Paranoider Symptomenkomplex und manisch-depressives Irresein

Expression of Suicidal Intent in Depressives

The study was undertaken to find out correlation, if any, between severity of depression and suicidal intent communication and its relation to age, marital status, duration of iilness, previous admission in a psychiatric hospital in patients of depression diagnosed using criteria of ICD-IX category codes F31.3, F31.4, F31.5, F32 and F33. Sample consisted of 30 patients from the OPD of Agra Mans...

Medizinische Diskurse zu Irresein in China (1600–1930)

clearly derived from previous writings on the Chinese materia dietetica and from the more theoretical texts on Chinese medical philosophy, extracts of which are included in his book. Yet Buell and Anderson show that the dishes themselves are "in essence Mongolian boiled cau.ldron food" with spicing that is identified as "mostly Islamic". Sheep's meat, tail, lungs, fat, stomach, loins or tongue,...

A controlled investigation of plasma lipids in manic-depressives.

A Study of Major Physical Disorders among the Elderly Depressives

Psychiatric evaluation and assessment of common physical illnesses and disabilities was carried out in elderly depressives (aged 60 years and above). Correlation, if any, was seen between depression and physical problems. The 'patient group' comprised of 40 drawn from MHI, Cuttack, having a depressive disorder (ICD-10). The 'control group' of 20 was drawn from the general population with no psy...

Dexamethasone Supression Test in Depressives Treated with Ect

A cohort of endogenous depressives and normal controls were studied to examine the role of DST in depressives treated with ECT. Weekly DST estimation was done and depression was assessed on HRS-D. 73.6% patients were found to be non suppressors as compared to controls in whom 16.7% were non suppressors. 60% DST positive patients showed clinical improvement while 50% DST negative did not show im...