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| Carlos NordtSummaryAffiliation: Psychiatric University Hospital Country: Switzerland Publications
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Combined effects of law enforcement and substitution treatment on heroin mortalityCarlos Nordt
Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Drug Alcohol Rev 29:540-5. 2010..To explore the combined effects of street-level law enforcement and substitution treatment programs on drug-related mortality, taking into account prevalence of heroin use and changes in injecting behaviour...- Estimating incidence trends in regular heroin use in 26 regions of Switzerland using methadone treatment dataCarlos Nordt
Research Group on Substance Use Disorders, Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 4:14. 2009.... - Low-threshold methadone treatment, heroin price, police activity and incidence of heroin use: the Zurich experienceCarlos Nordt
Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Int J Drug Policy 20:497-501. 2009..And finally, the intensity of police activity in the drug field may also affect prices for street heroin... - Estimating heroin epidemics with data of patients in methadone maintenance treatment, collected during a single treatment dayCarlos Nordt
Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Addiction 103:591-7. 2008..We aimed to develop a simple method to estimate these dynamics with data that can be gathered from patients in substitution treatment within a single day... - Attitudes of mental health professionals toward people with schizophrenia and major depressionCarlos Nordt
Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Schizophr Bull 32:709-14. 2006..The study concludes that the better knowledge of mental health professionals and their support of individual rights neither entail fewer stereotypes nor enhance the willingness to closely interact with mentally ill people... - Mental hospital admission rates of immigrants in SwitzerlandBarbara Lay
Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, Research Unit for Clinical and Social Psychiatry, Zurich, Switzerland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 42:229-36. 2007..Specifically, we address the question of gender-specific differences in immigrants and compare the population-based rates of males and females from different countries of origin... - Community psychiatry: results of a public opinion surveyChristoph Lauber
Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Int J Soc Psychiatry 52:234-42. 2006..However, previous studies have only investigated the impact of demographic variables on the attitude to community psychiatry... - Incidence of heroin use in Zurich, Switzerland: a treatment case register analysisCarlos Nordt
Psychiatric University Hospital, Militärstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland
Lancet 367:1830-4. 2006..Switzerland has been criticised for its liberal drug policy, which could attract new users and lengthen periods of heroin addiction. We sought to estimate incidence trends and prevalence of problem heroin use in Switzerland... - Trends in psychiatric hospitalisation of people with schizophrenia: a register-based investigation over the last three decadesBarbara Lay
Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, Research Unit for Clinical and Social Psychiatry, Zurich, Switzerland
Schizophr Res 97:68-78. 2007..The considerable decrease in inpatient treatment for people with schizophrenia emphasizes the need to further investigate the current state of coverage for and the appropriateness of health care available to this patient group... - Predictors and course of vocational status, income, and quality of life in people with severe mental illness: a naturalistic studyCarlos Nordt
Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Soc Sci Med 65:1420-9. 2007..A life course perspective enhances the understanding of patients' vocational potential and needs for support... - Changes in social network diversity and perceived social support after psychiatric hospitalization: results from a longitudinal studyBrigitte Müller
Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Int J Soc Psychiatry 53:564-75. 2007..However, only a few studies have examined the predictors, changes and correlations of these constructs within a longitudinal framework... - Patterns of inpatient care for immigrants in Switzerland: a case control studyBarbara Lay
Research Unit for Clinical and Social Psychiatry, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, Militarstrasse 8, P O Box 1930, Zurich, Switzerland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:199-207. 2006..Migration has become a major political and social concern in West European societies... - Recommendations of mental health professionals and the general population on how to treat mental disordersChristoph Lauber
Psychiatric University Hospital, Militarstrasse 8, PO Box 1930, 8021, Zurich, Switzerland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 40:835-43. 2005.... - Can a seizure help? The public's attitude toward electroconvulsive therapyChristoph Lauber
Psychiatric University Hospital, Militarstrasse 8, PO Box 1930, CH 8021 Zurich, Switzerland
Psychiatry Res 134:205-9. 2005..042). The finding was not affected by the type of illness. Thus, having a prejudice toward ECT is a 'uniform attitude' that does not significantly vary between individual, demographic, or cultural contexts... - Perceived stigmatization of mentally ill people and its consequences for the quality of life in a Swiss populationJanine Graf
Public Mental Health Research Group, Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
J Nerv Ment Dis 192:542-7. 2004..For planning and implementing psychiatric treatment programs, it is important to be aware of social conceptions of mental disorder... - Do people recognise mental illness? Factors influencing mental health literacyChristoph Lauber
Psychiatric University Hospital, Militarstrasse 8, 8021 Zurich, Switzerland
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 253:248-51. 2003..Mental health literacy has been defined as the public's knowledge and the beliefs about mental disorders enhancing the ability to recognise specific disorders... - Factors influencing social distance toward people with mental illnessChristoph Lauber
Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Community Ment Health J 40:265-74. 2004..Social distance-the willingness to engage in relationships of varying intimacy with a person--is an indicator of public attitudes toward persons with mental illness... - [Increased stigma through a former stay in a mental hospital? Results of a public survey in Switzerland]Carlos Nordt
Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich, Forschungsgruppe Sozialpsychiatrie, Switzerland
Psychiatr Prax 30:384-8. 2003..The perception of how most people stigmatize mentally ill persons has consequences for the affected. Is a former stay in a mental hospital connected with an additional stigma?.. - [Is methadone maintenance provided by private practitioners effective?]Rudolf Stohler
Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich, Sektor West und Zentrale Sozialpsychiatrische Dienste, Zurich
Soz Praventivmed 49:276-80. 2004..Involvement of private practitioners in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) enhances its availability. However, effectiveness of such treatments is still debated... - Social support modifies perceived stigmatization in the first years of mental illness: a longitudinal approachBrigitte Mueller
Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, Research Unit for Clinical and Social Psychiatry, Militarstrasse 8, P.O. Box 1930 8021 Zurich, Switzerland
Soc Sci Med 62:39-49. 2006..Duration of illness should be included as a central variable in future research, as it influences the nature of the relation between stigmatization and social ties... - Patients' attitudes toward antidepressantsChristoph Lauber
Psychiatr Serv 54:746-7. 2003 - Determinants of attitude to volunteering in psychiatry: results of a public opinion survey in SwitzerlandChristoph Lauber
Psychiatric University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland
Int J Soc Psychiatry 48:209-19. 2002..Little is known about factors influencing the attitude to volunteering in psychiatry. However, knowledge about these factors is important as target groups to be addressed by an awareness and promotion campaign could be identified...