OBJECTIVES This study was performed to examine medical care utilization of psychiatric patients and to explore patients' characteristics associated with extended hospitalization. METHODS Data were extracted from information of Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service. All data associated with admission and outpatient clinic visit were analysed by patient characteristics. We selec...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the epidemiology of suicide attempts among psychiatric outpatients in Mexico. This study was aimed to determine the socio-demographic, clinical and behavioral characteristics associated with suicide attempts in psychiatric outpatients in two public hospitals in Durango, Mexico. METHODS Two hundred seventy six psychiatric outpatients (154 suicide attempters and...

BACKGROUND Metabolic syndrome can be caused by modification of diet by means of consumption of high carbohydrate and high fat diet such as fructose. AIMS To develop a metabolic syndrome rat model by induction of fructose drinking water (FDW) in male Wistar rats. METHODS Eighteen male Wistar rats were fed with FDW 20% and FDW 25% for a duration of eight weeks. The physiological changes with ...

BACKGROUND Reviews conclude that childhood and adolescence sexual, physical, emotional abuse and emotional and physical neglect are all risk factors for psychosis. However, studies suggest only some adversities are associated with psychosis. Dose-response effects of several adversities on risk of psychosis have not been consistently found. The current study aimed to explore adversity specificit...

A series of nitrofuran-based compounds were identified as inhibitors of estrogen signaling in a cell-based, high-throughput screen of a diverse library of small molecules. These highly related compounds were subsequently found to inhibit topoisomerase II in vitro at concentrations similar to that required for the inhibition of estrogen signaling in cells. The most potent nitrofuran discovered i...

BACKGROUND In Slovenia, there has been no evidence about the prescribing patterns for inpatients with psychotic disorders. The research aims to analyze drug utilization patterns for inpatients with psychotic disorder that are coded as F20-F29 according to International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 10th revision (schizophrenia spectrum disorders). SUBJECTS AND METHODS Prospective research ...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to examine the magnitude of and the factors associated with the downward mobility of first-episode psychiatric patients. METHODS This study used the claims data from the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service. The study population included 19 293 first-episode psychiatric inpatients diagnosed with alcohol use disorder (International Class...

AIM OF THE PAPER To monitor personal and social functioning in patients with schizophrenia and to find out the difference regarding sociodemographic characteristics and out-patient or day hospital treatment. MATERIAL AND METHODS The investigation included 120 subjects divided into two groups of 60 patients each with a diagnosis F20 according to MKD 10 criteria. Patients from the first group r...

INTRODUCTION Hetero-aggressive behaviour in patients with mental disorders is frequent and requires special skills of doctors and other medical staff in order to urgently protect the patient and indicate hospitalization. OBJECTIVE The objective of this paper was to examine the frequency of the most common diagnostic categories in psychiatric patients with hetero-aggressive behaviour. The seco...

INTRODUCTION Climate and its impact on human health and mental illness have been in the focus of the research since years in the field. AIM The aim of the research is to study the admissions rate to the psychiatric clinic in correlation to seasons and climate. MATERIAL AND METHOD The research was conducted in a Psychiatric clinic of the Clinical Center in Sarajevo. Randomly selected subject...