scholarly journals Diagnostic Stability of Psychiatric Disorders in Baqiyatallah Hospital from 1997 to 2015

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-90
Author(s):  
Seyed Abbas Tavalaei ◽  
Shervin Assari ◽  
Vahid Tavalaei ◽  
Roghieh Nooripour
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Diagnostic Stability

S09-02 - Diagnostic stability of psychiatric disorders

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
E. Baca-García ◽  
J. Lopez Castroman
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Diagnostic Stability

Longitudinal Follow up of Primary Insomnia Patients in a Psychiatric Clinic

2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (7) ◽  
pp. 611-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samson Yat-yuk Fong ◽  
Yun Kwok Wing
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Primary Insomnia ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Physical Disorder ◽  
Psychiatric Clinic ◽  
Retrospective Case ◽  
Diagnostic Stability

Objective: Insomnia could be a symptom of underlying psychiatric or physical disorder, a risk factor for other psychiatric disorder, or a discrete psychiatric disorder per se. In order to determine the nosological status of primary insomnia, an outcome study was carried out to investigate its diagnostic stability and its relationship to subsequent psychiatric disorders. Methods: Fifty-three primary insomnia patients in a university hospital psychiatric outpatient clinic were assessed by retrospective case note review, followed by a 6 month prospective follow up with Structured Clinical Interview Schedule for DSM-IV In-patient (SCID-I/P, version 2.0, and a sleep questionnaire. Results: The majority of patients (n =44, 83%) did not develop other psychiatric disorders after 13.4±1.2 years from the onset of insomnia. Nine patients (17%) developed mood disorder (n =6), anxiety disorder (n =2) and somatoform disorder (n =1) at 6.3±2.3 years after the onset of insomnia. Subjective deterioration of insomnia and a shorter duration of sleep symptoms at the first consultation were associated with the development of secondary psychiatric disorders. Approximately one-third (n =17, 32%) reported symptoms improvement and six (13.2%) were free from medications. Better education was the only factor that predicted improvement in symptoms. Conclusions: There existed a longitudinal diagnostic stability of primary insomnia in a majority of clinical patients. However, in a proportion of patients, it might either be a risk factor or a prodrome of mood or anxiety disorders.

The diagnostic stability of ICD-10 psychiatric diagnoses in clinical practice

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 136-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
TK Daradkeh ◽  
OEF El-Rufaie ◽  
YO Younis ◽  
R Ghubash
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Psychotic Disorders ◽  
Somatoform Disorders ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Diagnostic System ◽  
Bipolar Disorders ◽  
Diagnostic Stability ◽  
Icd 10

SummaryThis study examines the stability of ICD-10 diagnoses of patients admitted to Al Ain (United Arab Emirates) inpatients psychiatric unit during the period from November 1993 to August 1995. Diagnostic stability is a measure of the degree to which diagnoses remained unchanged at a later hospital admission. One hundred and seven patients were admitted more than once during this period, accounting for 168 readmissions. High levels of diagnostic stability were found for ICD-10 Fl-psychiatric disorders (100%), F2-schizophrenia (87%), F3-bipolar disorders (87%) and F3-depressive disorders (73%). A poor level of stability was found for patients with neurotic, stress related and adjustment disorders (F4), ranging from zero for somatoform disorders to 50% for generalized anxiety and panic disorders. Poor levels of stability were also found for other psychoses (excluding schizophrenia and affective psychoses) and personality disorders. We conclude that the introduction of ICD-10 as a formal diagnostic system has greatly improved the temporal stability of the most commonly encountered psychiatric disorders (ICD-10 Fl to F3 disorders), confirming the construct validity of those psychiatric disorders. Further investigations are required to evaluate the diagnostic stability of neurotic and other psychotic disorders.

What's in a model? Network models as tools instead of representations of what psychiatric disorders really are

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna M. van Loo ◽  
Jan-Willem Romeijn
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Network Models ◽  
Model Network

AbstractNetwork models block reductionism about psychiatric disorders only if models are interpreted in a realist manner – that is, taken to represent “what psychiatric disorders really are.” A flexible and more instrumentalist view of models is needed to improve our understanding of the heterogeneity and multifactorial character of psychiatric disorders.

Psychiatric Disorders Inherited Separately From Atopy

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
DAMIAN MCNAMARA
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorders

Suicide in Nógrád County, Hungary, 1970-1994

Crisis ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamás Zonda
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Suicide Rate ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Suicide Notes ◽  
Suicidal Intention ◽  
Male Female Ratio

The author examined completed suicides occurring over a period of 25 years in a county of Hungary with a traditionally low (relatively speaking) suicide rate of 25.8. The rates are clearly higher in villages than in the towns. The male/female ratio was close to 4:1, among elderly though only 1.5:1. The high risk groups are the elderly, divorced, and widowed. Violent methods are chosen in 66.4% of the cases. The rates are particularly high in the period April-July. Prior communication of suicidal intention was revealed in 16.3% of all cases. Previous attempts had been undertaken by 17%, which in turn means that 83% of suicides were first attempts. In our material 10% the victims left suicide notes. Psychiatric disorders were present in 60.1% of the cases, and severe, multiple somatic illnesses (including malignomas) were present in 8.8%. The majority of the data resemble those found in the literature.

Sati

Crisis ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinesh Bhugra
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Role Expectations ◽  
Prevention Strategies ◽  
Social Causation ◽  
Gender Role Expectations ◽  
Good Wife ◽  
And Gender

Abstract. Sati as an act of ritual suicide has been reported from the Indian subcontinent, especially among the Hindus, for several centuries. Although legally proscribed, these acts occur even now in modern India. The principle behind such acts has been put forward as the principle of good wife. There is little evidence to suggest that women who commit this act suffer from a formal mental illness. Cultural factors and gender role expectations play a significant role in the act and its consequences. Using recent examples, this paper illustrates the cultural factors, which may be seen as contributing to the act of suicide. Other factors embedded in the act also emphasize that not all suicides have underlying psychiatric disorders and clinicians must take social causation into account while preparing any prevention strategies.

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