Background: Hospitalization is a costly and distressing event associated with relapse during schizophrenia treatment. No information is available on the predictors of hospitalization during maintenance treatment with olanzapine long-acting injection (olanzapine-LAI) or how the risk of hospitalization differs between olanzapine-LAI and oral olanzapine. This study aimed to identify the predictors...

introduction: a high grade burn is one of the most devastating injuries with several medical, social, economic, and psychological effects. these injuries are the most common cause of accidental deaths after traffic injuries in both the developed and developing countries. therefore this research was aimed to determine demographic characteristics of patients with burn injury admitted to the emerg...

objective: the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (mthfr) gene polymorphism c677t is suspected to be a risk factor for psychiatric disorders, but it remains inconclusive whether the mthfr polymorphism c677t is imputed to vulnerability to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. method: we prompted impetus to appraise this polymorphism in an iranian population. therefore, 90 patients with bipolar di...

PURPOSE To assess change in hospitalization and cost of care from 6 months pre- to 6 months post-initiation on any depot antipsychotic among schizophrenia patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS Using a large United States commercial claims and encounters database, patients younger than 65 years diagnosed with schizophrenia were identified. Patients initiated on a depot antipsychotic were studied in a...

BACKGROUND China has recently introduced a community-based service network for managing individuals with schizophrenia but there has been relatively little formal evaluation of the effectiveness of this approach. OBJECTIVE Assess the retention rate and the two-year re-hospitalization rate of patients who are enrolled in the community management network in Chengdu, China. METHODS Patients wi...

BACKGROUND Hospitalization is a costly and distressing event associated with relapse during schizophrenia treatment. No information is available on the predictors of psychiatric hospitalization during maintenance treatment with olanzapine long-acting injection (olanzapine-LAI) or how the risk of hospitalization differs between olanzapine-LAI and oral olanzapine. This study aimed to identify the...

OBJECTIVE To determine the rates of hospitalization during the first year of treatment for schizophrenia, using an epidemiologic sample. METHOD We examined inpatient and outpatient administrative databases in the province of Nova Scotia for cases of schizophrenia (ICD-9 code 295 or 298) newly diagnosed during the years 1995 to 1998. We noted the diagnosis site (that is, inpatient or outpatien...

BACKGROUND This article describes the personal, societal, and economic burden attributable to schizophrenia in the People's Republic of China and highlights the potential for effective outpatient treatment to reduce this burden given recent changes in the Chinese health care system. The importance of effective antipsychotic therapy in reducing the burden of schizophrenia is also examined. MET...

Information on the relationship between characteristics of mental healthcare providers, including hospitals and psychiatrists, and postdischarge suicide is scanty. This study aims to identify the risk factors for suicide among schizophrenia patients in the 3-month postdischarge period. The study cohort comprised all patients with a principal diagnosis of schizophrenia discharged from psychiatri...

Introduction With the increasing push to legalize cannabis in Western nations, there is a need gauge potential impact of this policy change on vulnerable populations, such as those with mental illness, including schizophrenia, mood and anxiety disorders. Objectives Understand effects people illness policies legalizing societies. Methods Literature review performed PubMed Google Scholar database...