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Εργασίες εκτός Ελληνικών Ιδρυμάτων - ΜΕΡΟΣ 1
Οι εργασίες στο τμήμα αυτό είτε έχουν γίνει από Έλληνες συγγραφείς στο εξωτερικό, είτε έχουν γίνει από ξένους συγγραφείς αλλά με κάποιο τρόπο αφορούν την Ελλάδα (συνήθως οι ασθενείς της μελέτης είναι Έλληνες του εξωτερικού )
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 83-01839.
Author :
Mildred, Helen; Paxton, Susan J; Wertheim, Eleanor H.
Institution :
La Trobe U, Psychology Dept, Melbourne, Australia.
Title :
Risk factors for eating disorders in Greek- and Anglo-Australian
adolescent girls.
Source :
International Journal of Eating Disorders. Vol 17(1) 91-96, Jan 1995.
Abstract :
Examined risk factors for eating disorders in 50 Anglo-Australian girls
(mean age 13.4 yrs) and 50 Greek-Australian girls (mean age 13.5 yrs). Ss
completed the Eating Disorder Inventory, Self-Esteem Scale,
Self-Assessment Depression Inventory, and Family Adaptability and Cohesion
Scale III, as well a the Cultural Eating Questionnaire. A stepwise
discriminant function analysis to examine whether the 2 groups could be
discriminated on these variables was significant and correctly classified
73.9% of the sample. The chief discriminating variables were Pressure to
Eat, Extreme Weight Loss Behaviors, and Family Adaptability. Analyses
indicated differences between the groups on Pressure to Eat, Family
Adaptability, and Mother's Shape. Several variables generally associated
with eating disorder did not contribute to the function, possibly because
of cultural assimilation.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 82-37227.
Author :
MacDonald, Virginia M; Tsiantis, John; Achenbach, Thomas M;
Motti-Stefanidi, Frosso; et al.
Institution :
U Vermont, Dept of Psychiatry, Burlington, US.
Title :
Competencies and problems reported by parents of Greek and American
children, ages 6-11.
Source :
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Vol 4(1) 1-13, Jan 1995.
Abstract :
Conducted a cross-cultural comparison of parent-reported competencies and
behavioral/emotional problems in 356 Greek and 356 American children (aged
6-11 yrs). Parents completed the Child Behavior Checklist. Competence
scores were higher for Americans. Greek scores were significantly higher
on the Withdrawn, Anxious/Depressed, Attention Problems, Delinquent
Behavior, Aggressive Behavior, Internalizing, Externalizing, and Total
Problem scales. Nationality accounted for 14% of the variance on scores of
Anxious/Depressed syndrome. When items were scored present vs absent,
Greeks scored higher only on Withdrawn, Anxious/Depressed, Internalizing,
and Total Problems, while Americans scored higher on Somatic Complaints
and Thought Problems scales. (French & German abstracts)
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 82-30755.
Author :
Strutti, Chiara; Rauber, Sabina.
Institution :
Directorate of Mental Health Services, Trieste, Italy.
Title :
Leros and the Greek mental health system. Special Issue: The continued
care client: A European perspective.
Source :
International Journal of Social Psychiatry. Vol 40(4) 306-312, Win 1994.
Abstract :
Presents an overview of the Greek mental health system and the obstacles
to reform which include a highly centralized system, an outdated
traditional training model for nurses and administrators, and a lack of an
evaluation and monitoring system. The problems of the psychiatric hospital
on the island of Leros are discussed. Following a press expose of
conditions at Leros in 1988, an intervention program was financed by the
European Commission. Foreign teams were brought in, and living conditions
were improved, but it was not possible to introduce a new modality of
intervention involving community care. The personal experiences of a
visitor to Leros are presented in a postscript.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 81-30880.
Author :
Coclami, Tina; Bor, Robert.
Institution :
City U, Psychology Dept, London, England.
Title :
Family relationships in Greek insulin-dependent diabetics.
Source :
Counselling Psychology Quarterly. Vol 6(4) 267-279, 1993.
Abstract :
Studied family functioning and the seeking of psychological care in 20
Greek families 2 yrs after a diagnosis of Insulin Dependent Diabetes
Mellitus (IDDM). 20 diabetics (aged under 30 yrs) and their parents were
interviewed and asked to fill out questionnaires. Results showed that the
treating physician was the sole source of IDDM information for 75% of the
Ss. Although 45% of the diabetics experienced loneliness and 10% saw a
psychologist prior to diagnosis, only 25% sought psychological help
afterward. 45% of the parents were overprotective, reflecting larger Greek
parenting patterns. Although 20% of the parents neglected the diabetic
child and another 20% were in despair, 40% were unaware of family
counseling.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 81-10422.
Author :
Ploumpidis, D.
Title :
An outline of the development of psychiatry in Greece.
Source :
History of Psychiatry. Vol 4(14, Pt 2) 239-244, Jun 1993.
Abstract :
Psychiatry was introduced into Greece in the 2nd half of the 19th century
and developed as a medical specialty between 1880 and 1930. The
fundamental characteristics of psychiatry in Greece resulted from the
discontinuity in the introduction of scientific knowledge, the important
position of the private clinics, and the delayed organization of the
public sector asylums. Greek psychiatry had the double task of
rehabilitating the asylums and establishing a network of community
services, which was missing until the end of the 1970s.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 81-10150.
Author :
Lofvander, Monica; Papastavrou, Dimitri.
Institution :
Karolinska Inst, Stockholm, Sweden.
Title :
Cross-cultural psychiatric assessment of Greek and Swedish patients at a
Swedish primary health centre.
Source :
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. Vol 47(3) 179-183, 1993.
Abstract :
50 Greek immigrant Ss (19 men, mean age 49.4 yrs and 31 women, mean age 42
yrs) and 50 Swedish Ss (14 men, mean age 51.9 yrs and 36 women, mean age
43.6 yrs), all somatic patients, were examined by a Swedish general
practitioner and a Greek psychotherapist at a health center in Stockholm.
Psychosocial stressors were rated in accordance with the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-III (DSM-III). Two-thirds of the
Greek men, nearly half of Greek women, one-fifth of the Swedish women, but
no Swedish men showed depressive/dysphoric symptoms in the subscales for
Depression and Dysphoria from the Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating
Scale. Interrater correlation was high in the scales. Many of the Greek
women and nearly all the Greek men exhibited severe psychosocial
stressors. Most of the psychiatric symptoms in this group were interpreted
as emotional expressions of dissatisfaction with their social situation.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 80-46343.
Author :
Strongylou, Nina; Woodard, Victoria.
Institution :
Woodside Women's Hosp, Rehabilitation Services, Redwood City, CA, US.
Title :
Exploring images of the Greek-Cypriot woman through drama therapy.
Source :
Arts in Psychotherapy. Vol 20(2) 161-165, 1993.
Abstract :
Discusses the benefits of drama therapy for use in cross-cultural
situations and describes a drama therapy group (DTG) consisting of 8
Cypriot women. Sessions were designed to focus on expressing feelings and
attitudes by exploring the cultural images of Aphrodite, Panayia, and the
Veiled Woman. The sessions involved guided imagery, improvisation,
mask-making, and the completion of 3 skits. An important consequence of
the DTG was the affirming power the Ss gained from the collective
experience of sharing personal truths and finding commonalities. Specific
cultural images helped to connect group sessions, clarify contexts,
promote self-understanding, and provide a source of cohesion and
inspiration for the group itself.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 80-18994.
Author :
Boardman, A P; Bilankis, N; Zouni, M; Bouras, N.
Institution :
U Keele, School of Postgraduate Medicine & Biological Sciences, England.
Title :
The detection of psychiatric cases by Greek physicians: Report on a study
carried out in a Greek primary care setting.
Source :
International Journal of Social Psychiatry. Vol 38(3) 235-241, Fal 1992.
Abstract :
236 consecutive health center patients (aged 16-65 yrs) completed a Greek
version of the 28-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). Four
nonpsychiatric physicians, unaware of the patients' responses to the GHQ,
rated the patients' degree of emotional disturbance on a 6-point scale.
The GHQ data indicated a high probable prevalence of psychiatric disorder
(77.8%), but the physicians rated only 9.3% of the sample as cases.
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Accession Number
Symposium & Conference Presentations: 80-14853.
Author :
Sandyk, Reuven; Anninos, P A.
Institution :
NeuroCommunication Research Labs, Danbury, CT, US.
Title :
Attenuation of epilepsy with application of external magnetic fields: A
case report. Democritos University of Thrace Polytechnic School
Neuroscience Seminar (1991, Xanthi, Greece).
Source :
International Journal of Neuroscience. Vol 66(1-2) 75-85, Sep 1992.
Abstract :
Describes a woman (aged 20 yrs) with severe epilepsy that was resistant to
conventional anticonvulsant therapy. Application of external artificial
magnetic stimulation resulted in the attenuation of seizure activity and
associated behavioral disturbances.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 80-11971.
Author :
Anderson, Lynn R; Malikiosi-Loizos, Maria.
Institution :
Wayne State U, Detroit, MI, US.
Title :
Reliability data for a Greek translation of the Revised UCLA Loneliness
Scale: Comparisons with data from the USA.
Source :
Psychological Reports. Vol 71(2) 665-666, Oct 1992.
Abstract :
A Greek translation of the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale was completed by
91 university students in Greece, and 36 bilingual university students in
Greece completed the Greek and English translations. The scale was
internally reliable after eliminating Item 4 and correlated significantly
with the English version. R. S. Weiss's (1974) distinction between social
loneliness and emotional loneliness was also reliably identified in the
Greek translation. Greek Ss' loneliness scores were significantly higher
than those of 104 female undergraduates in the US. The translation seems
sufficiently reliable for use with Greek individuals.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 79-35361.
Author :
Kaplan, Kalman J.
Institution :
Wayne State U, Detroit, MI, US.
Title :
Suicide and suicide prevention: Greek versus Biblical perspectives.
Source :
Omega - Journal of Death & Dying. Vol 24(3) 227-239, 1991-92.
Abstract :
Compares suicide (SU) in Greek tragedy and the Hebrew Bible using the
specific stories of Narcissus and Jonah, in an attempt to understand what
may be SU-promoting in the Greek world and what may be SU-preventing in
the Biblical world. E. Durkheim's (1897) typology of SU, dividing it into
egoistic, altruistic, and anomic categories, is used as a point of
departure. Perhaps the most striking comparison is the sheer frequency of
SUs in Greek tragedy and the infrequency of them in the Hebrew Bible. In
addition, SUs in Greek tragedy fall into all 3 of Durkheim's categories,
while in the Hebrew Bible, there are only altruistic and egoistic SU. The
suicidogenic element in the myth of Narcissus is the inability of
Narcissus to successfully integrate his individuation and attachment
behaviors. The SU-preventive element in the story of Jonah is God's
convenantal intervention allowing Jonah to reconcile his
individuation-attachment dilemma.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 79-31514.
Author :
Arcel, Libby T; Mantonakis, J; Petersson, B; Jemos, J; et al.
Institution :
U Copenhagen, Inst of Clinical Psychology, Denmark.
Title :
Suicide attempts among Greek and Danish women and the quality of their
relationships with husbands or boyfriends.
Source :
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Vol 85(3) 189-195, Mar 1992.
Abstract :
30 Greek and 26 Danish adolescent and adult women (aged 15-45 yrs) who
attempted suicide were interviewed with an extensive semistructured
schedule after admission to the intensive care unit of 2 general hospitals
and 1 psychiatric reception ward. This article presents 2 groups from each
country, a group of married or cohabiting women and a group with steady
relationships. The quality of the marriages and relationships of the Ss
who attempted suicide was very low. Irrespective of country and age, the
married Ss were dominated by their husbands and suffered restrictions of
mobility, financial control, and physical violence. The predominant
characteristics of the steady relationships were fear and psychological
violence on the part of the partners, irrespective of country. Most of the
Ss in both countries had very poor relationships concerning communication,
intimacy, concern, recreation, sharing of everyday activities, and social
and private life.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 78-21415.
Author :
Adamopoulou, A; Garyfallos, G; Bouras, N; Kouloumas, G.
Title :
Mental health and primary care in ethnic groups: Greek Cypriots in London:
A preliminary investigation.
Source :
International Journal of Social Psychiatry. Vol 36(4) 244-251, Win 1990.
Abstract :
Compared psychological problems (PSPs) among 50 Greek Cypriot (GC)
patients (aged 16-65 yrs) at a general practice in London with 50 English
(EG) patients to examine the relationship between PSPs and acculturation.
There was no significant difference in psychiatric symptom scores on the
General Health Questionnaire between the 2 groups. The more acculturated
the GC Ss were, the fewer PSPs they manifested. GCs scored higher on
somatic symptoms and anxiety while EG Ss scored higher on depression. The
strong relationship between PSPs and acculturation level indicates a need
for encouraging better/higher acculturation in ethnic communities.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 78-15412.
Author :
Fichter, M M; Elton, M; Diallina, M; Koptagel-Ilal, G; et al.
Institution :
Psychiatrische Universitatsklinik, Munich, Fed Rep Germany.
Title :
Mental illness in Greek and Turkish adolescents.
Source :
European Archives of Psychiatry & Neurological Sciences. Vol 237(3)
125-134, Apr 1988.
Abstract :
Assessed the mental health of 453 female and 414 male Greek adolescents in
Germany, 1,445 female and 1,255 male Greek adolescents in Greece, and
1,584 female and 1,196 male Turkish adolescents in Turkey, using the
General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). All Ss were aged 13-19 yrs.
Significant age differences in the GHQ were observed mainly for Ss in
their homelands. Males had lower scores than females on the GHQ.
Significantly higher GHQ scores were obtained for Greeks and Turks in
their homelands, compared with Greeks in Germany. With the exception of
the GHQ factor social dysfunction, Greeks in their homeland had
significantly higher scores on the GHQ than Greeks in Germany. Data
support the hypothesis of selective migration, which states that Greek
adolescents in Germany constitute a positive selection with respect to
risk for mental illness.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 77-20790.
Author :
Kokkinidis, A.
Title :
A therapeutic community in the Greek Navy.
Source :
International Journal of Therapeutic Communities. Vol 9(4) 299-306, 1988.
Abstract :
Describes the psychiatric clinic of the Salamina Naval Hospital and its
operations. Psychotherapy and sociotherapy are the main treatments used;
drug therapy has been cut down to a minimum. Data suggest that the
therapeutic community is capable of functioning within a hierarchical
system such as the military, and its effectiveness makes it essential.
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Accession Number
Symposium & Conference Presentations: 77-10842.
Author :
Mitrakas, Eugenia; Howard, Colin; Burrows, Graham D.
Title :
A comparative study of Greek medical practitioners and Greek lawyers in
Victoria 1st Greek/Australian International Medical & Legal Conference
(1988, Athens, Greece).
Source :
Mental Health in Australia. Vol 2(2) 39-46, Aug 1989.
Abstract :
46 Greek medical practitioners and 60 Greek lawyers responded to a
questionnaire, exploring the reason for choice of profession, the
differences in the professions and career development, the degree of
ethnicity and ethnic involvement, and the personality characteristics of
the 2 professions. In both groups, most of the Ss were the eldest child in
the family; 52% of the doctors and 60% of the lawyers were born in
Australia. Ss listed major problems related to being Greek in Australia,
which included professional prejudice, social discrimination, cultural and
language problems. Factors related to their parents, practice,
postgraduate studies and specialization are discussed.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 77-03250.
Author :
Bardos, Achilles N; Softas, Basilia C; Petrogiannis, Konstadinos.
Institution :
Alfred U School Psychology Program, NY, US.
Title :
Comparison of the Goodenough-Harris and Naglieri's Draw-a-Person scoring
systems for Greek children.
Source :
School Psychology International. Vol 10(3) 205-209, Aug 1989.
Abstract :
Compared the original (1964) scoring method and the quantitiative scoring
system proposed by J. A. Naglieri (1988) of the Goodenough-Harris Drawing
Tests in a group of 114 1st to 6th graders in Greece. Analyses indicated
nonsignificant mean standard score differences between the 2 scoring
systems for the Man, Woman, Self, and Total score drawings. Correlations
between Naglieri's individual drawings and Total test and the original
scoring method were high.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 27-58642.
Author :
Georgas, James G.
Title :
Update on licensing in Greece.
Source :
American Psychologist. Vol 35(12) 1144, Dec 1980.
Abstract :
Updates M. M. Fichter and H. U. Wittchen's (see PA, Vol 63:10458)
information on a Greek licensing law protecting the title "psychologist"
and specifying the official capacity and activity of psychologists.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 76-40095.
Author :
Dunk, Pamela.
Institution :
Women's College Hosp, Brief Psychotherapy Ctr for Women, Toronto, ON,
Canada.
Title :
Greek women and broken nerves in Montreal. Special Issue: Health, culture
and the nature of nerves.
Source :
Medical Anthropology. Vol 11(1) 29-45, May 1989.
Abstract :
Examined the use and meaning of nerva as an expression of psychosocial
distress among Greek immigrant women in Montreal, Canada. Information on
health and illness, coping systems, and social support networks was
gathered from 100 1st-generation immigrant families, and open-ended
interviews were conducted with 20 of these families. Findings concur with
S. Low's (1985) analysis that nerves are culturally interpreted symptoms.
However, it is emphasized that this interpretation is mediated by gender
and economic relations as well as culture. Case studies of 3 married women
(aged 28, 29, and 44 yrs) are included.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 76-30671.
Author :
ten Horn, G H; Madianos, M G; Giel, R; Madianou, D; et al.
Institution :
State U, Groningen, Netherlands.
Title :
A cross-cultural comparison of mental health care delivery in Athens and
Groningen.
Source :
Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology. Vol 24(1) 35-40, Jan 1989.
Abstract :
Data relating to the delivery of mental health care to 344 patients from
Greece and 200 patients from the Netherlands were compared. The overall
new contact rate was much higher in the Netherlands, except for the
category of psychoneuroses and personality disorders. Ss with a psychosis
received more intensive treatment and left the services at a later stage
in Greece. Differences of patterns of care in other diagnostic and age
groups are discussed.
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Accession Number
Symposium & Conference Presentations: 76-22529.
Author :
Ehiobuche, Iheanyi.
Institution :
U Melbourne, Vict, Australia.
Title :
Obsessive-compulsive neurosis in relation to parental child-rearing
patterns amongst the Greek, Italian, and Anglo-Australian subjects.
Berzelius Symposium XI: Transcultural psychiatry (1987, Stockholm,
Sweden).
Source :
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Vol 78(344, Suppl) 115-120, 1988.
Abstract :
Examined reports of parental rearing practices by 64 nonclinical and 10
clinical obsessive-compulsive (OC) Greek, Italian, and Anglo-Australian
college students attending school in Australia. Ss completed self-report
measures of OC symptoms and parental rearing practices. Regardless of
ethnic or cultural background, these Ss consistently rated their parents
as more rejecting and overprotective and less emotionally warm in their
childrearing practices compared with their normal control counterparts.
Findings suggest that OC neurosis exists within the normal population and
that parenting and childhood deprivations may have a role in bringing
about neurotic conditions.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 76-16079.
Author :
Fichter, M M; Elton, M; Sourdi, L; Weyerer, S; et al.
Institution :
Ludwig-Maximilians-U Munchen, Psychiatrische Klinik, Munich, Fed Rep
Germany.
Title :
Anorexia nervosa in Greek and Turkish adolescents.
Source :
European Archives of Psychiatry & Neurological Sciences. Vol 237(4)
200-208, Jun 1988.
Abstract :
Assessed the incidence of anorexia nervosa among 5 samples of adolescents
(aged 13-19 yrs): 867 Greeks attending school in Munich, 2,700 students in
Veria (Greece), 567 female students in Ioannina (Greece), 2,783 students
in Istanbul, and 157 students in Upper Bavaria. A 2-stage procedure was
used for Samples 1, 2, and 4 using an anorexia nervosa inventory for
self-rating (ANIS) and a standardized interview. Greek girls in Germany
scored higher than Greek boys in Germany and Greek boys and girls in
Germany scored lower than Greek girls in Veria in the ANIS factors of
Figure Consciousness, Insufficiency, Anancasm, Negative Effect of Meals,
and Bulimia in practically all age groups. In the 2nd stage, the
prevalence rates for anorexia nervosa indicated that while Greek girls in
Germany had lower scores on ANIS, the actual rate of anorexia was highest
among Greek girls in Munich.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 76-12013.
Author :
Mavreas, V G; Bebbington, P E.
Institution :
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, U London, Inst of Psychiatry, England.
Title :
Greeks, British Greek Cypriots and Londoners: A comparison of morbidity.
Source :
Psychological Medicine. Vol 18(2) 433-442, May 1988.
Abstract :
Compared the rates of psychiatric disorder from population surveys of 310
English and 291 Greek Cypriot immigrants in Camberwell (London) and 489
Greeks in Athens, using the ID and CATEGO programs on Present State
Examination results for case definition. The rates of psychiatric
disorders in both Greek samples were higher than those of the English
Camberwell population. Differences were accounted for by higher rates of
anxiety disorders especially in women. Comparisons of syndrome profiles
showed that Greeks reported more symptoms of generalized anxiety than
their English counterparts, who reported higher rates of obsessive
symptoms and symptoms of social anxiety. Cultural differences are
considered.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 76-08153.
Author :
Roe, Joy M; Feldman, S Shirley; Drivas, Antonia.
Institution :
Stanford U, CA, US.
Title :
Interactions with three-month-old infants: A comparison between Greek
mothers and institutional caregivers.
Source :
International Journal of Behavioral Development. Vol 11(3) 359-367, Sep
1988.
Abstract :
Investigated whether the interactions of biological mothers and their
offspring differ from those of institutional caregivers and infants. 22
home infants and 21 institutional infants at 3 mo of age were studied in
their natural environments in Greece while interacting with their primary
caregiver. In a 30 min observation period, 10-sec timed observations were
made of infant behaviors, socializer behaviors, and mutual interactions.
Results show that biological mothers rocked and touched their infants and
vocalized in a face-to-face fashion significantly more than did
caregivers. Caregivers provided more vocalization without establishing eye
contact. Institutional infants vocalized and fussed significantly less
than home infants. An inverse correlation was found between the amount of
vocalizing in institutional children and caregiver vocalization without
eye-contact.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 76-03575.
Author :
Elton, M; Patton, G; Weyerer, S; Diallina, M; et al.
Institution :
Ludwig-Maximilians-U Munchen, Neonatologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft
Kinderklinik, Munich, Fed Rep Germany.
Title :
A comparative investigation of the principal component structure of the 28
item version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ): 15-year-old
schoolgirls in England, Greece, Turkey and West Germany.
Source :
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Vol 77(2) 124-132, Feb 1988.
Abstract :
Subjected the 28-item GHQ responses of 669 adolescent (mean age 15 yrs)
schoolgirls in London (with different ethnic backgrounds) to principal
component analysis with varimax rotation, and the components obtained were
compared to those reported by D. P. Goldberg and V. F. Hillier (see PA,
Vol 64:4497). The matrices were then compared using the coefficients of
factor similarity with an age- and sex-matched subgroup extracted from a
separate investigation of 442 Greek and Turkish adolescent girls to
investigate Goldberg's statement that there exists a transcultural common
language of psychological distress. The analysis of variance (ANOVA)
produced group differences for all components and specific group
differences for anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction, and severe
depression.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-29735.
Author :
Mavreas, V G; Bebbington, P E.
Institution :
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, U London Inst of Psychiatry, England.
Title :
Psychiatric morbidity in London's Greek-Cypriot immigrant community: I.
Associations with sociodemographic variables.
Source :
Social Psychiatry. Vol 22(3) 150-159, Jul 1987.
Abstract :
Surveyed a random sample of 144 female and 147 male adult Greek Cypriot
immigrants in south London. The rates of psychiatric disorders and their
association with demographic variables were assessed. The prevalence of
psychiatric disorders of threshold-level and above was 14.1% which was
higher than that in the local population. The incidence of anxiety states
was relatively increased, with rates for females significantly higher than
those for males. Marriage was associated with a lower rate of psychiatric
disorders in males. Working-class Ss has higher rates than their
middle-class counterparts. Unemployment and the presence of physical
problems were also associated with high rates of psychiatric disorders.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-27571.
Author :
Mavreas, Venetsanos G.
Institution :
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, U London Inst of Psychiatry, England.
Title :
Greece: The transition to community care. Conference on Developments in
Mental Health Care in the European Community (1985, London, England).
Source :
International Journal of Social Psychiatry. Vol 33(2) 154-164, Sum 1987.
Abstract :
Describes the existing psychiatric care system in Greece and the recent
transition to community care. Reforms starting in the late 1970s aimed at
creating a comprehensive system of community-oriented mental health care
are outlined, and conditions that accelerated these changes are reviewed.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-08613.
Author :
Tsipra, I; Voutsina, P; Charitaki, E; Tomaras, V; et al.
Title :
The role of the occupational therapist in a community mental health centre
in Greece.
Source :
British Journal of Occupational Therapy. Vol 49(12) 389-391, Dec 1986.
Abstract :
Describes a developing rehabilitation unit for mentally ill people, mostly
chronic schizophrenic patients, which has been integrated into community
mental health centers in Athens. The unit includes a daycare program, a
vocational training workshop, and a social therapeutic club. The rationale
and the structure of the rehabilitation unit and the role of the
occupational therapist are described.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 75-01569.
Author :
Mavreas, V G; Beis, A; Mouyias, A; Rigoni, F; et al.
Institution :
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, U London Inst of Psychiatry, England.
Title :
Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in Athens: A community study.
Source :
Social Psychiatry. Vol 21(4) 172-181, Oct 1986.
Abstract :
Surveyed 232 male and 257 female Greek adults to determine the prevalence
of psychiatric disorders, using the Present State Examination, an index of
clinical certainty, and a computerized system of classification by
symptoms. The prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the population was
16%. The rate for females was significantly higher than for males. Women
in the youngest (18-25 yrs) and the oldest (65-74 yrs) groups had
significantly lower rates than the central age range. Widowed, divorced,
and separated men had significantly higher rates than single or married
men. Working-class women had significantly higher rates than middle-class
ones. Low levels of education and employment and physical illness were
associated with high rates in both sexes. First degree relatives of cases
were more frequently reported to have psychiatric problems.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 74-34512.
Author :
Weyerer, Sregfried; Elton, M; Diallina, M; Fichter, Manfred M.
Institution :
Central Inst of Mental Health, Mannheim, West Germany.
Title :
The principal component structure of the General Health Questionnaire
among Greek and Turkish adolescents.
Source :
European Archives of Psychiatry & Neurological Sciences. Vol 236(2) 75-82,
Oct 1986.
Abstract :
Administered a 28-item version of the General Health Questionnaire (D. P.
Goldberg and V. H. Hillier, 1979) to 1,121 male and 1,269 female native
Greeks, 1,027 male and 1,370 female native Turks, and 405 male and 435
female Greeks living aboard. All Ss were aged 13-19 yrs. Analyses
suggested a highly similar principal component structure between Ss as a
whole and separately for the sexes living in their own country, but not
between male and female Greeks in Germany. Highly similar component
matrices were obtained for males at home and abroad.
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 73-25369.
Author :
Markova, Ivana; Forbes, C D.
Institution :
U Stirling, Scotland.
Title :
A comparison of genetic counseling services in haemophilia as viewed by
consumers in the USA, Canada, Scotland and Greece.
Source :
International Journal of Rehabilitation Research. Vol 8(2) 201-203, 1985.
Abstract :
Interviews with 47 hemophiliacs and 19 carriers from Scotland and Canada
(Study 1) indicated that Ss thought that, in general, genetic counseling
should not be separated from general counseling on hemophilia and that
genetic counseling should be voluntary. Questionnaire responses of 320
hemophiliacs and 320 carriers in the US, Canada, Scotland, and Greece
(Study 2) indicated considerable differences in attitude toward hemophilia
between males affected and female carriers. Carriers felt the disorder
would be more burdensome than did hemophiliacs. (3 ref)
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 72-25188.
Author :
Eysenck, Sybil B; Dimitriou, E C.
Institution :
U London, Inst of Psychiatry, England.
Title :
Cross-cultural comparison of personality: Greek children and English
children.
Source :
Social Behavior & Personality. Vol 12(1) 45-54, 1984.
Abstract :
Administered a Greek translation of the Junior Eysenck Personality
Inventory to 1,199 females (mean age 11.74 yrs) and 1,117 males (mean age
11.60 yrs) from predominantly medium- and low-income urban areas in Greece
(15% of the Ss were from rural areas). Data obtained from these Ss were
compared to that obtained from 150 females (mean age 11.88 yrs) and 142
males (mean age 11.64 yrs) in Britain in a previous study by the present
authors (1978). Factor comparisons indicated that the dimensions of
Psychoticism, Extraversion, Neuroticism, and Social Desirability were
identical in Greece and in England. Some item changes were required for
the scoring key, but reliabilities of all factors were satisfactory except
Psychoticism, which was somewhat weak. Greek norms indicated that males
scored higher than females on the Psychoticism and Extraversion subscales
but lower on the Neuroticism subscale. Direct cross-cultural comparisons
revealed that Greek Ss scored lower on the Psychoticism and Neuroticism
subscales than English Ss but considerably higher on the Social
Desirability subscale. (13 ref)
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 72-22697.
Author :
Forrest, Quentin G; Ross, Michael W.
Institution :
Flinders U of South Australia Medical School, Bedford Park, Australia.
Title :
Predictors of neurosis in migrants: Greek-Italian and male-female
differences.
Source :
American Journal of Social Psychiatry. Vol 4(2) 52-56, Spr 1984.
Abstract :
Administered the Crown-Crisp Experiential Index (CCEI) to 240 Australians
(mean age males 37.5 yrs; mean age females 35.1 yrs), 53 Greek migrants to
Australia (mean age males 42 yrs; mean age females 38 yrs), and 73 Italian
migrants (mean age males 42 yrs; mean age females 40 yrs) and obtained
demographic and personal variables on each S to determine what background
factors of migrants best predicted neurosis. Tests were administered in
the migrants' native language. Results show that background factors
leading to neurosis differed between sex and nationality. In Greeks, a few
factors accounted for most neurosis; in Italians, numerous minor factors
accounted for neurosis, most of which were not significant predictors.
Rated level of adaptation and membership in clubs in Australia were the
best predictors. Nevertheless, on all subscales of the CCEI, migrants
scored significantly higher than nonmigrants. It is concluded that
separation of migrant samples by sex and nationality and the use of
multivariate analyses are important in establishing predictors of
postmigration neurosis. (8 ref)
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 71-26827.
Author :
Bouhoutsos, Jacqueline C; Roe, Kiki V.
Institution :
U California, Los Angeles.
Title :
Mental health services and the emerging role of psychology in Greece.
Source :
American Psychologist. Vol 39(1) 57-61, Jan 1984.
Abstract :
Notes that, of the few mental health services available in Greece, those
resources that do exist are centralized in large cities and few
psychologists are involved. The majority of persons requesting help
receive pharmaceutical treatments; psychotherapy and counseling are rare.
The present authors discuss how recently psychology is rapidly emerging as
a science/profession in Greece. Licensure now is required of most academic
psychologists, who are expected to practice as well as teach and do
research. Although all Greek psychologists must be trained abroad, this
multicultural education provides opportunity for broader theoretical
perspectives; however, this same multicultural orientation may also pose
difficulties in establishing standards for practice. Current increasing
demand for psychological services may result in needed support for
training programs within Greece. (31 ref)
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 71-09678.
Author :
Koutrelakos, James; Zarnari, Olga.
Institution :
City U New York, Hunter Coll, Student Services.
Title :
Opinions about mental illness: A comparison of American and Greek social
work students in 1969 and 1979.
Source :
Psychological Reports. Vol 53(1) 71-80, Aug 1983.
Abstract :
Examined the influence of broad cultural change on attitudes toward mental
patients by comparing 2 American samples of a total of 280 Ss and 2 Greek
samples of a total of 219 Ss. One sample was drawn from each country in
1969 and the other was drawn from each country in 1979. In Greece a
decrease in negative attitudes was observed while in the US a reduction in
positive attitudes was noted. These changes have narrowed the differences
in attitudes between the 2 countries. They appear to reflect recent
socioeconomic developments in each country: improved economic conditions
and modernization in Greece and economic recession and conservativism in
the US. It is suggested that a general lower endorsement of the familial
interaction theory is probably due to the resurgence of rival theories in
the US and to a moderation in familialism in Greece. Results suggest that
mental health professionals follow rather than shape social policy. (14
ref)
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 70-13321.
Author :
Tripp-Reimer, Toni.
Institution :
U Iowa, Coll of Nursing, Iowa City.
Title :
Retention of a folk-healing practice ( matiasma ) among four generations
of urban Greek immigrants.
Source :
Nursing Research. Vol 32(2) 97-101, Mar-Apr 1983.
Abstract :
Reports a field investigation of matiasma among 328 urban Greek
immigrants in Ohio. While orthodox Western health care is used by this
community, the Greek population has also retained ethnomedical beliefs and
practices that differ dramatically from those of scientific health care.
This study delineates specific facets of matiasma, the configuration
surrounding the evil eye. By tracing the retention of knowledge and use of
this configuration over 4 generations, the importance of generation depth
as a variable in transcultural nursing research is demonstrated. (6 ref)
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 70-08634.
Author :
Tzoumaka-Bakoula, C G; Lovel, H J.
Institution :
U London Inst of Child Health, Tropical Child Health Unit, England.
Title :
A household study of the pattern of utilization of mother and child health
services in rural Greece and variation by socioeconomic status.
Source :
Child: Care, Health & Development. Vol 9(2) 85-95, Mar-Apr 1983.
Abstract :
Conducted a household study of all families with children under 6 yrs of
age in 3 villages in northwest Greece. 94 mothers were interviewed about
their SES and utilization of health care services. All 142 children were
examined physically and developmentally. Findings are discussed in terms
of delivery and pre- and postnatal care, care for the healthy and sick
children, and family planning and abortions. Resources that might be used
to solve the health problems identified in this study are discussed. (12
ref)
< 98>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 70-08166.
Author :
Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph; Remschmidt, H.
Institution :
Freie U Berlin, Abteilung fur Psychiatrie und Neurologie des Kindes- und
Jugendalters, West Germany.
Title :
Migration and emotional disorders: A comparison of children of Greek
"guest workers" and German children in West Berlin. [German].
Original
Title :
Migration und psychische Storungen: Ein Vergleich von Kindern griechischer
"Gastarbeiter" und deutschen Kindern in West-Berlin.
Source :
Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie. Vol 10(4) 344-364, 1982.
Abstract :
Reports the methods used and results found in a child psychiatric
epidemiological study involving Greek families living in West Berlin and a
German control group. Although the guest worker families lived under more
strained SES conditions than control families, children in the 2 groups
performed about equally well at school. Psychiatric disorders were less
common among the Greek children, whereas there were more symptoms of
psychopathology among boys than girls in both groups. The lower rate of
disorders of family functioning among the Greek families appeared to be
the main determinant of the lower psychiatric morbidity among Greek
children. Factors related to migration were relatively unimportant. (23
ref)
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 68-08302.
Author :
la Croce, Ernesto.
Institution :
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
Title :
The concept of madness in classical Greece. [Spanish].
Original
Title :
El concepto de locura en Grecia clasica.
Source :
Acta Psiquiatrica y Psicologica de America Latina. Vol 27(4-5) 285-291,
Sep-Nov 1981.
Abstract :
Presents a picture of Greek views on madness and its therapy from Homer to
Plato. In Homeric poems the main model of mental illness is that of
possession of the sick man by a daimon or divinity. This view is a
common pattern in all primitive or archaic cultures. Correlative with it
is a magic therapy, and both the Illiad and Odyssey show several
instances of treatments of mental diseases by conjuring and prayer. This
conception lasted for a long time, mainly in the popular Greek mind, and
connected with it are certain types of religious cults such as Corybantic
and Asclepius. During the 5th and 4th centuries BC, 2 models of madness
and its treatment were developed. The 1st was the somatic and natural
model characterized by Hippocratic writings, and the 2nd was Plato's
philosophical one. Both oppose each other, and neither has an influence on
the other. (26 ref)
< 101>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 67-12631.
Author :
Stagoll, Brian.
Title :
Therapy with Greek families living in Australia.
Source :
International Journal of Family Therapy. Vol 3(3) 167-179, Fal 1981.
Abstract :
Suggests that therapists develop sensitivity to both the universal and
specific ethnocultural structures, norms and problems of families. When
this sensitivity is achieved, powerful and culturally syntonic healing
forces can be released. Examples of successful family therapy
interventions in some Greek families in conflict are presented. (5 ref)
< 102>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 67-10157.
Author :
Hirshoren, Alfred; Schnittjer, Carl J.
Institution :
U Georgia, Athens.
Title :
The use of the Behavior Problem Checklist with Greek deaf children in
cross-cultural research.
Source :
International Journal of Psychology. Vol 16(3) 161-170, Sep 1981.
Abstract :
The Behavior Problem Checklist was completed by 20 teachers of 127 Greek
students (aged 5-17 yrs) who attended a state supported school for the
deaf. Analyses were performed that generated 3, 4, 5, and 10 factors. The
biographic variables of sex and age were also included in some of the
analyses to determine their effect, if any, on the factor structure.
Results were compared to analogous results from studies by A. Hirshoren
and C. J. Schnittjer (see PA, Vol 64:8309) for 192 US deaf children (aged
3-17 yrs) and H. C. Quay and I. N. Paraskevopoulos (1972) for 117 Greek
hearing children. Three factors that correspond to dimensions found in
earlier research and previously labeled conduct problem, personality
problem, and inadequacy-immaturity were found. Overall the Greek deaf Ss
tended to have problem behavior patterns similar to the US deaf and Greek
hearing as well as other populations. It is concluded that these patterns
for the Greek deaf Ss were largely independent of the deafness handicap
and differences in cultural background. (French abstract) (25 ref)
< 104>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 65-05284.
Author :
Papajohn, John.
Title :
Intergenerational value orientation and psychopathology in Greek-American
families.
Source :
International Journal of Family Therapy. Vol 1(2) 107-132, Sum 1979.
Abstract :
Examined the effect of culture change on the mental health of
Greek-American families living in the Boston area through the use of value
orientation theory (F. R. Kluckhohn and F. L. Strodtbeck, 1961). A
comparison was made between a sample of 34 families with a 2nd generation
schizophrenic member and a matched group of 17 families without a history
of manifest psychopathology. A detailed statistical analysis of the data
obtained through the use of the Value Orientation Schedule is provided.
Among the results it was found that parents in the patient families were
more likely to have adhered closely to traditional Greek value
orientations, even after 40 yrs in the US. (11 ref)
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Accession Number
Journal Article: 64-10828.
Author :
Dinnen, Anthony.
Institution :
St Vincents Hosp, Sydney, Australia.
Title :
No speak much English: Or how I stopped worrying about the theory and
began treating the indigent Greek.
Source :
Mental Health & Society. Vol 4(1-2) 26-35, 1977.
Abstract :
A therapy group of lower-class Greek immigrant patients with chronic
psychiatric illness was conducted for over 3 yrs. The barriers of
language, culture, and class were overcome. An analysis of these barriers,
as demonstrated in the group, is provided. Contentions about the effects
of culture on psychopathology and treatment are discussed. (33 ref)
< 106>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 64-07794.
Author :
Koutrelakos, J; Gedeon, S M.
Institution :
City U New York, Hunter Coll.
Title :
Opinions about mental illness: A comparison of American and Greek
professionals and laymen.
Source :
Psychological Reports. Vol 43(3, Pt 1) 915-923, Dec 1978.
Abstract :
Used the Opinions Toward Mental Illness Questionnaire to compare the
attitudes of professionals and laymen in the US and in Greece towards
mental patients. Ss were 11 psychologists, 63 social workers, and 43
business administration officers from Greece matched for sex and
occupation with Ss from the US. Two factors labeled
Author :itarian-Restrictiveness and Familial Interaction were identified and
judged to reflect traditional cultural values. Nationality was more
powerful than professional training in determining attitudes toward mental
illness. The influence of professional training appears selective and
limited by local societal norms. (26 ref)
< 107>
Accession Number
Journal Article: 63-07989.
Author :
Samouilidis, Leonidas.
Title :
Psychoanalytic vicissitudes in working with Greek patients.
Source :
American Journal of Psychoanalysis. Vol 38(3) 223-233, Fal 1978.
Abstract :
Describes how specific cultural attitudes affect analytic work with Greek
clients. Such attitudes include lack of introspection, clannishness,
family orientation towards problems, preoccupation with physical symptoms,
a tendency to minimize interpersonal conflicts and emotional disturbances,
prevalent mistrust, rebelliousness towards authority, pseudocompliance,
manipulativeness, and a general conservativeness. Clinical material is
used to illustrate these phenomena.
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