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QUANTIFICATION OF PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL STATUS. FOR USE WITH PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS.

, 1965
The purpose of this paper is to present a new scale—the RP scale—for use in the quantification of mental status data from psychotic patients. Many similar scales are available, such as the Lorr et al Multidimensional Scale for Rating Psychiatric Patients
L. Rockland, W. Pollin
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Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among men infected with human immunodeficiency virus. A controlled study.

Archives of General Psychiatry, 1988
We used structured diagnostic interviews and rating scales to assess lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorders, by DSM-III criteria, among an unselected sample of 56 ambulatory homosexual men in four groups: men with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
J. Atkinson, I. Grant, C. Kennedy, D. Richman, S. Spector, J. McCutchan   +5 more
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Torture of a Norwegian ship's crew. The torture, stress reactions and psychiatric after-effects.

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica Supplementum, 1989
During the summer of 1984, 14 seamen, the entire crew of a Norwegian ship, were seized upon arrival in Libya. They were kept under arrest for 67 days and subjected to psychological and physical torture because they were suspected of being enemies of the ...
L. Weisæth
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Psychiatric symptoms do not correlate with cognitive decline, motor symptoms, or CAG repeat length in Huntington's disease.

Archives of Neurology, 1996
OBJECTIVES To investigate the hypothesis that psychiatric disturbances in Huntington's disease are related to degree of cognitive or motor compromise and to determine correlations between CAG repeat length within the gene for Huntington's disease and ...
Boris Zappacosta, D. Monza, Cesare Meoni, L. Austoni, P. Soliveri, C. Gellera, Roberto Alberti, Mario Mantero, G. Penati, Tommaso Caraceni, F. Girotti   +10 more
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Italian Validation of the Symptom Rating Test (SRT) and Symptom Questionnaire (SQ)*

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie, 1983
Two self-rating scales of psychological distress, the Symptom Rating Test (SRT) and the Symptom Questionnaire (SQ), have been validated in translations in Italy. They were administered in several studies to psychiatric patients (neurotics and depressives)
G. Fava, R. Kellner, G. Perini, M. Fava, Laura Michelacci, Franca Munari, Liliana Pasquali Evangelisti, S. Grandi, M. Bernardi, I. Mastrogiacomo   +9 more
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Validation of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales

British Journal of Psychiatry, 1999
Background The Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) were developed to assess the outcome of severe mental disorders in relation to the Health of the Nation Strategy for England. Aims To validate the HoNOS.
P. Bebbington, T. Brugha, Trevor Hill, L. Marsden, S. Window   +4 more
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Adults with ADHD

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2001
: Attention‐Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common, genetically transmitted neurological disorder, with onset in childhood, probably mediated by decreased brain dopaminergic functioning. The first author was one of the earliest to describe the
P. Wender, L. Wolf, J. Wasserstein
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Assessing Depression in Primary Care Practice with the Beck Depression Inventory and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression.

, 1995
Individuals suffering from depression seek help as frequently in the primary care setting as in psychiatric facilities. As primary care physicians increasingly provide such treatments, they will need to assess a patient's clinical status before, during ...
Charlotte Brown, H. Schulberg, M. J. Madonia   +2 more
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The Impact of Psychologic Factors on Measurement of Functional Status: Assessment of the Sickness Impact Profile

Medical Care, 1990
In this study the relationship between four psychologic health constructs (depression, anxiety, patient response bias, and hostility) and the Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) measurement of functional status was evaluated. The SIP, Carroll Depression Rating
W. B. Brooks, J. Jordan, G. Divine, Karen S. Smith, F. Neelon   +4 more
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Substance abuse and associated psychiatric disorder among 100 adolescents.

Journal of Addictive Diseases, 1994
One hundred adolescents aged 14 to 20 were studied in treatment programs located in two states (Minnesota and Oklahoma). The purpose of the study was to assess the course of substance use, number and type of substance disorder diagnoses, severity of ...
J. Westermeyer, S. Specker, J. Neider, M. Lingenfelter   +3 more
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