Martina Hahn, Amelie Merle Frantz, Andreas Eckert, Andreas Reif
{"title":"[Barriers for Implementation of PGx Testing in Psychiatric Hospitals in Germany: Results of the FACT-PGx Study].","authors":"Martina Hahn, Amelie Merle Frantz, Andreas Eckert, Andreas Reif","doi":"10.1055/a-2060-0694","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2060-0694","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The FACT-PGx study was conducted to analyze barriers to implementation of pharmacogenetic testing in psychiatric hospitals in Germany and to propose solutions for its faster and easier implementation in all hospitals.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>104 patients (50% female) were genotyped and participated in the study. 67 completed a survey. To analyze the correlation between continuous data (age) of the survey, the wilcoxon rank test and for categorial data (education level, history of treatment and episodes), t-test was used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No patient declined to be genotyped. 99% believed that genotyping could help to shorten their hospital stay. Patients >40 years of age and with higher educational levels were willing to pay for the PGx (p=0.009). On average, patients were willing to pay 117.42€ +/-140.49€ and to wait 15.83+/- 8.92 days for the results. Processes differed significantly between routine laboratory screening and PGx testing which could be a barrier for implementation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients are not barriers to but enablers of an implementation of PGx. New process flows can be barriers, but can be overcome by optimization.</p>","PeriodicalId":12353,"journal":{"name":"Fortschritte Der Neurologie Psychiatrie","volume":" ","pages":"221-229"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9456317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Lasch, Timo Schweikert, Eva Dora, Theresa Kolb, Hanne Lilian Schurig, Andreas Walther
{"title":"[Psilocybin-Assisted Treatment of Depression, Anxiety and Substance use Disorders: Neurobiological Basis and Clinical Application].","authors":"Anna Lasch, Timo Schweikert, Eva Dora, Theresa Kolb, Hanne Lilian Schurig, Andreas Walther","doi":"10.1055/a-2046-5202","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2046-5202","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Successful therapy of mental disorders is very important in view of the high level of suffering of those affected. Since established pharmaceutical and psychotherapeutic approaches do not lead to the desired improvement in all cases, complementary or alternative treatment methods are intensively researched. Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy seems particularly promising, and has been approved in the USA for larger clinical trials. Psilocybin belongs to the group of psychedelics and influences psychological experiences. In assisted therapy, psilocybin is administered in controlled doses under medical supervision to patients with different mental disorders. In the studies conducted so far, longer-term positive effects could be shown after just one or a few doses. In order to provide a better understanding of the potential therapeutic mechanisms, this article will first describe neurobiological and psychological effects of psilocybin. To better assess the potential of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for various disorders, clinical studies conducted so far with patients administered psilocybin are reviewed.</p>","PeriodicalId":12353,"journal":{"name":"Fortschritte Der Neurologie Psychiatrie","volume":" ","pages":"230-245"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9494441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tim Schuster, Mathias Riesbeck, Daniel Kamp, Wolfgang Gaebel, Peter Falkai, Alkomiet Hasan, Wolfgang Wölwer
{"title":"[Providing Cognitive Remediation Therapy to People with Schizophrenia: Results of a Survey in Psychiatric Clinics in Germany].","authors":"Tim Schuster, Mathias Riesbeck, Daniel Kamp, Wolfgang Gaebel, Peter Falkai, Alkomiet Hasan, Wolfgang Wölwer","doi":"10.1055/a-2294-8371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2294-8371","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Schizophrenia is accompanied by significant cognitive impairments, which often persist to a relevant extent after remission of clinical symptoms and has a negative impact on psychosocial functioning. These impairments are often experienced as very stressful by those affected. Under the umbrella term of Cognitive Remediation Therapy (CRT), evidence-based therapy options are available that improve both the respective cognitive target functions and the psychosocial functioning. According to expert recommendations, at least 20 sessions should be carried out, accompanied by qualified therapeutic staff. The current edition of the S3 treatment guideline schizophrenia of the German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Neurology recommends CRT with the highest level of recommendation. It is unclear to what extent CRT has become part of routine inpatient care. Between July 2021 and May 2022, 395 psychiatric university hospitals and non-university psychiatric specialist hospitals in Germany were invited to fill in a 14-item questionnaire. A total of 103 institutions took part in the survey; 56.3% of these hospitals used at least one evidence-based CRT programme. Among the CRT programmes used, Cogpack, Rehacom and the Integriertes Psychologisches Therapieprogramm (IPT) were named most frequently. In 87.5% of the participating facilities, fewer than half of the people with schizophrenia received CRT. With regard to the clinics which used evidence-based CRT, 64.3% carried out fewer than 11 therapy sessions, 28.6% between 11 and 20 sessions and 7.2% more than 20 sessions. It is thus clear that CRT is not yet offered in all of the participating psychiatric hospitals in Germany, not yet for all people with schizophrenia, and not yet with sufficient intensity, with clinics indicating the need for more technical and personnel resources and more extensive development of competencies for CRT application.The low response rate of 26.1% and possible selection effects for participation in the study are addressed and are to be seen as limitations.</p>","PeriodicalId":12353,"journal":{"name":"Fortschritte Der Neurologie Psychiatrie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140891802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Differentiation Between Alzheimer̓s Disease and Old Age Depression: Overview and Conception of a Questionnaire for Relatives].","authors":"Sarah Peichel, Arnim Quante","doi":"10.1055/a-2202-9622","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2202-9622","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Differential diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and major depression in the elderly is difficult because of overlapping and similar symptoms. A questionnaire for relatives may facilitate the diagnostic burden in clinical practice.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Based on a selection of clinical criteria, an expert survey, and statistical analysis of the expert survey, a questionnaire for relatives was designed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>18 out of 48 suggested clinical criteria were assessed by neuropsychologists as suitable for the differential diagnosis and were summarized in a questionnaire for relatives (ADAD). First results of the validation of the questionnaire gave an indication of the suitability of the clinical criteria.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The ADAD questionnaire could be simply implemented in clinical practice to differentiate between symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and major depression, but it needs to be evaluated in a larger group of patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":12353,"journal":{"name":"Fortschritte Der Neurologie Psychiatrie","volume":" ","pages":"186-193"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138797101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Burnout: Historical Background, Concepts, Methodological Problems, Prevention And Different Perspectives On A Striking Phenomenon].","authors":"Andreas Hillert","doi":"10.1055/a-2256-4439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2256-4439","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Burnout, historically the successor to neurasthenia, is considered an exhaustion phenomenon caused by prolonged work-related stress. The very concept of \"being burned out\" implies an image that is immediately understandable and concise to any layperson. Academic psychiatry and psychology pose conceptual challenges to this popular model, which was first published in 1974 by the German-American psychotherapist Herbert Freudenberger. To date, more than 140 definitions of burnout have been proposed. All of the main features of burnout, especially the experience of exhaustion, are non-specific. Various burnout development models have been proposed, which were assumed to represent a quasi-natural process. None could be confirmed empirically. An expert consensus on the diagnostic criteria and conceptual classification, whether as an independent disorder or as a risk condition, could not be achieved. Nevertheless, burnout is classified as a work-related disorder in the ICD-11. Current findings indicate that the experience of burnout among members of the baby boomer generation often reflects their high performance expectations of themselves, while the identical subjective feeling in Generation Z is often associated with missing or unsustainable professional goals. The research on the burnout phenomenon, which largely ignores the fact that burnout - in the absence of reliable diagnostic criteria - must be considered a subjective model, meets social expectations but does not meet scientific criteria. A parallel recording of ICD/DSM diagnoses and subjective disorder models is recommended in everyday therapeutic practice in order to meet the needs of both sides.</p>","PeriodicalId":12353,"journal":{"name":"Fortschritte Der Neurologie Psychiatrie","volume":"92 5","pages":"194-208"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140954744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Assisted Suicide - An Important Topic For Neurology And Psychiatry].","authors":"Thomas Pollmächer","doi":"10.1055/a-2267-6124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2267-6124","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12353,"journal":{"name":"Fortschritte Der Neurologie Psychiatrie","volume":"92 5","pages":"168-169"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140957112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael Schwarz, Annabell Sophie Badstübner, Karlotta Meyn, Katrin Walther, Hajo Hamer
{"title":"[Neurorehabilitation after epilepsy surgery in the temporal lobe in patients with specific neurocognitive risk profiles].","authors":"Michael Schwarz, Annabell Sophie Badstübner, Karlotta Meyn, Katrin Walther, Hajo Hamer","doi":"10.1055/a-2284-0431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2284-0431","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>In case of pharmacoresistant focal epilepsy, surgery is often the only way to achieve seizure freedom. These operations may result in cognitive deficits, especially with surgery in the left temporal lobe. The aim of this study was to determine whether patients operated in the left or right temporal lobe, respectively, have different cognitive outcomes. Furthermore, it was investigated if there was a positive influence of occupational therapy on neurorehabilitation in epilepsy patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In all patients cognitive performance was assessed preoperatively and six months postoperatively. Patient groups with surgery in the right and left temporal lobe were compared. Additionally, single cases of patients who had undergone extensive pre- and postoperative occupational therapy were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was a significantly better cognitive outcome in patients who underwent surgery in their right temporal lobe. Occupational therapy was highly beneficial in patients after left temporal lobe surgery.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Occupational therapy after left temporal lobe surgery is adapted to find individual solutions for the patient's problems and to implement effective cognitive training strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":12353,"journal":{"name":"Fortschritte Der Neurologie Psychiatrie","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140860470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Felix Grubbe, Elias Wagner, Oliver Pogarell, Manuela Dudeck, Alkomiet Hasan
{"title":"[Inpatient Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners in General Psychiatric Departments and Hospitals].","authors":"Felix Grubbe, Elias Wagner, Oliver Pogarell, Manuela Dudeck, Alkomiet Hasan","doi":"10.1055/a-1981-2883","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-1981-2883","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Inpatient psychiatric treatment of prisoners is organized differently in Germany, depending on the structural conditions of the federal state and prison. There are very few findings on the different possibilities of treatment and the view of the hospitals on this issue.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Our aim was to gain an up-to-date picture of inpatient treatment of prisoners in general psychiatric departments and hospitals and the challenges these institutions face.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted an anonymous online survey of the frequency, extent, and challenges of inpatient treatment of prisoners. Approximately 460 chief physicians of German general psychiatric departments and hospitals were invited to participate in this survey. In addition to descriptive statistics, we calculated group differences by type of hospital and by subjective responsibility for inpatient care of prisoners.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 74 chief physicians surveyed participated; 51.4% of the surveyed hospitals provided psychiatric inpatient treatment to prisoners in 2020. Group differences between the different types of hospitals were found only for the presence of anticipated anxiety among regular inpatients. Various differences were found between responsible and non-responsible hospitals, especially with regard to organizational aspects.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>For the treatment of mentally ill prisoners, various organizational challenges as well as fears of hospital staff and fellow patients were mentioned by the participants. The type of hospital appears to play a subordinate role here, whereas the responsibility of the hospital for the inpatient treatment of mentally ill prisoners might be more decisive for anticipated concerns and barriers.</p>","PeriodicalId":12353,"journal":{"name":"Fortschritte Der Neurologie Psychiatrie","volume":" ","pages":"128-134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9158489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}