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Prevalence and Predictors of Health Service Use among Iraqi Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands
(D. Steinkopff-Verlag, 2007-8-3)BACKGROUND. A long asylum procedure is associated with higher prevalence rates of psychiatric disorders, lower quality of life, higher disability and more physical health problems. Additional knowledge about health seeking ... -
The Physician Clinical Support System-Buprenorphine (PCSS-B): A Novel Project to Expand/Improve Buprenorphine Treatment
(Springer-Verlag, 2010-5-11)Opioid dependence is largely an undertreated medical condition in the United States. The introduction of buprenorphine has created the potential to expand access to and use of opioid agonist treatment in generalist settings. ... -
Prolonged Grief Disorder: Psychometric Validation of Criteria Proposed for DSM-V and ICD-11
(Public Library of Science, 2009-8-4)Holly Prigerson and colleagues tested the psychometric validity of criteria for prolonged grief disorder (PGD) to enhance the detection and care of bereaved individuals at heightened risk of persistent distress and ... -
Development of a Multi-Layered Psychosocial Care System for Children in Areas of Political Violence
(BioMed Central, 2010-6-16)Few psychosocial and mental health care systems have been reported for children affected by political violence in low- and middle income settings and there is a paucity of research-supported recommendations. This paper ... -
Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT) for Panic Disorder: Relationship of Anxiety and Depression Comorbidity with Treatment Outcome
(Springer US, 2009-7-24)Research evaluating the relationship of comorbidity to treatment outcome for panic disorder has produced mixed results. The current study examined the relationship of comorbid depression and anxiety to treatment outcome ... -
Benefits of Stimulus Congruency for Multisensory Facilitation of Visual Learning
(Public Library of Science, 2008-1-30)BACKGROUND. Studies of perceptual learning have largely focused on unisensory stimuli. However, multisensory interactions are ubiquitous in perception, even at early processing stages, and thus can potentially play a role ... -
Genetic Influences in Emotional Dysfunction and Alcoholism-Related Brain Damage
(Dove Medical Press, 2005)Alcoholism is a complex, multifactorial disorder involving problematic ethanol ingestion; it results from the interplay between genetic and environmental factors. Personality, likewise, is formed from a combination of ... -
Measurement of Treatment Adherence with Antipsychotic Agents in Patients with Schizophrenia
(Dove Medical Press, 2009-10-12)The importance of medication adherence in sustaining control of schizophrenic symptoms has generated a great deal of interest in comparing levels of treatment adherence with different antipsychotic agents. However, the ... -
Rule Knowledge Aids Performance on Spatial and Object Alternation Tasks by Alcoholic Patients with and Without Korsakoff's Amnesia
(Dove Medical Press, 2007)Delayed alternation (DA) and object alternation (OA) tasks traditionally have been used to measure defective response inhibition associated with dysfunction of frontal brain systems. However, these tasks are also sensitive ...