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Biomarkers for major depression and its delineation from neurodegenerative disordersBarbara Schneider
Section for Neurophysiology and Neuroimaging, Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
Prog Neurobiol 95:703-17. 2011..This model delineates common pathways and the intersection between AD and MDD. Applying these concepts to MDD gives hope that positive MDD biomarkers can be successfully identified in the near future...
Impact of employment status and work-related factors on risk of completed suicide. A case-control psychological autopsy studyBarbara Schneider
Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine, and Psychotherapy, Goethe University, Frankfurt Main, Germany
Psychiatry Res 190:265-70. 2011..Employment and a positive modification of working conditions, may possibly be preventive to important adverse mental health outcomes, including suicidality...
[Dementia and suicide]B Schneider
Zentrum der Psychiatrie, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie I, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat, Frankfurt Main
Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 69:164-9. 2001..This review comprehensively presents the association between cognitive deficits, insight in early stages of dementia and suicidality and possible confounders which have not systematically been investigated up to now...
Concordance of DSM-IV Axis I and II diagnoses by personal and informant's interviewBarbara Schneider
Center of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy I, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt Main, Heinrich Hoffmann Str 10, D 60528 Frankfurt Main, Germany
Psychiatry Res 127:121-36. 2004..This instrument can be recommended as a tool for the psychological autopsy procedure in post-mortem research...
Nicotine use in suicides: a case-control studyBarbara Schneider
Centre of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy I, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt Main, Heinrich Hoffmann Street 10, 60528 Frankfurt Main, Germany
Eur Psychiatry 20:129-36. 2005....
[Age and gender: confounders for axis I disorders as risk factors for suicide]Barbara Schneider
Zentrum der Psychiatrie, Klinik fur Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat, Frankfurt Main
Psychiatr Prax 32:185-94. 2005..163 suicides and 396 population-based control persons were assessed with a standardized semi-structured interview including SCID-I (for DSM-IV)...
[Risk factors for suicide in substance-related disorders]Barbara Schneider
Zentrum der Psychiatrie, Klinik fur Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
Psychiatr Prax 33:81-7. 2006..To assess the contribution of sociodemographic and psychopathologic predictors for suicide in alcohol-related disorders and in substance-related disorders in general and to examine the constellations of risk factors for suicide...
[Do individuals with substance use disorders find information for crisis intervention and suicide prevention resources on the Internet?]B Schneider
Zentrum der Psychiatrie, Klinik fur Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, Goethe Universitat, Heinrich Hoffmann Straße 10, 60528, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
Nervenarzt 82:859-65. 2011..Suicidality is an important issue for substance-dependent people. The few studies about Internet searches have provided ambiguous results regarding help and support using suicide-related terms...
Substance use disorders and risk for completed suicideBarbara Schneider
Center of Psychiatry, Department for Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Psychotherapy, Goethe University, Frankfurt Main, Gernany
Arch Suicide Res 13:303-16. 2009..So far, some risk factors for suicide have been identified in alcoholism. Nevertheless, various questions about the relationship between substance use disorders and suicide remain open, which indicate directions for future research...
Substance use disorders as risk factors for suicide in an Eastern and a Central European city (Tallinn and Frankfurt/Main)Barbara Schneider
Centre of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Psychotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt Main, Germany
Psychiatry Res 165:263-72. 2009....
Smoking differently modifies suicide risk of affective disorders, substance use disorders, and social factorsBarbara Schneider
Centre of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Psychotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt Main, Germany
J Affect Disord 112:165-73. 2009..Although an association between smoking and suicide has repeatedly been shown, information about a modifying influence of smoking on other risk factors for suicide is lacking...
The effect of risky alcohol use and smoking on suicide risk: findings from the German MONICA/KORA-Augsburg Cohort StudyBarbara Schneider
Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt Main, Heinrich Hoffmann Straße 10, 60528, Frankfurt Main, Germany
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 46:1127-32. 2011..Smoking and heavy alcohol use predicts suicidal behaviour. Whether the simultaneous presentation of both conditions induces an amplified effect on risk prediction has not been investigated so far...
Reduction of clozapine-induced hypersalivation by pirenzepine is safeB Schneider
Center of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy I, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt Main, Germany
Pharmacopsychiatry 37:43-5. 2004..Nevertheless, a pharmacokinetic interaction between both compounds cannot be excluded...
Psychopathological predictors of suicide in patients with major depression during a 5-year follow-upB Schneider
Center of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy I, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt Main, Heinrich Hoffmann Str 10, D 60528, Frankfurt Main, Germany
Eur Psychiatry 16:283-8. 2001..The purpose of this study was to examine which psychopathologic symptoms during the index episode are predictors for an increased risk of suicide in the further course of major depression...
[Difficulties in the evaluation of depressive symptoms in patients with dementia]Barbara Schneider
Zentrum der Psychiatrie, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie I, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat, Frankfurt Main
Psychiatr Prax 29:76-82. 2002....
Is the emotional response of survivors dependent on the consequences of the suicide and the support received?Barbara Schneider
Center for Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Psychotherapy, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
Crisis 32:186-93. 2011..Despite numerous studies that have assessed emotional reactions of people bereaved by suicide, many questions in this field are not yet clarified...
Do suicides' characteristics influence survivors' emotions?Barbara Schneider
Department of Psychiatry, Center of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine, and Psychotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt Main, Germany
Suicide Life Threat Behav 41:117-25. 2011..Age had a dominant impact on the relationship between suicides' characteristics and survivors' emotional reactions and supersedes the effect of most suicides' characteristics including diagnoses...
Estrogen receptor gene 1 variants are not associated with suicidal behaviorIna Giegling
Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Psychiatry Res 160:1-7. 2008..In conclusion, our study does not support the hypothesis that estrogen receptor alpha gene variants are major contributors to suicide or to anger- or aggression-related behaviors...
How do personality disorders modify suicide risk?Barbara Schneider
Center of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt Main, Frankfurt Main, Germany
J Pers Disord 22:233-45. 2008..These findings suggest that treatment of personality disorders is essential for suicide prevention...
NOS-I and -III gene variants are differentially associated with facets of suicidal behavior and aggression-related traitsDan Rujescu
Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 147:42-8. 2008..0002; sliding haplotype T-G, P = 0.002). In conclusion, our study suggests a possible involvement of NOS-I and NOS-III gene variants in suicidal behavior and related intermediate phenotypes...
Detection of alcohol consumption in suicidesBarbara Schneider
Center of Psychiatry, Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Heinrich-Hoffmann-Str. 10, 60528 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 255:1-5. 2005..This 7-item questionnaire can be recommended as a useful tool for the psychological autopsy procedure in postmortem research...
Influence of neuronal cell adhesion molecule (NCAM1) variants on suicidal behaviour and correlated traitsIna Giegling
Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Psychiatry Res 179:222-5. 2010..However, independent studies are needed to validate these results...
Tachykinin receptor 1 variants associated with aggression in suicidal behaviorIna Giegling
Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 144:757-61. 2007..In conclusion, our study suggests that TACR1 gene variants have no major influence on suicidal behavior but may modulate aggression features...
Axis I disorders and personality disorders as risk factors for suicideBarbara Schneider
Center of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main, Heinrich-Hoffmann-Strasse 10, 60528 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 256:17-27. 2006..In both genders, co-occurrence of personality disorders of more than one cluster contributed to risk of completed suicide after control for axis I psychiatric disorders and has to be considered as an independent risk factor for suicide...
Dopa decarboxylase and tyrosine hydroxylase gene variants in suicidal behaviorIna Giegling
Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 147:308-15. 2008..In conclusion, our study does not support the involvement of TH gene variants as major contributors to suicide, whereas DDC variants could mediate some features related to suicide and be involved in violent suicidal behavior...
Gene expression profiling of post-mortem orbitofrontal cortex in violent suicide victimsAndreas Thalmeier
Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 11:217-28. 2008..The differentially expressed genes and significant biological processes might be involved in the pathophysiology of suicide and warrant further attention...
ABCG1 gene variants in suicidal behavior and aggression-related traitsAnton Gietl
Molecular and Clinical Neurobiology, Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig Maximilians University, Nussbaumstr 7, D 80336 Munich, Germany
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 17:410-6. 2007..Given that these represent intermediate phenotypes of suicidal behavior, ABCG1 might also act on suicidal behavior through these traits. The observed associations warrant further replications...
Development of a rating scale to predict the severity of alcohol withdrawal syndromeTilman Wetterling
Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, Psychotherapy, JW Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
Alcohol Alcohol 41:611-5. 2006..We tested the predictive value of these factors compiled in a newly developed scale, LARS (Luebeck alcohol withdrawal risk scale)...
Bias in computerized neuropsychological assessment of depressive disorders caused by computer attitudeB Weber
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy I, J W Goethe University, Frankfurt Main, Germany
Acta Psychiatr Scand 105:126-30. 2002..Psychiatric patients are increasingly confronted to computerized psychological and psychopathological assessment. Patients' attitude to computers was reported to affect acceptance of computerized assessment...
Does sport have a protective effect against suicide?Bettina Muller
Centre of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Psychotherapy, Goethe University, Frankfurt Main, Germany
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 18:331-5. 2009..The association between sporting activities, or lack there of, and suicidal behaviour has not yet been clarified. The objective of this study was to determine, if sports participation has an impact on risk for completed suicide...
Novel biomarkers in major depressionBarbara Schneider
LVR Klinik Köln, Cologne, Germany
Curr Opin Psychiatry 26:47-53. 2013..This article reviews literature published over the period January 2011-June 2012 on biomarkers in major depression...
Mortality in affective disordersB Schneider
Centre of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy I, University of Frankfurt/Main, Heinrich-Hoffmann-Str. 10, D-60528 /Main, Frankfurt, Germany
J Affect Disord 65:263-74. 2001..Natural causes of death in affective disorders are comparable to expectations from reference populations. Social-demographic characteristics may contribute to an additional risk of premature death by suicide, particularly in women...
Lactose intolerance: a risk factor for reduced bone mineral density and vertebral fractures?Stefan Kudlacek
KH Barmherzige Brüder, Medizinische Abteilung, Vienna, Austria
J Gastroenterol 37:1014-9. 2002..The purpose of the present study was to determine differences, if any, in bone mineral density, the risk of fracture, and clinical behavior in patients with lactose intolerance investigated by hydrogen breath test...
[Suicidal patient: how can suicide be prevented? (interview by Dr. Thomas Meissner)]Barbara Schneider
MMW Fortschr Med 149:17. 2007
Discovery of decomposed and mummified corpses in the domestic setting--a marker of social isolation?Selma Hönigschnabl
Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Vienna, Austria
J Forensic Sci 47:837-42. 2002..Furthermore, the proportion of deaths attributable to natural causes was significantly lower during the 1990s, whereas the rate of suicides was nearly three times higher...
Recent life events and suicide: a case-control study in Tallinn and FrankfurtKairi Kolves
Estonian Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute, Estonian Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Tallinn, Estonia
Soc Sci Med 62:2887-96. 2006..In Germany, good health is considered a necessity for a consumer and self-expressive style of life, and poor health is perceived as a serious threat to the quality of life in a post-materialistic value system...
Chest pain in hospitalized patients: cause-specific and gender-specific differencesJulia Vodopiutz
2. Medizinische Abteilung, Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Vienna, Austria
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 11:719-27. 2002....
Do middle ear muscles trigger attacks of Menière's disease?Peter Franz
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Acta Otolaryngol 123:133-7. 2003..In this retrospective study we examined the long-term effects of tenotomy on the symptoms of MD...
High prevalence of elevated clotting factor VIII in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertensionDiana Bonderman
Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, University of Vienna, Wahringer Gurtel 18 20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Thromb Haemost 90:372-6. 2003..0001) and PAH patients (22%, p = 0.022). We can conclude that elevated plasma FVIII is the first prothrombotic factor identified in a large proportion of CTEPH patients...
Mortality and rate of stroke or embolism in atrial fibrillation during long-term follow-up in the embolism in left atrial thrombi (ELAT) studyClaudia Stollberger
Second Medical Department, KA Rudolfstiftung, Vienna, Austria
Clin Cardiol 27:40-6. 2004..Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) have a higher mortality and risk of stroke/embolism than patients with sinus rhythm...
Allocation of training posts to applicants for postgraduate medical education in austria: survey and analysisWolfgang Spiegel
Department of General Practice, Institute of Medical Education, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Acad Med 79:703-10. 2004..To analyze the consequences of the current procedure for allocating training posts to medical graduates in Austria...
Haptoglobin phenotype and gestational diabetesStefan Mustafa
Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Wien, Währingergürtel, Austria
Diabetes Care 27:2103-7. 2004..Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is an early manifestation of type 2 diabetes in pregnant women. It is usually confined to the time of gestation, but carries an increased risk to develop type 2 diabetes later in life...
Ventricular tachycardia in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy: clinical presentation, risk stratification and results of long-term follow-upThomas Pezawas
Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18 20, A 1090 Vienna, Austria
Int J Cardiol 107:360-8. 2006..Not all patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) are at risk for sudden cardiac death. The aim of the study was to evaluate the risk stratification in patients with ARVD/C...
The effect of intensified extracorporeal photochemotherapy on long-term survival in patients with severe acute graft-versus-host diseaseHildegard T Greinix
Medical University of Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine I, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Austria
Haematologica 91:405-8. 2006..We conclude that intensified ECP is highly effective in acute GVHD and that sustained responses are associated with over 50% long-term survival...
[Dyslipidemia and schizophrenia]Tilman Wetterling
Klinik fur Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, J W Goethe Universitat, Frankfurt M
Psychiatr Prax 34:223-9. 2007..There is some evidence that the treatment with new ("atypical") neuroleptics is associated with a higher frequency of hyperlipidemia...
Specialty selection and relative job satisfaction of family physicians and medical specialists in AustriaWolfgang Spiegel
Department of General Practice, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Wahringerstrase 13a, A 1090 Vienna, Austria
Croat Med J 49:375-83. 2008..To estimate the relative job satisfaction of Austrian family physicians and other specialists with respect to whether or not they obtained training in the desired specialty...
HTR2C and HTR1A gene variants in German and Italian suicide attempters and completersAlessandro Serretti
Department of Psychiatry, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 144:291-9. 2007..In conclusion, our study does not support the notion that HTR2C and HTR1A gene variants are major contributors to suicide-, anger-, or aggression-related behaviors in our sample...
Laser acupuncture and probiotics in school age children with asthma: a randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study of therapy guided by principles of Traditional Chinese MedicineKarin Stockert
Austrian Society for Acupuncture, Huglgasse 1 3, Vienna, Austria
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 18:160-6. 2007..These results should be confirmed by further studies...
Does weight force application to the lower torso have an influence on inferior vena cava and cardiovascular parameters?Astrid Krauskopf
Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Am J Emerg Med 26:603-7. 2008..The aim of this study was to determine whether weight force application to the lower torso can lead to impairment of inferior vena cava (IVC) and cardiovascular parameters...
[Blood glucose in chronic schizophrenic patients treated with antipsychotics]Tilman Wetterling
Klinik fur Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, J W Goethe Universität Frankfurt Main
Psychiatr Prax 34:76-80. 2007..There is some evidence that the treatment with new ("atypical") antipsychotics is associated with a higher frequency of type 2-diabetes mellitus...
Cysteinyl-leukotrienes in nasal lavage fluid in children with asthmaFlorian Singer
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Donauspital, Vienna, Austria
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 19:227-32. 2008..40). Concentration of cys-LT in NLF and exhaled NO was positively correlated (r = 0.85; p < 0.001). In conclusion, concentration of cys-LT in NLF correlates with asthma severity in children and is related to lower airway inflammation...
