Psychiatrische PraxisPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-01-09DOI: 10.1055/a-2500-2379
Felix G Wittmann, Melanie Luppa, Anna Höhn, Natalia Wege, Leonie Ascone, Luzie Lohse, René Hurlemann, Eva Meisenzahl, Martin Lambert, Malek Bajbouj, Marie von Lilienfeld-Toal, Steffi G Riedel-Heller
{"title":"[Rapid Assessment of Future Pandemic Effects in Individuals with Severe Mental Illness: Can Ongoing Population-Representative Cohorts Contribute?]","authors":"Felix G Wittmann, Melanie Luppa, Anna Höhn, Natalia Wege, Leonie Ascone, Luzie Lohse, René Hurlemann, Eva Meisenzahl, Martin Lambert, Malek Bajbouj, Marie von Lilienfeld-Toal, Steffi G Riedel-Heller","doi":"10.1055/a-2500-2379","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2500-2379","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To provide an overview of ongoing cohorts including severely mentally ill patients to study collateral effects of pandemics.Systematic literature search.None of the ongoing German health cohorts includes people with severe mental illness (SMI). Four cohorts include individuals with severe depressive and anxiety symptoms.German population-representative cohorts do not make a significant contribution to the rapid detection of future pandemic effects in individuals with SMI. Care-based patient cohorts seem better suitable for generating insights into the protection of this vulnerable group under pandemic conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":" ","pages":"226-230"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142953909","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}
Psychiatrische PraxisPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-01-20DOI: 10.1055/a-2506-7112
Jenny Ziegenhagen, Lena Göppert, Rosa Glück, Sebastian von Peter
{"title":"[Safety-relevant components of inpatient equivalent home treatment - An investigation from the perspective of users].","authors":"Jenny Ziegenhagen, Lena Göppert, Rosa Glück, Sebastian von Peter","doi":"10.1055/a-2506-7112","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2506-7112","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Our article explores the issue of safety during psychiatric treatment from the service user's point of view. This manuscript is part of the AktiV study and was written by authors with lived experience of psychiatric treatment.55 interviews with users of inpatient equivalent home treatment (=IEHT) were evaluated with the thematic analysis. The guiding question was how the safety needs of users in IEHT can be met, including in comparison to inpatient treatment.The topic of safety is the basis for support in crises for users. The attitude of the staff and their relationship with the users play a significant role in this.IEHT offers more options for safe treatment compared to the inpatient treatment context. The absence of coercion and violence is necessary for users to be safe during psychiatric treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":" ","pages":"196-205"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143010556","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}
Psychiatrische PraxisPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-03-14DOI: 10.1055/a-2515-9576
Fabian Klein, Julia Möllerherm, Katharina Geschke, Andreas Fellgiebel, Julian Wangler, Michael Schulz, Michael Jansky, Klaus-Thomas Kronmüller, Michael Löhr
{"title":"[DemStepCare: Risk-stratified support for outpatient dementia care - Evaluation from the perspective of relatives].","authors":"Fabian Klein, Julia Möllerherm, Katharina Geschke, Andreas Fellgiebel, Julian Wangler, Michael Schulz, Michael Jansky, Klaus-Thomas Kronmüller, Michael Löhr","doi":"10.1055/a-2515-9576","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2515-9576","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dementia care has several shortcomings: lack of guideline based early diagnoses and interventions concerning effective outpatient crisis intervention, regional multiprofessional networking and care givers support. To meet these challenges, the DemStepCare project is composed of a need-driven, staged treatment approach. GPs and case managers direct a regional dementia care network to provide counseling, case management, out-patient crisis intervention and care givers support. Qualitative survey results of the care giver perspective show positive aspects and further potential for improvement of the care services.</p>","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":" ","pages":"188-195"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143630719","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}
Psychiatrische PraxisPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-03-14DOI: 10.1055/a-2535-2121
Paul Nickel, Maja Stiawa, Moritz Eric Wigand
{"title":"[Equal partnerships in psychiatry - therapeutic relationships from the perspective of people diagnosed with schizophrenia, experts with psychiatric experience and relatives].","authors":"Paul Nickel, Maja Stiawa, Moritz Eric Wigand","doi":"10.1055/a-2535-2121","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2535-2121","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To enhance the understanding of patient needs regarding the therapeutic relationship in the treatment of schizophrenia.We conducted semi-structured interviews (n=31) with people diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, their relatives, peer support workers, and experts by experience, followed by qualitative content analysis.Central needs regarding the therapeutic relationship include professionals adopting an approachable and authentic attitude, demonstrating an appreciative attitude where patients feel taken seriously, and collaboratively developing realistic perspectives on life.Structural conditions should enable and promote a respectful relationship between patients and professionals. Disclosure of own crisis experiences by professionals can further contribute to building a trusting relationship.</p>","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":" ","pages":"214-220"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143630737","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}
Psychiatrische PraxisPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-04-22DOI: 10.1055/a-2586-5313
Paul Nickel, Maja Stiawa, Moritz Eric Wigand
{"title":"[Correction: Equal partnerships in psychiatry - therapeutic relationships from the perspective of people diagnosed with schizophrenia, experts with psychiatric experience and relatives].","authors":"Paul Nickel, Maja Stiawa, Moritz Eric Wigand","doi":"10.1055/a-2586-5313","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2586-5313","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":" ","pages":"188-195"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144027545","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}
Psychiatrische PraxisPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-03-04DOI: 10.1055/a-2531-5867
Bilal Najar, Katharina Fehr, Josefine Schmüdderich, Andre Henkel, Georg Juckel
{"title":"[Hypochondriacal fears and corona fears among medical students compared to doctors].","authors":"Bilal Najar, Katharina Fehr, Josefine Schmüdderich, Andre Henkel, Georg Juckel","doi":"10.1055/a-2531-5867","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2531-5867","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hypochondriacal fears among medical students were already investigated before the COVID pandemic. Studies on these fears under pandemic conditions and a possible influence of specific fear of illness have not yet been conducted.We asked medical students at two points in time about symptoms of hypochondria and corona anxiety. Doctors served as the comparison group. Hypochondria was assessed using the two MSD scales, corona anxiety using a separate questionnaire.Medical students exhibited significantly more hypochondriacal anxiety at both time points. At the second time point, 35.5% of students and 25.5% of doctors reported fear of contracting the virus.The time of the study did not appear to have any influence on the prevalence of the fears investigated. The influences of the measured anxiety prevalence were shown in the fact that medical students look to their professional careers with concern.</p>","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":" ","pages":"206-213"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12077980/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143557822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Psychiatrische PraxisPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-03-11DOI: 10.1055/a-2526-2491
Julia Junghans, Markus Zenger, Elmar Brähler, Yve Stöbel-Richter, Franziska Emmerich, Lisa Irmscher, Ernst Peter Richter, Hendrik Berth
{"title":"[COVID-19-related fears and their connection to physical and mental health - Results of a population-based longitudinal study].","authors":"Julia Junghans, Markus Zenger, Elmar Brähler, Yve Stöbel-Richter, Franziska Emmerich, Lisa Irmscher, Ernst Peter Richter, Hendrik Berth","doi":"10.1055/a-2526-2491","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2526-2491","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an increase in health-related anxiety and stress levels. The extent of COVID-19-specific anxiety and correlations with well-being are being investigated.In 2021, N=321 participants in the Saxon Longitudinal Study were asked about COVID-19-specific fears, life satisfaction and physical and mental well-being using a questionnaire.N=109 people (34.6%) reported pronounced COVID-19-specific fears. Correlations between COVID-19-specific fears and psychological well-being, physical well-being, life satisfaction and perceived state of health were determined. In summary, people with strong COVID-19-specific fears were significantly more stressed.COVID-19-specific fears can be associated with physical and psychological complaints. It is important to identify vulnerable population groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":" ","pages":"221-225"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143606076","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}
Psychiatrische PraxisPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-03-11DOI: 10.1055/a-2535-4648
Georg Bornemann, Thomas Becker, Georg Schomerus, Felicitas Söhner
{"title":"[Memories of the \"other\" Germany between 1960 and 1985 - A difference between psychiatry and society?]","authors":"Georg Bornemann, Thomas Becker, Georg Schomerus, Felicitas Söhner","doi":"10.1055/a-2535-4648","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2535-4648","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It is unclear whether remembered psychiatry-related exchanges across the inner-German border differed from those in other societal areas. Were there differences in the confrontation with the \"other\" German state within vs outside psychiatry?Qualitative analysis of 20 guided cotemporary witness interviews (re 1960-1985) conducted in the Rhineland and Saxony.The former GDR interviewees outside psychiatry perceived the FRG as an important point of reference, other than reverse. East German psychiatrists were strongly oriented towards (specialist) FRG discourses. FRG psychiatrists appreciated social psychiatric reform initiatives in the GDR.Contemporary witness memories suggest differences in inner-German exchanges between the psychiatric field and other areas of society. This may be due to the shared professional-academic tradition within medicine.</p>","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":" ","pages":"231-237"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143606079","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":"[Geriatric psychiatric home visits as counseling via video (GerHaRD digital) - Evaluation of feasibility].","authors":"Barbara Höft, Tillmann Supprian, Ralf Schwitters, Nina Wingert, Ioanna Kapsimali, Sandra Verhülsdonk","doi":"10.1055/a-2531-2146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2531-2146","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The applicability of video calls in counseling people with dementia and their caregivers in a home setting was examined.First-time enquirers for advice in a Dementia Network were offered an online appointment (video call) with the caregiver in the presence of the person with dementia (PWD) by a psychiatrist and a social worker from a Geriatric Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic. Socio-demographic data, an assessment of current symptoms and the current burden on relatives were collected and subsequently evaluated by the BZ.The 24 inquiries resulted in 9 video calls. Selected results, e. g. the caregivers burden and the evaluation by the users, are reported.The Caregivers seeking advice and, with them, the PWD use the format like a face-to-face meeting. Advantages include the simultaneous involvement of several family members in a conference call or overcoming the immobility of the PWD due to illness.</p>","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144043743","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}
Bodo Lieb, Alessa De Vries, Udo Bonnet, Kyra Lissa, Johanna S Rasch, Michael Specka, Norbert Scherbaum
{"title":"[The influence of an age-specific treatment setting on the success of inpatient detoxification treatment in older patients with substance-related disorders].","authors":"Bodo Lieb, Alessa De Vries, Udo Bonnet, Kyra Lissa, Johanna S Rasch, Michael Specka, Norbert Scherbaum","doi":"10.1055/a-2526-2601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2526-2601","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, the success of inpatient qualified withdrawal treatment in an age-specific setting was compared with that in a mixed-age setting.175 patients (137 male, average age 59.4 years) with different substance-related disorders were examined. Treatment success was defined as the regular termination of treatment.During the observation period significantly more elderly patients were admitted to the age-specific setting than to the mixed-age setting. Regardless of the treatment setting, more than 80% of patients completed withdrawal treatment regularly. For the overall group as well as for the subgroup of opioid dependent persons in maintenance treatment, withdrawal treatment was significantly more successful in an age-specific setting.The demographic development and these results speak in favor of the implementation of age-specific services for older patients with substance-related disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":20711,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatrische Praxis","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144030627","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}