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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-24254.
Author :
Iatrakis, George; Haronis, Nikos; Sakellaropoulos, Gerasimos;
Kourkoubas, Anthony; et al.
Institution:
Alexandra Hosp, First Dept of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Athens, Greece.
Title :
Psychosomatic symptoms of postmenopausal women with or without hormonal
treatment.
Source :
Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics. Vol 46(3) 116-121, 1986.
Abstract :
Studied climacteric symptoms in 68 postmenopausal women receiving estrogen
treatment and 50 postmenopausal controls. Nightly perspiration, vasomotor
flushes, dyspnea, vertigo, headache, disturbance of libido, depression,
and anxiety were investigated. Results show a beneficial effect of
estrogen treatment in nightly perspiration, vasomotor flushes, and
disturbance of libido. No difference was found in the other symptoms
studied.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-23946.
Author :
Markoulis, Diomides.
Institution:
Aristotle U of Thessaloniki, Section of Psychology, Greece.
Title :
Moral and cognitive reasoning features in cogenitally blind children:
Comparisons with the sighted.
Source :
British Journal of Developmental Psychology. Vol 6(1) 59-69, Mar 1988.
Abstract :
Compared moral and cognitive reasoning (within the Piagetian theory)
aspects of 60 congenitally blind elementary school children (aged 6-12
yrs) with those of 60 sighted Ss matched in age and socioeconomic status
(SES) background. Results show that moral and cognitive development in the
congenitally blind proceeded at a slower rate, but the developmental lag
in the moral domain did not apply to all moral reasoning features
examined. The dimension of retributive vs distributive justice seemed to
develop in the same manner in the 2 samples. Regarding the prerequisite
relationships between cognitive and moral development, the reciprocal
interaction prediction was the more powerful for the sighted Ss, whereas
for their blind counterparts, cognitive capacity seemed to exert greater
influence on moral development.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-21306.
Author :
Vaslamatzis, Gr; Kontaxakis, V; Markidis, M; Katsouyanni, K.
Institution:
U Athens, Eginition Hosp, Greece.
Title :
Social and resource factors related to the utilization of emergency
psychiatric services in the Athens area.
Source :
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Vol 75(1) 95-98, Jan 1987.
Abstract :
Investigated the relations of socio-demographic and resource factors of
the 26 districts of the greater area of Athens to a Standardized
Psychiatric Emergencies Index (SPEI). Unemployment, education, profession,
distance from the service, psychiatric coverage, and involuntary incoming
were considered as independent variables and SPEI for 1981 as a dependent
variable. Multiple regression analysis showed that the only factor
significantly correlated with the emergency use of the psychiatric service
is the distance from the facility.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-20321.
Author :
Sakellariou, Georgia; Markianos, Manolis; Tsichlakis, Nikos; Kartakis,
Demetrios.
Institution:
State Psychiatric Hosp, Canea, Greece.
Title :
A family study of plasma dopamine-beta-hydroxylase in schizophrenia.
Source :
Psychiatry Research. Vol 20(3) 221-227, Mar 1987.
Abstract :
Studied the genetic influence on plasma dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH)
and the possible differences in the activities of this enzyme between 24
18-48 yr old schizophrenic patients and their healthy 1st-degree
relatives. The DBH activity of the 24 patients did not differ from those
of their 37 healthy siblings or their 42 parents. A control group of 52 Ss
without family history of the illness had similar enzyme activities. It is
concluded that although plasma DBH activity is genetically determined, it
neither differentiates schizophrenic from healthy family members nor
differentiates Ss with a family history of the illness from those without
a history.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-20276.
Author :
Madianos, M G; Madianou, D; Vlachonikolis, J; Stefanis, C N.
Institution:
U Athens, Social Psychiatry Unit, Greece.
Title :
Attitudes towards mental illness in the Athens area: Implications for
community mental health intervention.
Source :
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Vol 75(2) 158-165, Feb 1987.
Abstract :
Identified components of attitudes toward mental illness in a probability
sample of 1,574 male and female adults, taking into account that public
opinions influence the use of mental health services and the reintegration
of the mentally disabled. The instrument used to measure attitudinal
dimensions was an opinions about mental illness scale (OMI). Factor
analysis revealed 5 attitude dimensions: Social Discrimination, Social
Restriction, Social Care, Integration, and Etiology. Among the
sociodemographic variables, age, education, occupational status, and place
of residence up to 18 yrs of age affected the factors, mainly reflecting
social discrimination and restriction. OMI factor scores underlying the
need for social care and reintegration of the mentally ill into society
were socially invariant, implying the need for social care and more humane
treatment methods.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-20274.
Author :
Lykouras, Eleftherios; Markianos, Manolis; Malliaras, Dimitrios;
Stefanis, Costas.
Institution:
Eginition Hosp, Dept of Psychiatry, Athens, Greece.
Title :
Neurochemical variables in delusional depression.
Source :
American Journal of Psychiatry. Vol 145(2) 214-217, Feb 1988.
Abstract :
Assayed plasma dopamine beta-hydroxylase activity; platelet monoamine
oxidase (MAO) activity; plasma prolactin; the urinary monoamine
metabolites 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol, 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid,
and homovanillic acid; and urinary cyclic adenosine monophosphate from 18
delusional and 22 nondelusional depressed adult inpatients. No significant
differences between the 2 groups were found.
1988
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-17813.
Author :
Martinos, A; Rinieris, P; Souvatzoglou, A; Koutras, D A; et al.
Institution:
Athens U Medical School, Eginition Hosp, Greece.
Title :
Effects of six weeks' neuroleptic treatment on the pituitary-thyroid axis
in schizophrenic patients.
Source :
Neuropsychobiology. Vol 16(2-3) 72-77, 1986.
Abstract :
Investigated the effects of 6 wks of neuroleptic treatment on the
pituitary-thyroid axis in 25 male schizophrenics (aged 19-42 yrs) and
diurnal variation in these Ss' thyrotropin (TSH) and prolactin (PRL)
responses to thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) during treatment. After
treatment, Ss tended to have lower free thyroxine values, higher-basal TSH
and PRL values, and significantly augmented TSH and PRL responses to TRH
compared with pretreatment values. Findings suggest a means for diagnosing
subclinical hypothyroidism in neuroleptic-treated schizophrenics.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-17610.
Author :
Hartocollis, Peter.
Institution:
U Patras Medical School, Greece.
Title :
Borderline patients and their treatment: Technical and other problems.
Source :
Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review. Vol 10(2) 93-102, 1987.
Abstract :
Conceptualizes borderline pathology (BP) in terms of 5 aspects of human
functioning or personality: affective disposition, impulse control,
personal identity, interpersonal relationships, and reality testing. These
5 parameters of personality are dynamically interconnected and
overlapping. In the area of affects, there is a great liability, an
emotional instability that runs the gamut of dysphoric affects. The
borderline is an angry individual, characterized by oral demandingness,
which often has a paranoid flavor. A clinical case of a 20-yr-old male
illustrates the diagnostic points of BP and treatment considerations,
which are based on psychoanalytic theory and the needs of the patients.
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Accession Number
Symposium & Conference Presentations: 75-17271.
Author :
Stefanis, C N; Kokkevi, A.
Institution:
Athens U Medical School, Eginition Hosp, Greece.
Title :
Depression and drug use. International Commemorative Symposium--World
Health Organization and World Psychiatric Association: Latest findings on
the aetiology and therapy of depression (1986, Basel, Switzerland).
Source :
Psychopathology. Vol 19(Suppl 2) 124-131, Feb 1987.
Abstract :
Presents findings from a nationwide study in Greece of 11,058 students
(aged 14-18 yrs), focusing on the association of depressive disorders and
drug use. A progressive increase of depressive mood levels was found
proceeding from the nonusers to the users of licit (e.g., tobacco,
alcohol, psychotropics used without prescription) and illicit substances.
The same pattern was also observed with rates of elevated depression
scores and self-reported suicide attempts. Findings are discussed in
connection with the issue of a possible causal relationship between
depressive mood and substance dependence.
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Accession Number
Symposium & Conference Presentations: 75-14146.
Author :
Kokkevi, Anna; Agathonos, Helen.
Institution:
Athens U Medical School, Eginition Hosp, Greece.
Title :
Intelligence and personality profile of battering parents in Greece: A
comparative study. Fifth International Congress on Child Abuse & Neglect,
(1984, Montreal, Canada).
Source :
Child Abuse & Neglect. Vol 11(1) 93-99, 1987.
Abstract :
Examined personal factors (i.e., parents' intellectual and personality
characteristics) that may influence abusing behavior in the Greek
sociocultural context, using 33 battering parents and 33 matched controls.
Ss were administered the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and the
Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF). The mean age of battering
fathers was 39.9 yrs and of battering mothers 29.1 yrs. Ss were primarily
of low socioeconomic status (SES). Battering mothers' general, verbal, and
performance IQs were significantly lower than those of the control group
or of battering fathers. Battering mothers were found significantly more
shy, restrained, timid, threat-sensitive, undisciplined, self-conflicted
and following own urges than the control mothers. Factor H of the 16PF
(shy/venturesome dimension) differentiated significantly between battering
and control fathers but in the opposite direction from that of mothers.
Results are discussed within the context of Greek cultural characteristics
and intercultural comparisons. (French abstract)
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-14047.
Author :
Manos, N; Vasilopoulou, E; Hatzistephanou, A; Butcher, J.
Institution:
Aristotle U of Thessalonika Medical School, Salonika, Greece.
Title :
Hostility and depression.
Source :
New Trends in Experimental & Clinical Psychiatry. Vol 2(2) 103-112,
Apr-Jun 1986.
Abstract :
Studied the relationship of hostility to depression in 30 patients
fulfilling the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(DSM-III) criteria for dysthymic disorder ( n = 17), major depression ( n
= 13), and 3 matched control samples of 30 patients each with anxiety,
somatoform and schizophrenic disorders. Ss were aged 15-46 yrs. Minnesota
Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) research scales measuring
hostility or aggression showed that though the depressed Ss were more
self-critical and felt more guilt than the controls and scored generally
higher on aggression or hostility, there was no conclusive evidence of an
association between higher amounts of either outward- or inward-directed
aggression and depression.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-11363.
Author :
Katakis, Charis D.
Institution:
Lab for the Study of Human Relations, Athens, Greece.
Title :
Avoiding artificial fragmentations: Some basic unifying concepts and
principles as guidelines for planning interventions.
Source :
Dynamic Psychotherapy. Vol 4(2) 177-184, Fal-Win 1986.
Abstract :
Suggests that the mental health field needs a general frame of reference
to facilitate organization of existing knowledge and that the either/or
fragmentations prevent use of valuable knowledge stemming from different
schools of psychotherapy. The artificial dichotomies regarding
conceptualizations of functioning and malfunctioning as well as the
controversy about the relative effectiveness of different therapeutic
approaches are discussed. The need for unifying models that will offer
guidelines for organizing observations and for planning interventions is
stressed. The direct applicability of a few basic concepts and principles
stemming from general systems theory in acknowledging and in dealing with
complex interrelated biopsychosocial manifestations of health and
pathology is demonstrated.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-10899.
Author :
Beratis, Stavroula.
Institution:
U Patras Medical School, Greece.
Title :
Suicide in southwestern Greece 1979-1984.
Source :
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Vol 74(5) 433-439, Nov 1986.
Abstract :
Studied suicide trends in Achaia, an area including urban and rural living
environments in southwestern Greece, and compared the findings to those of
studies of other groups. The study, which focused on police records from
1979 to 1984, considered epidemiological, sociological, and cultural
factors influencing suicide trends. Psychological disorders were the most
frequent cause of suicide.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-10842.
Author :
Lykouras, E; Malliaras, D; Christodoulou, G N; Moussas, G; et al.
Institution:
Eginition Hosp, Athens, Greece.
Title :
Delusional depression: Phenomenology and response to treatment.
Source :
Psychopathology. Vol 19(4) 157-164, Jul-Aug 1986.
Abstract :
Compared demographic and clinical characteristics, personality traits,
family psychiatric history, and response to treatment in 55 delusional
(mean age at onset 43.6 yrs) and 40 nondelusional hospitalized patients
(mean age at onset 40.6 yrs) who met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders (DSM-III) criteria for major depression. Male delusional
depressives ( n = 29) had a greater frequency of delusional ideas at the
index episode than female delusionals ( n = 26). Delusional depressives
had a greater frequency of family history for alcoholism and a smaller
frequency of previous depressive episodes. They also tended to respond
more favorably to treatment with electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT) or
tricyclic antidepressants combined with neuroleptics than to
antidepressants alone. Results suggest that delusional depression is a
more severe but not a qualitatively different type of major depressive
illness.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-08412.
Author :
Manos, N.
Institution:
Aristotelian U of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Title :
"Evaluation of the need for prophylactic antiparkinsonian medication in
psychotic patients treated with neuroleptics": Dr. Manos replies.
Source :
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Vol 47(12) 611, Dec 1986.
Abstract :
In response to the comment by J. P. McEvoy (see PA, Vol 75:8413) on the
work of the present author and colleagues (see PA, Vol 74:11203), the use
of low neuroleptic doses is endorsed, but it is explained that high doses
were necessitated by the intensity of the psychosis in acutely ill
involuntary patients.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-07985.
Author :
Lyketsos, George C; Lyketsos, Costas G.
Institution:
National Capodistrian U of Athens, Greece.
Title :
Hostility and mind-body interactions: A Greek perspective.
Source :
Advances. Vol 3(4) 122-133, Fal 1986.
Abstract :
Discusses psychological findings in populations with so-called
psychosomatic disorders (duodenal ulcer, ulcerative colitis, bronchial
asthma, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, and some skin diseases). Focus
is on associating psychodynamic studies with recent discoveries about
personality characteristics, the development of neurosis, and dysthymic
states in psychosomatic populations. Relevant physiological and
immunological considerations are reviewed.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-05739.
Author :
Moulopoulos, S D; Stamatelopoulos, S; Nanas, S; Economides, K.
Institution:
National Capodistrian U, Athens, Greece.
Title :
Medical education and experience affecting intra-observer variability.
Source :
Medical Education. Vol 20(2) 133-135, Mar 1986.
Abstract :
Assessed intraobserver variability for history and simple test evaluation
in 10 final-year medical students and 5 senior hospital staff members. It
is concluded that the nature of diagnostic procedure and present training
in medical school or long-term experience may not be the only factors that
affect intraobserver variability in everyday simple diagnostic
applications.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-05046.
Author :
Papakostas, Yiannis; Markianos, Manolis; Papadimitriou, George;
Stefanis, Costas.
Institution:
National Capodistrian U of Athens Medical School, Eginition Hosp, Greece.
Title :
Prolactin response induced by ECT and TRH.
Source :
British Journal of Psychiatry. Vol 148 721-723, Jun 1986.
Abstract :
Compared the pattern of electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)-induced
serum prolactin (PRL) to that induced by the thyrotropin-releasing hormone
(TRH) in 10 female melancholic patients (aged 40-69 yrs). Results show
that the PRL responses after ECT correlated significantly to those
produced by TRH. It is suggested there may be an underlying common
mechanism between TRH and ECT regarding their PRL-releasing properties.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-02539.
Author :
Potamianos, Gregory.
Institution:
Ctr for Mental Health, Athens, Greece.
Title :
A comparison of the structure of two models of treatment for alcoholism.
Source :
Drug & Alcohol Dependence. Vol 18(1) 31-39, Sep 1986.
Abstract :
Discusses services (i.e., referral system, appointment procedure, 1st
interview, attitudes toward drinking problems, treatment procedure,
follow-up) offered to alcoholics by a general hospital and by a
community-based center. Both models appear to be effective in alcohol
treatment, although differences were noted in each area of examination.
Patients from the community-based center were found to drink significantly
less at 1-yr follow-up than were hospital-managed patients.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-02454.
Author :
Stefanis, C N; Madianos, M G; Gittelman, Martin.
Institution:
National Capodistrian U of Athens, Medical School, Greece.
Title :
Recent developments in the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of the
chronic mentally ill in Greece.
Source :
Hospital & Community Psychiatry. Vol 37(10) 1041-1044, Oct 1986.
Abstract :
The chronic mentally ill in Greece are primarily cared for in large public
mental hospitals or by their families because of the absence of
community-based alternatives and the centralization of existing services.
However, in the last decade, new legislation to improve the lives of the
chronically ill has been passed, additional daycare facilities have been
opened, and the development of decentralized mental health services has
been scheduled by the national health system. A case report of a
middle-aged man with psychotic depression illustrates the care provided at
Greece's first community mental health center, established in 1979 in
Athens.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 74-28850.
Author :
Vaslamatzis, Gregory; Verveniotis, S.
Institution:
Eginition Hosp, Athens, Greece.
Title :
Early dropouts in brief dynamic psychotherapy.
Source :
Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics. Vol 44(4) 205-210, Jul 1986.
Abstract :
Studied the early dropout phenomenon in 24 patients (aged 17-45 yrs) in
relation to variables included in the selection criteria. A high final
score, early transference confrontation, circumscribed problem of the
patient, high motivation for treatment, and existence of crisis were
strongly associated with continuation of brief psychotherapy.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 74-24621.
Author :
Drivas, Antonia; Roe, Kiki V; Roe, Arnold; Karagellis, Antigone.
Institution:
Babies' Ctr Metera, Athens, Greece.
Title :
Differential functioning on the Illingworth by home- vs institution-reared
3-month-old infants.
Source :
Perceptual & Motor Skills. Vol 62(3) 923-926, Jun 1986.
Abstract :
The performance on the developmental scale of R. S. Illingworth (1960) of
32 3-mo-old home-reared Greek infants was compared to that of 22 infants
reared in a modern institution. Home-reared Ss were superior to
institutional Ss in every aspect of development except on manipulations
(fine motor coordination). It is suggested that the superiority of the
home Ss is attributed to the quality of the mother/caretaker-infant
relationship.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 74-22193.
Author :
Tsiantis, John; Macri, Iphigenia; Maratos, Olga.
Institution:
"Aghia Sophia" Children's Hosp, Dept of Psychological Pediatrics, Athens,
Greece.
Title :
Schizophrenia in children: A review of European research.
Source :
Schizophrenia Bulletin. Vol 12(1) 101-119, 1986.
Abstract :
Reviews trends in research, using selected European literature on
childhood schizophrenia. It is noted that extensive work has been devoted
to tracing and defining boundaries of childhood schizophrenia from
infantile psychosis, autism, organic psychoses, and borderline states.
Development, as an important variable when studying diagnostic criteria
and the course of the condition, is discussed. Diagnostic criteria and
symptomatology, incidence and sex ratios, differential diagnosis,
precursors, onset, course, prognosis, and treatment are described.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 74-16081.
Author :
Lyketsos, G C; Stratigos, J; Tawil, G; Psaras, M; et al.
Institution:
Dromokaition Mental Hosp, Athens, Greece.
Title :
Hostile personality characteristics, dysthymic states and neurotic
symptoms in urticaria, psoriasis and alopecia.
Source :
Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics. Vol 44(3) 122-131, Apr 1986.
Abstract :
28 patients with urticaria, 26 with psoriasis, and 26 with alopecia were
compared for hostile personality characteristics, states of anxiety and
depression, neurotic syndromes, and stress with a control group of 38
nonpsychosomatic patients with other skin diseases. Ss completed 4 scales
that measured personality deviance, anxiety and depression, social
readjustment, and mental state. Ss from each experimental group were found
to be less dominant, more intropunitive, more extrapunitive, and more
neurotic than the control group. The following neurotic syndromes
differentiated the experimental groups: nonspecific anxiety states in
urticaria patients, neurotic depression in the patients with alopecia, and
a variety of neurotic syndromes in the psoriasis patients. All
experimental groups scored significantly higher than the controls in
stress experienced during the year preceding the onset or exacerbation of
the illness.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 74-15753.
Author :
Lykouras, E P; Malliaras, D; Christodoulou, G N; Papakostas, Y; et al.
Institution:
National Capodistrian U of Athens, Greece.
Title :
Delusional depression: Phenomenology and response to treatment: A
prospective study.
Source :
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Vol 73(3) 324-329, Mar 1986.
Abstract :
A comparison of 22 delusional and 36 nondelusional 18-65 yr old depressive
patients showed that delusional depressives had a higher total score than
nondelusional depressives on the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, as
well as a higher score for depressed mood and psychomotor retardation. The
type of treatment failed to differentiate the 2 groups as to outcome at
discharge. However, 6 of the 7 delusional depressives who did not respond
to tricyclic antidepressants had a full recovery with electroconvulsive
shock therapy (ECT). (17 ref)
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Accession Number
Symposium & Conference Presentations: 74-11203.
Author :
Manos, N; Lavrentiadis, G; Gkiouzepas, J.
Institution:
Aristotelian U of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Salonika, Greece.
Title :
Evaluation of the need for prophylactic antiparkinsonian medication in
psychotic patients treated with neuroleptics. Fifth South-East European
Conference for Neurology and Psychiatry (1983, Graz, Austria).
Source :
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Vol 47(3) 114-116, Mar 1986.
Abstract :
A double-blind study of 42 psychotic patients (mean age 29.88 yrs) treated
with neuroleptics evaluated the need for prophylactic use of
antiparkinsonian medication. The 27 Ss assigned to placebo presented
significantly more severe extrapyramidal symptomatology, particularly
dystonias, than 15 Ss given trihexyphenidyl HCl, indicating a need for the
prophylactic use of antiparkinsonian medication during treatment with
neuroleptics. (8 ref)
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 74-10939.
Author :
Beratis, Stavroula; Miller, Robert; Galenson, Eleanor.
Institution:
U Patras Medical School, Greece.
Title :
Separation-individuation and transitional objects in a four-year-old
psychotic child.
Source :
International Journal of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Vol 9 561-582,
1982-83.
Abstract :
Describes a segment of the treatment of a psychotic boy (aged 4 yrs) in a
therapeutic nursery setting, focusing on the therapeutic interventions
that facilitated progress and the therapeutic difficulties in working with
a nonverbal psychotic child. In the course of treatment, pathological
phenomena of the separation-individuation process were highlighted.
Certain hypotheses regarding both normal and distorted forms of the
transitional objects and transitional phenomena are offered, particularly
regarding their significance as indicators of developmental progress. (44
ref)
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 74-07895.
Author :
Papakostas, Yiannis G; Stefanis, Costas C; Markianos, Manolis;
Papadimitriou, George N.
Institution:
National Capodistrian U of Athens Medical School, Eginition Hosp, Greece.
Title :
Naloxone fails to block ECT-induced prolactin increase.
Source :
Biological Psychiatry. Vol 20(12) 1326-1327, Dec 1985.
Abstract :
Examined the role of opioids in electroconvulsive shock therapy
(ECT)-induced prolactin (PRL) increase by administering naloxone HCl
(0.4-4 mg) to 5 female melancholic patients (aged 38-63 yrs) undergoing
treatment with ECT. Although the degree of PRL increase after pretreatment
with naloxone did not differ from that induced by ECT alone, ECT induced
higher PRL secretion than occurred with simulated ECT. It is concluded
that a minor contribution of opioids in the ECT-induced prolactin response
cannot be excluded. (6 ref)
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 74-07440.
Author :
Markianos, Manolis; Tripodianakis, Jannis.
Institution:
National Capodistrian U of Athens Medical School, Eginition Hosp, Greece.
Title :
Low plasma dopamine-b-hydroxylase in demented schizophrenics.
Source :
Biological Psychiatry. Vol 20(1) 98-101, Jan 1985.
Abstract :
Examined plasma dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH) activity in blood samples
from male schizophrenics (22 demented (mean age 59.6 yrs) and 36 not
demented (mean age 54.4 yrs)) and 40 normal male controls. Schizophrenic
demented patients showed significantly lower DBH activity. The presence of
demented schizophrenics in patient groups in relation to plasma DBH
activity may explain discrepancies in the results of several research
groups. (9 ref)
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 74-06559.
Author :
Avdelidis, Dimitris; Spyraki, Christina.
Institution:
National Capodistrian U Medical School, Athens, Greece.
Title :
Dopamine dependent behaviours in rats with bilateral ibotenic acid-induced
lesions of the globus pallidus.
Source :
Brain Research Bulletin. Vol 16(1) 25-32, Jan 1986.
Abstract :
Studied amphetamine hyperactivity, apomorphine stereotypy, and haloperidol
catalepsy in 34 male Wistar rats following selective damage to cell bodies
within the globus pallidus (GP). Results indicate that ibotenic
acid-induced bilateral lesions of GP attenuated the spontaneous
locomotion, but they did not influence the locomotor response to
amphetamine. Apomorphine-induced gnawing and licking were attenuated in Ss
with GP lesions; the effect of haloperidol on catalepsy was enhanced
following the GP lesion. It is concluded that the normal expression of
some dopamine-related functions depends on the integrity of cells within
the GP region. (38 ref)
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 74-05046.
Author :
Stefanis, Costas.
Institution:
Athens U Medical School, Eginition Hosp, Greece.
Title :
"Clinical issues of bioavailability problems with psychotropics:
Overview": Commentary.
Source :
Integrative Psychiatry. Vol 3(3, Suppl) 46-48, Sep 1985.
Abstract :
Welcomes L. A. Gottschalk's (see PA, Vol 74:4987) proposals for meeting
the basic prerequisites for more reliable tests on the bioavailability and
bioequivalency of psychotropics. However, the present author stresses the
complexity of establishing adequate methodologies and calls for
flexibility in trying new techniques. (19 ref)
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 74-04280.
Author :
Lykouras, E; Christodoulou, G N; Malliaras, D.
Institution:
Eginition Hosp, Athens, Greece.
Title :
Type and content of delusions in unipolar psychotic depression.
Source :
Journal of Affective Disorders. Vol 9(3) 249-252, Nov 1985.
Abstract :
Compared unipolar depressed psychotic ( n = 12) and nonpsychotic ( n =
19) patients for the presence of delusional ideation in previous episodes.
Information was obtained from patients, close relatives, and medical
records. Results indicate that psychotic Ss had a significantly higher
frequency of delusions in previous episodes. The type and content of
delusional ideas were similar from episode to episode. It is concluded
that the results do not support categorization of psychotic depression as
a distinct depressive subtype. Designation of depressive patients as
psychotic or not on the basis of presence or absence of psychotic features
in the current episode is not justified. (13 ref)
< 297>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 74-04254.
Author :
Jockers-Wretou, Evangelia; Vassilopoulos, Demetris.
Institution:
National Hellenic Research Foundation, Inst of Biological Research,
Athens, Greece.
Title :
Serum creatine kinase MB (heart) isoenzyme activity in schizophrenia.
Source :
Biological Psychiatry. Vol 20(3) 337-339, Mar 1985.
Abstract :
Analyzed serum samples from 56 schizophrenics (aged 18-54 yrs), most of
whom were being treated with neuroleptics. Creatine kinase MB (CK-MB)
isoenzyme was found in the serum of 5 Ss, and Ss' CK activity levels were
higher than in the reference sera. It is concluded that the appearance of
CK-MB in schizophrenia may reflect abnormalities occurring in the muscular
fiber due to neuromuscular dysfunction. (11 ref)
< 298>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 74-02302.
Author :
Kontaxakis, V; Markidis, M; Vaslamatzis, Gr; Christodoulou, G N.
Institution:
National Capodistrian U of Athens, Eginition Hosp, Greece.
Title :
Substance abusers seeking emergency psychiatric care: Motivation to
treatment.
Source :
Drug & Alcohol Dependence. Vol 16(2) 185-189, Nov 1985.
Abstract :
Compared 138 patients who met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM-III) criteria for substance abuse--91 Ss voluntarily
attended psychiatric services and 47 Ss were involuntarily referred to the
outpatient department (OP) by the police. Data indicate that female Ss
were more likely to seek psychiatric care willingly and less likely to be
brought to OP involuntarily. Substance abuse patients who attended OP on
their own accord and without police intervention shared the following
characteristics: They had a more recent onset of substance abuse, a
greater frequency of suicidal attempts immediately preceding OP
attendance, and a smaller number of previous psychiatric hospitalizations;
their attendance was motivated by their wish for detoxification. (5 ref)
< 299>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 73-30411.
Author :
Ioannidis, Paul J.
Institution:
Hosp for Chest Diseases, Dept of Cardiology, Athens, Greece.
Title :
Economic mobility, stress and arterial diseases.
Source :
Man-Environment Systems. Vol 14(5-6) 192-196, Sep-Nov 1984.
Abstract :
Examines the concept of stress resulting from teleonomic entropy and its
possible causative relationship to arterial disease (AD). It was thought
initially that the rising epidemic of AD resulted from prolongation of
life. It has been hypothesized that in industrialized countries, propelled
to the top of the economic scale by rapid economic advancement, AD evolved
over a time course inversely related to the speed of economic growth.
However, in developing and Communist countries, the annual growth rate of
the gross national product has a significant positive association with the
annual growth of AD mortality. It is suggested that a multidisciplinary
concept of stress (in psychology), teleonomic entropy (in physics), or
excessive suffering (in philosophy) provides a better explanation for the
genesis, rise, and decline of AD than do the risk factors posited by
medicine. Research findings on the individual, community, and national
level are applied to this suggestion. It is concluded that the medical
discipline, during its period of isolation from other sciences, produced
short lived and useless, if not harmful, concepts about AD. (21 ref)
< 300>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 73-27357.
Author :
Rinieris, Pantelis; Markianos, M; Hatzimanolis, J; Stefanis, C.
Institution:
National Capodistrian U of Athens Medical School, Eginition Hosp, Greece.
Title :
A psychoendocrine study in male paranoid schizophrenics with delusional
ideas of homosexual content.
Source :
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Vol 72(3) 309-314, Sep 1985.
Abstract :
Investigated the serum prolactin (PRL), luteinizing hormone (LH),
testosterone (T), and estradiol (E) levels in 17 male paranoid
schizophrenics (24-37 yrs old) with delusional ideas of homosexual
content, 18 male paranoid schizophrenics (23-40 yrs old) without
delusional ideas of homosexual content, and 16 healthy male heterosexuals
(23-38 yrs old). Only male paranoid schizophrenics with delusional ideas
of homosexual content had significantly lower serum PRL values and
significantly higher serum E levels than those of the heterosexual
controls; also, these patients tended to have higher (although not to a
statistically significant degree) serum LH and T levels than those of
normal controls. Findings are discussed within the framework of the
possible involvement of endocrine factors in the occurrence of delusional
ideas of homosexual content in male patients with paranoid schizophrenia.
One hypothesis suggests that decreased brain serotoninergic activity in
male paranoid schizophrenics with delusional ideas of homosexual content
could enhance their repressed homosexual impulses. (32 ref)
< 301>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 73-27298.
Author :
Frangos, Elias; et al.
Institution:
State Mental Hosp, 3rd Psychiatric Dept, Athens, Greece.
Title :
Prevalence of DSM III schizophrenia among the first-degree relatives of
schizophrenic probands.
Source :
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Vol 72(4) 382-386, Oct 1985.
Abstract :
Investigated the extent of genetic influence in Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) schizophrenia by comparing the
1st-degree relatives of 97 male and 19 female DSM-III schizophrenic
probands (mean age 45.9 yrs) with those of an equal number of normal Ss,
randomly selected and matched for age and sex. There were 346 surviving
relatives of schizophrenics and 438 surviving relatives of control Ss.
Results based on DSM-III criteria indicate that schizophrenia and
schizophrenia-related personality disorders were significantly more common
in the 1st-degree relatives of DSM-III schizophrenic probands than in the
relatives of the controls, suggesting that schizophrenia has a genetic
component. (11 ref)
< 302>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 73-24029.
Author :
Spyraki, Christina; Kazandjian, Anna; Varonos, Denis.
Institution:
National Capodistrian U of Athens Medical School, Greece.
Title :
Diazepam-induced place preference conditioning: Appetitive and
antiaversive properties.
Source :
Psychopharmacology. Vol 87(2) 225-232, Oct 1985.
Abstract :
Used the place conditioning paradigm to examine the reinforcing properties
of diazepam with over 270 male Wistar rats. Ss were injected
intraperitoneally (ip) with diazepam (0.5-5.0 mg/kg) and 30 min later were
confined for 30 min to one side of a shuttlebox, in which each of the 2
compartments had distinctive features. On alternate (control) days they
received vehicle injections and were confined for 30 min to the opposite
side. At almost all doses tested, diazepam produced place preference for
the distinctive compartment that had been previously associated with the
drug. Ss preferred the drug side over a novel compartment, but they did
not change their initial preference for the side when diazepam was given
after removal from the training box. Ss injected orally with meprobamate
(70 mg/kg), a nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytic, also developed conditioned
preference for the drug side, comparable to that seen following cocaine
HCl (10 mg/kg, ip). The diazepam (2.5 mg/kg)-induced place preference was
antagonized by CGS 8216 (3 mg/kg, ip), picrotoxin (2 mg/kg, ip), and
naloxone (0.8 mg/kg, subcutaneously) injected 3 min before and 15 and 20
min after diazepam, respectively. Picrotoxin and naloxone produced place
aversion. Results indicate that the place preference paradigm is valid for
evaluating appetitive properties of minor tranquilizers and suggest that
the rewarding effects of diazepam are mediated through central
benzodiazepine receptors. (45 ref)
< 303>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 73-20459.
Author :
Paschalis, C; Sotiriadou, C; Siablis, D; Papapetropoulos, Th.
Institution:
U Patras Medical School, "Agios Andreas" Hosp, Greece.
Title :
Multiple adverse reactions following metrizamide myelography.
Source :
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. Vol 48(7) 720-721, Jul
1985.
Abstract :
Presents the case of a 50-yr-old man who suffered generalized convulsive
seizures, deterioration of the spastic tetraparesis with urinary
retention, and weakness of the shoulder girdle muscles that became
atrophic with widespread and frequent fasciculations following metrizamide
lumbar myelography. Explanations for this S's sudden deterioration of
cervical myelopathy are discussed, including vascular accident at
myelography or during the generalized seizures or the metrizamide itself.
(15 ref)
< 304>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 73-20199.
Author :
Manos, Nikos; Christakis, J.
Institution:
Aristotelian U of Thessaloniki Medical School, Salonika, Greece.
Title :
Coping with cancer: Psychological dimensions.
Source :
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Vol 72(1) 1-5, Jul 1985.
Abstract :
The authors address some of the psychological aspects of cancer, such as
how the patient feels, reacts, and tries to cope with the disease; the
involvement of the family in the patient's care; and how the physician and
nursing personnel can offer optimal care by considering their own, the
patient's, and the patient's family's psychological response to the
disease. The psychological responses of the patient include denial,
vulnerability, coping strategies, hope, depression, suicide, reaction to
diagnosis, and the management of the family. It is argued that coping with
cancer, whether at the somatic or psychological level, is based on hope.
Some guidelines are offered for coping with cancer. (16 ref)
< 305>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 73-18372.
Author :
Haritos-Fatouros, M.
Institution:
Aristotelian U of Thessaloniki Faculty of Philosophy, Div of Psychology,
Salonika, Greece.
Title :
Mental health training and work programs for psychologists and allied
professions: An international perspective.
Source :
Journal of Community Psychology. Vol 13(3) 318-322, Jul 1985.
Abstract :
Presents proposals for training professionals in the mental health care
field, including informing trainees about social factors influencing
psychopathology and socioeconomic influences on diagnosis and treatment;
emphasizing prevention rather than treatment; stressing ethics in
diagnosis and treatment during specialized training; and teaching lay
people such as parents, teachers, and youth leaders how to cope with the
problems of others. (28 ref)
< 306>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 73-17601.
Author :
Ierodiakonou, C S.
Institution:
Aristotelian U of Thessaloniki, Salonika, Greece.
Title :
Psychosomatic manifestations in the context of Greek culture.
Source :
Dynamic Psychotherapy. Vol 3(1) 88-94, Spr-Sum 1985.
Abstract :
Discusses Greek cultural traits in reference to various psychosomatic
manifestations. Cultural characteristics of the Greek parent-child
relationship and cultural changes occurring in Greece today are outlined.
Other specific conditions are discussed, such as the social background of
emigrants' children left in Greece (who present psychosomatic symptoms of
a particular type) and the cultural belief in supernatural forces by
fire-dancers leading to extraordinary psychophysiological phenomena. (19
ref)
< 307>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 73-14631.
Author :
Madianos, M G; Vlachonikolis, I; Madianou, D; Stefanis, C.
Institution:
National Capodistrian U of Athens, Social Psychiatry Unit, Greece.
Title :
Prevalence of psychological disorders in the Athens area: Prediction of
causal factors.
Source :
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Vol 71(5) 479-487, May 1985.
Abstract :
Conducted a 2-phase cross-sectional study on the prevalence of
psychological disorders to determine the possible effects (risk factors)
that personal data may have on mental health. 1,574 residents (aged 19-64
yrs) of 2 boroughs in the greater Athens area completed a questionnaire
that assessed their sociodemographic profile, use of psychiatric services,
medication, and experience of stressful life events. Findings indicate
that all the independent variables investigated affected the respondents'
psychological status, although interactive effects between variables
predicted different patterns of psychopathological symptom formation. The
proportion of psychologically impaired women was nearly twice as high as
that of men, and Ss aged 40 yrs and older showed higher rates of
psychopathology than younger Ss. Marital status had a sizable influence on
psychological status, with younger widowed Ss exhibiting an increased
proportion of psychological impairment. There was a significant
association between low occupational status and psychological impairment.
(36 ref)
< 308>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 73-07412.
Author :
Dontas, Cleo; Maratos, Olga; Fafoutis, Maria; Karangelis, Antigone.
Institution:
Corfu General Hosp, Greece.
Title :
Early social development in institutionally reared Greek infants:
Attachment and peer interaction.
Source :
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. Vol 50(1-2)
136-146, 1985.
Abstract :
Two studies examined the idea that under certain conditions,
institutionally reared infants can develop normally (i.e., they are able
to form attachments to key caregivers, to distinguish familiar from
unfamiliar peers, and to form bonds with new primary caregivers). In Study
1, 15 7-9 mo old Greek infants reared in an infant caregiving institution
who were already attached to a favorite nurse were observed before they
were introduced to their adoptive mothers and at the end of a 2-wk
adaptation period. Results show that Ss began to form a new attachment
within the 2-wk period. In Study 2, 16 5-12 mo old infants from the same
institution who were about to be adopted were brought together from
separate units within the institution. Ss were observed with a familiar
peer from the same unit and with an unfamiliar peer from a different unit.
Peers were within 2 mo in age of one another. Results show that Ss'
interaction with same-age peers did not appear to be as emotionally
intense as attachment behaviors directed toward their adult caregivers. It
is suggested that because Ss were attached to adults in this institution,
none of the previously reported negative effects (e.g., depression,
marasmus, detachment, indiscriminate attention seeking) of
institutionalization were observed.
< 309>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 73-03878.
Author :
Lyketsos, George C; Paterakis, Pericles; Beis, Antony; Lyketsos,
Constantine G.
Institution:
U Athens, Greece.
Title :
Eating disorders in schizophrenia.
Source :
British Journal of Psychiatry. Vol 146 255-261, Mar 1985.
Abstract :
Investigated eating disorders and eating attitudes in 137 21-65 yr old
schizophrenics and 22 patients with chronic affective disorder. 60 normal
volunteers served as comparison groups. Three questionnaires (demographic,
eating disorder, and eating attitudes) were administered to all Ss.
Results confirm that there is a distinction between eating disorders of
psychotics and eating disorders of the young. All the DSM-III criteria of
eating disorders (except frequent weight fluctuations) were observed among
the psychotics, although no S fulfilled the necessary criteria for an
eating disorder diagnosis except for 1 anorexic woman. All varieties of
schizophrenic eating disorder were reported: In two-fifths of the Ss
eating disorders were associated with delusions and in one-sixth with
hallucinations; more than half of the Ss had deviant eating behavior not
associated with any thought or perceptual disorders. Schizophrenic eating
disorders were common yet not disturbing to the social life of the open
mental hospital or to that of the community surrounding it. (27 ref)
< 310>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 73-02902.
Author :
Mantonakis, J; Markidis, M; Kontaxakis, V; Liakos, A.
Institution:
Athens U Medical School, Eginition Hosp, Greece.
Title :
A scale for detection of negative attitudes towards medication among
relatives of schizophrenic patients.
Source :
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Vol 71(2) 186-189, Feb 1985.
Abstract :
A questionnaire comprising 13 questions of possible relevance in
discriminating relatives with negative attitudes toward medication was
administered to 108 relatives of 55 schizophrenic patients at the time of
the patients' hospital admission. Relatives included 64 parents, 27
siblings, and 17 spouses; these Ss were interviewed to assess their age,
sex, profession, education, family history, and use of drugs as possible
determinants of negative attitudes on the questionnaire. Results show that
poor education of Ss was related to their negative attitudes toward drug
therapy. (9 ref)
< 311>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 72-24882.
Author :
Markianos, Manolis; Vakis, Antonis.
Institution:
National Capodistrian U of Athens Medical School, Eginition Hosp, Greece.
Title :
Effects of acute cannabis use on urinary neurotransmitter metabolites and
cyclic nucleotides in man.
Source :
Drug & Alcohol Dependence. Vol 14(2) 175-178, Oct 1984.
Abstract :
The noradrenaline, dopamine, and 5-HT metabolites
methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG), homovanillic acid (HVA), and
5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), as well as the cyclic nucleotides
c-AMP and c-GMP were estimated in urine samples of 5 21-44 yr olds. 10
control samples and 2 samples after cannabis use were analyzed for each S.
Cannabis use caused significant decreases in MHPG and c-AMP and increases
in HVA, while 5-HIAA and c-GMP excretion remained unchanged. Results
indicate that cannabis use interferes with catecholaminergic mechanisms in
humans, decreasing the noradrenaline and increasing dopamine turnover,
probably through action on presynaptic receptors. The increase in HVA
excretion supports the idea of hyperdopaminergic activity in psychotic
states. (13 ref)
< 312>
Accession Number
Symposium & Conference Presentations: 72-22751.
Author :
Nestoros, Joannis N.
Institution:
Athens Tower Inst of Research in Neuropsychology, Greece.
Title :
GABAergic mechanisms and anxiety: An overview and a new neurophysiological
model. 134th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (1981,
New Orleans, Louisiana).
Source :
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Vol 29(6) 520-529, Oct 1984.
Abstract :
Contends, on the basis of a review of the literature, that GABAergic
mechanisms have a special role in the neurophysiology of anxiety. All of
the most commonly used anti-anxiety drugs (the benzodiazepines, the
barbiturates, ethanol) selectively enhance only GABA-mediated synaptic
transmission. Furthermore, the relative affinities of pharmacologically
active benzodiazepines for the benzodiazepine receptor correlate well with
their ability to antagonize GABA-modulin (the endogenous inhibitor of GABA
receptors) in vitro, as well as with their ability to potentiate
GABA-mediated electrically evoked cortical inhibition in vivo. Repetitive
stimulation of the recurrent inhibitory GABAergic pathway in the rat
hippocampus leads to a remarkable reduction of the effectiveness of GABA;
this elimination of GABAergic inhibition of neurotransmitters is
counteracted by anti-anxiety drugs. On the basis of these above findings,
a neurophysiological model of anxiety is proposed. Within the model, the
diminished GABAergic neurotransmission involving the entire cerebrum and
resulting from too frequent hyperalertness is the neurophysiological
substrate of anxiety. (French abstract) (98 ref)
< 313>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 72-19650.
Author :
Zis, Vassilis P; Spyraki, Christina; Papadopoulos, George.
Institution:
National Capodistrian U of Athens, Medical School, Greece.
Title :
Acquisition and extinction of 'L'-maze and conditioned avoidance
behaviours following kainic acid-induced lesions of the ventromedial
thalamic nuclei in rats.
Source :
Brain Research Bulletin. Vol 12(6) 617-623, Jun 1984.
Abstract :
20 male Wistar rats with kainic acid-induced lesions of the ventromedial
thalamic (VMt) nucleus were compared with 20 sham-operated controls on 2
behavioral tasks to investigate the possible involvement of the VMt
nucleus in learning, memory, and behavioral expression of the basal
ganglia function. Kainic acid injection (.2 mug/.2 mul) resulted in loss
of local neurons in the VMt nuclei with no appreciable damage to other
thalamic nuclei or to other distant brain areas. VMt nuclei-lesioned Ss
learned to run in an 'L'-maze for food reinforcement and to avoid electric
footshock in the 2-way active-avoidance shuttlebox procedure. Extinction
of the food-reinforced response was not altered by the lesion. The 1-wk
retention of the acquired 2-way active-avoidance response was almost
abolished in Ss with the lesion. Open-field locomotion or escape latencies
were not influenced by the lesion. It is concluded that VMt nuclei of rats
are involved in the retention of aversively reinforced behaviors. (51 ref)
< 314>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 72-17934.
Author :
Manos, Nikolas; Vasilopoulou, E.
Institution:
Aristotelian U of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Title :
Evaluation of psychoanalytic psychotherapy outcome.
Source :
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Vol 70(1) 28-35, Jul 1984.
Abstract :
Examined the outcome of psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy
administered to 50 15-54 yr olds who presented with a variety of
syndromes, including personality disorders, anxiety/somatoform disorders,
psychotic disorders, psychosexual disorders, and bulimia. Ss and 16
nontreatment controls (aged 16-38 yrs) were evaluated 4 mo postintake.
MMPI scores, target symptoms, global evaluation, and other clinical
evaluations were used as outcome measures. Findings show that Ss who
underwent therapy improved significantly more than controls on subjective
and objective parameters. The efficacy of psychotherapy and the relative
spontaneous improvement of untreated Ss are discussed. (20 ref)
< 315>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 72-17774.
Author :
Lyketsos, G C; et al.
Institution:
U Athens, Dromokaition Mental Hosp, Greece.
Title :
Personality characteristics and dysthymic states in bronchial asthma.
Source :
Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics. Vol 41(4) 177-185, Jul 1984.
Abstract :
35 21-65 yr old patients with bronchial asthma were compared with 45
age-matched physically ill controls on their performance on the
Personality Deviance Scale (PDS), the Social Readjustment Rating Scale
(SRRS), and an anxiety and depression scale. Ss were also rated on their
voluntary control of breathing, which was based on forced vital capacity
(FVC), forced expiratory volume in the 1st sec (FEV), the ratio of
FEV/FVC, and effective time. Findings indicate that asthmatics were less
dominant and more intropunitive, more anxious, and more depressed than
controls. Low dominance or dependent social attitude and inhibited
hostility were correlated with low vital capacity. The PDS and SRRS are
appended. (36 ref)
< 316>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 72-17756.
Author :
Karavatos, A; Kaprinis, G; Tzavaras, A.
Institution:
Aristotelian U of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Title :
Hemispheric specialization for language in the congenitally blind: The
influence of the Braille system.
Source :
Neuropsychologia. Vol 22(4) 521-525, 1984.
Abstract :
Examined the functional cerebral organization of 14 8-14 yr old and 18
14-34 yr old congenitally blind Ss by testing their dichotic listening to
digit-pairs and comparing their responses to those of 64 controls matched
on age and education. Younger blind Ss showed performance comparable to
that of their controls, but older blind Ss shifted their initial right-ear
advantage to an increased left-ear performance as they progressed in
mastery of the Braille system. This shift is attributed to activation of
right-hemisphere linguistic mechanisms. (30 ref)
< 317>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 72-17734.
Author :
Georgas, James; et al.
Institution:
U Athens, Greece.
Title :
Psychosocial stress and its relation to obstetrical complications.
Source :
Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics. Vol 41(4) 200-206, Jul 1984.
Abstract :
A Greek adaptation of the Social Readjustment Rating Scale was employed to
study the relationship of psychosocial stress to symptoms during
pregnancy, obstetric complications, family planning, and breastfeeding. An
initial experiment with 130 pregnant women in the 3rd trimester indicated
that psychosocial stress was related neither to education (whether they
were from Athens or the provinces) nor age. The 2nd experiment, with 103
16-42 yr old mothers 3 or 4 days after delivery, indicated that high
psychosocial stress was related to increased symptom scores during
pregnancy and to obstetric complications. Neither symptoms, family
planning, nor breastfeeding were related to obstetric complications.
Psychosocial stress was also related to family planning and also to
whether or not the mother breastfed. Findings support the idea of a
positive relationship between psychological and physiological functioning
during pregnancy. (13 ref)
< 318>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 72-17516.
Author :
Lykouras, E; Malliaras, D; Christodoulou, G N.
Institution:
Eginition Hosp, Athens, Greece.
Title :
Disturbances of perception in depressive patients.
Source :
Psychopathology. Vol 17(3) 117-120, May-Jun 1984.
Abstract :
Among 121 depressed patients, 22 Ss (mean age 48.6 yrs) manifested
disturbances of perception, while 99 Ss (mean age 51.4 yrs) did not. All
but 1 of the Ss with perceptual disturbances had hallucinations, with
auditory and visual hallucinations being the most frequent. Compared to Ss
without hallucinations, those with hallucinations were more likely to have
a positive family history for affective illness, a smaller number of
previous depressive episodes, a greater frequency of delusional thinking,
and psychomotor agitation. A trend toward a greater number of suicide
attempts and better response to ECT was noted in Ss with perceptual
disturbances. (8 ref)
< 319>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 72-16774.
Author :
Kouniniotou-Krontiri, Panagiota; Tsakiris, Stylianos.
Institution:
National Capodistrian U of Athens, Medical School, Greece.
Title :
Direct effect of lithium on acetylcholinesterase of the rat diaphragm.
Source :
IRCS Medical Science: Psychology & Psychiatry. Vol 12(11-12) 1081-1082,
Nov-Dec 1984.
Abstract :
Determined acetylcholinesterase (AchE) activity in the rat homogenized
diaphragm by following the hydrolysis of acetylthiocholine according to
the method of G. L. Ellman et al (1961). Results suggest that Li-super(+ )
has a direct effect on AchE and that Li-super(+ ) and acetylthiocholine
(and probably acetylcholine) bind on the same sites as AchE. (14 ref)
< 320>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 72-12568.
Author :
Vassiliou, George A; Vassiliou, Vasso G.
Institution:
Athenian Inst of Anthropos, Greece.
Title :
On group therapy developments in context: A Hellenic view.
Source :
International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. Vol 34(3) 377-385, Jul 1984.
Abstract :
Presents a group therapy technique developed at the Athenian Institute of
Anthropos for use within the contemporary Hellenic context. The technique
is the synallactic collective image technique (SCIT). SCIT actualizes
psychodynamic concepts within an epistemological frame, which, starting in
ancient Hellenic times with Heracleitus, has culminated in the 20th
century to the development of general systems theory. The group is
conceptualized as the suprasystem, and the members of the group as the
target systems. During each session with the SCIT, each individual process
expresses aspects of the total group process, and the total group process
expresses the most crucial aspects of the individual processes that are
contributing to its development. This dialectic between individual
processes and the group process is considered to be the most essential
aspect of SCIT. (8 ref)
< 321>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 72-09658.
Author :
Hartocollis, Peter.
Institution:
U Patras Medical School, Greece.
Title :
"Critical and unresolved issues of borderline personality": Commentary.
Source :
Integrative Psychiatry. Vol 2(5) 184-185, Sep-Oct 1984.
Abstract :
In commenting on the contribution of M. H. Stone (see PA, Vol 72:9725)
about unresolved issues of borderline personality, the present author
contends that the conceptual model advocated by O. F. Kernberg (1975)
provides coherence and clinical usefulness to a mental condition that
exists even though it is difficult to identify reliably. It is suggested
that Stone has a bias toward pharmacotherapy as applied to various
subgroups of borderline patients. It is further suggested that no matter
how well any treatment method may be researched, the outcome with
borderline patients will remain in doubt. (5 ref)
< 322>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 72-07338.
Author :
Vassiliou, George A.
Institution:
Athenian Inst of Anthropos, Greece.
Title :
Analogic communication as a means of joining the family system in therapy.
Source :
International Journal of Family Psychiatry. Vol 4(3) 173-179, 1983.
Abstract :
Describes an approach to family systems therapy that utilizes analogic
communication and the analogic technique of the joint family drawing.
Family dysfunction is a static state; the present approach is aimed at
reestablishing the flow of healthy familial interaction. Analogic
communication is used so as to refer (in an indirect, nonconfronting
fashion) to problematic aspects of the familial relationship, and the
joint family drawing provides the structure for this situation to occur.
All family members are invited to draw on the same piece of paper anything
they like and subsequently asked to question each other on the meaning of
their drawings. They are then asked to structure a story combining the
drawings in a way that is meaningful to them. The ensuing story and the
family's interaction in producing it are used by the therapist to
construct his/her own symbolic, nonthreatening story concerning the
family, which is then presented. No further advice or counseling is
offered, and the family must decipher in its own way the meaning of the
therapist's story, which contains the seeds of potential resolution. By
allowing themselves to understand the meaning of this story, the family
reaches an awareness of what they need to achieve within the boundaries of
their family. An illustrative case example of a family with a problematic
16-yr-old daughter is provided. (6 ref)
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 71-29361.
Author :
Philippopoulos, George S; Lucas, Xenia.
Institution:
National Capodistrian U of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece.
Title :
Dynamics in art group psychotherapy with psychosomatic patients.
Source :
Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics. Vol 40(1-4) 74-80, Nov 1983.
Abstract :
Examined dynamics in art group psychotherapy (AGP) with 7 female and 1
male psychosomatic patients (aged 27-50 yrs) who demonstrated considerable
artistic talent and/or artistic experience. All Ss were university
graduates and functioned in a profession. The average length of therapy
was 4 yrs. Unlike the ordinary or analytic forms of group psychotherapy,
candidates for AGP should have sufficient motivation to acquire the
necessary basic art skills. Four primary dynamic forces were viewed as
being at work throughout the process of art psychotherapy: transference,
abreaction, reality testing, and sublimation. Findings indicate that the
therapeutic outcome of the group was very good and impressive. Each group
member showed a definite improvement not only in his/her actual life but
also in his/her emotional state and artistic productivity. (6 ref)
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< 325>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 71-20644.
Author :
Lyketsos, George C; Sakka, Paraskevi; Mailis, Antony.
Institution:
National Capodistrian U of Athens, Greece.
Title :
The sexual adjustment of chronic schizophrenics: A preliminary study.
Source :
British Journal of Psychiatry. Vol 143 376-382, Oct 1983.
Abstract :
A comparison of 113 chronic schizophrenics (aged 20-70 yrs) with 106
controls showed that the patients had significantly less interest in sex,
frequency of intercourse, and satisfaction from sex. The percentage of Ss
with sexual dreams and sexual fantasies did not differ between the 2
groups. The severity of psychopathology influenced frequency of
intercourse and satisfaction from sex, and the length of
institutionalization influenced interest in sex: schizophrenics had a
variety of sexual disorders, but there was a significant difference
between the sexes in disturbances of thought and perception. Significantly
more male schizophrenics, in comparison with females, had sexual
dysfunctions associated with pharmacotherapy, but feminization in the
males was far from predominant. The patients' sexual disorders were not
disturbing to the social life of the open mental hospital or the community
surrounding it. (15 ref)
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 71-16015.
Author :
Manos, Nikolas.
Institution:
Aristotelian U of Thessaloniki Medical School, Greece.
Title :
Sexual life, problems, and attitudes of the prospective Greek physician.
Source :
Archives of Sexual Behavior. Vol 12(5) 435-443, Oct 1983.
Abstract :
A multi-item questionnaire was administered to 82 Greek male and 48 Greek
female senior medical students (mean ages 25 and 24 yrs, respectively); it
addressed questions pertinent to their sexual life, sexual problems, and
attitudes toward sex and sexuality. Results are discussed in relation to
studies in other countries and indicate that the prospective Greek
physician, male or female, is quite liberal and permissive in his/her
sexual practices and attitudes toward sexual matters. The latter might
positively influence his/her attitude toward future patients' sexual
problems. However, a need for specific sexual education is emphasized. (17
ref)
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