Health-Related Quality of Life and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Political Prisoners of the Former GDR

Weißflog G, Klinitzke G, Hinz A.Universität Leipzig, Department für Psychische Gesundheit, Selbstständige Abteilung für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie, Leipzig.Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 2010 Jun 16. PURPOSE: Political persecution was and is a reality in our world. The study investigated effects of political imprisonment in the former German Democratic Republic on the current health-related quality […]

Violent and nonviolent suicide in veterans with substance-use disorders

Ilgen MA, Conner KR, Valenstein M, Austin K, Blow FC.Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence and the Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center, Ann Arbor Department of Veterans Affairs, 2215 Fuller Road (11H), Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105.J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2010 Jul;71(4):473-9. ABSTRACT. Objective: Substance-use disorders (SUDs) increase the risk of […]

Delusions of persecution and poisoning in patients with schizophrenia: sociocultural and religious background

Rudaleviciene P, Adomaitiene V, Stompe T, Narbekovas A, Meilius K, Raskauskiene N, Rudalevicius J, Bunevicius R.Institute of Psychophysiology and Rehabilitation, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania.Medicina (Kaunas). 2010;46(3):185-92. This article presents data on the phenomenology of delusions of persecution and poisoning in patients with schizophrenia and determines parallels between sociodemographic status and personal religiosity and this […]

The role of endogenous opioids in the placebo effect in post-traumatic stress disorder

Sher L.Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. The concept of the placebo effect has received a considerable attention over the past several decades. The placebo effect has been observed in different psychiatric disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a chronic and severe disorder precipitated by exposure to a […]

Suicidal and homicidal soldiers in deployment environments.

Hill JV, Johnson RC, Barton RA.1st Infantry Division, Operation Iraqi Freedom II, Tikrit, Iraq.Mil Med. 2006 Mar;171(3):228-32. Suicidal and homicidal soldiers present one of the most frequent and challenging scenarios for deployed mental health providers. A chart review of 425 deployed soldiers seen for mental health reasons found that 127 (nearly 30%) had considered killing […]

Preventing suicide

Reid WH.J Psychiatr Pract. 2010 Mar;16(2):120-4. About 35,000 people commit suicide every year in the United States. Almost all are seriously, but treatably, mentally ill. Most come to the attention of a physician, in an emergency room, primary practice setting, or psychiatric hospital or office, during the days, weeks or months before they die. Since […]

Gambling and Problem Gambling Across the Lifespan

Welte JW, Barnes GM, Tidwell MC, Hoffman JH.Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.J Gambl Stud. 2010 May 25. Two national U.S. telephone surveys of gambling were conducted, an adult survey (age 18 and over, N = 2,631) in 1999-2000 and a youth (age 14-21, N […]

Treatments for PTSD and Pathological Gambling: What Do Patients Want?

Najavits LM.Harvard Medical School, Treatment Innovations, 28 Westbourne Road, Newton Centre, MA, USA.J Gambl Stud. 2010 Jun 2. This study explored the treatment preferences of 106 people with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), pathological gambling (PG), or both. It is the first know study of its type for this comorbidity. Sixteen different treatment types were rated, […]

The combined dexamethasone suppression-corticotropin-releasing hormone stimulation (DEX-CRH) test and traumatic stress

Leo Sher, M.D. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with significant neuroendocrine changes including the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis abnormalities (1). Several research groups have used the combined dexamethasone suppression-corticotropin-releasing hormone stimulation (DST–CRH) test to examine the HPA function in traumatized individuals.

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