This content is machine translated Child and adolescent psychiatry School problems with ADHD Multimodal treatment of children with ADHD works best when physicians and therapists work well with the “family” and “school” systems. This can be accomplished if recommendations for multimodal treatment and…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated 2nd Swiss Symposium on Psychiatry Mens sana in corpore sano How can we keep our brain and body fit in old age? This was a central question of the 2nd Swiss Symposium on Psychiatry in Oerlikon. Is it enough to…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Depression, anxiety and aging Can depression be “trained away”? The 7th Symposium of the Swiss Society for Anxiety & Depression took place as every year in beautiful spring weather in Zurich. Two topics were focused on: the potential for…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Chronic fatigue syndrome or something else? Meaningful laboratory tests for chronic fatigue syndrome Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) affects women more often than men. There is no laboratory test that conclusively indicates CFS. The focus is on the exclusion of various root causes resp.…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Relapse prediction in depression What role do feelings of guilt play? Question wording: Can the neural correlates of guilt predict depressive recurrences?
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Human trafficking and severe psychiatric illness What are sociodemographic and clinical characteristics? Purpose: The aim of the study conducted in the United Kingdom was to sociodemographically and clinically characterize individuals who have experienced human trafficking and suffer from severe psychiatric disorders.
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated The AIDA antidepressant discontinuation study. Relapse prediction after discontinuation of antidepressants. Not all depressed patients in remission benefit from antidepressants in terms of relapse prevention. Many patients want to discontinue their antidepressant, in part because of unwanted side effects. Currently, there…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Unipolar depression What innovations does the modified S3 guideline bring? At the end of last year, a comprehensively revised version of the S3 guideline on unipolar depression, first published in 2009, was published. What are the most important changes? What…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Schizophrenic disorders in children and adolescents. Early detection improves prognosis Schizophrenic disorders in childhood and adolescence are rare but serious conditions. Diagnosis is a challenge because the symptoms often develop insidiously and – compared to those of adults – are…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Schizophrenia symptoms Negative symptoms – diagnostics and therapy For negative symptoms, two main dimensions can be defined: Apathy (reduced drive, social withdrawal, joylessness) and reduced expression (impoverishment of speech, flattening of affect). Negative symptoms severely limit the everyday…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Post-traumatic stress disorder How can the consequences of traumatization be differentiated? Psychological traumatization can be described as a progressive disease [1] that involves three distinct phases: traumatic situation, traumatic response (up to approximately four weeks after the traumatic event), and traumatic…
