Helene Verdoux

..These results suggest that seasonal early environmental risk factor(s) linked to schizophrenia predominantly operate in urban areas...

..The nature of the link between cannabis use and psychosis remains to be clarified...

..To explore the links between Schneiderian first-rank symptoms (FRS), handedness and speech disorder in subjects with psychosis...

..The aim of this study was to explore in a non-clinical population whether specific social environments modify the expression of psychotic symptoms in daily life...

..The links and possible interactions between somatic perinatal risk factors and maternal psychopathology in the association with offspring's increased vulnerability for psychosis have to be further explored...

..The aim of the present study was to explore the pattern of associations between cannabis use and dimensions of psychosis in a nonclinical population of female subjects...

..To assess whether a long duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) before first admission predicts poor clinical and social outcome, and whether this association, if any, is confounded by premorbid and clinical characteristics...

..To prospectively investigate in a cohort of pregnant women the association between obstetrical complications (OCs) and depressive symptomatology in the early postpartum period...

..Further studies are required to explore the long-term cognitive and behavioural consequences of prenatal exposure to psychoactive drugs and xenoestrogens...

..To explore whether baseline memory and executive deficits predicted poor social and clinical outcome over the 2 years following a first admission for psychosis, regardless of categorical diagnosis...

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..The usefulness of systematic toxicological assays during hospitalization for IDO should be assessed in further studies exploring whether such information allows medical management to be modified and contributes to improving prognosis...

..Knowledge of the factors influencing the choice of drugs used for intentional drug overdose (IDO) may allow the reduction of IDO lethality...

..To investigate whether measurement of plasma levels can predict tolerance to oxcarbazepine (OXC)...

..The authors investigated the association between death of older people and use of psychotropic drugs before and during the Western European August 2003 heatwave...

..We specifically examined whether patients with depression have a different rate of response to CRT and whether CRT has an effect on depressive symptoms...

..To assess if use of psychotropic drugs is associated with an increased risk of admission for heat-related pathologies during a heat wave period...

..Most findings of an increased prevalence of psychiatric disorders in men and women prenatally exposed to DES are not easy to interpret because of selection biases...

..To explore general practitioners' (GPs) knowledge of the symptoms and epidemiology of schizophrenia, and the GPs' characteristics associated with level of knowledge...

..A secondary objective was to assess the scale's validity and the association between TR and adherence...

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..Persons unable to keep enduring employment after illness onset may have different needs regarding social and rehabilitation management compared to those able to maintain a working activity over a long period...

..Second-generation antipsychotic agents should not be used during pregnancy or breast-feeding because inadequate information is currently available about their safety...

..Only findings obtained by such studies may allow risk management and elaboration of guidelines based upon factual data...

..This study was conducted to explore how general practitioners (GPs) manage subjects with early psychosis and collaborate with psychiatrists in the care of such patients...

..The assessment of cardiovascular safety, both preclinical and during premarketing clinical trials, needs to be supported by appropriately powered pharmacoepidemiology studies...

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..The numerous national programmes aimed at renovating French mental health services, published over the last decade, have not yet kept their promises...

..However these results found at the population level may not be true at an individual level...

..Therapeutic programs for subjects with dual diagnosis should be implemented early in the course of psychosis to maximise their impact on the course of illness...

..As a large number of persons are exposed to prescribed psychotropic drugs, their utilisation and impact should be further explored at the population level...

..06; 95% CI 1.15-3.70; p=0.0016). CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest the existence of association between certain classes of neuroleptics and death, all cause or specific. This could be related to the drug itself or to patient selection...

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..To assess the characteristics of life-threatening adverse drug reactions in patients admitted to medical intensive care unit and to define those that could facilitate early identification...

..This strategy has major clinical implications because the question "who is a case?" is often equivalent in clinical practice to the question "who needs treatment?"...

..The aim of the present review was to examine findings from prospective studies carried out in general population samples exploring whether exposure to benzodiazepines is associated with an increased risk of incident cognitive decline...

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..3%, P<0.01). Adjusted remitter rates were 56.1% and 43.6%, respectively (P<0.05). Tolerability was similar in both groups. This randomized double-blind trial confirms that escitalopram has a superior effect to citalopram in MDD...