Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH
• Date: 2005
• Source: Arch Intern Med. 2005;165(14):1657-1662. doi:10.1001/archinte.165.14.1657.

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Premature Death Associated With Delirium

Post-stroke Depression and the Aging Brain

Post-stroke depression and the aging brain

The incidence of mental illnesses like anxiety and depression after stroke is estimated at about 35% among the stroke survivals.  Post-stroke depression (PSD) is a frequent neuropsychiatric consequence of cerebral ischemia.  Since stroke and depression are diseases with increased incidence in the elderly, great clinical benefit may come from acquiring knowledge of the basic mechanisms underlying PSD.

• Title: Review - Post-stroke depression and the aging brain
• Authors: Gabriel R Cojocaru, Aurel Popa-Wagner, Elena C Stanciulescu, Loredana Babadan and Ana-Maria Buga
• Date: 2013
• Source: Journal of Molecular Psychiatry 2013, 1:14  doi:10.1186/2049-9256-1-14   © 2013 Cojocaru et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 

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Post-stroke depression and the aging brain