Affective Disorders, Psychotic - Psychology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Electroconvulsive therapy in forensic psychiatry--ethical problems in daily practice.

30 May 2009 There is a widespread similarity between diagnoses in general psychiatry compared with those found in forensic psychiatry. Consequently, forensic psychiatrists face serious cases that need to undergo treatment by electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). ... Read more...

Impact on psychiatric interns of watching live electroconvulsive treatment.

27 Feb 2009 OBJECTIVE: Watching a live electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) has both positive and negative effects on spectators. The authors aim to survey the attitude change towards ECT in interns after watching a live ECT session. METHODS: A 23-item ... Read more...

Drugs with anticholinergic properties: cognitive and neuropsychiatric side-effects in elderly patients.

18 Feb 2009 Drug consumption in older people is usually high and many prescribed medications have unsuspected anticholinergic (ACH) (Table 1) properties. Drug induced ACH side-effects are particularly severe in aging brain and even more in demented patients. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Affective Disorders, Psychotic - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Clinical staging: a new scenario for the treatment of psychosis. 30 Jul 2009
• Electroconvulsive therapy in forensic psychiatry--ethical problems in daily practice. 30 May 2009
• Impact on psychiatric interns of watching live electroconvulsive treatment. 27 Feb 2009
• Drugs with anticholinergic properties: cognitive and neuropsychiatric side-effects in elderly patients. 18 Feb 2009
• Influence of spirituality and religiousness on substance misuse in patients with schizophrenia or schizo-affective disorder. 30 Dec 2008
• Prevalence and clinical characteristics of psychotic versus nonpsychotic major depression in a general psychiatric outpatient clinic. 30 Dec 2008
• Beyond the critical period: longitudinal study of 8-year outcome in first-episode non-affective psychosis. 30 Dec 2008
• Comments on article by Dr Birkenhager et al: "Efficacy of imipramine in psychotic versus nonpsychotic depression". 29 Nov 2008
• Mood disorders and the outcome of suicidal thoughts and attempts. 29 Sep 2008
• [Homicide and major mental disorder: what are the social, clinical, and forensic differences between murderers with a major mental disorder and murderers without any mental disorder?] 25 Sep 2008
• Predictors of occupational status six months after hospitalization in persons with a recent onset of psychosis. 13 Aug 2008
• Is depression severity the sole cause of psychotic symptoms during an episode of unipolar major depression? A study both between and within subjects. 4 Aug 2008
• Correlates of suicidality among patients with psychotic depression. 30 Jul 2008
• New-onset diabetic ketoacidosis associated with quetiapine: a case report. 28 Jul 2008
• The work of Emil Kraepelin and his research group in München. 30 May 2008
• Continuation/maintenance treatment with nortriptyline versus combined nortriptyline and ECT in late-life psychotic depression: a two-year randomized study. 30 May 2008
• Efficacy of imipramine in psychotic versus nonpsychotic depression. 30 Mar 2008
• Understanding how clinician-patient relationships and relational continuity of care affect recovery from serious mental illness: STARS study results. 30 Dec 2007
• [Affective temperaments in the bipolar and unipolar disorders: distinctive profiles and relationship with clinical features] 24 Dec 2007
• [Biological treatment of acute depressive episodes] 29 Sep 2007

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Technical information about 'Affective Disorders, Psychotic'

Definition: Disorders in which the essential feature is a severe disturbance in mood (depression, anxiety, elation, and excitement) accompanied by psychotic symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, gross impairment in reality testing, etc.

Descriptor UI: D000341

Alternative terms: Affective Disorders, Psychotic; Psychoses, Affective; Affective Psychoses; Psychotic Affective Disorders; Affective Disorder, Psychotic; Disorder, Psychotic Affective; Disorders, Psychotic Affective; Psychotic Affective Disorder; Psychotic Mood Disorders; Mood Disorder, Psychotic; Psychotic Mood Disorder; Mood Disorders, Psychotic; Depression, Reactive, Psychotic;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.600.150;

Online Note: use AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC to search DEPRESSION, REACTIVE, PSYCHOTIC 1977-80; search AFFECTIVE DISTURBANCES under AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS 1969-80

History Note: 81; DEPRESSION, REACTIVE, PSYCHOTIC was see under PSYCHOSES 1977-80; AFFECTIVE DISTURBANCES was heading 1969-80