Mental Illness: Volume 4 Issue 2 , Open Access

Psychological distress is associated with vision-related but not with generic quality of life in patients with visual field defects after cerebral lesions

Carolin Gall, Iris Mueller, Gabriele H. Franke, Bernhard A. Sabel

Considerably diminished quality of life (QoL) is observed in patients with visual field defects after lesions affecting the visual pathway. But little is known to what extent…

The effects of music relaxation and muscle relaxation techniques on sleep quality and emotional measures among individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder

Monica Blanaru, Boaz Bloch, Limor Vadas, Zahi Arnon, Naomi Ziv, Ilana Kremer, Iris Haimov

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), an anxiety disorder with lifetime prevalence of 7.8%, is characterized by symptoms that develop following exposure to traumatic life events…

Mothers and fathers do not accurately report each other's psychopathology

Randal G. Ross, Sharon K. Hunter, Gary O. Zerbe, Kate Hanna

It is unclear whether information obtained from a one parent can be used to infer the other parent's history of psychopathology. Two hundred and one parental dyads were asked to…

The hypothesis of a continuum in suicidality: a discussion on its validity and practical implications

Jerneja Sveticic, Diego De Leo

The idea of a progression in suicide phenomena, from death wishes to suicide attempts and completed suicides, is quite old and widely present in literature. This model of…

Effectiveness of a school-based intervention for enhancing adolescents' positive attitudes towards people with mental illness

George Giannakopoulos, Haris Assimopoulos, Dimitra Petanidou, Chara Tzavara, Gerasimos Kolaitis, John Tsiantis

High school students are a common target group in initiatives addressing discriminatory attitudes towards people with mental illness. However, these initiatives are rarely…

Long-term course of severe depression: late remission and recurrence may be found in a follow-up after 38-53 years

Lisa Crona, Louise Brådvik

This study is a follow-up of inpatients diagnosed with severe depression/melancholia between 1956 and 1969. During this period, all inpatients at the Department of Psychiatry…

Routine general practice care for panic disorder within the lifestyle approach to managing panic study

Rodney A. Lambert

Routine general practice (GP) care is rarely comprehensively described in clinical trials. This paper examines routine GP care within the lifestyle approach to managing panic…

Off-label use of atomoxetine in adults: is it safe?

Rana Dadashova, Peter H. Silverstone

Atomoxetine has been approved for the treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in both adults and children. However, it is also being examined for several off-label…

Intractable schizo-affective disorder successfully treated with electroconvulsive treatment over six years

John E. Berg

Some patients with severe mental disorders are refractory to psychotherapeutic or psychopharmacological interventions. We describe a patient with severe symptoms from the age of…

Stress-sensitive neurosignalling in depression: an integrated network biology approach to candidate gene selection for genetic association analysis

J. Anke M. van Eekelen, Justine A. Ellis, Craig E. Pennell, Richard Saffery, Eugen Mattes, Jeff Craig, Craig A. Olsson

Genetic risk for depressive disorders is poorly understood despite consistent suggestions of a high heritable component. Most genetic studies have focused on risk associated with…

Prevalence of psychiatric illness in primary caretakers of childhood-onset schizophrenia subjects

Jonathan Kusumi, Randal G. Ross

Childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS) refers to schizophrenia with onset of psychotic symptoms prior to a child's 13th birthday. Optimal treatment likely includes family-based…