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This article aims to examine data on Psychiatric diagnoses among deaf people in comparison with hearing people in the psychiatric hospital in Beau-Vallon.
This work proposes to study the diagnostic data from the Summary Psychiatric Minimum (Résumé psychiatrique mini...
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PMID: 21894115
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In cases of agitation and aggressive behavior after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), the benefits/risks ratio of pharmacological treatments remains unclear. A qualitative analysis of clinical situations could highlight the relevance of psychotherapy care.
In Janua...
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PMID: 21596642
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National Guard service members face deactivation from active duty soon after they return to the United States and rapid entry into the civilian workforce; therefore, it is important to examine employment among these Veterans.
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PMID: 21702380
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A 65 year-old man showed bilateral, but more marked on the right, instinctive grasp reaction, utilization and imitation behavior after a right parietotemporal lobe infarction. Attention disturbance, left unilateral spatial neglect, and constructional disturbance were also observed. Fluid attenuated i...
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PMID: 21706833
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Psychiatric disorders are among the most heritable common disorders, and for more than 20 years researchers have tried to unravel genetic susceptibility genes. This review briefly outlines the pros and cons of genetic approaches, important advances and possible future directions for...
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PMID: 21348783
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Research on the health of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adults generally overlooks the chronic conditions that are the most common health concerns of older adults. This brief presents unique population-level data on aging LGB adults (ages 50-70) documenting that they have higher rates of several se...
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PMID: 21548402
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We developed a web-based self-screening, referral, and secure communication system and evaluated it at the University of Washington for 17 months. The system handled more than 1000 screenings during the study period. Of the subjects who used the system, 75% noted that the system helped them to make...
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PMID: 21257386
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This study aims to describe workers who were hospitalized with work-related burn injuries and their psychiatric sequelae in Washington State. Psychiatric sequelae of interest were depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and other anxiety disorders. Workers' compensation claims mee...
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PMID: 21552064
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We make significant strides to improve the behavioral health services available to these individuals and their families....
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PMID: 21678687
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We review state-funded behavioral health initiatives that provide support to military personnel and their families, with special attention to public services and co-location efforts....
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PMID: 21678691
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Research in Montreal's St-Jean-de-Dieu Asylum archives has revealed a number of letters from family members and local physicians pleading for asylum care for married women between 1890 and 1921. When added to other admission documents in patients' medical files, these letters allow a...
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PMID: 21329143
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We can distinguish: the male sex, race, overweight and obesity, thyroid hypofunction, age and alcohol abuse. Obstructive sleep apnea results in the absence (apnea) or reduction (hypopnea) of airflow lasting at least 10 s despite normal respiratory exertion. The apnea and hypopnea result in decreased...
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PMID: 21190150
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Children with significant disabilities may qualify for Medicaid benefits, regardless of household income, if their state elects to offer the Tax Equity Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) option. However, a significant number of children with serious medical problems presently are being denied eligibil...
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PMID: 21614996
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Torture is thought to confer worse mental health than other war-related traumatic events. However, reliability of torture assessment and validity of torture constructs as indicators of poor mental health have not been systematically evaluated. Study aims were to assess the psychometric properties of...
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PMID: 21206240
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I Disorders. The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among the survivors was 6.1%, and the risk of having a psychiatric disorder was more than 3 times higher than in the comparison group (RR = 3.44, 95% confidence interval = 1.6-7.6). Disaster exposure and general neurotic personality predic...
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PMID: 21206247
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Chronic medical illness among children and adolescents is a growing concern with implications for informal and formal caregivers. When coupled with a psychiatric comorbidity, implications grow exponentially. Nurses who care for child and adolescent populations play a crucial role in optimizing physi...
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PMID: 20971335
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This article provides detailed information about assessing the mental health needs of older adults as well as strategies to maintain mental health. An overview of the public health needs of older adults is provided that includes examples of policies that ensure minimum physical and mental health for...
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PMID: 20971342
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Americans are living longer than ever before in history. With age comes an increased risk for chronic mental health disorders. About 1 in 8 baby boomers is expected to be diagnosed with Alzheimer disease, which will amount to some ten million members of this age cohort. The prevalence of mental heal...
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PMID: 20971341
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This integrative review summarizes current research on resilience in adult family members who have a relative with a diagnosed mental disorder that is considered serious. Within the context of resilience theory, studies identifying risk/vulnerability and positive/protective factors in family members...
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PMID: 20971340
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In greater numbers than in prior conflicts, service members deployed as part of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom have an increased risk of experiencing a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The basics of TBI are discussed, with particular attention paid to blast-related events, as th...
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PMID: 20971337
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If the health of children is to be improved, systems of care for youth must organize and collaborate around an emphasis toward promotion of health and prevention of mental illness. This approach demands an understanding of the complex interplay of genes, environment, risk, and protective factors tha...
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PMID: 20971334
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This article describes what is known about mental health in children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly globally in high-, middle- and low-income countries. The social determinants of health are described as well as the paradigm shift from focusing on psychopathology to looking at ways in which i...
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PMID: 20971333
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We found 2 variables assessed at the initial psychiatric evaluation which correlated significantly with the expert testimony. These variables were the resumption of social activities and self-estimation of the subject's health and capability. The proportion of response variation explained by the reg...
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PMID: 21192480
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Neuropsychological symptom validity testing is increasingly used even in psychiatric expert assessment. Low scores on symptom validity tests can only demonstrate exaggerated symptoms. However, symptom validity tests do not address the question of whether the result is intentionally produced or motiv...
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PMID: 21192479
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Neglected malignant ulcerating tumours often result from failure to seek medical attention, even when the advancing tumour is visible to the patient and their friends and families. Although the appropriate wound treatment procedures are the same as for non-neglected malignant wounds, clinicians must...
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PMID: 21160442
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To examine the overall morbidity of patients who underwent surgery for congenital cardiac defect during childhood.
A congenital cardiac defect treated with surgery is seldom totally cured. The incidence of residua, sequelae, and comorbidity is quite high. The morbidity has not been thoroughly examin...
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PMID: 20723271
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Guilherme Borges,
Matthew K Nock,
Josep M Haro Abad,
Irving Hwang,
Nancy A Sampson,
Jordi Alonso,
Laura Helena Andrade,
Matthias C Angermeyer,
Annette Beautrais,
Evelyn Bromet,
Ronny Bruffaerts,
Giovanni de Girolamo,
Silvia Florescu,
Oye Gureje,
Chiyi Hu,
Elie G Karam,
Viviane Kovess-Masfety,
Sing Lee,
Daphna Levinson,
Maria Elena Medina-Mora,
Johan Ormel,
Jose Posada-Villa,
Rajesh Sagar,
Toma Tomov,
Hidenori Uda,
David R Williams and
Ronald C Kessler
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Although suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, clinicians and researchers lack a data-driven method to assess the risk of suicide attempts. This study reports the results of an analysis of a large cross-national epidemiologic survey database that estimates the 12-month prevalence of suicida...
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PMID: 20816034
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Beginning January 1, 2006, the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit shifted drug coverage from Medicaid to the new Medicare Part D program for patients who were eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid benefits ("dual-eligibles"). These patients were randomly assigned to a private Part D plan an...
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PMID: 21190639
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The impact of language proficiency as a potential contributor to ethnic disparities in mental health care has received less attention than other factors. Data from the National Latino and Asian American Study were examined to assess the impact of limited English proficiency (LEP) on access to and qu...
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PMID: 21063226
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The most robust predictor of future psychiatric hospitalization is the number of previous admissions. About half of psychiatric inpatients with histories of repeated hospitalizations are readmitted within 12 months. This study sought to determine which patient characteristics predicted time-to-readm...
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PMID: 21135635
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Our report suggests a relationship between life stress, HPA axis and psychopathology. A cluster of specific psychiatric symptoms seems to be stress related. Moreover, it seems that an abnormal HPA response is possibly triggered by an excessive pressure in vulnerable individuals....
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PMID: 20132583
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Pharmacogenetic testing is used to uncover genetic causes for variations in drug response. Documentation of the method's usefulness in a clinical setting is scarce. The aim of the study was to systematically categorize the experience from routine CYP2D6 genotyping in a diagnostic laboratory.
All sam...
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PMID: 21109842
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This final rule amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulation that authorizes appropriate action when a patient engages in disruptive behavior at a VA medical facility. This amendment updates VA's current regulation to reflect modern medical care and ethical practices. The final rule aut...
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PMID: 21090143
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We diagnosed his condition as neurotoxicity caused by an overdose of valacyclovir. As his general condition was stable, he was treated only by continuation of peritoneal dialysis. After 7 days of hospitalization, the neurotoxicity completely disappeared and he left the hospital. His serum acyclovir...
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PMID: 21187705
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We have to consider professional standards, legal rules, and ethical reflections. With reference to the latter, four bioethical principles were proposed by Beauchamp and Childress to identify and to deal with ethical problems and conflicts. On the basis of this scheme we reflect on the legal aspects...
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PMID: 21128218
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New legislation in the financing of psychiatric hospitals in Germany stipulates the introduction of a new reimbursement system for psychiatric child and adolescent psychiatric and psychosomatic hospitals in Germany by 2013. In several steps norms are to be empirically defined and services to be docu...
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PMID: 21128221
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