sleep problems are common complaints among pregnant women. this study was designed to compare subjective sleep problems in non-pregnancy condition, healthy and preeclamptic pregnancy as a major complication of pregnancy. we hypothesized that some sleep problems are more prevalent in females with preeclampsia.in this cross-sectional study, 102 women with preeclampsia, 106 healthy pregnant women ...

Main outcome measures Scores on the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), the Center for Epidemiological StudiesDepression Scale (CES-D), the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D), the Schedule for Affective Disorder and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children, Epidemiological Version (K-SADS-E), and the Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF); and risk of incident major depressive e...

BACKGROUND Social functioning is an important outcome for patients with schizophrenia. To evaluate the effects of paliperidone extended-release (PAL-ER) on social function, symptomatology, and safety in the routine clinical practice, we conducted a 1-year post-marketing surveillance study of PAL-ER. We also explored relationships between symptomatic improvement and socially functional outcome i...

Method Correlation analysis of total scores and factor analysis usingcombined data fromthe Health ofthe Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS).The Camberwell Assessmentof Need Short Appraisal Schedule (CANSAS), the Threshold Assessment Grid (TAG) and the Global Assessmentof Functioning (GAF) were performed.Procrustes analysis on factors and scales, andWard’s cluster analysis to groupthe items, were appl...

OBJECTIVE The purpose was to carry out a naturalistic study on efficacy, safety and tolerability of aripiprazole during treatment of schizophrenia. Fifty-one patients with an ICD-10 diagnosis of schizophrenia and partial responders to prior antipsychotic medication were offered treatment with aripiprazole as monotherapy or in combination their prior medication. Inclusion criteria were lack of t...

Psychotic experiences are far more common in the population than psychotic disorder. They are associated with a number of adverse outcomes but there has been little research on associations with functioning and distress. We wished to investigate functioning and distress in a community sample of adolescents with psychotic experiences. Two hundred and twelve school-going adolescents were assessed...

To compare the effectiveness of a switch from haloperidol (N=99), olanzapine (N=82), or risperidone (N=104) to 12 weeks of treatment with 80-160 mg/day ziprasidone in patients with stable schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Stable outpatients with persistent symptoms or troublesome side effects were switched using one of three 1-week taper/switch strategies as determined by the investiga...