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Background Although it has been suggested that loneliness is a risk factor for adverse health outcomes, living arrangement may confound the association.
Kai Wei +7 more
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On the descriptive validity of ICD-10 schizophrenia: Empirical analyses in the spectrum of non-affective functional psychoses [PDF]
In order to examine the descriptive validity of ICD-10 schizophrenia, 1,476 consecutively admitted in-patients were included in the present study. ICD-10 schizophrenia (n = 951) was compared with other non-affective psychotic disorders {[}persistent ...
Bottlender, Ronald +3 more
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Psychotic Symptoms in Kenya - Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Relationship with Common Mental Disorders [PDF]
There have been few epidemiological surveys to establish prevalence and associated risk factors of psychosis in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper reports a population- based epidemiological survey in rural Kenya of the prevalence of psychotic symptoms and ...
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Classification of functional psychoses and its implication for prognosis: Comparison between ICD-10 and DSM-IV [PDF]
Background: The aim was to examine the agreement and differences between ICD-10 and DSM-IV in the classification of functional psychoses. Sampling and Methods: In a sample of 218 first-hospitalised patients, ICD-10 diagnoses were compared with DSM-IV ...
Bottlender, Ronald +3 more
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Differences between bipolar disorder types 1 and 2 support the DSM two-syndrome concept
Objective To compare characteristics of bipolar disorder patients diagnosed as DSM-5 types I (BD-1) vs. II (BD-2). Methods We compared descriptive, psychopathological, and treatment characteristics in a sample of 1377 consenting, closely and repeatedly ...
Leonardo Tondo +4 more
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Elevated pulse pressure is associated with metabolic and neurocognitive diseases. Preliminary small-scale studies among patients with psychotic disorders have indicated that these patients had an increased pulse pressure compared with controls.
Christopher Holmberg +2 more
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Sarcosine (N-methylglycine), a glutamatergic modulator, reduces the primary negative symptoms of schizophrenia. These beneficial changes might be mediated by trophic factors such as epidermal growth factor (EGF).
Agnieszka Pawlak +3 more
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Friends and Symptom Dimensions in Patients with Psychosis: A Pooled Analysis [PDF]
PMCID: PMC3503760This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are ...
Giacco, D +5 more
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Psychosis is recognized as one of the largest contributors to nonfatal health loss, and early identification can largely improve routine clinical activity by predicting the psychotic course and guiding treatment.
TianHong Zhang +8 more
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Introduction Anxiety and depressive disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders, yet there aren’t many studies adressing treatment modalities in daily hospitals.
S. Caratan +4 more
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