Articles

Alcoholism and depression

Authors: S Bakouras, E Bakola, A Bakoura, E Kotrotsiou and A Skyllakos

Relationship between individual differences in information processing speed and neuropsychological profile in preschool children.

Authors: S Kiselev and E Skacunova

Self-monitoring in schizophrenia

Authors: K Roikou, V Bozikas, M Kosmidis, C Andreou, A Piachas, A Giazkoulidou and A Karavatos

Impact of cognitive dysfunction and symptoms on social outcome of outpatients with schizophrenia

Authors: V Bozikas, M Kosmidis, A Kafantari, K Gamvrula, E Vasiliadou, P Petrikis and A Karavatos

Perceived satisfaction from everyday life: are there any predictors in chronic schizophrenics?

Authors: S Kaprinis, A Alexiadou, V Folia, TH Lioura and D Kandylis

Effects of dopaminergic agonists on prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex in man

Authors: SG Giakoumaki, K Theou, K Kanavouras and P Bitsios

Left-handedness among persons with asthma

Authors: G Krommydas, V Raftopoulos, E Kotrotsiou, T Paralikas and K Gourgoulianis

Genetic investigation of dopamine and GABA in mood disorders

Authors: DG Dikeos and GN Papadimitriou

Epidemiological analysis of completed suicide in the Greek countryside: a retrospective study

Authors: Z Koutsogianni, V Charisi, D Frongou, I Koutsogiannis and K Bakaras

Successful treatment with amisulpride of a woman with tourette's disorder: a case report

Authors: KN Fountoulakis, A Iacovides and GS Kaprinis

Ecchymoses as an adverse effect of fluoxetine treatment

Authors: KN Fountoulakis, S Samolis, A Iacovides and G Kaprinis

Neurobiological and psychological correlates of suicidal attempts and thoughts of death in patients with major depression

Authors: KN Fountoulakis, A Iacovides, F Fotiou, I Nimatoudis, F Bascialla, C Ioannidou, G Kaprinis and P Bech

Successful treatment of anorexia with a combination of olanzapine, fluoxetine and mirtazapine at high doses: a case report

Authors: KN Fountoulakis, A Iacovides, V Koumaris and G Kaprinis

Quetiapine dose titration in clinical practice

Authors: R Filippou, G Yourgioti and K Papataxiarchou

Treatment of bipolar disorder part I: a critical review of treatment guidelines. Where do we stand?

Authors: KN Fountoulakis

Antipsychotic therapy: from meta-analysis experience to real-world clinical practice

Authors: A Vidalis

Limitations of existing antipsychotic therapies

Authors: R Tandon

Comorbidity: a common problem in consultation-liaison psychiatry

Authors: A Iacovides

Alcoholism, marital problems and sexual dysfunction

Authors: L Athanasiadis

There are more than one types of alcoholism: type one and type two

Authors: G Mousas

Cognitive deficits in severe mood disorder: similar or different from schizophrenia?

Authors: G Goodwin

Apathy in Alzheimer's disease

Authors: CH Derouesne

Clinical psychoacoustics in Alzheimer's disease central auditory processing disorders and speech deterioration

Difficulty in speech understanding in the presence of background noise or competing auditory signals is typically present in central auditory processing disorders. These disorders may be diagnosed in Alzheimer...

Authors: Vassiliki Iliadou and Stergios Kaprinis

Unipolar late-onset depression: A comprehensive review

The older population increases all over the world and so also does the number of older psychiatric patients, which manifest certain specific and unique characteristics. The aim of this article is to provide a ...

Authors: Konstantinos N Fountoulakis, Ruth O'Hara, Apostolos Iacovides, Christopher P Camilleri, Stergios Kaprinis, George Kaprinis and Jerome Yesavage

Olanzapine-associated neuroleptic malignant syndrome: Is there an overlap with the serotonin syndrome?

The neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a rare but serious condition mainly associated with antipsychotic medication. There are controversies as to whether "classical" forms of neuroleptic malignant syndrome can...

Authors: Vassilis P Kontaxakis, Beata J Havaki-kontaxaki, Nikolaos G Christodoulou, Konstantinos G Paplos and George N Christodoulou

Treatment of severe neuroleptic-induced tardive torticollis

The aim of this paper is to describe a case of severe neuroleptic-induced tardive torticollis successfully treated with a combination of clozapine, clonazepam and botulinum toxin-A.

Authors: Beata J Havaki-Kontaxaki, Vassilis P Kontaxakis, Maria M Margariti, Konstantinos G Paplos and George N Christodoulou

Clinical and neuroimaging correlates of abnormal short-latency Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in elderly vascular dementia patients: A psychophysiological exploratory study

Short Latency Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SEPs) may serve to the testing of the somatosensory tract function, which is vulnerable and affected in vascular encephalopathy. The aim of the current study was ...

Authors: Iacovos Tsiptsios, Konstantinos N Fountoulakis, Konstantinos Sitzoglou, Anastasia Papanicolaou, Konstantinos Phokas, Fotis Fotiou and George St Kaprinis

Cost of mental and behavioural disorders in Kenya

The health and economic impact of mental and behavioural disorders (MBD) is wide-ranging, long-lasting and large. Unfortunately, unlike in developed countries where studies on the economic burden of MBD exist,...

Authors: Joses M Kirigia and Luis G Sambo

Psychotic mania in glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase-deficient subjects

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency has been associated with acute psychosis, catatonic schizophrenia, and bipolar disorders by previous inconclusive reports. A particularly disproportionate ra...

Authors: Alberto Bocchetta

Contribution of psychoacoustics and neuroaudiology in revealing correlation of mental disorders with central auditory processing disorders

Psychoacoustics is a fascinating developing field concerned with the evaluation of the hearing sensation as an outcome of a sound or speech stimulus. Neuroaudiology with electrophysiologic testing, records the...

Authors: V Iliadou and S Iakovides

Risk and resiliency factors in posttraumatic stress disorder

Not everyone who experiences a trauma develops posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The aim of this study was to determine the risk and resiliency factors for this disorder in a sample of people exposed to tr...

Authors: Marcia A Voges and David M Romney

Low self-esteem and psychiatric patients: Part II – The relationship between self-esteem and demographic factors and psychosocial stressors in psychiatric patients

The objective of the present study was to identify the effects and relative importance of demographic factors and psychosocial stressors on self-esteem of psychiatric patients.

Authors: Mahnaz Salsali and Peter H Silverstone

Low self-esteem and psychiatric patients: Part I – The relationship between low self-esteem and psychiatric diagnosis

The objective of the current study was to determine the prevalence and the degree of lowered self-esteem across the spectrum of psychiatric disorders.

Authors: Peter H Silverstone and Mahnaz Salsali

Current pharmacologic options for patients with Alzheimer's disease

The aim of the current study was to provide general practitioners with an overview of the available treatment options for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Since general practitioners provide the majority of medical c...

Authors: William E Reichman

Cognitive status and behavioral problems in older hospitalized patients

(a) To determine the quantity and quality of behavioral problems in older hospitalized patients on acute care units; (b) to determine the burden of these behaviors on staff; and (c) to identify predictors of b...

Authors: Ruth O'Hara, Martin S Mumenthaler, Helen Davies, Erin L Cassidy, Martha Buffum, Sarojini Namburi, Roxanne Shakoori, Claire E Danielsen, Patricia Tsui, Art Noda, Helena C Kraemer and Javaid I Sheikh