Short- and long-term effectiveness of an empirically supported treatment for agoraphobia.

2001 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurt Hahlweg ◽  
Wolfgang Fiegenbaum ◽  
Monika Frank ◽  
Brigitte Schroeder ◽  
Ines von Witzleben

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (S15) ◽  
pp. 6-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
James H. Kocsis

AbstractA significant proportion of depressed patients will experience multiple episodes of depression throughout their lifetimes, and, in recent years, attention has been paid to the identification of risk factors associated with a recurrent course of major depression. Residual depressive symptoms following acute phase therapy appears to be the most important clinical risk factor leading to recurrence. However, advances in empirically-supported treatment algorithms and guidelines, and in pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy, provide physicians with the tools necessary to improve short- and long-term outcomes in the treatment of depression. Additionally, recent developments in genetic and psychological vulnerability research have sought to further improve outcomes by identifying markers in patients who may likely experience multiple depressive episodes.





Swiss Surgery ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert ◽  
Mariéthoz ◽  
Pache ◽  
Bertin ◽  
Caulfield ◽  
...  

Objective: Approximately one out of five patients with Graves' disease (GD) undergoes a thyroidectomy after a mean period of 18 months of medical treatment. This retrospective and non-randomized study from a teaching hospital compares short- and long-term results of total (TT) and subtotal thyroidectomies (ST) for this disease. Methods: From 1987 to 1997, 94 patients were operated for GD. Thirty-three patients underwent a TT (mostly since 1993) and 61 a ST (keeping 4 to 8 grams of thyroid tissue - mean 6 g). All patients had received propylthiouracil and/or neo-mercazole and were in a euthyroid state at the time of surgery; they also took potassium iodide (lugol) for ten days before surgery. Results: There were no deaths. Transient hypocalcemia (< 3 months) occurred in 32 patients (15 TT and 17 ST) and persistent hypocalcemia in 8 having had TT. Two patients developed transient recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy after ST (< 3 months). After a median follow-up period of seven years (1-15) with five patients lost to follow-up, 41 patients having had a ST are in a hypothyroid state (73%), thirteen are euthyroid (23%), and two suffered recurrent hyperthyroidism, requiring completion of thyroidectomy. All 33 patients having had TT - with follow-ups averaging two years (0.5-8) - are receiving thyroxin substitution. Conclusions: There were no instances of persistent recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy in either group, but persistent hypoparathyroidism occurred more frequently after TT. Long after ST, hypothyroidism developed in nearly three of four cases, whereas euthyroidy was maintained in only one-fourth; recurrent hyperthyroidy was rare.



Author(s):  
Ian Neath ◽  
Jean Saint-Aubin ◽  
Tamra J. Bireta ◽  
Andrew J. Gabel ◽  
Chelsea G. Hudson ◽  
...  


2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara B. Festini ◽  
Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz




2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justyna Olszewska ◽  
Patricia Reuter-Lorenz ◽  
Emily Munier ◽  
Sara Bendler


2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randi C. Martin ◽  
Mary R. Newsome ◽  
Monica L. Freedman




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