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2473 – EPA Guidance Papers and their Impact in Reducing the Burden of Mental Disorders
Authors: Gaebel W. 
Published: July 2013

Introduction:The European Psychiatric Association (EPA) established the project “EPA Guidance” in order to improve the quality of mental healthcare in Europe by disseminating written information based on best evidence and expert consensus.Objectives:To provide information on good clinical practice to national societies, health authorities and clinicians.Aims:The development of guidance for selected mental healthcare topics in order to improve the practice of psychiatry in Europe.Methods:Systematic literature searches and consensus processes.Results:In order to improve the quality of mental healthcare and thereby reducing the burden of mental disorders, a first series of guidance documents on the quality of services structures, prevention and treatment of suicidal crises, prevention of mental disorders in general (illness prevention and health promotion), pharmacotherapy of depression, and how to deal with conflicts of interest in research and other professional activities, was published. The series of EPA guidance formulates recommendations and proposes strategies that may help to reduce the burden of mental disorders. The burden of mental disease is sought to be reduced by evidence-based, effective mental health prevention and promotion strategies as well as by optimizing the structures and processes of mental health services by the development of recommendations in the EPA guidance on the quality of mental health services.Conclusion:Many important clinical situations or problems beyond treatment that until now lacked proper guidance are addressed by the EPA guidance.
2503 – Pharmacogenetics of Suicide Risk with Antidepressants
Authors: Ramoz N. , Le Strat Y. , Courtet P. , Gorwood P. 
Published: July 2013

Introduction:The risk of suicide attempt and death by suicide during an antidepressant drug treatment for a major depression episode (MDE) remains unclear. Furthermore, this risk can be influenced by genetic factors, especially those involved in the serotonine pathway.Objectives:We genotyped the variants of 6 candidate genes (including 5HTT/SLC6A4, TPH2, 5HTR1A, 1B & 2A) in 4000 outpatients treated with tianeptine for a MDE to search for an association with a suicide risk and the treatment response.Aims:The goal of this study was to evaluate the pharmacogenetic role of the serotonin pathway in suicide risk during an antidepressant treatment.Methods:A total of 4000 outpatients for a MDE were treated with tianeptine. The criteria for a MDE were examined by the clinicians according to the DSM-IV diagnosis and the duration of each symptom was recorded during the inclusion and at 4 to 8 weeks of treatment. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD) was evaluated at the two visits. Suicide attempts, number and suicide idea of MADRS, before and during treatment, were recorded. DNA was extract from saliva sample and genotyping of 22 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was performed by Taqman assay.Results:All clinical and genotyping data were collected for 3771 tianeptine-treated outpatients. A total of 450 subjects have reported suicide attemps before treatment and 24 during treatment.Conclusions:The results of pharmacogenetic association for suicide risk during an antidepressant treatment will be presented during the workshop.
2552 – Education and Promotion of Adolescents Mental Health
Authors: Loureiro L.M. 
Published: July 2013

Mental health literacy allows individuals to recognize, prevent and manage their health appropriately, being not only knowledge, but a knowledge facing action for the benefit of himself and others.Aim:To assess the mental health literacy of adolescents and young people in relation to depression, schizophrenia and alcohol abuse in the areas of recognition, intention of professional help-seeking and obstacles/barriers.Methods:It was used a random cluster sample of 4938 adolescents and young, having been used QuALiSMental (Loureiro et al., 2012) during the year 2012. The average age is 16.75 years (SD = 1.62), being respectively 43.3% males and 56.7% females.Results:The recognition of disorders is reduced (27.23% in depression, 26.16% in schizophrenia and 45.27% in alcohol abuse). There is intention of professional and specialized help-seeking, with focus on psychiatrists, nurses and psychologists. As the biggest barriers to help-seeking fear and personal shame, non-recovery of symptoms and breach of confidentiality are referred.Conclusions:The low mental health literacy is an indicator of the need for developing programs to promote health and prevent mental illness. Despite being valued the intention of help-seeking, fear of stigma and discrimination associated with these diseases is high. Nurses, psychologists and psychiatrists can play a relevant role in this regarding the role they occupy in the context of school health. Increase mental health literacy could reduce the delay between the first signs and symptoms and the professional help.This study is part of a project [PTDC/CPE-CED/112546/2009] funded by The Portuguese Governement (FCT) and FEDER (EU).
2564 – The Evaluation of Stressful Influence of Cryotherapy on the Human Body
Authors: Panchenko L.V. , Panchenko O.A. , Onishchenko V.O. 
Published: July 2013

The whole body air cryotherapy is based on short-term heat abstraction from the whole body surface of a patient by a laminar stream of dry air with a temperature about -110 -120 °C.Research objective of this study is an estimation of stressful influence of cryotherapy on a human body. Sessions of cryotherapy were carried out into cryochamber «Zimmer Medizin Systeme» (Germany). 145 people have taken part in the research. The duration of cryotherapy sessions was 0.5 minute for the first day and then, increasing by 0,5 minutes daily, has been reached up to three minutes on the 6th and 7th day of the research. The course of cryotherapy was composed of 20 sessions. The cortisol level in the blood was defined weekly after each 5 sessions with immune-enzyme analyzer «BioTec EL 800».Before cryotherapy sessions were carried out, the level of cortisol averaged 436 ± 26,6 n/mol/l, after the 5th session - 420 ± 21,05 n/mol/l, after the 10th session - 401 ± 21,05 n/mol/l, after the 15th session - 391 ± 21,5 n/mol/l. After the whole cryotherapy session the average level of cortisol estimated 365 ± 31,5 n/mol/l, that was lower than initial values of the quotient (p< 0,05).In the course of cryotherapy there was a gradual decrease in level of cortisol of patients that testifies to the effect that the level of patient stress has been decreasing during the therapy, and by the 20th session the process of adaptation to low temperature influence of a human body was the result of proposed regimen.
2565 – Global Attitudes Towards Forensic Psychiatry (2006–2012)
Authors: Biglu M.H. 
Published: July 2013

Introduction:Forensic psychiatry is a branch of psychiatry which emphases on the interface between law and psychiatry. It may include psychiatric consultation in a wide variety of legal matters, as well as clinical work with perpetrators and victims.The objective of current study is to visualize the scientific activities in the field of Forensic psychiatry through 2006–2012.Methods:The Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) and Social Science Citation Index from the database of Web of Science were used to obtain all publication entitled as“Forensic psychiatry” through 2006–2012. Restriction of publication entitled into Forensic psychiatry cause to obtain the most relevant papers in the field of Forensic psychiatry.Results and conclusion:Analysis of data showed that a total number of 248 papers entitled as Forensic Psychiatry were published in the journals which indexed in Web of Science during the period of study. The most majority of publication came from North America and west Europe. USA sharing 23% of global publication in the field is the most productive country followed by Germany (19%), England (14%), and Canada (7%). More than 63% of global publication came from these four prolific countries. A total number of 271 organization have contributed their works in the field of Forensic Psychiatry, the American private University of Yale was the most productive among them.
2567 – The Development of Psychophysiological Estimation Complex for Drivers’ Professional Activities Reliability
Authors: Panchenko L.V. , Panchenko O.A. , Plokhih V.V. , Garazha M.V. 
Published: July 2013

The driver's activity shows it's closely connected to great psychological and power expenses, presence of considerable number unforeseen situations, with high level of danger and risk. Therefore working out and introduction in practice of a psychophysiological estimation of professional drivers’ work reliability complex will promote to detect low reliability professional drivers, and also to prevent posttraumatic stress disorders of drivers and other traffic participants.The aim of this work is to analyze drivers’ professional activity and to work out a complex of a psychophysiological estimation of professional drivers.The complex of a psychophysiological estimation of professional drivers’ reliability is developed. This complex consists of following techniques: “Looking for the numbers with switching”, “Ten words”, “Tapping test”, “Technique for dynamic characteristics of the subject definitions” byY. Strelyau, “The technique of colour elections” by M. Lusher, S. Rozentsveig's methodology, “The technique of dominating strategy of behaviour in the conflict studying” by K. Tomas, test “State of health, activity and mood”, “The technique of defining motivation to achieve success and avoid failures” byT. Ellers, computer tests “Visually-motor reactions” and “Speed of an estimation of installation on action formation”. Drivers, whose infringements of the indicators have been detected, are characterized by the high probability of wrong actions and unreliable professional activity.Application of the developed complex of a psychophysiological estimation of professional drivers’ work reliability is one of the key links of mental disorder prevention for participants of traffic, occurrence of road and transport incidents, economic damages to the state and citizens.
2572 – Psychological Therapy in the Military Environment: A Program of Multimodal Therapies for Soldiers Dependants
Authors: Wise M. , Wise I. 
Published: July 2013

The Families of Soldiers experience significant stress when their loved ones are deployed to combat areas. The psychological and social stresses lead to significant disruption in the emotional wellbeing and performance in the soldiers families. This leads to ‘non-combat’ reasons for recall form the frontline.In 2010 a program of group, mother & child, and individual therapies was organised for a Regiment about to be posted to Iraq. Pre-deployment preparationof the families was an important role with great care taken to use familiar language and reduce resistance to novel and potentially threatening or destabilising ideas.Over the year of the program the Regiment had a reduced recall rate compared to ‘sister’ units without the intervention; their rate was 2%, a third of the usual.In 2012 following a major incident with substantial loss of life the program was delivered ot a fornt line unit deployed ot Afghanistan. The expected morbidity rate was over 20% with an expected 5% mortality rate. Large family sizes, from multiple partners, were a way of keeping the dread of death at bay. Intolerance of ‘weakness’ was a further maladaptive behaviour.Over the program the morbidity rate was triple the mortality rate (5%), with limb loss common. Soldiers presented as often as families. in light of the massive injury and death rate, the ongoing risks, and different population characteristics, the reduction in recall rates from the 2%, in the prior study, to less than 0.5% is remarkable.The program has received a recommendation for extension across the army.
2603 – Effects of the Education of Life Skills on the Reduction of Mental-Behavioral Disorders of Depression, Anxiety, Stress in Students
Authors: Ahmadi Gatab T. , Seyednezhad Jeludar S. , Vahedi Ghajari A. , Ahy Jeludar Z. 
Published: July 2013

Introduction and purpose:The present study aims to analyze the effects of education of life skills on the reduction of mentalbehavioral disorders in students.Method:The present study is a quasi experimental research with pre-test and post-test. The population of this study consists of the male students of an elementary school in Savad kooh city in the school year of 2012–2013. Thirty students were selected by DASS_42 questionnaire that would evaluate the mental-behavioral disorders (depression, anxiety, and stress). They attended the life skills workshop. Questionnaires were used as a source of information. in order to analyze the data of descriptive and deductive statistics, the dependent t and Pearson correlation coefficient were calculated with the help of SPSS software.Results:The difference among the three scales of depression, anxiety and stress, before and after the workshop, was significant. Results also showed that there was significant relationship (p< 0,0001) among the three scales of depression, anxiety, and stress before and after the education of seven skills of living to the students.Discussion:Life skills enable people to learn what to do and how to do. Successful learning of life skills affects the feelings of the learners towards themselves and others as well. Furthermore, the changes that such skills bring about in teens can change the attitude of other people. Therefore, life skill is one of the main factors of developing the mental health.
2614 – Interventions to Reduce Stress in University Students: A Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Regehr C. , Glancy D. , Pitts A. 
Published: July 2013

Background:Of late, highly publicized reports have revealed that approximately half of university students report moderate levels of stress-related mental health concerns including anxiety and depression. Other research reveals that university health services are only providing services to a small percentage of these students. Universities must therefore consider the use of accessible programs that address student stress and reduce resultant anxiety and depression.Method:A systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis was conducted to examine the effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing stress in university students. Studies were eligible for inclusion if the assignment of study participants to experimental or control groups was by random allocation or parallel cohort design.Results:Twenty-four studies, involving 1431 students were included in the meta-analysis. The findings suggest that cognitive, behavioral and mindfulness-based interventions focused on stress reduction significantly reduce symptoms of anxiety. Further, despite variations in approaches in terms of length of intervention and specific components of the intervention (including such aspects as cognitive restructuring, relaxation and meditation) with students in different programs and in different countries, these results are remarkably consistent. Secondary outcomes included lower levels of depression and cortisol.Conclusion:This review and meta-analysis provides strong support that cognitive, behavioral and mindfulness-based approaches are effective in reducing the effects of stress on university students. Given the high rates of stress-related mental health problems reported by university students, universities are advised to examine means to provide opportunities for larger numbers of students to access these interventions.
2649 – White Matter Hyperintensities are an Independent Predictor of Future Depressive Disorders: 3-Year Results from Epidemiological Study of Vascular Depression in Korean Elderly
Authors: Park J.H. , Kim T.H. , Yoo B.I. , Han J.W. , Lee J.J. , Lee S.B. , Woo J.I. , Kim K.W. 
Published: July 2013

Objectives:The purposes of this study were to estimate the prevalence rates of subtypes of late life depression (LLD) including (vascular depression and non-vascular depression) in the baseline study, to examine the natural course of LLD and to investigate influence of white matter hyperintensities (WMH) volume on depression and neurocognitive function in the 3-year follow-up study.Methods:WMH was rated by the modified Fazekas scale and the volume of WMH was also calculated by an automated quantification method. Patients were classified as having vascular depression if they suffered from any type of depressive disorders and had a score of 2 or more on either deep white matter hyperintensity or subcortical gray matter ratings. in the 3- year follow-up study, the participants of the in the baseline were follow-uped with the same methodology of the baseline study.Results:The prevalence rates of vascular major depressive disorder (MDD) and vascular non-major depressive disorder (nMDD) were 2.39% (53.6% of MDD) and 4.24% (34.0% of nMDD), respectively, in the baseline study. Among non-depressive group in the baseline study, subjects with WMH(+) had 13.5 times (OR=13.5, 95% CI=1.10-165.97) risk of developing depressive disorder in the 3-year follow-up study, as compared to those without WMH(+). Log WMH volume (OR=5.78, 95 CI=1.04-31.72) in the baseline study was an independent predictor for depressive disorder in the 3-year follow-up studyConclusion:WMH is a crucial predictor for future depressive disorder, which supports the previous vascular depression hypothesis. Vascular depression is a useful construct accounting for clinical characteristics of LLD.
2650 – Validation of a Diagnostic Questionnaire Based on DSM-IV Criteria for Gambling
Authors: Sabetta L. , Di Paolo M. , Testa R. , Chiappini S. , Pettorruso M. , Di Cesare A. , Villella C. , Conte G. 
Published: July 2013

Introduction:Different questionnaires were formulated in order to assess the severity of gambling. The most used questionnaire is the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), based on DSM-III criteria for gambling, even though it has poor specificity, because overestimates the prevalence of the disorder when used in general population.Objectives:Try to overcome SOGS limits using a questionnaire based on DSM-IV criteria for gambling.Aims:Validate the questionnaire based on DSM-IV criteria, using as gold standard the clinical interview developed through the SOGS.Methods:The sample used is formed by 71 subjects, 58 men (81.7%) and 13 women (18.3%), recruited from the Psychiatric Department of Gemelli General Hospital in Rome, who were asked to fill out both questionnaires.Results:The sensitivity of our questionnaire was 93% (compared to 100% in the SOGS); the specificity was 100% (97.1% in the SOGS). False negatives were 7%, while they were absent in the SOGS ; false positives were absent in the DSM-IV questionnaire, while they were 2.9% in the SOGS.We also determined the prevalence of each item of DSM-IV questionnaire in all gamblers identified (66 subjects): the most relevant item was “chasing one's losses”(item6), instead the least one was “committing illegal acts such as forgery, fraud, theft, or embezzlement to finance gambling”(item8).Conclusions:Our data confirm the greater specificity of the questionnaire of DSM-IV criteria for gambling compared to the SOGS. We suggest its use for the identification of gamblers in a sample formed by general population.
2663 – Oxidative Stress Markers and Saccadic Parameters in Patients with Schizophrenia
Authors: Mechri A. , Raffa M. , Fendri C. , Dridi H. , Gassab A. , Kerkeni A. 
Published: July 2013

Introduction:Impairments in oculomotor performances such as saccade tasks were reported in patients with schizophrenia. Correlation between oxidative stress markers and ocular saccades has not been studied.Objective:To explore the relationship between markers of oxidative stress (antioxidant enzyme activities and glutathione levels) and saccadic parameters (frequency and latency) in a sample of patients with schizophrenia.Methods:Thirty clinically stable patients with schizophrenia (24 men and 6 women, mean age = 29.9 ± 6.3 years) and 25 control subjects matched for age (13 men and 12 women, mean age = 29.3 ± 4.9 years) were recruited. Frequency and latency of saccadic tasks (anticipatory and compensatory saccades) were recorded with an oculometry. The erythrocyte activities of antioxidant enzymes: Superoxide Dismutase (SOD), Glutathione Peroxidase (GSH-Px) and Catalase (CAT) were measured. Glutathione (GSH) levels were determined in blood samples.Results:Patients had significantly lower activities of all antioxidant enzymes and levels of total and reduced GSH compared with controls. High saccades frequency was found in patients compared to controls. The saccade latencies were higher in patients compared to controls. in the patients, a negative correlation was found between total and reduced GSH and frequency of compensatory back-up saccades. Square-wave-jerks were negatively correlated with oxidized GSH level and SOD activity.Conclusions:The decrease of antioxidant defenses (SOD activity and GSH levels) was associated with the saccadic frequency in patients with schizophrenia, suggesting the involvement of oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of oculomotor abnormalities in schizophrenia.
2664 – Internet Addiction: Actual Status of Assessment Tools
Authors: Lortie C. , Guitton M.J. 
Published: July 2013

Introduction:Internet over-consumption can cause dysfunctional usage resulting in several deleterious outcomes. The “Internet Use Disorder” is gaining importance in diagnostic manuals as its prevalence increases.Objectives:The objective of the study was to examine how this upcoming disorder is assessed at present.Aims:We present the actual status of Internet addiction assessment tools and develop a theoretical framework for optimizing “Internet Use Disorder” assessment tools design.Methods:A factorial structure analysis of tools assessing Internet addiction for adolescents and adults published between January 1993 and October 2011 was performed and a theoretical framework for optimizing tools design was developed. The descriptive properties of 14 questionnaires were measured and the position of the instruments’ methodology, validity, reliability and model fit was presented, along with the preferred factorial analysis method and validation technique.Results:Results indicate some heterogeneity in study methodology and differences in descriptive and dimensional aspects of assessment tools. The three factor categories compulsive Internet use, negative outcomes and salience were central to Internet addiction questionnaires. Furthermore, the social dimension was often under-represented. No significant difference was observed in the distribution of factor categories across Internet addiction questionnaires and DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for substance dependence.Conclusions:The validity and reliability of the evaluated questionnaires reflect the newness of this field. The underrepresentation of the social use of Internet is a problematic situation as it is causing considerable damages. Future research should consider that Internet addiction evaluation questionnaires need refinement. Appropriate strategies are proposed.