The study involved 42 subjects suffering from unipolar depression (35 females and 7 males) who had received 600-1,200 mg of lithium carbonate daily for periods ranging from 6 months to 7 years. Concurrently with the memory tests, the patients were also submitted to the Hamilton test for the evaluation of depression and blood samples were taken in order to measure lithium blood levels. In the groups of subjects examined by us (grouped according to lithemia, time on the drug and degree of depression, as, evaluated by Hamilton's test), significant differences were found only in the short-term figure test and, partially, in the long term memory verbal test.
{"title":"Memory performances in depressed patients during prophylactic treatment with lithium salts.","authors":"F Zerbi, E Clemente, G Bezzi, P Tosca","doi":"10.1159/000395825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000395825","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study involved 42 subjects suffering from unipolar depression (35 females and 7 males) who had received 600-1,200 mg of lithium carbonate daily for periods ranging from 6 months to 7 years. Concurrently with the memory tests, the patients were also submitted to the Hamilton test for the evaluation of depression and blood samples were taken in order to measure lithium blood levels. In the groups of subjects examined by us (grouped according to lithemia, time on the drug and degree of depression, as, evaluated by Hamilton's test), significant differences were found only in the short-term figure test and, partially, in the long term memory verbal test.</p>","PeriodicalId":75593,"journal":{"name":"Bibliotheca psychiatrica","volume":" 161","pages":"190-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000395825","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18285075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In the Federal Republic of Germany, it is necessary to justify the assertion that suicide prophylaxis is an important part of humane medical treatment and a humane society. Nearly all diseases and disturbances having psychological bearing are associated with suicide. The general practitioner, in particular, is in a position to recognize and treat these conditions at an early stage.
{"title":"Methods of suicide prophylaxis in general practice.","authors":"F Böcker","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the Federal Republic of Germany, it is necessary to justify the assertion that suicide prophylaxis is an important part of humane medical treatment and a humane society. Nearly all diseases and disturbances having psychological bearing are associated with suicide. The general practitioner, in particular, is in a position to recognize and treat these conditions at an early stage.</p>","PeriodicalId":75593,"journal":{"name":"Bibliotheca psychiatrica","volume":" 160","pages":"62-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18469494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In the Federal Republic of Germany, it is necessary to justify the assertion that suicide prophylaxis is an important part of humane medical treatment and a humane society. Nearly all diseases and disturbances having psychological bearing are associated with suicide. The general practitioner, in particular, is in a position to recognize and treat these conditions at an early stage.
{"title":"Methods of suicide prophylaxis in general practice.","authors":"F. Böcker","doi":"10.1159/000392258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000392258","url":null,"abstract":"In the Federal Republic of Germany, it is necessary to justify the assertion that suicide prophylaxis is an important part of humane medical treatment and a humane society. Nearly all diseases and disturbances having psychological bearing are associated with suicide. The general practitioner, in particular, is in a position to recognize and treat these conditions at an early stage.","PeriodicalId":75593,"journal":{"name":"Bibliotheca psychiatrica","volume":"130 1","pages":"62-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000392258","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"64801406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O Presslich, M L Mairhofer, E Opgenoorth, P Schuster
We examined the nerve conduction velocity (NCV) of 10 patients under long-term lithium therapy and 10 patients after a 3-month lithium therapy. In accordance with the literature concerning patients and normals under experimental treatment with lithium, we also found reduced NCV values. There were no significant changes in NCV during the first 3 months of lithium treatment. This could be due to the relative low lithium levels as well as to symptoms of manic-depressive Illness and the nerve examined.
{"title":"[Maximal motor nerve conduction rate with lithium].","authors":"O Presslich, M L Mairhofer, E Opgenoorth, P Schuster","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We examined the nerve conduction velocity (NCV) of 10 patients under long-term lithium therapy and 10 patients after a 3-month lithium therapy. In accordance with the literature concerning patients and normals under experimental treatment with lithium, we also found reduced NCV values. There were no significant changes in NCV during the first 3 months of lithium treatment. This could be due to the relative low lithium levels as well as to symptoms of manic-depressive Illness and the nerve examined.</p>","PeriodicalId":75593,"journal":{"name":"Bibliotheca psychiatrica","volume":" 161","pages":"121-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18285067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
15 depressed female patients were studied for sensitivity to pain stimuli before and after 1 month of treatment with lithium salts. By electric stimulation techniques, an aspecific sensitivity threshold, a pain sensitivity threshold and a pain tolerance threshold were measured and their relationship were evaluated. In this investigation, we evaluated the influence of the improvement of the clinical picture and of the blood levels of the drug on pain perception. Our data seem to suggest an analgesic action of lithium, which, however, appears to be partially masked by the effects on pain perception induced by the evolution of the depressive picture.
{"title":"Effects of lithium salts on pain experience in depressed patients.","authors":"P Tosca, G Bezzi, M Cecchi, F Zerbi","doi":"10.1159/000395819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000395819","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>15 depressed female patients were studied for sensitivity to pain stimuli before and after 1 month of treatment with lithium salts. By electric stimulation techniques, an aspecific sensitivity threshold, a pain sensitivity threshold and a pain tolerance threshold were measured and their relationship were evaluated. In this investigation, we evaluated the influence of the improvement of the clinical picture and of the blood levels of the drug on pain perception. Our data seem to suggest an analgesic action of lithium, which, however, appears to be partially masked by the effects on pain perception induced by the evolution of the depressive picture.</p>","PeriodicalId":75593,"journal":{"name":"Bibliotheca psychiatrica","volume":" 161","pages":"134-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000395819","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18285069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Clinico-psychological study of organic psychosyndromes associated with affective psychoses with and without lithium therapy].","authors":"M Schacht, W Schöny, G Hofmann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75593,"journal":{"name":"Bibliotheca psychiatrica","volume":" 161","pages":"184-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18285074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A critical review of the post-war development of the prevention of chronic mental disorders in Greece offers useful information for the future. Present-day experience and knowledge--both in Greece and internationally--allow plans to be made on a national scale. A careful study of priorities will enable the appropriate measures to be financed and applied in stages, thus ultimately benefiting the chronic mental patient.
{"title":"Prevention of chronic mental disorders in Greece.","authors":"G C Lyketsos","doi":"10.1159/000392265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000392265","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A critical review of the post-war development of the prevention of chronic mental disorders in Greece offers useful information for the future. Present-day experience and knowledge--both in Greece and internationally--allow plans to be made on a national scale. A careful study of priorities will enable the appropriate measures to be financed and applied in stages, thus ultimately benefiting the chronic mental patient.</p>","PeriodicalId":75593,"journal":{"name":"Bibliotheca psychiatrica","volume":" 160","pages":"105-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000392265","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18468725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A historical account of preventive psychiatry in the Greater Boston Area, 1942-1979.","authors":"P E Sifneos","doi":"10.1159/000392248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000392248","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75593,"journal":{"name":"Bibliotheca psychiatrica","volume":" 160","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000392248","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18053888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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