Method Ageneralpopulation sample of 7076 individualswas interviewedwith the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) in1996 (baseline),1997 (T1) and1999 (T2).At T2, clinicians also scored the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) item‘unusual thoughtcontent’. Analyses comparedhallucinatory experienceswith andwithout subjective distress at baseline for riskof delusion formation at fol...

CONTEXT Elderly persons with psychiatric disorders are less likely than younger adults to be diagnosed as having a mental disorder and receive needed mental health treatment. Lack of access to care is 1 possible cause of this disparity. OBJECTIVE To determine whether a nurse-based mobile outreach program to seriously mentally ill elderly persons is more effective than usual care in diminishin...

background health-related quality of life (hrqol) is used as a measure to valuate healthcare interventions and guide policy making. the euroqol eq-5d is a widely used generic preference-based instrument to measure health-related quality of life. objectives the objective of this study was to develop a value set of the eq-5d health states for an iranian population. patients and methods this study...

Method Ageneralpopulation sample of 7076 individualswas interviewedwith the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) in1996 (baseline),1997 (T1) and1999 (T2).At T2, clinicians also scored the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) item‘unusual thoughtcontent’. Analyses comparedhallucinatory experienceswith andwithout subjective distress at baseline for riskof delusion formation at fol...

Methods: Participants, aged ≥60 years, were experiencing suboptimal response—defined as irritability, agitation, and mood lability or diminished ability to take care of basic personal needs as a result of their illness—to their current bipolar disorder medication. All patients had open-label, flexible-dose, sublingual asenapine added to their current medication for 12 weeks. Responses were eval...