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Neuronal morphology of nucleus accumbens-drug addicted brain region

Authors: J Tosevski, S Malobabic, A Orologas, J Mojsilovic-Petrovic, M Sazdanovic and C Alexopulos

Venlafaxine for the treatment of depressive episode during the course of schizophrenia

Authors: D Mazeh, B Shahal, R Saraf and Y Melamed

Behavioural and antioxidant activity of a tosylbenz[g]indolamine derivative. A proposed better profile for a potential antipsychotic agent

Authors: CH Zika, I Nicolaou, A Gavalas, GV Rekatas, EK Tani and VJ Demopoulos

Alcoholism and depression

Authors: S Bakouras, E Bakola, A Bakoura, E Kotrotsiou and A Skyllakos

Relationship between individual differences in information processing speed and neuropsychological profile in preschool children.

Authors: S Kiselev and E Skacunova

Self-monitoring in schizophrenia

Authors: K Roikou, V Bozikas, M Kosmidis, C Andreou, A Piachas, A Giazkoulidou and A Karavatos

Impact of cognitive dysfunction and symptoms on social outcome of outpatients with schizophrenia

Authors: V Bozikas, M Kosmidis, A Kafantari, K Gamvrula, E Vasiliadou, P Petrikis and A Karavatos

Perceived satisfaction from everyday life: are there any predictors in chronic schizophrenics?

Authors: S Kaprinis, A Alexiadou, V Folia, TH Lioura and D Kandylis

Quality of life of schizophrenics who live in alternative residences in relation to their symptoms and illness type

Authors: D Kandylis, TH Mavridis, S Kaprinis, T Konsta and A Iacovedes

Place of residence-lexical ambiguity: is there any relation between them in schizophrenia?

Authors: R Pita, V Folia, D Kandylis, S Kaprinis and G Kaprinis

Voluntary and involuntary admissions on a general hospital psychiatric unit

Authors: C Christodoulou, K Syraki, T Mylonaki, A Liossi and K Alexandropoulos

Anxiety, depression and nicotine dependence: correlations to BMI

Authors: C Kalaitzi, A Mariolis, D Zeibekis, A Kalantzis, T Mylonaki, C Christodoulou and C Alexandropoulos

Social representations of mental illness in Leros Island

Authors: V Valma, A Tempeli, E Sakellari, V Langari, A Loretzou, M Tsafou and G Konstantakopoulos

Effects of dopaminergic agonists on prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex in man

Authors: SG Giakoumaki, K Theou, K Kanavouras and P Bitsios

The dynamics of the involuntary admission in a psychiatric department of the general hospital

Authors: K Aspradakis

Left-handedness among persons with asthma

Authors: G Krommydas, V Raftopoulos, E Kotrotsiou, T Paralikas and K Gourgoulianis

Genetic investigation of dopamine and GABA in mood disorders

Authors: DG Dikeos and GN Papadimitriou

Epidemiological analysis of completed suicide in the Greek countryside: a retrospective study

Authors: Z Koutsogianni, V Charisi, D Frongou, I Koutsogiannis and K Bakaras

Successful treatment with amisulpride of a woman with tourette's disorder: a case report

Authors: KN Fountoulakis, A Iacovides and GS Kaprinis

Ecchymoses as an adverse effect of fluoxetine treatment

Authors: KN Fountoulakis, S Samolis, A Iacovides and G Kaprinis

Neurobiological and psychological correlates of suicidal attempts and thoughts of death in patients with major depression

Authors: KN Fountoulakis, A Iacovides, F Fotiou, I Nimatoudis, F Bascialla, C Ioannidou, G Kaprinis and P Bech

Successful treatment of anorexia with a combination of olanzapine, fluoxetine and mirtazapine at high doses: a case report

Authors: KN Fountoulakis, A Iacovides, V Koumaris and G Kaprinis

Primary versus secondary psychopaths

Authors: AD MacKay and DM Romney

Quetiapine dose titration in clinical practice

Authors: R Filippou, G Yourgioti and K Papataxiarchou

Developemental risk: evidence from large non right-handed samples

Authors: F Vlachos, F Gaillard, K Vaitsis and A Karapetsas

Behavioural and emotional profile of children with galactosemia: comparative study with children with PKU

Authors: L Varvogli and S Waisbren

Treatment of bipolar disorder part I: a critical review of treatment guidelines. Where do we stand?

Authors: KN Fountoulakis

Antipsychotic therapy: from meta-analysis experience to real-world clinical practice

Authors: A Vidalis

Limitations of existing antipsychotic therapies

Authors: R Tandon

Comorbidity: a common problem in consultation-liaison psychiatry

Authors: A Iacovides

Alcoholism, marital problems and sexual dysfunction

Authors: L Athanasiadis

There are more than one types of alcoholism: type one and type two

Authors: G Mousas

Cognitive deficits in severe mood disorder: similar or different from schizophrenia?

Authors: G Goodwin

Do atypical antipsychotics fail to exert cognitive sparing effects? respect cognitive function?

Authors: C Papageorgiou, P Oulis and A Rabavilas

Atypical antipsychotics: similarities and differences at the synaptic level

Authors: D Sanger

Psychotic symptomatology: diagnostic considerations

Authors: K Phokas

Current approaches to psycho-oncology

Authors: V Iacovides

The patient's compliance during the long-term therapy of schizophrenia: a challenge

Authors: I Nimatoudis

Apathy in Alzheimer's disease

Authors: CH Derouesne

Novel anticonvulsants: a new generation of mood stabilizers?

Authors: L Lykouras

Mood stabilizers: lithium

Authors: I Hatzimanolis

Clinical psychoacoustics in Alzheimer's disease central auditory processing disorders and speech deterioration

Difficulty in speech understanding in the presence of background noise or competing auditory signals is typically present in central auditory processing disorders. These disorders may be diagnosed in Alzheimer...

Authors: Vassiliki Iliadou and Stergios Kaprinis

Unipolar late-onset depression: A comprehensive review

The older population increases all over the world and so also does the number of older psychiatric patients, which manifest certain specific and unique characteristics. The aim of this article is to provide a ...

Authors: Konstantinos N Fountoulakis, Ruth O'Hara, Apostolos Iacovides, Christopher P Camilleri, Stergios Kaprinis, George Kaprinis and Jerome Yesavage

Olanzapine-associated neuroleptic malignant syndrome: Is there an overlap with the serotonin syndrome?

The neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a rare but serious condition mainly associated with antipsychotic medication. There are controversies as to whether "classical" forms of neuroleptic malignant syndrome can...

Authors: Vassilis P Kontaxakis, Beata J Havaki-kontaxaki, Nikolaos G Christodoulou, Konstantinos G Paplos and George N Christodoulou

Treatment of severe neuroleptic-induced tardive torticollis

The aim of this paper is to describe a case of severe neuroleptic-induced tardive torticollis successfully treated with a combination of clozapine, clonazepam and botulinum toxin-A.

Authors: Beata J Havaki-Kontaxaki, Vassilis P Kontaxakis, Maria M Margariti, Konstantinos G Paplos and George N Christodoulou

Clinical and neuroimaging correlates of abnormal short-latency Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in elderly vascular dementia patients: A psychophysiological exploratory study

Short Latency Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SEPs) may serve to the testing of the somatosensory tract function, which is vulnerable and affected in vascular encephalopathy. The aim of the current study was ...

Authors: Iacovos Tsiptsios, Konstantinos N Fountoulakis, Konstantinos Sitzoglou, Anastasia Papanicolaou, Konstantinos Phokas, Fotis Fotiou and George St Kaprinis

Cost of mental and behavioural disorders in Kenya

The health and economic impact of mental and behavioural disorders (MBD) is wide-ranging, long-lasting and large. Unfortunately, unlike in developed countries where studies on the economic burden of MBD exist,...

Authors: Joses M Kirigia and Luis G Sambo

Psychotic mania in glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase-deficient subjects

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency has been associated with acute psychosis, catatonic schizophrenia, and bipolar disorders by previous inconclusive reports. A particularly disproportionate ra...

Authors: Alberto Bocchetta

Contribution of psychoacoustics and neuroaudiology in revealing correlation of mental disorders with central auditory processing disorders

Psychoacoustics is a fascinating developing field concerned with the evaluation of the hearing sensation as an outcome of a sound or speech stimulus. Neuroaudiology with electrophysiologic testing, records the...

Authors: V Iliadou and S Iakovides

Risk and resiliency factors in posttraumatic stress disorder

Not everyone who experiences a trauma develops posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The aim of this study was to determine the risk and resiliency factors for this disorder in a sample of people exposed to tr...

Authors: Marcia A Voges and David M Romney