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On the basis of criminal police files we studied 508 suicides which happened between 1970 up to 1981 in the Ravensburg area in southern Germany. The police files also included medical records about in- or outpatient psychiatric treatment and also data about former violent behaviour. Mental disease as follows were most frequent: Depression 66% (diagnoses were made according to IDC-0 by two doctors under supervision of two senior psychiatrists; ICD-9: 300.4, 309.0 and 309.1 22%, ICD-9 296.1, 296.3 7.1% of the entire suicide group); neuroses and personality disorders 19%, addition, especially alcoholism, 28%. No psychiatric diagnosis could be made retrospectively in 10.6% (54 suicides). Sign in the presuicidal development like depressive symptoms, hopelessness and feelings of having no future, sleeping disturbances, feelings of guilt and anxiety, inner restlessness, but also changes in the direction of serenity and relaxation, treats of suicidal behaviour and reactions of the family and environment were reported showing a broad span of reactions from lack of perception to wrong interpretation. 15% of the suicides had also criminal activities in their former history. From a psychiatric point of view, improved diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the treatment of the mentally ill, especially in the field of outpatient medical care of depressive and addictive patients, and better information of the relatives is to be demanded in order to prevent suicides.
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PMID:[Suicide in the Ravensburg/Oberschwaben area. Results of a study of 508 suicides based on criminal police records]. 128 28

American Indians and Alaska Natives were the subject of a workshop sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health and the Indian Health Service. Comorbidity of anxiety, depression, and substance abuse is highly prevalent in these two populations, and this was the focus of the meeting. This paper introduces the topic of psychiatric comorbidity, and considers the topics of culture, psychiatric diagnosis, and assessment. Future research directions and a brief summary of the papers presented at the workshop, which are included in this issue, are provided.
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PMID:Comorbidity: meaning and uses in cross-cultural clinical research. 130 23

Patterns of psychiatric diagnoses given during adolescence to a group of individuals continuously registered with a single general practitioner in South London over 20 years were analysed first during 'early adolescence' and secondly during 'early adulthood'. Psychiatric diagnoses were found to be relatively common. Of the young adolescents who received a psychiatric diagnosis (almost one in ten of the group), 38% received a psychiatric diagnosis as young adults compared with only 16% of the remainder. Comorbidity was found to be very common--over 50% of young adults with a diagnosis of depression also had a diagnosis of anxiety and phobic neuroses. Young people with problems of a psychological nature therefore deserve more attention, particularly from the primary care team.
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PMID:A longitudinal study of general practitioner consultations for psychiatric disorders in adolescence. 141 94

As Hildegard Peplau has established, the orientation phase of the nurse-client relationship represents the first stage of therapeutic work. The author studied the length of the orientation phase with clients with chronic mental illness. Findings suggested that the orientation phase was related to the number and length of hospitalizations, while demographic variables such as psychiatric diagnosis were unrelated to the length of the orientation phase. A return to the orientation phase can be triggered by a change of staff, even for brief periods, or internal factors within the client, such as worsening of paranoia or depression.
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PMID:The orientation phase of the nurse-client relationship: how long does it take? 147 70

A primary characteristic of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is an inability to establish and maintain sustained attention, which is speculated to reflect frontal lobe involvement. The Knight Verbal Fluency measure was administered to 19 ADHD inpatient boys and to a cohort group of 7 children who were matched for mean age, psychiatric diagnosis (depression), treatment facility, and examiner but were without the diagnosis of ADHD. Analysis indicated that ADHD children performed significantly lower than expected and lower than the similar non-ADHD children. These findings lend support to the hypothesis that frontal lobe dysfunction is involved in attentional process disorders and suggests the potential clinical usefulness in the diagnostic screening of ADHD children of a simply administered measure amenable to interpretation of frontal lobe function.
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PMID:Use of a verbal fluency measure in understanding and evaluating ADHD as an executive function disorder. 148 85

The purpose of this study was to find psychiatric, behavioral and social characteristics that predict subsequent anxiety syndromes in men. Questionnaire data were collected in a cohort of all 50,465 men in Sweden who were conscripted for military training. By record linkage with the national psychiatric inpatient register, we identified 68 probands with pure anxiety neurosis occurring in the cohort during a 13-year follow-up period. Baseline characteristics were categorized into 8 variables that were entered into logistic regression models. We found that reported treatment with psychoactive drugs and perceived mental health problems at baseline increased the odds of being admitted for anxiety neurosis by 1.9 and 1.8. Other predictors were family problems (odds ratio = 2.0) and having a family member being treated with psychoactive drugs (odds ratio = 1.7). Univariate relative risks were higher, and a psychiatric diagnosis at conscription conferred a relative risk of anxiety neurosis of 2.2. A similar profile was obtained for subjects admitted for a depressive neurosis, in support of the continuum hypothesis between anxiety and depression. We conclude that the necessity of admission for anxiety neurosis in young men originates in genuine mental symptoms in the family setting.
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PMID:Antecedents of anxiety syndromes in a cohort of 50,465 young men in Sweden. A prospective analysis of self-reported and professionally assessed psychosocial characteristics. 154 41

We evaluated 40 patients suffering from a severe form a myotonic dystrophy (MD) with neuropsychological (WAIS-R, MMSE) and psychiatric tests (SADS, SRT) for the assessment of cognitive and psychiatric symptoms. We tested 20 normal volunteers as control group. Patients with MD scored significantly, lower on WAIS Full Scale (p less than 0.001), Verbal Scale (p less than 0.001), and Performance Scale (p less than 0.001) and on the MMSE (p less than 0.05) than the controls. 35% of patients met the Research Diagnostic Criteria for a psychiatric diagnosis; 17.5% of them had a depressive disorder. The scores on SADS subscales and on the SRT scale of depression were also significantly higher in patients than in controls. Our data confirm that mental impairment and psychiatric disorders are important clinical manifestations of CNS dysfunction in the severe form on MD.
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PMID:Cognitive and psychiatric evaluation of 40 patients with myotonic dystrophy. 155 84

The prevalence of psychiatric disorders and behavioral disturbances in nursing homes is high, but the relationship between the two is unknown. We studied 454 new admissions who were diagnosed by research psychiatrists using DSM-III-R criteria and compared patients who nursing staff designated as cooperative or uncooperative by psychiatric diagnosis and use of restraints and neuroleptics. Uncooperative patients (n = 79; 17.4%) had a variety of psychiatric disorders (total, 87.3%) but particularly had dementia syndromes complicated by delusions, depression, or delirium (44.3%). Uncooperative patients were more frequently restrained and prescribed neuroleptics. Determining the origins of behavior disorders in patients with psychiatric disorders in nursing homes may reduce behavior disturbances.
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PMID:Psychiatric diagnosis and uncooperative behavior in nursing homes. 159 Sep 10

The purpose of the study was to determine the functional status of older persons with chronic mental illness. One hundred subjects living in their homes were interviewed in face-to-face interviews using the Older Adult Resources Survey (OARS) to determine functioning in five areas: social, economic, mental, physical, and activities of daily living. Pearson product moment correlation showed significant relationships among all functional scores. Twenty-nine percent of the total sample had social relationships of poor quality. Thirty-five percent of subjects had severe economic impairment. The majority (53%) of subjects had psychiatric symptoms. The most common psychiatric diagnosis was depression (42%), followed by schizophrenia (22%), and bipolar illness (13%). Twenty-nine percent of subjects had a serious medical problem that required medical treatment. Cardiovascular diseases were the most frequently reported (92%), followed by arthritis (45%) and urinary tract disorders (19%). All subjects perceived that their physical health had deteriorated over the 5 years. Polypharmacy and drug misuse were common among the sample. A mean of four prescribed drugs was taken daily over the past month. Psychotropic (83%), antihypertensive (32%), and cardiac (20%) medications were the most frequently prescribed drugs. Twenty-five percent of the sample regularly required assistance with at least four activities of daily living.
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PMID:Functional status of older persons with chronic mental illness living in a home setting. 159 17

The present longitudinal prospective study compared results from the Geriatric Depression Scale with those from the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale for 30 dementia patients. The criterion measure was presence of depression as indicated by the psychiatric diagnosis. The psychiatrist and physician's assistant made the Hamilton ratings while the psychology staff administered the Geriatric Depression Scale. The two measures were statistically unrelated from Times 1 and 2 (rs = .26 and .41). Eleven (37%) patients were depressed and nine received antidepressant medications. Sensitivity ratings were 82% and 9%, respectively, and specificity ratings were 88% and 92%, respectively. Possible explanations for the success of the Geriatric Depression Scale and lack of success of the Hamilton ratings in detecting depression in this population are discussed.
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PMID:Comparison of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and the Geriatric Depression Scale: detection of depression in dementia patients. 159 70


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