Psychiatrische Praxis (PSYCHIAT PRAX)

Publications in this journal

• Article: Kostenverteilung in der Schizophreniebehandlung - Ansätze für Steuerung und Integration. Eine Untersuchung in München Süd. / Distribution of Costs in Schizophrenia Treatment - Approaches to Management and Integration.

  Gabriele Schleuning, Sabine Heel
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  ABSTRACT: Intending to improve the management of psychiatric care, the service profiles, direct individual care costs and cost structure of a group of schizophrenic patients with comprehensive needs in a community health care network were assessed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
  Psychiatrische Praxis 10/2012;
• Article: Health care utilisation of migrants with mental disorders compared with germans

  Isaac Bermejo, Fabian Frank, Ilina Maier, Lars P. Hölzel
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  ABSTRACT: Objective Analysis of the health care utilisation of migrants with mental disorders compared to Germans with mental disorders under consideration of migration-related and socio-economic factors.Methods Reanalysis of the supplement survey "Mental Disorders" of the "German Health Survey" 1998 with a matched sample of migrants (n = 151) and Germans (n = 151) with a positive 12-month prevalence of mental disorders.Results Regarding the prevalence rates for mental disorders and health care utilisation no differences in the sample between Germans and migrants could be found.Conclusions The migration background alone does not explain the differences in health care utilisation which are found in many studies. It is assumed, that differences arise multifactorial, and can be explained through migration-related factors but especially through socio-economic factors. To provide a better understanding of health care utilisation of migrants it might be necessary to set the focus on socio-economic factors. In addition a differentiated measurement of cultural and migration-related factors is needed in future studies.
  Psychiatrische Praxis 03/2012;
• Article: Traumaspezifische Diagnostik und Therapie in Psychiatrischen Institutsambulanzen in Deutschland – eine Umfrage der BDK und des Referates Psychotraumatologie der DGPPN.

  M Driessen, U Frommberger, C Steuwe, I Schäfer
  Psychiatrische Praxis 01/2012; 39:248-249.
• Article: [Economic competition in the market to improve outpatient psychiatric care].

  Hans Joachim Salize, Christa Roth-Sackenheim
  Psychiatrische Praxis 05/2009; 36(3):106-9.
• Article: [General psychiatry and forensic psychiatry - who cares for young people with psychotic disorders?].

  Martin Zinkler
  Psychiatrische Praxis 05/2009; 36(3):103-5.
• Article: [The public health service in the community psychiatry association].

  Christine Peinkofer-Menath, H Hausner, H Spiessl
  Psychiatrische Praxis 04/2009; 36(2):93-4.
• Article: [A-theoretical classification of psychiatric disorders].

  Hans Förstl, Paul Hoff
  Psychiatrische Praxis 04/2009; 36(2):55-7.
• Article: [Does the new hospital financing reform law help psychiatric psychotherapeutic psychosomatic clinics out of personal/financial deficits?].

  Heinrich Kunze, Wolfgang Rieger
  Psychiatrische Praxis 04/2009; 36(2):92-3.
• Article: [Response to the position of the "Biological Psychiatry" Working Group of the Federal Directors Conference--Association of Executive Physicians of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Clinics (BDK) e.V].

  Volkmar Aderhold
  Psychiatrische Praxis 04/2009; 36(2):94-5.
• Article: [Obstacles in the way--stigma and help-seeking].

  Georg Schomerus
  Psychiatrische Praxis 04/2009; 36(2):53-4.
• Article: [The history of research on depressive disorders at the beginning of modern times: John of the Cross].

  Kurt Kraetschmer
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  ABSTRACT: The paper examines the importance of the Spanish author John of the Cross (1542-1591) for the history of research on depressive disorders. In view of the allegoric nature of his prose and lyric texts, a critical analysis of his work was performed. John of the Cross provides essential information not only on diagnostic but also on therapeutic issues. Taking into account the importance he attributes to the spiritual dimension of the human nature, an effort is made to show his pioneering role regarding modern approaches to the therapy of depressive disorders and to emphasize the need for heightened sensitivity towards the spiritual needs and interests of the modern patient.
  Psychiatrische Praxis 02/2009; 36(2):85-8.
• Article: ["Speech is silver, but silence is gold": the Kinski case and professional discretion].

  Helmut Hausner, Hermann Spiessl, Göran Hajak
  Psychiatrische Praxis 02/2009; 36(1):2-3.
• Article: [The concept of chronicity of psychiatric disorders should be given up].

  Michaela Amering, Ronald Bottlender
  Psychiatrische Praxis 02/2009; 36(1):4-6.
• Article: [Depression and response: impact of personality and cognition].

  Irmgard David, Alexander Brunnauer, Gerd Laux, Sarah Zwick
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  ABSTRACT: Despite effective pharmacologic and therapeutic strategies some patients do not sufficiently benefit from antidepressive treatment. The influence of personality and cognition onto response in depressive inpatients shall be explored. Depressive inpatients were rated concerning depressive pathology immediately after admission as well as at discharge. In addition, prior to discharge, cognitive performance and personality traits were measured. The sample was divided into responders and nonresponders by the reduction of depressive symptoms from admission to discharge. For the assumption of response, a reduction of minimum 50 % was defined. Preliminary results suggest an impact of personality traits onto response in depressive patients, particularly extraversion seems to have a salutary effect. Furthermore, significant differences between responders and nonresponders were shown concerning alertness. In the treatment of non-response depression, cognitive and personality traits should be taken in account by using multimodal strategies.
  Psychiatrische Praxis 02/2009; 36(3):132-6.
• Article: [Suicides and social neighbourhood characteristics: an ecological analysis in an urban German area].

  Dirk Richter, Bernhard T Baune, Mechthild Vennemann, Klaus Berger
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  ABSTRACT: Ecological analyses on the association between social neighbourhood factors and suicide rates have rarely been conducted in German cities. Aim of our study was to analyse the association between small area (neighbourhood) social characteristics and the suicide frequency within a large German city. All suicides occurring between 2002 to 2004 in the city of Dortmund were registered and death certificates validated. Social indicators for the 62 city neighbourhoods were analysed for their influence on suicide frequency using correlation and Poisson regression methods. Between 2002 and 2004, 217 suicides were registered in Dortmund. In women, but not in men, high correlations with several social neighbourhood indicators were found. In the regression analysis the proportions of married individuals, welfare recipients, and elderly citizens (65 years and older) as well as the population density were significantly associated with the suicide frequency in the neighbourhoods. Ecological analyses may suggest details and local starting points for suicide prevention programmes.
  Psychiatrische Praxis 02/2009; 36(3):137-41.
• Article: [What do we really know about how lance-corporal Adolf Hitler was treated by german military psychiatry?].

  Peter Theiss-Abendroth
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  ABSTRACT: This paper inquires the hypothesis that Hitler's rise to power was in part due to a hypnotic therapy he had undergone when being treated for hysterical blindness at an army hospital in the town of Pasewalk in October 1918 - as recent contributions have argued. Edmund Forster, his psychiatrist at that time, is supposed to have suggested to Hitler that he would be ordained as Germany's redeemer in times of defeat, thus causing a profound change in his patient's personality. Following three lines of argument, this paper examines if such an assumption can be made plausible. Firstly, it takes a close look at the main historical source which is the novel THE EYEWITNESS, written in German language by the Czech-Jewish author Ernst Weiss. Then it asks if Forster is likely to have chosen hypnosis as a method of treatment. Finally, it exploits the work of the even lesser known author Alexander Moritz Frey who happened to serve close to Hitler as a medical orderly in WW I, thus trying to validate whether or not Hitler really underwent a change of personality in autumn 1918. Although the eventualities of such a hypnotic treatment or a profound change in Hitler's behaviour in that time cannot be disproved, both seem highly unlikely. S One should altogether abandon the notion of Hitler having suffered a permanent change of personality in 1918, be it due to psychiatric treatment or to psychological trauma itself.
  Psychiatrische Praxis 01/2009; 36(1):35-9.
• Article: [Therapeutic decisions based on meta analyses].

  Katja Komossa, Werner Kissling, Stefan Leucht, Hans-Jürgen Möller
  Psychiatrische Praxis 12/2008; 35(8):373-5.
• Article: [The effectiveness of family systems acute psychiatry - first results].

  Aureliano Crameri, Hugo S Grünwald, Jochen Schweitzer
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  ABSTRACT: The effectiveness of family systems therapeutic interventions in the treatment of psychiatric inpatients was investigated within an observational study. The entire multiprofessional teams of six psychiatric wards in Germany were trained to perform family systems interventions in practice routine. 187 inpatients treated with the new interventions were matched 1 : 1 on propensity score with controls treated before the team training in the same wards. Outcome measures included self-reports (BSI) and therapist ratings (BPRS and FaeBe). The average improvement reached moderate to strong effect sizes in both group. A comparison between the groups shows no significant outcome differences. No significant outcome improvement could be determined after the team training and implementation of the additional interventions. Different suggestions to improve the intervention program are discussed.
  Psychiatrische Praxis 12/2008; 36(3):125-31.