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Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2006 5(Suppl 1):S309
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Stress-pathological connection between the psyche and skin
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Conditional penalty of the emotions towards the skin stressed genesis of the acnae, hyperalgesiae and pruritus
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The treatment of the familial cases of the Familial Mediterranean Fever
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Induced delusional disorder: a case report of Folie A' Famille
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Variations in the rate of infectious diseases in intravenous substance users entering the Detoxification Unit of the Programme for Substance Users' Treatment and Rehabilitation. Implementation of a treatment programme for all patients tested positive for hepatitis B and C
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Detoxification unit of the addictions department at the Psychiatric Hospital of Thessaloniki: a prototype unit in Greece. Admissions data, completion rates and referrals to other programmes, 1996–2004
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The contribution of ethology and evolutionary biology in neurosciences
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Preparation of speech materials for testing auditory processing in learning disabilities
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Past tense formation in Greek children with Williams syndrome
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Test creation for stop consonants perception in children
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Preclinical study on cognitive and antidepressant effects of chronic low-dose olanzapine
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Zotepine loading in acute and severely manic patients: a pilot study
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Chronic adult sleepwalking: clinical features and diagnostic evaluation
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Sleep disturbances in peri-menopausal and post-menopausal women
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Correlation between clinical and imaging findings concerning cognitive dysfunction in after stroke hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
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Using individual EEG peculiarities increase neurofeedback efficiency
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Lifestyle and schizophrenia
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Reliability and psychometric properties of the Greek translation of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory form Y: Preliminary data
The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory form Y is a brief self-rating scale for the assessment of state and trait anxiety. The aim of the current preliminary study was to assess the psychometric properties of its Gr...
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Physical anhedonia in the acute phase of schizophrenia
The aim of the current study is to investigate the relationship between physical anhedonia and psychopathological parameters, pharmacological parameters or motor side-effects in a sample of inpatients with sch...
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Risk factors associated with mental illness in Oyo State, Nigeria: A Community based study
The main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with mental illness in Oyo State at community level using the general health questionnaire as a screening tool.
Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2005 4:19 -
Primary care use of antipsychotic drugs: an audit and intervention study
Concerns regarding the use of antipsychotic medication in secondary care suggested an examination of primary care prescribing.
Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2005 4:18 -
No aggression in a 4-year-old boy with an androgen-producing tumour: Case Report
The androgen testosterone plays a critical role in many aspects of sexual differentiation. Also, it is thought to induce aggressive behaviours or to play a role in social dominance.
Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2005 4:17 -
Pregnancy and delivery while receiving vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of major depression: a case report
Depression during pregnancy can have significant health consequences for the mother and her infant. Antidepressant medications, which pass through the placenta, may increase the risk of low birth weight and pr...
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Phobic memory and somatic vulnerabilities in anorexia nervosa: a necessary unity?
Anorexia nervosa is a clinically significant illness that may be associated with permanent medical complications involving almost every organ system. The paper raises a question whether some of them are associ...
Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2005 4:15 -
Lithium alters brain activation in bipolar disorder in a task- and state-dependent manner: an fMRI study
It is unknown if medications used to treat bipolar disorder have effects on brain activation, and whether or not any such changes are mood-independent.
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Depression and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
For over two decades clinical studies have been conducted which suggest the existence of a relationship between depression and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). Recently, Ohayon underscored the evidence for a lin...
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Pregnancy-induced obsessive compulsive disorder: a case report
Pregnancy is a well-recognised risk factor in precipitating obsessive-compulsive disorder. We present and discuss a case with the onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the fourth month of gestation, which ...
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Duration of bed occupancy as calculated at a random chosen day in an acute care ward. Implications for the use of scarce resources in psychiatric care
Psychiatric acute wards are obliged to admit patients without delay according to the Act on Compulsive Psychiatric Care. Residential long term treatment facilities and rehabilitation facilities may use a waiti...
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N-terminal fragment of B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), a marker of cardiac safety during antipsychotic treatment
The potential cardiotoxicity of antipsychotic drugs is well known. The N-terminal fragment of B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is considered to be a possible biomarker in clinical practice for the diagno...
Citation: Annals of General Psychiatry 2005 4:10 -
Characteristics of patients with organic brain syndromes : A cross-sectional 2-year follow-up study in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Organic Brain Syndromes (OBS) are often missed in clinical practice. Determining their varied presentations may help in earlier detection, better management, and, assessing prognosis and outcome. We described ...
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Cellular mechanisms underlying the effects of an early experience on cognitive abilities and affective states
In the present study we investigated the effects of neonatal handling, an animal model of early experience, on spatial learning and memory, on hippocampal glucocorticoid (GR), mineralocorticoid (MR) and type 1...
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Is there a dysfunction in the visual system of depressed patients?
The aim of the current study was to identify a possible locus of dysfunction in the visual system of depressed patients.
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Validation and test-retest reliability of the Royal Free Interview for Spiritual and Religious Beliefs when adapted to a Greek population
The self-report version of the Royal Free Interview for Religious and Spiritual Beliefs has been confirmed as a valid and reliable scale, assessing the manner and nature in which spiritual beliefs are expresse...
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Review of the use of Topiramate for treatment of psychiatric disorders
Topiramate is a new antiepileptic drug, originally designed as an oral hypoglycaemic subsequently approved as anticonvulsant. It has increasingly been used in the treatment of numerous psychiatric conditions a...
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Psychiatric morbidity of overseas patients in inner London: A hospital based study
Evaluation of the referral, admission, treatment, and outcome of overseas patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital in central London. Ethical, legal and economic implications, and the involvement of consula...
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Annals of General Psychiatry
Our regular readers will notice that the title of our journal has changed from Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry (AGHP) to Annals of General Psychiatry (AGP) since January 1st, 2005. This was judged as necess...
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Assessing post-traumatic stress disorder in South African adolescents: using the child and adolescent trauma survey (CATS) as a screening tool
Several studies have demonstrated that South African children and adolescents are exposed to high levels of violent trauma with a significant proportion developing PTSD, however, limited resources make it diff...
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QT interval prolongation related to psychoactive drug treatment: a comparison of monotherapy versus polytherapy
Several antipsychotic agents are known to prolong the QT interval in a dose dependent manner. Corrected QT interval (QTc) exceeding a threshold value of 450 ms may be associated with an increased risk of life ...
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Relationship among Dexamethasone Suppression Test, personality disorders and stressful life events in clinical subtypes of major depression: An exploratory study
The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between dexamethasone suppression test, personality disorder, stressful life events and depression.
Citation: Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry 2004 3:15 -
Electroconvulsive therapy and determination of cerebral dominance
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) often results in a number of short- and long-time side effects including memory impairment for past and current events, which can last for several months after ECT treatment. It...
Citation: Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry 2004 3:14 -
Brain choline concentrations may not be altered in euthymic bipolar disorder patients chronically treated with either lithium or sodium valproate
It has been suggested that lithium increases choline concentrations, although previous human studies examining this possibility using 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H MRS) have had mixed results: some found...
Citation: Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry 2004 3:13 -
Can physical activity improve the mental health of older adults?
The world population is aging rapidly. Whilst this dramatic demographic change is a desirable and welcome phenomenon, particularly in view of people's increasing longevity, it's social, financial and health co...
Citation: Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry 2004 3:12 -
A comparison of olanzapine and risperidone on the risk of psychiatric hospitalization in the naturalistic treatment of patients with schizophrenia
Decreasing hospital admissions is important for improving outcomes for people with schizophrenia and for reducing cost of hospitalization, the largest expenditure in treating this persistent and severe mental ...
Citation: Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry 2004 3:11 -
Report of three cases that received maintenance treatment with risperidone as a mood stabilizer
The current study is a short report of 3 cases of bipolar patients.
Citation: Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry 2004 3:10 -
WHO global campaigns: A way forward in addressing public health importance of common neurological disorders
Citation: Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry 2004 3:9 -
The STRS (shortness of breath, tremulousness, racing heart, and sweating): A brief checklist for acute distress with panic-like autonomic indicators; development and factor structure
Peritraumatic response, as currently assessed by Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) diagnostic criterion A2, has weak positive predictive value (PPV) with respect to PTSD diagnosis. Research suggests that in...
Citation: Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry 2004 3:8 -
Special considerations in the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder and medical co-morbidities
The pharmacological treatment of bipolar disorder has dramatically improved with multiple classes of agents being used as mood-stabilizers, including lithium, anticonvulsants, and atypical antipsychotics. Howe...
Citation: Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry 2004 3:7 -
Psychophysiology and psychoacoustics of music: Perception of complex sound in normal subjects and psychiatric patients
Perception of complex sound is a process carried out in everyday life situations and contributes in the way one perceives reality. Attempting to explain sound perception and how it affects human beings is comp...
Citation: Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry 2004 3:6 -
Galvanising mental health research in low- and middle-income countries: Role of scientific journals
Citation: Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry 2004 3:5