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Nallet C, Puyraveau M, Lallemant M, Ramanah R, Simon A, Krausz M, Riethmuller D, Mottet N. 432 Mid-cavity vacuum-assisted delivery: Description of a large cohort of 1097 women, and development of a clinical risk score of failure. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2021.11.363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Haasen C, Lambert M, Yagdiran O, Krausz M. Psychiatric disorders among migrants in Germany: prevalence in a psychiatric clinic and implications for services and research. Eur Psychiatry 2020; 12:305-10. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(97)84791-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/1996] [Revised: 12/10/1996] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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SummaryPast studies examining the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among migrants have described a higher rate of schizophrenia, whereas the only major German study found a lower rate. Considering the changed composition of migrants today, a new assessment has become necessary. All admission records of migrants to a psychiatric clinic in 1993 and 1994 were assessed for diagnosis, symptomatology and treatment. Two hundred sixty-three migrant admissions, 8.4% of total admissions, were assessed. Of these 41.4% received a diagnosis of a schizophrenic disorder, significantly more than other clinic patients. The mean age at admission was 33.8 years, at onset of illness 28.6 years and at time of migration 20.3 years. Only 7.9% were mentally ill at the time of migration. Of those with psychotic and depressive symptoms at admission, 70% received a diagnosis of a schizophrenic disorder and 78% were treated with antipsychotics. Antidepressants were prescribed only to 47% of those with a diagnosis of a depressive disorder and only 33% of those with depressive and no psychotic symptoms. An underrepresentation of migrants shows differences in the use of psychiatric services. The higher rate of schizophrenia may be due to misdiagnosis, an artifactual effect of underrepresentation of other disorders or an actual higher rate among migrants. The reluctance to use antidepressants underlines the necessity of training, so as not to withhold treatment options due to cultural barriers.
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Mental health services worldwide are only able to serve a minority of patients. Expert advice is in most cases not accessible even in developed countries with a functioning mental health care system. Threshold to care are high and the time between first critical developments and symptoms and first professional interventions is long, sometimes several years.The evolving communication tools through social media and web-based services may provide new and exciting opportunities to change that. Especially young people have a different approach to interact, learn and access services through the Internet. The momentum there is as crucial as it is in education. Our mental health care system in all its components will most likely very different than today. E mental health will be an integrated component contributing to more capacity, higher quality of care and better accessibility.What is the key in developing new tools and what can today's clinicians and researchers do to be an active partner in this process? What are the major concerns and how should we address them also as professional organization? This may be an opportunity of a lifetime for a paradigm shift. Its success relates to good integration and implementation of these exciting tools to create a new continuum of tools addressing a continuum of needs.Disclosure of interestThe author has not supplied his declaration of competing interest.
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Only a very small percentage of adolescents and young adults with mental challenges is able to access specialized care. Access is limited due to a lack of capacity but also internal hurdles and stigma especially among young males. The web creates a new environment for them, which is defining a new culture of communication and interaction. The majority is using smart phones to access the internet and make that their main communication device. Walkalong is a web-based platform, which aims to provide a range of opportunities and tools for youth with especially mood challenges. These tools include screening and assessment, online resources and all kind of orientation and interaction for informed decision making. We are working on that to develop a framework for better online-based mental health care including useful tools beyond crisis based on the principles of empowerment and strength based approaches.Disclosure of interestThe author has not supplied his declaration of competing interest.
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Zhabenko O, Zhabenko N, Krausz M. E Mental Health – Addressing Mentally Challenged Young People with Integrated Web Solutions. Eur Psychiatry 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(15)31820-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Karow A, Verthein U, Pukrop R, Reimer J, Haasen C, Krausz M, Schäfer I. Quality of life profiles and changes in the course of maintenance treatment among 1,015 patients with severe opioid dependence. Subst Use Misuse 2011; 46:705-15. [PMID: 21047149 DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2010.509854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Studies indicate that different areas of mental, physical, social and daily life functioning need to be considered in order to improve intervention outcomes in substance user patients. The aim of the study was to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients diagnosed with opioid dependence as compared to healthy controls and patients diagnosed with depression and schizophrenia. METHODS A total of 1,015 outpatients diagnosed with opioid dependence were investigated during 12 months of maintenance treatment. HRQOL (MSQoL), addiction (EUROP-ASI), and sociodemographic characteristics were assessed. RESULTS HRQOL in opioid dependence improved significantly (p < .001), but was lower as compared to that of healthy controls and patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. HRQOL in opioid dependence comprises addiction-specific aspects, most importantly low material satisfaction, physical health, and social stability. CONCLUSIONS HRQOL measurement provides valuable information for course and outcome in opioid dependence treatment.
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- University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hamburg, Germany.
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Karow A, Reimer J, Schäfer I, Krausz M, Haasen C, Verthein U. Quality of life under maintenance treatment with heroin versus methadone in patients with opioid dependence. Drug Alcohol Depend 2010; 112:209-15. [PMID: 20728288 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2009] [Revised: 03/22/2010] [Accepted: 06/17/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is increasing evidence that health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is associated with a successful treatment and better outcome in opioid addiction. The aim of the present study was the longitudinal investigation of HRQOL in patients with severe opioid dependence, who were randomly assigned to four groups of medical and psychosocial treatment: heroin (diacetylmorphine) versus methadone and case management (CM) versus psychoeducation (PSE) respectively. METHODS HRQOL (MSQoL) and physical health (OTI) were investigated in 938 subjects, who participated in the German multi-centre study examining the effects of heroin-assisted treatment in patients with severe opioid dependence. Data for the present analysis were taken from baseline and 12-month follow up. RESULTS Under both forms of maintenance and psychosocial treatment HRQOL improved significantly during the observation period. HRQOL improvement under maintenance with heroin exceeded improvement under methadone, especially with regard to subjective physical health. HRQOL improvement was significantly associated with better expert-rated physical health. Further analyses showed significant better improvement of HRQOL in subjects treated with PSE compared with CM. CONCLUSIONS The advantage of heroin with regard to the improvement of HRQOL may be partially explained by a better improvement of physical health under maintenance with heroin compared with methadone, which highlights the importance of a comprehensive model of health care for patients with severe opioid dependence. Future studies need to investigate the benefits of PSE for patients in maintenance therapy.
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- A Karow
- University Medical Centre Hamburg Eppendorf, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
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Karow A, Verthein U, Krausz M, Schafer I. Association of personality disorders, family conflicts and treatment with quality of life in opiate addiction. Eur Addict Res 2008; 14:38-46. [PMID: 18182771 DOI: 10.1159/000110409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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AIM The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of the current status and longitudinal changes in different clinical and social variables with quality of life (QOL) in opiate addiction. Our hypotheses were that drug use, comorbid personality disorders and social problems are associated with worse QOL. METHODS 107 participants with long-term opiate addiction were included and interviewed at entry with the Europ-ASI and the PDQ-R. QOL (SF-36) and changes in different domains of the Europ-ASI were assessed after 2 years. RESULTS Personality disorders, interpersonal conflicts with the family or partner and ongoing need for somatic and psychiatric treatment were significantly associated with worse subjective QOL, whereas changes in drug and alcohol use, the economic situation, legal problems and social problems with persons outside of the family showed no relevant association with QOL. CONCLUSION Our results provide support for an emphasis in treatment on helping clients to reduce intra- and interpersonal conflicts according to comorbid conditions and among family members and partnerships. In addition, the present data provide further support for the advantages of extended interventions in long-term opiate addiction.
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- A Karow
- Department of Psychiatry und Psychotherapy, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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Krausz M, Michaelson M, Israelit SH, Bahouth H, Lerner A, Hous N, Stahl S, Paled M, Hoffman A, Ben Moshe Y, Eldor L, Faber D, Barzely M, Netzer A, Zaaroor M, Miller B, Ziser A, Barlavie Y. [A seminar on the treatment of casualties of the Lebanon war 2006 at the Rambam Medical Center]. Harefuah 2007; 146:322-4. [PMID: 17674543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Degkwitz P, Lichtermann D, Deibler P, Soyka M, Schneider U, Dieninghoff D, Bonorden-Kleij K, Köhler W, Buhk H, Verthein U, Haasen C, Krausz M. „Schwerstabhängige”- Die Teilnehmer des Modellprojekts zur heroingestützten Behandlung. Suchttherapie 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-970428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Kuhn S, Farnbacher G, Verthein U, Krausz M, Haasen C. Das psychoedukative Gruppenprogramm in der bundesdeutschen Heroinstudie - eine innovative Behandlungsmethode. Suchttherapie 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-970152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Krausz M. Sucht und Geld: Welchen Preis hat wer zu zahlen? Suchttherapie 2006. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-959118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Results from factor analysis studies have suggested that a five-dimensional structure appears to be a better representation of the psychopathological data of the PANSS. The purpose of this study was the detailed investigation of the association of schizophrenia syndromes and single symptoms with quality of life (QOL) in acute and remitted patients. The leading hypotheses were: (1) affective symptoms, especially depression and anxiety, are mostly associated with QOL longitudinally and (2) in the acute phase, QOL is also associated with positive schizophrenia symptoms. METHODS For the present study, schizophrenia and schizophreniform patients were studied on admission, at the end of the acute phase and 6 months after hospitalization. Psychopathology was measured using the PANSS syndromes, QOL was assessed using disease-specific (SWN) and generic (MLDL, EDLQ) scales. RESULTS Eighty-four patients entered the study and were assessed during the acute phase taking into account their history and actual treatment. Results revealed anxiety as the most important symptom and depression as the most important syndrome associated with different areas of QOL during and after hospitalization. Also cognitive and negative symptoms were associated with different QOL domains, but both positive symptom clusters showed no substantial association with QOL. CONCLUSIONS Results of this longitudinal study investigating psychopathology and QOL in schizophrenia provide further support for the need to consider the psychopathological state and treatment setting when measuring QOL in schizophrenia and the need for a differential analysis of schizophrenia symptoms and QOL in the acute, mid-term and long-term phase. Anxiety reduction should be a critical goal of treatment in order to prevent further QOL impairment.
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- A Karow
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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Krausz M. Was, wie erreichen und warum? Welche Paradigmen steuern die Suchttherapie der Zukunft? Suchttherapie 2005. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-812944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Schimmelmann BG, Moritz S, Karow A, Schafer I, Bussopulos A, Golks D, Krausz M, Naber D, Lambert M. Correlates of subjective well-being in schizophrenic patients treated with atypical antipsychotics. Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract 2005; 9:94-8. [PMID: 24930789 DOI: 10.1080/13651500510018266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Objective A growing body of research indicates that a low subjective well-being (SW) may be predictive of non-adherence and less favourable outcome. This study examined baseline variables and variables in the course of treatment hypothesised to be associated with later SW. Methods Sixty-three inpatients with schizophreniform disorder or schizophrenia were randomly assigned to treatment with various atypical antipsychotics after a wash-out phase of 2 days. Subjects were evaluated with a protocol that examined psychopathology (Positive and Negative Symptom Scale, PANSS), side effects (Scandinavian Society of Pharmacology, UKU), and subjective well-being (Subjective Well-being under Neuroleptic treatment, SWN) at baseline and endpoint (mean duration of treatment 39.9 days). Two-thirds of subjects were multiple episode schizophrenic inpatients pre-treated with antipsychotics. Results Multiple regression analyses revealed that the PANSS negative score, neurological side effects, and SWN at baseline, as well as change of the PANSS positive score between baseline and endpoint, were associated independently with SW at endpoint (R(2)=0.55 after exclusion of two subjects). Conclusions Patients with low SW, severe negative symptoms, and neurological side effects, all at baseline, as well as those without improvement or deterioration of positive symptoms are at risk of low SW later in treatment and, most likely, of non-adherence.
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- B G Schimmelmann
- Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, Department of Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Schäfer I, Schultz M, Verthein U, Krausz M. Traumatisierungen bei Suchtpatienten - Relevanz und spezifische Behandlung in der ambulanten Suchttherapie. Suchttherapie 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-813524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Naber D, Krausz M, Novick D, Czekalla J. Antipsychotic treatment in schizophrenic patients. 6-month data of the 3-year European observational study of health outcomes (SOHO). Pharmacopsychiatry 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-827087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Sukhotnik I, Yakirevich E, Coran AG, Siplovich L, Krausz M, Sabo E, Kramer A, Shiloni E. Lipopolysaccharide endotoxemia reduces cell proliferation and decreases enterocyte apopotosis during intestinal adaptation in a rat model of short-bowel syndrome. Pediatr Surg Int 2002; 18:615-9. [PMID: 12471477 DOI: 10.1007/s00383-002-0862-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/28/2001] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Sepsis is frequently associated with or complicates short-bowel syndrome (SBS). To investigate the effects of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) endotoxemia on enterocyte proliferation and death via apoptosis in a rat model of SBS, adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three experimental groups: sham rats underwent bowel transection and reanastomosis; SBS rats underwent 75% small-bowel resection; and SBS-LPS rats underwent 75% bowel resection and were given intraperitoneal injections of LPS 10 mg/kg. Parameters of intestinal adaptation (bowel and mucosal weights, mucosal DNA and protein, villus height, and crypt depth), enterocyte proliferation, and death via apoptosis were determined on day 15 after the operation. Statistical analysis was determined by Student's and ANOVA tests with a P less than 0.05 considered significant. SBS-LPS animals demonstrated a significant decrease (vs SBS rats) in duodenal (20%), jejunal (30%), and ileal (15%) overall weight, duodenal (20%), jejunal (27%), and ileal (18%) mucosal weight, jejunal (20%) and ileal (30%) mucosal DNA, jejunal (29%) and ileal (31%) villus height, and jejunal (14%) and ileal (29%) crypt depth. LPS endotoxemia led to reduced cell proliferation and enterocyte apoptosis compared to untreated SBS animals. Thus, in a rat model of SBS, LPS endotoxemia inhibits intestinal adaptation. A possible mechanism may be decreased cell proliferation. Decreased enterocyte loss via apoptosis may reflect a reduced number of enterocytes. Other mechanisms (necrosis) may be mainly responsible for cell death following LPS injection.
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- Rappoport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel.
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Moritz S, Birkner C, Kloss M, Jahn H, Hand I, Haasen C, Krausz M. Executive functioning in obsessive-compulsive disorder, unipolar depression, and schizophrenia. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 2002. [DOI: 10.1093/arclin/17.5.477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Basdekis-Jozsa R, Krausz M, Degkwitz P, Verthein U. Gender related differences in heroin addicts: trauma and comorbidity. Eur Psychiatry 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(02)80924-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Briken P, Nika E, Krausz M, Naber D. [Atypical neuroleptics in the treatment of aggression and hostility in schizophrenic patients]. Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 2002; 70:139-44. [PMID: 11880946 DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-20501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The treatment of aggressive symptoms in schizophrenic patients is a relevant clinical problem. We systematically review the efficacy of the different atypical neuroleptics on acute or persistent aggressive symptoms also regarding methodological problems. Currently typical neuroleptics are still first choice in treating acute aggressive symptoms, while risperidone and olanzapine could be alternatives. In persistent aggression clozapin shows the best specific results. Typical depot neuroleptics should be considered in cases when medication compliance is a problem.
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- Zentrum für psychosoziale Medizin, Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.
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Moritz S, Woodward TS, Krausz M, Naber D. Relationship between neuroleptic dosage and subjective cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenic patients treated with either conventional or atypical neuroleptic medication. Int Clin Psychopharmacol 2002; 17:41-4. [PMID: 11800506 DOI: 10.1097/00004850-200201000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Previous research has suggested that high doses of conventional neuroleptics may induce neurocognitive deficits when assessed with standard tasks. However, little is known about the effects of high doses of neuroleptics (conventional or atypical) on subjective cognitive dysfunction. Recent research stresses the putative importance of self-reported cognitive deficits for both symptomatic outcome and medication compliance. The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of neuroleptic medication on subjective cognition in patients treated with either conventional or atypical agents (clozapine, risperidone, olanzapine). Patients were asked to endorse the items of a questionnaire entitled 'Subjective Well-Being under Neuroleptic Treatment' prior to discharge. Subjective impairment, as assessed with the subscale 'mental functioning', was significantly correlated with greater conventional neuroleptic dosage after controlling for psychopathology (P<0.05). The difference between patients medicated with higher doses of conventional neuroleptics and those with lower doses was highly significant (P<0.001). In contrast, higher atypical neuroleptic doses were not associated with impairment.
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- S Moritz
- University of British Columbia, Department of Psychology, Vancouver, Canada.
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Antipsychotic drugs have been available for more than 40 years. The invention of neuroleptics changed the overall treatment of schizophrenia dramatically. Nevertheless, the discussion on the importance and role of antipsychotic therapy still goes on. In the public as well as in the media, there remains a great deal of scepticism about the role of psychopharmacotherapy in the treatment of schizophrenia. The best way to handle this is an evidence-based approach. The efficacy of neuroleptic treatment has been proven in over 150 double-blind, controlled clinical trials. The second generation of antipsychotic drugs show similar antipsychotic properties as the classical agents, but with fewer side-effects such as extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS). The atypical antipsychotic agents have improved the quality of therapy and can also improve and support other aspects of treatment. When used with other treatment strategies, atypical antipsychotic agents could improve the overall outcome of this usually chronic disease. It is now necessary to implement these strategies as effectively as possible.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Hamburg, Germany
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Verthein U, Haasen C, Prinzleve M, Degkwitz P, Krausz M. Cocaine use and the utilisation of drug help services by consumers of the open drug scene in Hamburg. Eur Addict Res 2001; 7:176-83. [PMID: 11752848 DOI: 10.1159/000050738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In order to describe the patterns of use in the open drug scene in Hamburg, a study was carried out among 616 drug users in the drug scene and in or in the vicinity of low-threshold institutions close to the drug scene in summer 2000. The special focus was on the prevalence of cocaine and crack use as well as on the utilisation of help services for drug users. 80% of the interviewed persons were male, the average age was 32.6 years. They had been using drugs such as heroin or cocaine for an average of 11 years. 84% had used heroin and 74% cocaine within the last 24 h. Use was intravenous for 66%. 57% used cocaine intravenously, the percentage of crack smokers was 22%. Compared to previous studies, an increase in cocaine use can be noted among the scene users in Hamburg, mainly related to intravenous cocaine use. Crack smoking has only increased slightly over the past few years. Based on cluster analysis, four consumption pattern groups can be established. The largest group (38%) mainly uses cocaine and heroin. The second group (26%) consists of polyvalent drug consumers using methadone in addition to heroin and cocaine, as well as, partially, benzodiazepines, cannabis or alcohol. Group 3 (19%) mainly uses heroin only, some of them also using methadone and/or cannabis. The fourth group (17%) is mainly related to alcohol, the greater part of them additionally using heroin. On the whole, it appears that those users who currently do not use cocaine (or crack) are in a better health and social situation. The group using only heroin (cluster 3) also compares favourably with the other three consumption pattern groups with regard to the intensity of use, consumption in public and risk behaviour. Almost all the interviewed persons are in contact with general practitioners. However, the increasing cocaine use has not been met by sufficient intervention and treatment programmes so far.
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research of the University of Hamburg (ZIS), Hamburg, Germany.
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research of the University of Hamburg (ZIS), Hamburg, Germany.
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Yagdiran O, Haasen C, Krausz M. [Psychotic experiences in a transcultural context - case report analysis on the importance of the second language for the therapeutic process]. Psychiatr Prax 2001; 28:380-2. [PMID: 11721224 DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-18613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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The use of the second language among migrants can lead to a separation of affect and content of speech, which can be used in therapy when touching upon emotionally strenuous events. On the basis of 3 case reports of migrants of Turkish origin with a psychotic disorder, the importance of the second language when used by a native speaking therapists is analyzed. This can lead to the establishment of a therapeutic alliance, even though emotionally central themes are avoided in the process.
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- Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf.
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Moritz S, Andresen B, Jacobsen D, Mersmann K, Wilke U, Lambert M, Naber D, Krausz M. Neuropsychological correlates of schizophrenic syndromes in patients treated with atypical neuroleptics. Eur Psychiatry 2001; 16:354-61. [PMID: 11585716 DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(01)00591-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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There is widespread evidence that schizophrenic symptomatology is best represented by three syndromes (positive, negative, disorganized). Both the disorganized and negative syndrome have been found to correlate with several neurocognitive dysfunctions. However, previous studies investigated samples predominantly treated with typical neuroleptics, which frequently induce parkinsonian symptoms that are hard to disentangle from primary negative symptoms and may have inflated correlations with neurocognition. A newly developed psychopathological instrument called the Positive and Negative and Disorganized Symptoms Scale (PANADSS) was evaluated in 60 schizophrenic patients. Forty-seven participants treated with atypical neuroleptics performed several neurocognitive tasks.A three-factor solution of schizophrenic symptomatology emerged. Negative symptomatology was associated with diminished creative verbal fluency and digit span backward, whereas disorganization was significantly correlated with impaired Stroop, WCST and Trail-Making Test B performance.Data suggest that disorganization is associated with tasks that demand executive functioning. Previous findings reporting correlations between negative symptomatology and neurocognition may have been confounded by the adverse consequences of typical neuroleptics.
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- S Moritz
- Universitäts-Krankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Martinistrasse 52, D-20246, Hamburg, Germany.
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Several studies have implied cultural differences in the psychopathology of schizophrenia between migrants and natives. In a diagnostically strictly controlled study, including comparison of diagnosis with a Turkish-speaking psychiatrist, 74 patients of Turkish and 48 of German origin, all with a diagnosis of schizophrenic disorder, were compared using PANSS and HAM-D. The Turkish sample showed higher depression and hostile excitement, even in the subsample of those with paranoid schizophrenia, and no differences in positive, negative or cognitive symptoms. The similarities especially concerning core symptoms reflect evidence from cross-cultural studies on schizophrenia. In conclusion this study shows main differences in psychopathology between psychotic migrants and natives, as discussed in the literature, may be mainly due to diagnostic differences.
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- C Haasen
- Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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Previous studies indicate that first-episode and chronic schizophrenic patients do not differ regarding neuropsychological performance as assessed with standard cognitive tasks. For the present study, it was investigated whether first-episode and chronic schizophrenics report similar subjective cognitive deficits. The Frankfurt Complaint Questionnaire (FCQ), a scale devised for assessing subjective cognitive disturbances in schizophrenia, was administered to 20 first-episode and 36 chronic schizophrenic patients, as well as 20 healthy controls. The schizophrenic subsamples did not differ on any of the FCQ subscales or on a "lie scale," measuring illness denial. Psychopathological ratings were comparable for both groups. As expected, healthy subjects reported significantly less cognitive and perceptual problems than schizophrenic patients. In marked contrast to a Kraepelinian view of schizophrenia, the present data confirm previous studies conducted with objective neuropsychological tests that schizophrenia is a neurodevelopmental rather than a neurodegenerative disorder.
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- S Moritz
- Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Beech et al. [Br. J. Clin. Psychol. 28 (1989) 109--116] previously reported attenuated negative priming in schizophrenic patients that was interpreted as a sign of dysfunctional cognitive inhibition. However, subsequent research has provided mixed results. In the present study, it was investigated whether reduced negative priming in schizophrenics may be an experimental artifact. Based on evidence from backward masking studies in schizophrenia, it was hypothesized that brief prime presentation times and pattern masking as used by Beech et al. and others may have impaired the visual perception of the prime display in schizophrenics. 20 schizophrenic patients and 20 matched healthy controls participated in the study. Subjects completed four negative priming experiments varying in prime presentation time (100 or 250 ms) and masking (a mask or a blank screen followed prime presentation). In line with prediction, reduced negative priming in schizophrenics only occurred for trials with 100 ms prime presentation time followed by a mask. Neither psychopathology nor any sociodemographic variable correlated substantially with negative priming. Results strongly suggest that reduced negative priming in schizophrenics may not be due to reduced cognitive inhibition but mirrors perceptual deficits.
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- S Moritz
- Universitäts-Krankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Martinistrasse 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany.
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Moritz S, Mersmann K, Kloss M, Jacobsen D, Andresen B, Krausz M, Pawlik K, Naber D. Enhanced semantic priming in thought-disordered schizophrenic patients using a word pronunciation task. Schizophr Res 2001; 48:301-5. [PMID: 11295382 DOI: 10.1016/s0920-9964(00)00057-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Previous research on semantic priming in schizophrenia has produced contradictory findings. For the present study, it was intended to resolve some of the ambiguities in the literature. Using a semantic priming task with word pronunciation, evidence is provided that thought-disordered schizophrenic (TD) patients exhibit significantly increased semantic priming as compared to healthy and psychiatric controls. Results suggest that enhanced semantic priming is not confined to tasks that require lexical decision. Moreover, results indicate that TD schizophrenic patients suffer from a decay of hierarchical thinking, i.e. TD schizophrenics reveal a tendency to process the less meaningful rather than the dominant aspects of external information. Priming effects for the inferior meaning of homograph words (for example, 'dance' is an inferior, and 'game' is a superior associate of the word 'ball') were significantly greater compared to healthy controls and non-TD schizophrenics. Results were not moderated by sociodemographic background variables, psychomotor slowing and psychopathological symptoms other than thought disorder.
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- S Moritz
- Universitäts-Krankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Martinistrasse 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany.
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It was investigated whether schizophrenic and depressive patients show a distinguishable mnestic profile. A further aim was to explore the psychopathological correlates of memory malperfomance in schizophrenic patients. For the present study, schizophrenic, depressive and healthy samples (n=25 each) were compared regarding their performance in the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test. Subjects' sociodemographic background variables were comparable except for age (entered as a covariate). Depressive and schizophrenic patients performed significantly worse than healthy controls regarding both short-term and long-term free recall as well as recognition. No differences occurred for two parameters reflecting proneness to interference. Negative schizophrenic symptomatology was strongly correlated with memory dysfunction before and after controlling for distractibility. The study supports previous research suggesting that memory impairments in schizophrenia are not an epiphenomenon of deficits in verbal fluency or an attentional impairment. The major deficit in both schizophrenic and depressive patients is inferred to be the capability to learn.
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- S Moritz
- Universitäts-Krankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
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Nika E, Briken P, Yagdiran O, Gottwalz E, Krausz M. [Current German laws for foreigners as a contributory factor in the treatment of a first-time acute schizophrenic episode]. Psychiatr Prax 2000; 27:357-8. [PMID: 11103399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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In a case report we describe an 18 year old Croat refugee with a first episode schizophrenia to discuss the current German laws for foreigners as a possible factor for the maintenance of the disease. Short residence permits, the release of the professional discretion to the authorities, deficient information about the laws and the unclear situation in the native country of the patients can lead to a worst course and prognosis of the disease.
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- Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinik Hamburg-Eppendorf
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The impact of neuroleptic medication and extrapyramidal symptoms on abnormal subjective experiences in schizophrenia, also termed basic symptoms, as assessed with the Frankfurt Complaint Questionnaire (FCQ) was investigated in 40 schizophrenic patients medicated with conventional neuroleptics. Basic symptoms are thought to reflect the subjective side of schizophrenic vulnerability and to underlie schizophrenic symptomatology. It was expected that basic symptoms would inversely correlate with chlorpromazine equivalents, since neuroleptics not only improve acute schizophrenic symptoms but also have prophylactic properties. However, a significant positive correlation with neuroleptic dosage and extrapyramidal symptoms emerged, suggesting that basic symptoms as operationalized in the FCQ partly reflect neuroleptic-induced deficits. The results remained unchanged when global psychopathology was controlled for. In line with previous research, basic symptoms correlated with thought disorder but not with positive symptoms. However, when the effects of neuroleptic-induced disturbances were controlled for, thought disorder also insignificantly correlated with basic symptoms. Our findings confirm previous results that question the construct validity of the FCQ. Moreover, the need to control for confounding variables (such as medication) is emphasized by comparing different psychiatric groups.
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- S Moritz
- Universitäts-Krankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Hamburg, Germany
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Verthein U, Degkwitz P, Krausz M. [Mental disorders and the course of opiate dependence]. Psychiatr Prax 2000; 27:77-85. [PMID: 10738738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The present study investigates the hypothesis of a relationship between mental disorders and symptoms on the one hand and the extent of drug consumption and the addiction-related problems of opiate dependents on the other hand. METHODS In a five-year follow-up study in Hamburg among 350 opiate dependents who, at the time of the initial survey, were in contact with the drug help system, 219 clients (63%) could be interviewed at (so far) three different times of investigation. Standardised questionnaires like the EuropASI, CIDI, SCL-90-R, STAI and BDI were used for the interviews. RESULTS The general life situation of the surveyed persons has on the whole improved in the course of the last two to three years. Also the average drug consumption clearly decreased. Between mental disorders/disturbances and drug dependence or drug-related problems, a linear correlation could be found: An unfavourable course of mental disorders and symptoms correlates with a problematic current life situation of the client. There is also a global relationship between increased drug consumption and the emergence of mental symptoms like depressiveness and anxiety and the psychosocial functional level. CONCLUSIONS The expected relationship between mental disturbances and the extent of drug consumption is not very marked. This is in support of the basic assumption that specific constellations of drug consumption and mental disorders do not exist isolated, but that they are related, as elements of a complex pattern, to the development of other areas of life.
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- U Verthein
- Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universität Hamburg
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Subjective cognitive and perceptual disturbances as assessed with the Frankfurt Complaint Questionnaire (FCQ) were correlated with chlorpromazine equivalents in 40 schizophrenic inpatients, who were treated with conventional neuroleptics. In line with previous research using 'objective' neuropsychological tests, both correlations and partial correlations (controlling for the effects of psychopathology, extrapyramidal symptoms and length of illness) confirmed that higher neuroleptic doses significantly worsen several cognitive and perceptual domains (r = 0.44 -0.54; P < or = 0.005 -0.05) with the possible exception of mnestic functions (r = 0.21 -0.24, n.s.) and language (r = 0.37 -0.38, P < 0.1). The clinical importance of self-report scales for evaluating both the risks and benefits of neuroleptic treatment is discussed.
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- M Krausz
- Universitäts-Krankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Hamburg, Germany
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OBJECTIVE The elevated rate of schizophrenia among migrants has been explained in part by possible misdiagnosis. In this study an attempt is made to quantify the extent of potential misdiagnosis among migrants in comparison to non-migrants. METHOD One hundred patients of Turkish origin (Tr-Pat) and a control group of 50 patients of German origin (G-Pat), all with a paranoid-hallucinatory syndrome upon admission, were examined by an interviewer of Turkish origin (Tr-Int), an interviewer of German origin (G-Int) and the clinician. The diagnostic evaluation was then compared. RESULTS Nineteen per cent of Tr-Pat and 4% of G-Pat showed diagnostic disagreement between the three raters, while in 8% of Tr-Pat and 0% of G-Pat the two research diagnoses disagreed. In Tr-Pat with 'bad' German knowledge showed tendentially more (29%) diagnostic disagreement than Tr-Pat with 'good' German knowledge (17%). CONCLUSION The rate of potential misdiagnosis is higher among migrants, yet not strongly correlated to poor second language proficiency.
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- C Haasen
- Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Moritz S, Krausz M, Gottwalz E, Lambert M, Perro C, Ganzer S, Naber D. Cognitive dysfunction at baseline predicts symptomatic 1-year outcome in first-episode schizophrenics. Psychopathology 2000; 33:48-51. [PMID: 10601828 DOI: 10.1159/000029119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The present study addresses the consequences of cognitive disturbances on symptomatic outcome. Fifty-three first-episode schizophrenics were reassessed (n = 32) 1 year after admission. Simple regression analyses revealed that several self-perceived cognitive deficits at baseline as measured with the Frankfurt Complaint Questionnaire significantly predicted increased Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale global scores at follow-up (p = 0.05 to p = 0.005). A stepwise regression analysis proved memory dysfunction to be the strongest predictor of symptomatic worsening (p = 0.005). It is suggested that the exploration and treatment of neuropsychological deficits in schizophrenia is of great clinical importance with regard to its impact on both functional and symptomatic outcome in schizophrenia.
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- S Moritz
- Universitäts-Krankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Hamburg, Deutschland.
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The present study investigates whether a correlation exists between mental symptoms and opiate dependency. During a 5-year follow-up study in Hamburg, of 350 opiate addicts who were in contact with the help system at the time of the initial investigation, 219 (63%) could be interviewed three times at 1-year intervals. The investigation instruments were standardized questionnaires such as EuropASI, CIDI, SCL-90-R and BDI. The general life situation of the investigated persons had, on the whole, improved in the course of the last 2-3 years. Drug consumption had markedly decreased. One third of the opiate addicts were in a comparatively good mental condition on all three survey interviews, for 17% there was a worsening of the condition, and for another 17% the negative mental condition was reinforced. A correlation can be established between mental disorders/symptoms and drug addiction or drug-related problems. The more unfavorable the course of the mental symptoms, the greater the problems of the client's current life situation. There is also an overall relationship between increased drug consumption and mental symptoms like depressivity and anxiety, and the psychosocial functioning level. However, the expected correlations between mental disorders and the extent of drug consumption are not very marked. This indicates that specific constellations of drug consumption and mental disorders are not isolated but are related, as elements of a complex behavioral pattern, to the development of other life areas of the client.
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- Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Hamburg, Deutschland, Germany.
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- M Krausz
- Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf (UKE)
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Lambert M, Naber D, Perro C, Moritz S, Krausz M. [Success of new treatments for schizophrenics, as shown by the example of modern antipsychotic drugs]. Psychiatr Prax 1999; 26 Suppl 1:S30-5. [PMID: 10407922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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- M Lambert
- Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Universität Hamburg
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Cognitive impairments in schizophrenics have been found to precede tardive dyskinesia and to co-exist with other motor deficits. However, little is yet known about the prevalence of cognitive disturbances in patients with neuroleptic-induced parkinsonism. From the literature on idiopathic parkinson, it was inferred that extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) are accompanied by cognitive dysfunction. 85 schizophrenic in-patients were divided into EPS high and low scorers according to an established criterion (Simpson Angus Scale, cut-off score: 0.4). Cognitive impairments were assessed using a self-rating instrument measuring disturbances of information processing. Patients with high EPS exhibited significantly elevated scores in six of ten cognitive and perceptual subscales (t = 2.1-3.1) as compared to low EPS patients. It is concluded that high EPS patients suffer from cognitive disturbances which are assumed to possess high relevance for both psycho-social and medical treatment. Cognitive problems may, when not considered, disturb compliance, insight of illness and transfer of learnt skills into everyday life.
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- M Krausz
- Universitäts-Krankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Martinistrabetae 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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Krausz M. [Prehospital treatment of hemorrhagic shock]. Harefuah 1999; 136:496-501. [PMID: 10914272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Kopelman D, Klemm O, Bahous H, Klein R, Krausz M, Hashmonai M. Postoperative suction drainage of the axilla: for how long? Prospective randomised trial. Eur J Surg 1999; 165:117-20; discussion 121-2. [PMID: 10192568 DOI: 10.1080/110241599750007289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To define the correct time to remove the drain after axillary dissection for carcinoma of the breast. DESIGN Prospective randomised trial. SETTING Two public hospitals, Israel. SUBJECTS 90 women who required axillary dissection for carcinoma of the breast. INTERVENTIONS 42 were randomised to have the drain removed on postoperative day 3, and 48 to keep the drain in until discharge had decreased to less than 35 ml/24 hours. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Formation of seromas or wound infections, need to reinsert the drain, and duration of hospital stay. RESULTS Early removal of the axillary drain was associated with a significantly higher incidence of seromas (9/42 compared with 2/48, p = 0.02) unless the total amount of fluid drained during the first three postoperative days was less than 250 ml. CONCLUSION Drains should be removed after axillary dissection only when the daily amount of fluid discharged is low, unless the drainage during the first three days is less than 250 ml.
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- D Kopelman
- Department of Surgery B, Rambam Medical Centre, Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel
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Pukrop R, Möller HJ, Sass H, Sauer H, Klosterkötter J, Czernik A, Krausz M, Stieglitz RD, Lambert M, Matthies H, Schaub A, Woschnik M, Wulfinghoff F, Steinmeyer EM. [Quality of life. Construct validation and the development of a modular system]. Nervenarzt 1999; 70:41-53. [PMID: 10087517 DOI: 10.1007/s001150050399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The construct Quality of Life (QoL) is investigated by metaanalysis of eight (inter)nationally validated questionnaires in a multicenter study. Data have been collected in a mentally healthy (n = 479), a depressed (n = 171) and a schizophrenic (n = 139) sample. Conventional psychometric criteria and a facet analytical methodology have been applied. The resulting questionnaire "Modular System for Quality of Life" (MSQoL) consists of a core module with 47 items (one "G-factor" and six subdimensions), which is sufficiently valid for all three samples. Additionally, there are four specific modules (demography, family, partnership, profession). No specific modules can be identified for the psychopathological subgroups. The validated radex structure for subjective QoL offers the opportunity for a cumulative research design and for adaptations to the actual setting.
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- R Pukrop
- Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universität zu Köln
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