L Salvador-Carulla, C Romero, A Martinez, J M Haro, G Bustillo, A Ferreira, L Gaite, S Johnson
{"title":"Assessment instruments: standardization of the European Service Mapping Schedule (ESMS) in Spain.","authors":"L Salvador-Carulla, C Romero, A Martinez, J M Haro, G Bustillo, A Ferreira, L Gaite, S Johnson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To adapt the European Service Mapping Schedule (ESMS) for use in Spain and assess the quality of this schedule.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Following linguistic and conceptual translation, 77 services in five Spanish catchment areas were described by independent local raters, including two experts in health services research. Feasibility (applicability. acceptability and practicality), descriptive validity and overall percentage agreement were assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>ESMS feasibility was considered adequate. The tree system facilitates reporting and comparison of data. Face, content and discriminant validity are adequate for almost all services. The overall reliability was high but completion of the service utilization section required expert supervision. The ESMS revealed large differences in service availability and utilization in the five different areas of Spain.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The ESMS has proved useful for describing mental health services in Spain, and facilitates comparisons between catchment areas.</p>","PeriodicalId":75416,"journal":{"name":"Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum","volume":"405 ","pages":"24-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21950654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Venlafaxine XR in the treatment of anxiety.","authors":"D Hackett","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To present the results of numerous studies that assessed the efficacy, safety and tolerability of venlafaxine extended release (XR) in treating anxiety disorders, particularly generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Efficacy was assessed with the Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety, Clinical Global Impressions scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale and other instruments. Standard safety and tolerability assessments were used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In four placebo-controlled trials, venlafaxine XR was effective and well tolerated in patients with GAD. Several additional smaller studies found venlafaxine XR effective in treating anxiety associated with social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder and panic disorder.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Venlafaxine XR has both short- and long-term efficacy and tolerability in treating symptoms of long-term anxiety and comorbid anxiety and depression, and in achieving remission in GAD patients. These characteristics, combined with early onset of anxiolytic action and dose response effect, make it a logical choice for treating anxiety occurring alone or comorbidly with depression.</p>","PeriodicalId":75416,"journal":{"name":"Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum","volume":" 406","pages":"30-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21952734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Amisulpride: its role in the therapeutic management of the schizophrenic patient. Introduction.","authors":"G Darcourt","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75416,"journal":{"name":"Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum","volume":"400 ","pages":"5-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21668369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why do people with anxiety disorders become depressed? A prospective-longitudinal community study.","authors":"H U Wittchen, R C Kessler, H Pfister, M Lieb","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine the temporal relationships of anxiety and depressive disorders, their risk factors and to explore why people with anxiety develop depression.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Data from an original 4-5-year prospective-longitudinal community study (N= 3,021) of adolescents and young adults with DSM-IV anxiety and depressive disorders identified with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview are used to examine risk factors, as well as course and outcome.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>(i) Anxiety disorders, except for panic disorder, are almost always primary conditions. (ii) Over the follow-up period, rates of comorbid anxiety-depression increased substantially and resulted in increased impairment and disabilities. (iii) Predictors for first onset of 'pure' depressive and 'pure' anxiety disorders revealed recognizable differences. (iv) Baseline clinical characteristics of anxiety disorders were significantly associated with an increased risk to develop major depression over the follow-up period.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Findings suggest that most anxiety disorders are primary disorders that substantially increase the risk for secondary depression.</p>","PeriodicalId":75416,"journal":{"name":"Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum","volume":" 406","pages":"14-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21952732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C Munizza, G Tibaldi, S Cesano, R Dazzi, G Fantini, C Palazzi, E Scala, M Zuccolin
{"title":"Mental health care in Piedmont: a description of its structure and components using a new technology for service assessment.","authors":"C Munizza, G Tibaldi, S Cesano, R Dazzi, G Fantini, C Palazzi, E Scala, M Zuccolin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The northern-Italian region of Piedmont has a total population of 4.3 million. The regional territory is currently divided into 22 local health services, each serving a population not exceeding 300,000 and incorporating a Department of Mental Health. The organization of psychiatric assistance can be described as relatively stable and conforms with the standards imposed by national regulations. Drawing upon previous research experience, and with the support of the relevant regional authorities, our survey implements the methodology developed by the EPCAT team and will eventually embrace about 80% of all local health service areas in this region.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The survey was preceded by a number of preliminary steps including the training of four researchers, inter-rater reliability testing (particularly for the International Classification of Mental Health Care), and the adjustment of the methodology developed by the EPCAT team to facilitate understanding and use of the instrumentation by the psychiatric professionals involved in the data collection.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This paper summarizes data on the structure and components of the mental health service in three areas of Piedmont, with special reference to structures funded by the National Health System.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Overlooking the imbalances affecting both the resources available for different populations, and the operational profiles of psychiatric agencies of the same type, our data allow an assessment of the descriptive and comparative capabilities of the proposed methodology.</p>","PeriodicalId":75416,"journal":{"name":"Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum","volume":"405 ","pages":"47-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21951135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the justification for civil commitment.","authors":"G Høyer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper explores some of the controversies in the debate regarding the justification of civil commitment. The sometimes conflicting values reflected in the mental health legislation, human rights principles, moral philosophy and psychiatric professional standards are discussed. In spite of the often substantial use of civil commitment in many countries, there are almost no scientifically sound studies addressing the outcome of coercive treatment. The paper establishes that the traditional arguments in favour of civil commitment, like lack of insight and competence as well as the effectiveness of civil commitment, are poorly founded. The paper concludes that there seems to be a general agreement that civil commitment of patients who are dangerous to themselves or others should be the responsibility of the mental health care system, while civil commitment for treatment purposes is more controversial and hard to justify.</p>","PeriodicalId":75416,"journal":{"name":"Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum","volume":"399 ","pages":"65-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21641772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"13th International Symposium for the Psychological Treatment of Schizophrenia and other Psychoses. ISPS 2000. Stavanger 5-9 June 2000. Abstracts.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75416,"journal":{"name":"Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum","volume":"404 ","pages":"1-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21904177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do anxiety and depression have a common pathophysiological mechanism?","authors":"P Boyer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To review, examine and propose a common mechanism for anxiety and depression based on modifications observed in neurotransmitter systems (mainly noradrenergic and serotonergic) and dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The relevant papers were identified by searches in Medline, Excerpta Medica, PsychLIT and other databases. The primary reports were reviewed and classified into animal and human data concerning: modifications of the monoamine receptors in anxiety and depression, pathophysiology of endocrine factors in anxiety and depression, pathophysiology of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and the pathophysiology of the HPA dysregulation in anxiety and in depression. In addition, a proposed model of a neuroendocrine continuum for anxiety and depression, in which anxiety occurs first during the life course and major depressive episodes occur later, was examined.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Based on the available literature, increased concentrations of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) in the cerebrospinal fluid has been reported in both anxiety and depression. However, release of other peptides or hormones of the HPA axis is regulated differently in the two disorders. Anxiety is characterized by hypocortisolemia, supersuppression after dexamethasone and increased numbers of glucocorticoid receptors, whereas depression is characterized by hypercortisolemia, nonsuppression after dexamethasone and decreased numbers of glucocorticoid receptors. A 'neuroendocrine continuum' model is proposed to explain these differences. A general desensitization of CRF receptors at pituitary, limbic (amygdala) and cortical as well as hippocampal levels could be secondary to the loss of hippocampal inhibition resulting from hippocampal damage linked to repeated stressing events.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The proposed hypothesis remains to be tested by examination of either the changes in receptors and neurotransmission or the mechanisms underlying the dysregulation of endocrine factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":75416,"journal":{"name":"Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum","volume":" 406","pages":"24-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21952733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rights and responsibilities of the psychiatric profession.","authors":"C Höschl, J Libiger","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Psychiatry as a medical discipline relies on the authority of medicine that is associated with the help to a suffering and deserving individual. If this source of authority is obscured, the discipline will be blamed for serving as a social tool for controlling undesirable phenomena and practices. Psychiatry as a medical science accumulates knowledge on the relationship of biology and psychopathology. It can provide an explanation of the extent to which mental illness participates in socially undesirable behaviour and phenomena. But it cannot explain undesirable social phenomena as a mental illness of sorts, let alone offer an effective treatment for them. We should carefully guard the boundaries of psychiatry to prevent its abuse in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":75416,"journal":{"name":"Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum","volume":"399 ","pages":"40-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21641771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The European Service Mapping Schedule (ESMS): development of an instrument for the description and classification of mental health services.","authors":"S Johnson, R Kuhlmann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This paper describes the development of an instrument for description and classification of mental health services and for measurement of service use. Purposes to be served by the instrument include: (i) identification of gaps in the spectrum of services in a catchment area; (ii) obtaining background information which may be important to understanding why apparently similar interventions lead to different outcomes in different areas; (iii) investigating how introduction of a particular type of service influences use of other local services; and (iv) understanding the relationship between sociodemographic factors and service use.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The instrument was developed through meetings of an international expert panel and pilot stages in several European countries.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Use of the European Mapping Service Mapping Schedule (ESMS) appears feasible in several countries and allowed description and classification of the full range of services identified within each of the study catchment areas.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The ESMS promises to fill a gap in the technology available for mental health services research. Further practical experiences of its use for a variety of purposes in a variety of settings are now needed to indicate how far the ESMS does successfully generate data which are useful to researchers and planners.</p>","PeriodicalId":75416,"journal":{"name":"Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum","volume":"405 ","pages":"14-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21950652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}