Mental Illness: Volume 3 Issue 1 , Open Access

Successful treatment of anorexia nervosa and alleviation of chronic Guillain Barré syndrome

Anneke Aden, Thomas Stegemann, Andreas Richterich

Eating disorders do not typically occur in conjunction with specific neurological disorders. Only very few cases of Guillain-Barré-Syndrome (GBS) associated with eating disorders…

Group analytic psychotherapy (im)possibilities to research

Mirela Vlastelica

In the course of group analytic psychotherapy, where we discovered the power of the therapeutic effects, there occurred the need of group analytic psychotherapy researches…

Electroconvulsive treatment of a patient with Parkinson's disease and moderate depression

John E. Berg

Depression is a usual comorbidity in patients with Parkinson's disease. It has been known for more than 50 years that electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) has a positive effect on…

Are health care systems insensitive to needs of suicidal patients in times of conflict? The Kashmir experience

Zaid Ahmad Wani, Arshad Hussain, Abdul Wahid Khan, M Maqbool Dar, AkashYousf Khan, Yasir H. Rather, Sheikh Shoib

Suicide and attempted suicide is an important health issue and the number of people who die of suicide exceeds that of conflicts. Kashmir has been suffering from a low intensity…

Processing of emotional faces in social phobia

Søren Risløv Staugaard, Nicole Kristjansen Rosenberg

Previous research has found that individuals with social phobia differ from controls in their processing of emotional faces. For instance, people with social phobia show increased…

Prevalence and associated risk factors of Kola nut chewing among secondary school students in Osogbo, Nigeria

Adebayo Erinfolami, Adekunle Eegunranti, Olawale Ogunsemi, Akin Oguntuase, Abiola Akinbode, Gloria Erinfolami

The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence and pattern of Kola nut use among secondary school students in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. The study also aimed to…

Working-aged population's mental symptoms and the use of the Internet

Leena Korpinen, Rauno Pääkkönen

The aim was to study how the working-age population's mental symptoms had a relation to the using of the Internet. In addition, the aim was to analyze how the mental symptoms had…

The influence of episodic mood disorders on length of stay among patients admitted to private and non-profit hospitals with alcohol dependence syndrome

Justin B. Dickerson

Episodic mood disorders are often associated with alcohol dependence. Few studies have explored the contribution of episodic mood disorders to length of stay among those…

Is it time to use checklists in mental health care auditing?

Moshe Z. Abramowitz, Jacob Polackiewicz, Alexander Grinshpoon

A key strategy for improving the quality of mental health care is the design and implementation of a mechanism for on-site inspection and clinical auditing. We discuss the use of…