Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross

..An extensive examination of young adults who were initially assessed in childhood might provide the most promising design...

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..To describe the suicide rates of psychiatric in-patients in the canton of Zurich for the period 1992-2004, and to determine putative risk factors...

..Our knowledge of the methods used and their variation across countries and world regions is still limited. The aim of this study was to provide the first comprehensive overview of international patterns of suicide methods...

..To examine the effect of time on suicide after bereavement among widowed persons...

..Just as in the epidemiology of suicide methods, the (seasonal) availability and perceived adequacy of methods emerge as the major driving force beyond the seasonal phenomena in suicide...

..Hence, the seasonality of the overall Swiss suicide frequencies is but a compound seasonality. It largely depends on specific suicide methods and different cyclical dynamics...

..The results represent a novel minor effect in seasonality of suicide, which is hardly compatible with the hypothesized role of temperature in suicide seasonality...

..In order to minimise retrospective recall in developing estimates of the prevalence of mental disorders in the general population, we conducted a prospective study of a cohort of youth from Zurich, Switzerland...

..It involves valuable challenges for suicide prevention such as timing of campaigns and enhancement of social networks...

..This work investigates the smoothing out of suicide seasonality in Switzerland between the late 19th and the end of the 20th century. It includes analyses by region and by suicide method...

..Birth cohort effects remain an intriguing topic in epidemiology of suicide. A better understanding of birth cohort effects might open new doors to suicide prevention...

..The present study illustrates the need for differentiating subthreshold psychiatric disorders in the analysis...

..However, the rates in the youngest age groups showed a strong increase in the second half of the 1990's. The trend reversal among the youngest age groups coincides with the increased use of cannabis among young Swiss in the 1990's...

..The recent period does not show any suicide seasonality at all. The canton of Zurich seems to be ahead of the general trend found in other regions of Switzerland...

..If there are different pathways to psychosis characterized by specific symptom dimensions and risk factors, they mostly co-exist and interact at different symptom load levels...

..However, sub-clinical symptoms may not only indicate a specific risk but also suggest a more general, underlying psychopathology that predisposes one to various common mental disorders...

..It does not only directly influence subclinical nuclear schizophrenia symptoms but also the symptoms of depression...

..Legislation and regulatory measures reducing the availability of firearms in private households can distinctly strengthen the prevention of firearm suicides...

..We have examined data from the Zurich Study to determine trends and predictors of CAM use in Switzerland...

..To investigate continuity and change of self-reported physical and psychological complaints in young adults over a period of 20 years...

..Several large surveys have suggested high prevalence of psychiatric disorders among gay men and other men who have sex with men...

..The objective of this longitudinal study was to assess the association between major depression and heart complaints in a population of young and healthy adults...

..The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence rate of exposure to potentially traumatic events (PTE) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a representative sample of the general population...

..However, giving a major reduction in the age and gender specific stroke incidence over the past years our findings might-alternatively-mirror this favourable trend...

..We aimed measuring general practitioners' attitudes to antipsychotic drugs and their adverse side effects and comparing these with the attitudes of the general population...

..The aims of this paper are to determine whether a sample of university students recognise different symptoms of depression and schizophrenia and to reveal factors influencing correct recognition...

..This study suggests that when studying quality of life and needs for treatment, it is crucial to differentiate whether unmet needs disappeared or whether they were met, as the former has a stronger impact on quality of life...

..Despite the decline of rheumatic heart disease, risk factors causing season of birth effects remain relevant for congenital anomalies...

..This study applied APC analysis to selected neurological diseases: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease (PD) and multiple sclerosis (MS)...

..To expand the concept of recurrent brief depression (RBD) to brief depression (BD) and to test its clinical relevance...

..In a population-based approach, we assessed (1) the utilization rate of stroke thrombolysis in the community, and (2) the significance of the chosen stroke care provider as a potential barrier to thrombolysis...

..Because its defense system requires a militia to keep personal firearms at home, Switzerland has a high rate of households with a gun...

..This study aims to identify features which predict help-seeking behaviour in symptomatic individuals and to explore failure of help seeking in those who did not...

..0-5.9%). The PRD increased substantially with age. After adjustment for other risk factors, multivariate logistic regression analysis confirmed the positive statistically significant association between age, gender, and depression...

..29, 95% CI 1.08-4.87) were under statistically significant higher risk of sustaining recurrent falls. CONCLUSIONS: The results of the present study confirm that dementia and depression substantially increase the risk of falling...