bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
FC25-06 - The impact of training cognitive-behavioral strategies on reduction of test anxiety in male high school students
Authors: Aalayi Z. , Gatab T. Ahmadi 
Published: May 2011

IntroductionThe present study has focused on the impact of training cognitive-behavioral strategies in reducing test anxiety among second-grade high school male math students.ObjectivesThis study has attempted to test the hypothesis that training cognitive-behavioral strategies can help a reduction on test anxiety among anxious students.MethodsThe subjects were 72 second-grade high school students who had obtained high scores on the test anxiety scale(sarason,1978) participants were selected by a multi-stage cluster sampling method from three high schools at Tehran after administering the self-report test anxiety scale as pre-test, the subjects were then divided into two groups of control and experimental with 36 students in each groupdid not receive any treatment then, both groups were asked to complete the test anxiety scale as post-test.ResultsAnalysis of variance (anova) with repeated measures was performed to analyze the data. the results revealed that there was a significant difference between the two groups and this difference was two the advantage of experimental group showing a significant reduction in test anxiety.ConclusionsThe results showed that training cognitive-behavioral strategies can reduce test anxiety.
FC26-01 - Are eccentric eating habits a manifestation of an underlying eating disorder?
Authors: Kreitler S. 
Published: May 2011

IntroductionEccentric eating habits (EEH) represent various unusual eating habits that have been widely documented. The estimates about its prevalence range from 20 to 70% depending on the defining criteria. There is disagreement about the nature of EEH, whether it represents a pathology that may develop into an ED or just fussy habits.ObjectivesTo examine whether tendencies for EEH are a manifestation of an underlying tendency for EDs.AimsTo test the hypothesis that a high level of EEH will be related to high scores on the Cognitive Orientation Questionnaire of Eating Disorders (COQ-EDs) which represents tendencies shared by the major EDs and assesses the underlying motivations for EDs.MethodsParticipants were 340 high school students (52% girls, 48% boys), 16–18 years old, from three different schools. They were administered the questionnaire of EEH, the COQ-EDs and the EAT 26 which assesses clinically significant EDs.ResultsAnalyses of variance showed significant differences in the COQ-EDs scores between three groups: high scorers on EAT 26, high EEH scorers and low EEH scorers, especially between the first and the last two. A stepwise discriminant analysis provided correct identification of group membership in 77.9% (versus 33% expected by chance).ConclusionsThe findings disconfirmed the hypothesis. EEH differs from tendencies for actual EDs. In the worst case they may be a mild form of EDs. It is doubtful whether it is necessary or desirable to treat EEH.
FC26-02 - Impaired driving recidivism
Authors: Römer K.D. , Stutz E. Zemp , Briellmann T. , Dittmann V. 
Published: May 2011

IntroductionImpaired driving is a threat to road-safety. In order to target preventive measures, predictive factors of recidivism are needed.ObjectivesWe aimed to study relapse rates in subjects who were detected with impaired driving between 2000 and 2006 and followed up to the end of 2009.AimesWe aimed to analyse predictive factors of recidivism after impaired driving.MethodsFollow-up of 1787 Swiss residents (89% men, mean age 35), in whom impaired driving was detected by laboratory analysis regarding alcohol, drugs and medications between 2000 and 2006. Criminal records (2009) were used to collect recidivism data. Mean observation time was 4.13 (SD 1.7) years. Kaplan Meier methodology and Cox analyses were conducted to analyse predictors of relapse.ResultsWithin the observation period, 605 relapses were detected (33.9%). Men oftener relapsed than women, young oftener relapsed than elderly people. Most relapses were detected after driving under the influence of alcohol with BACs within prescriptive limits (48.5%). Based on Kaplan-Meier analyses the probability of recidivism was about 20% after two years less time driving licence was abstracted. According to Cox analyses, relapses were predicted by driving under the influence of drugs and by previous irregularities.ConclusionsThe present study underlines the importance of socialdemographic characteristics and previous irregularities for recidivism in road traffic. In terms of driving under the influence of alcohol it points out the difficulty of prescriptive limits for BACs and discloses a high risk for recidivism in terms of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
FC26-03 - Comparison of quality of life and global function in chronic psychiatric patients before and after rehabilitation center in kashan (2009)
Authors: Ahmadvand A. , Sepehrmanesh Z. , Saei R. 
Published: May 2011

IntroductionThe concept of quality of life has considerably important in evaluation of efficacy of therapeutic and rehabilitation programs in all medical fields, especially psychiatric disabilities therefore any intervention which cannot improve patient’s quality of life, their effectiveness is doubt. The aim of this study is evaluation of quality of life of chronic mental patients, before and after residence in rehabilitation center.MethodesThis study is quasi experimental that carried out on all of patients in rehabilitation center in Kashan(Iran). Demographic, Quality of Life and Global Function Scale questionnaires were used at the time of admission and next 6 months. Data were analyzed by paired T-Test and correlation tests.ResultsThe mean of function level was at the time of admission 31/47+/−7/5 and after of 6 months 36/52+/−7/15, that this difference was significant (p = 0/0001).The mean of physical quality of life was 49/28+/−16/01 at the time of admission and after 6 months was 56/64+/−16/99, so the mean of mental quality of life at the time of admission was 37/20+/− 11/10 and after follow up 46/19+/−4/05.the mean of global quality of life was 42/75+/− 10/34 at the time of admission and after 6 months 54/59+/− 12/84, which this difference was significant.(p = 0/0001)In this study relation between age and quality of life was significant. (p = 0/0001)ConclusionResults showed that various factors may have role in this change. Such as type of provided services, quality of treatment, emotional support of staff and family, homogenous group therapy, organized life.
FC26-04 - Predicting of life satisfaction with respect to early maladaptive schemas among iranian college students
Authors: Sahraee O. Alizadeh , Yusefnejad M. , Khosravi Z. 
Published: May 2011

IntroductionEarly maladaptive schemas (EMSs) are thought to act as templates for information processing that influence individuals’ emotional reactions to life satisfaction.ObjectivesThus,the main purpose of the present study was to predict Life Satisfaction with respect to early maladaptive schemas among Iranian college students.MethodThe research population consisted of 1700 students. Three hundred undergraduate students (150 female and 150 male) selected by multiple cluster sampling method. Short questionnaire form of early maladaptive schema (YSQ-SF) and life satisfaction questionnaire were used in this study. For analyzing the data, Pearson correlation, Step wise regression and dependent t were used.ResultsResults of correlation showed negative significant correlation between life satisfaction and early maladaptive schemas including emotional Depravation, Social isolation, Defectiveness/sham, failure, Dependence/incompetenceVulnerability To harm illness, Subjugation, Self-sacrifice, Emotional inhibition, Unrelenting Standards /hyper criticalness and Insufficient Self-Control / Self-Discipline. Only three subscales Including Abandonment/ Instability, entitlement/ grandiosity, enmeshment/ undeveloped self, showed no significant correlation with life satisfaction. Result of regression analysis revealed that among 15 schemas, emotional Depravation, Defectiveness/sham and Dependence/incompetence schemas were best predictor of life satisfaction. In addition, the results indicated a significant difference between two groups of male and female students in subdivisions such as mistrust/abuse, failure, vulnerability to harm or illness, and unrelenting standards/hypocriticalness.ConclusionsThe findings of this study show that the assessment of EMS based on Young’s conceptualization of EMS can increase our understanding about students problems and interventions should be focused on changing these schemas.
FC26-05 - Differences in depression symptoms between RTMS responders and rTMS non-responders in a sample of tinnitus affected people
Authors: Acker J. , Scholz F. , Piehl A. , Richter K. , Niklewski G. 
Published: May 2011

IntroductionThe clinic of psychiatry and psychotherapy and the clinic of otolaryngology of the clinic of Nuremberg offer an interdisciplinary consultation for patients suffering from tinnitus aurium and comorbid major depression and/or insomnia.ObjectivesPrediction variables are needed regarding the treatment of subjective ear noises by low frequency rTMS.The aim of the present study was to examinea)if rTMS responders and non-responders differ in significant parameters prior to the rTMS treatmentb)and if improvement of tinnitus complaints is associated with mood change.MethodsFrom June 2008 to July 2010 109 outpatients with chronic tinnitus were treated with rTMS (1 Hz, 2000 impulses, intensity 110% motor-treshold, 10 proceedings, stimulation of left auditory cortex). Prior to and afterwards the proceedings clinical assessment regarding the severity of tinnitus (TQ) and depressive symptoms (BDI II, MADRS) took place.ResultsResponse to rTMS was defined as reduction in the TQ score of ≥ 5 points (54 responder, 18 female, 36 male; 55 non-responder, 16 female, 39 male). The samples did not differ in age (MR = 56,4, SDR = 13,3; MNR = 57,3, SDNR = 12,2). The subsamples differed significantly regarding depression symptoms before rTMS, as non-responder being more depressive than rTMS-responder (table 1; MADRS: p = 0.008 **; BDI II: p = 0.01**).Furthermore there is a significant interaction between BDI and the response/non-response criterion indicating a higher decrease of depression symptoms in rTMS responders.
FC26-06 - Development of interneurons expressing serotonin 3A subtype receptor and sleep regulation
Authors: Vucurovic K. , Béra-Potelle C. , Andrei O. , Kaladjian A. , Vitalis T. 
Published: May 2011

IntroductionSerotonin (5-HT) is known to play a key role in a number of psychiatric disorders. The effects of abnormal 5-HT neurotransmission on the modulation of circadian rhythm have been proposed to be one of the mechanisms underlying these disorders.Objectives and aimsHere we describe developmental characteristics of interneurones (IN) expressing 5-HT type 3A receptor (5-HT3AR) in mice. This receptor is a ligand-gated ion channel which activation leads to a rapid excitatory response in neurons.The expression of 5-HT3AR during embryonic development in mice is mainly restricted to caudal ganglionic eminence (CGE) and entopedoncular area (EPA). We hypothesized that these regions are those specifically involved in the neurogenesis of the IN expressing 5-HT3AR.MethodsTo assess this hypothesis, we used homochronic in utero grafts. Cells were collected from CGE and EPA regions of transgenic mice embryos expressing Green Fluorescent Protein under the control of 5-HT3AR gene promoter. After in utero transplantation in non transgenic embryo, we examined at adult age the location of the grafted cells, as well as their morphological properties.ResultsWe observed that CGE-derived cells gave rise to IN that mostly populated the neocortex and the hippocampus, whereas EPA-derived cells integrated the amygdala, the pyriform cortex and the Ventro-Lateral Pre-Optic (VLPO) nucleus. Moreover, the VLPO EPA-derived cells are similar to “sleep active cells” found in this region and responsible of sleep induction.ConclusionThese results lead to the better understanding of the IN expressing 5HT3AR development. Its activation is possibly implicated in triggering sleep mechanismes.
FC27-01 - Youth matters in London: Mental health, addiction and homelessness
Authors: Forchuk C. , Giustizia S. , Annett N. , Connoy M. , Csiernik R. , Diaz K. , Edwards B. , Elkin D. , Fisman S. , Godin M. , Jeng M. , Laverty K. , Mitchell B. , Norman R. , Ouseley S. , Richardson J. , Rudnick A. , Wilk P. 
Published: May 2011

This project will work closely with existing service partners involved in street level services and focus on testing and evaluating three approaches for street level interventions for youth who are homeless and who have severe or moderate mentally illness. Youth will be asked to choose their preferred service approach:Housing First related initiatives focused on interventions designed to move youth to appropriate and available housing and ongoing housing supports.Treatment First initiatives to provide Mental Health/Addiction supports and treatment solutions, and; Simultaneous attention to both Housing and Treatment TogetherOur primary objective is to understand the service delivery preferences of homeless youth and understand the outcomes of these choices. Our research questions include:1.Which approaches to service are chosen by youth?2.What are the differences and similarities between groups choosing each approach?3.What are the critical ingredients needed to effectively implement services for homeless youth from the perspectives of youth, families and service providers?Focus groups with staff and family members will occur to assist in understanding the nature of each of service approach, changes that evolve within services, & facilitators and barriers to service delivery. This work will be important in determining which approach is chosen by youth and why. Evaluating the outcomes with each choice will provide valuable information about outcomes for the service options chosen by youth. This assist in better identifying weaknesses in the services offered and inform further development of treatment options that youth will accept.
FC27-02 - Psychiatric co-morbidity predicts acute hospitalization among adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Authors: Butwicka A. , Fendler W. , Zalepa A. , Mlynarski W. , Gmitrowicz A. 
Published: May 2011

IntroductionDuring the 90's, there was a dramatic increase (more than 200%) of the incidence of type 1 diabetes in the Polish pediatric population. During the first decade of onset of the disease, 48% of the prospectively monitored children developed psychiatric disorders.ObjectivesTo determine the influence of psychiatric co-morbidity on hospitalization for complications among children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1DM).MethodsOne hundred seventy patients (age range: 8-18 years) with T1DM were evaluated using semi-structured diagnostic interview (K-SADS-PL). Current and past episodes of psychopathology were assessed according to DSM-IV criteria. The effect of psychiatric symptoms for number and times of hospitalizations due to medical complications per year was assessed by using General Linear Model. The mean time of observation was 4,0 ± 2,0 years.ResultsThe median number of days per year of acute hospitalizations was 4,0 (Interquartile Range 0.0-6.8) for group with co-morbidity and 2.6 (0.0–4.6) for group without; also the median of average number of hospitalizations was 0.4 (0.0–0.8) and 0.3 (0.0–0.5) respectively. Psychiatric co-morbidity was associated with number (beta = 0.19; p < 0.05) and duration of hospitalizations (beta = 0.16; p < 0.05) per year.ConclusionsYoung people with type 1 diabetes and psychiatric co-morbidity are at increased risk of hospitalization for disease complications. Interventions aimed at routine psychiatric screening followed by treatment may decrease the number of acute hospitalizations.
FC27-03 - A follow-up study of former child and adolescent psychiatric patients’ psychiatric care in adulthood
Authors: Engqvist U. 
Published: May 2011

IntroductionIn Sweden there are three psychiatric disciplines, general psychiatry (GenP), forensic psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP). There are many similarities between GenP and CAP, but despite this, there is a virtual lack of information regarding possible early symptoms of mental disorders, and how they change during the process of maturing from childhood to adulthood.Aims and objectivesAn overall aim was to provide information about CAP-patients and their outcome as adults. This study describes and discusses the transition between CAP and GenP and illustrates the question if and which CAP-patients will proceed as patients within GenP.Methods1,400 patients, originally treated as in- and outpatients by CAP services were subsequently followed-up into mid-adulthood using official registries and hospital records.ResultsAt least a third of all CAP patients were later admitted to GenP. However, this group constituted only eleven percent of the corresponding age groups of GenP-patients. There seems to be a weak connection between diagnoses given to patients in CAP and later in GenP care.ConclusionsAt least three different pathways for becoming in need of GenP care as adults were identified. First, a “developmental trajectory” with early symptoms of parental neglect, later need of unspecific paediatric hospital treatment, school failure, behavioral problems and referral to CAP. Another way relates to the relatively uncommon development of psychotic disorders. However, the most common way relates to “adult problems” in the categories neurotic and stress-related disorders where the problems seem to have developed from accumulated stressful life-events.
FC27-04 - School-based professional screening of risk behaviours in European adolescents - does risk behaviour account for adolescent psychopathology?
Authors: Kaess M. , Resch F. , Brunner R. ,   The SEYLE Study Group
Published: May 2011

ObjectivesTo develop a school-based screening for adolescent risk behaviour and psychopathology and to investigate the predictive value of different adolescent risk behaviours in terms of suffering from psychopathology that requires mental health care.MethodsA two-stage professional screening was developed and constituted in the randomized-controlled prevention trial “Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE). A school-based screening consisting of a self-report screening questionnaire and a semi-structured professional interview in case of being identified as at-risk were performed in a representative sample of almost 2,000 adolescents within the SEYLE sample of about 8,000 students from 7 European countries and Israel.ResultsA very high percentage of students were detected to be at-risk by either showing risk behaviour or psychopathology or both in the first stage of the screening. From these students, only about one third came to the study center and took part in the interview. About half of of the interviewed students reached were referred to mental health care.ConclusionsRisk behaviours are very common among European adolescents and may also have increased during the last years. Nevertheless, most risk behaviours are weak predictors for suffering from psychopathology that requires mental health care compared to psychopathology or suicidal behaviour theirselves. Although they are certainly unhealthy and badly influencing adolescent development risk behaviours seem to be an ubiquitous phenomenon during adolescence and cannot simply be regarded as signs for severe psychopathology.
FC27-05 - Do parental practices influence child mental health? A Greek longitudinal study
Authors: Bakoula C. , Vassi I. , Veltsista A. , Palili A. , Gika A. , Kolaitis G. 
Published: May 2011

IntroductionResearch about the continuity of mental health problems from childhood to adolescence and the influence of parenting practices on these is limited, but necessary for appropriate family counselling.ObjectivesTo examine the relationship between aspects of parental control, such as monitoring, physical punishment, and unlimited material provision, on the emotional and behavioural health of children up to adolescence.MethodsA representative sample of 2695 Greek adolescents was followed-up from birth to 18yrs. Mental health problems at 7 and 18yrs were assessed by the Rutter A2 and YSR psychometric tools, respectively.ResultsA strong correlation was found between behavioural problems in childhood and adolescence for both genders, while emotional problems were more likely to persist in boys. Age and sex-specific models revealed significant positive associations between frequent use of physical punishment during childhood and Total, Emotional, and Conduct problems in both genders, while parental monitoring was associated with higher scores on Conduct and Total problems mostly in boys at 7yrs. Parental monitoring was more strongly linked to psychological problems in adolescence, while the relationship between punishment and mental health problems was stronger in 7-year-olds than in adolescents. Material provision in childhood was not associated with the outcomes. The long-term effect of parenting strategies on adolescent mental health was mediated or confounded by mental health status at 7yrs.ConclusionsEarly interventions are necessary as mental health problems strongly persist from childhood to late adolescence. The adverse effects of unsuitable parental practices need to be recognised and improved.
FC27-06 - Using mobile phones to detect, treat, and manage adolescent mental halth: A randomised controlled trial of the mobiletype program in rural and metro primary care
Authors: Reid S. , Kauer S. , Patton G. 
Published: May 2011

The mobiletype program is a cell/mobile phone mental health assessment and management tool designed specifically for young people aged 14–24 years to assist in detecting, managing, and treating of youth mental health problems. The mobiletype self-starts 4 times per day and the patient completes a brief survey of their current mood, stresses, coping, alcohol and cannabis use, exercise, sleeping and eating patterns. This data is transmitted in real- time to a website interface which collates it and produces individual reports for young people to share with their doctor.Methods118 young people identified with mild or more mental health symptoms were blindly randomly allocated at the individual level, to either the intervention group (mobiletype plus usual care) or the comparison group (abbreviated mobiletype plus usual care) according to CONSORT guidelines. Participants and doctors completed baseline and follow-up questionnaires measuring mental health, patient-doctor relationship, and pathways to care (i.e. referrals, medication, and testing). Participants were followed-up at 6 weeks and 6 months.ResultsResults from fixed effects analyses of covariance examining the differences between the experimental and control groups on the main outcome measures, with the baseline values as the covariates will be presented. The extent to which the mobiletype program reduces mental health symptoms, enhances the patient-doctor relationship and assists patients in pathways to care will be explored in detail.ConclusionsMobile and new information and connected technologies have much to offer clinical care in terms of increased efficiencies in data collection, increased engagement of participants and overall enhanced care.