Michael Linden

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Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi Theory and practice in the management of depressive disorders
    M Linden
    Department of Psychiatry, Freie Universitat Berlin
    Int Clin Psychopharmacol 14:S15-25. 1999
  2. ncbi Dosage finding and outcome of venlafaxine treatment in psychiatric outpatients and inpatients: results of a drug utilization observation study
    M Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, UKBF, Free University of Berlin, Germany
    Pharmacopsychiatry 36:197-205. 2003
  3. ncbi [Epidemology and treatment of depressive disorders]
    Michael Linden
    Forschungsgruppe Psychosomatische Rehabilitation an der Charité, Universitätsklinik Benjamin Franklin und der Rehabilitationsklinik Seehof der BfA, Lichterfelder Allee 55, D 14513 Teltow Berlin, Germany
    Z Psychosom Med Psychother 49:333-45. 2003
  4. ncbi Pathways to care and psychological problems of general practice patients in a "gate keeper" and an "open access" health care system: a comparison of Germany and the Netherlands
    M Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charite, Univ Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 38:690-7. 2003
  5. ncbi [Post-traumatic embitterment disorder (PTED). Differentiation of a specific form of adjustment disorders]
    M Linden
    Forschungsgruppe Psychosomatische Rehabilitation an der Charité, der Abteilung für Verhaltenstherapie und Psychosomatik, Rehabilitationsklinik Seehof der BfA Teltow Berlin
    Nervenarzt 75:51-7. 2004
  6. ncbi Definition, operationalization and quality assurance of psychotherapy. An investigation with the behavior therapy-competence-checklist (btcc)
    Michael Linden
    Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité, University Medicine Berlin and the Department of Behavioral and Psychosomatic Medicine, Rehabilitation Center Seehof Teltow Berlin, D 14513 Teltow Berlin, Germany
    Psychiatr Danub 19:308-16. 2007
  7. ncbi Dosage finding and outcome in the treatment of schizophrenic inpatients with amisulpride. Results of a drug utilization observation study
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charite, University Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Germany
    Hum Psychopharmacol 19:111-9. 2004
  8. ncbi The differentiation between 'lack of insight' and 'dysfunctional health beliefs' in schizophrenia
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité, University Medicine Berlin and the Rehabilitation Centre Seehof, Teltow Berlin, Germany
    Psychopathology 40:236-41. 2007
  9. ncbi Why do physicians switch from one antipsychotic agent to another? The "physician drug stereotype"
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Germany
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 26:225-31. 2006
  10. ncbi Mental disorders in primary care
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charit, Department of Behavioral Medicine, Rehabilitation Centre Seehof, Teltow/Berlin, Germany
    Adv Psychosom Med 26:52-65. 2004

Detail Information

Publications77

  1. ncbi Theory and practice in the management of depressive disorders
    M Linden
    Department of Psychiatry, Freie Universitat Berlin
    Int Clin Psychopharmacol 14:S15-25. 1999
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  2. ncbi Dosage finding and outcome of venlafaxine treatment in psychiatric outpatients and inpatients: results of a drug utilization observation study
    M Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, UKBF, Free University of Berlin, Germany
    Pharmacopsychiatry 36:197-205. 2003
    ..This allows treatment to be tailored towards the needs of individual patients through differential dosing. It is unknown, however, how physicians use this unique feature in prescribing venlafaxine in routine treatment...
  3. ncbi [Epidemology and treatment of depressive disorders]
    Michael Linden
    Forschungsgruppe Psychosomatische Rehabilitation an der Charité, Universitätsklinik Benjamin Franklin und der Rehabilitationsklinik Seehof der BfA, Lichterfelder Allee 55, D 14513 Teltow Berlin, Germany
    Z Psychosom Med Psychother 49:333-45. 2003
    ..Due to the large number of depressed patients, general practitioners are the primary therapists. Referral to psychiatrists or psychotherapists is indicated in cases of chronic and complicated courses...
  4. ncbi Pathways to care and psychological problems of general practice patients in a "gate keeper" and an "open access" health care system: a comparison of Germany and the Netherlands
    M Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charite, Univ Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 38:690-7. 2003
    ..The differences between health care systems in which general practitioners serve as gate keepers in comparison to systems in which patients are free to contact every physician and specialist they like are a question of high interest...
  5. ncbi [Post-traumatic embitterment disorder (PTED). Differentiation of a specific form of adjustment disorders]
    M Linden
    Forschungsgruppe Psychosomatische Rehabilitation an der Charité, der Abteilung für Verhaltenstherapie und Psychosomatik, Rehabilitationsklinik Seehof der BfA Teltow Berlin
    Nervenarzt 75:51-7. 2004
    ..3%), agoraphobia (28.6%), or panic (19.0%). Of the patients, 81% said they avoid places which remind them of the critical events. Impairments were suffered in work (70%), leisure (65%), and familial relations (57.1%)...
  6. ncbi Definition, operationalization and quality assurance of psychotherapy. An investigation with the behavior therapy-competence-checklist (btcc)
    Michael Linden
    Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité, University Medicine Berlin and the Department of Behavioral and Psychosomatic Medicine, Rehabilitation Center Seehof Teltow Berlin, D 14513 Teltow Berlin, Germany
    Psychiatr Danub 19:308-16. 2007
    ..Quality assurance is an important issue in psychotherapy research and practice, which is methodologically still in development. Apart from unstructured supervision, reliable assessment instruments are needed...
  7. ncbi Dosage finding and outcome in the treatment of schizophrenic inpatients with amisulpride. Results of a drug utilization observation study
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charite, University Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Germany
    Hum Psychopharmacol 19:111-9. 2004
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  8. ncbi The differentiation between 'lack of insight' and 'dysfunctional health beliefs' in schizophrenia
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité, University Medicine Berlin and the Rehabilitation Centre Seehof, Teltow Berlin, Germany
    Psychopathology 40:236-41. 2007
    ..Health beliefs' are psychological explanations of one's own health status and are held by all individuals. The question is how they relate to each other...
  9. ncbi Why do physicians switch from one antipsychotic agent to another? The "physician drug stereotype"
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Germany
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 26:225-31. 2006
    ....
  10. ncbi Mental disorders in primary care
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charit, Department of Behavioral Medicine, Rehabilitation Centre Seehof, Teltow/Berlin, Germany
    Adv Psychosom Med 26:52-65. 2004
  11. ncbi The psychopathology of posttraumatic embitterment disorders
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charite, University Medicine and the Department of Behavioral and Psychosomatic Medicine, BfA Rehabilitation Center Seehof, Teltow, Berlin, Germany
    Psychopathology 40:159-65. 2007
    ..The predominant emotion in PTED is embitterment. This study presents first data on the psychopathological profile of PTED...
  12. ncbi Efficacy of cognitive behaviour therapy in generalized anxiety disorders. Results of a controlled clinical trial (Berlin CBT-GAD Study)
    M Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, University Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
    Psychother Psychosom 74:36-42. 2005
    ..A controlled clinical trial was done to evaluate the efficacy of CBT treatment in outpatients with pure GAD who were treated by a therapist working in routine care...
  13. ncbi Prevalence and appropriateness of psychotropic drug use in old age: results from the Berlin Aging Study (BASE)
    Michael Linden
    Charite University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
    Int Psychogeriatr 16:461-80. 2004
    ..The aim of this epidemiological study is to examine the prevalence and correlates of psychotropic drug use in the very old and to evaluate the appropriateness of psychotropic drug use in very old age...
  14. ncbi [Finding the reasons for "workplace phobia". Sick leave can cause damage]
    M Linden
    Abt Verhaltenstherapie und Psychosomatik, BfA Klinik Seehof, Teltow Berlin
    MMW Fortschr Med 145:33-6. 2003
    ..The treatment of workplace-related phobia differs from that of other phobias because of the peculiarities of the workplace. Simply giving the patient sick leave may do more harm than good, and as such needs to be carefully weighed up...
  15. ncbi [The "Mini-ICF-Rating for Mental Disorders (Mini-ICF-P)". A short instrument for the assessment of disabilities in mental disorders]
    M Linden
    Forschungsgruppe Psychosomatische Rehabilitation an der Charité und der Rehabilitationsklinik Seehof der BfA, Lichterfelder Allee 55, 14513 Teltow Berlin, Germany
    Rehabilitation (Stuttg) 44:144-51. 2005
    ..Parallel-test reliability was r = 0.59. Correlates were found with cognitive and motivational variables and duration of sick leave from work. In summary, the Mini-ICF-P is a quick and practicable instrument...
  16. ncbi Epidemiology of prescriptions for neuroleptic drugs: tranquilizers rather than antipsychotics
    M Linden
    Department of Psychiatry, Free University of Berlin, Germany
    Pharmacopsychiatry 34:150-4. 2001
    ..The pharmacology of neuroleptics as well as epidemiological and clinical observations of prescriptions of these drugs give the impression that they are and can be used for indications other than schizophrenia to a considerable degree...
  17. ncbi Cognitive impairment in depressed outpatients as measured with the Dementia Checklist: a simple method for primary care and in field research
    M Linden
    Outpatient Research Group, Department of Psychiatry, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 11:19-26. 2002
    ..6; p < or = 0.001) indicate external validity of the dementia checklist and 5.7% of the outpatients were rated as demented. The Dementia Checklist provides a very economical and easy-to-use assessment of cognitive decline...
  18. ncbi [General practice psychotherapy for depression]
    Michael Linden
    , Teltow
    MMW Fortschr Med 150:27-30. 2008
  19. ncbi [ICD-10 primary health care. WHO support for family practice psychotherapy]
    M Linden
    Forschungsgruppe Psychosomatische Rehabilitation am UKBF der FU Berlin und der BfA Klinik Seehof, Teltow
    MMW Fortschr Med 144:26-8. 2002
    ..The physician can use these as a basis for his talks with the patient, or give them to the patient for home study...
  20. ncbi A prospective study of factors influencing adherence to a continuous neuroleptic treatment program in schizophrenia patients during 2 years
    M Linden
    Department of Psychiatry, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany
    Schizophr Bull 27:585-96. 2001
    ..Future research should focus more on context factors in the search for clinically meaningful explanations of patient dropout from treatment...
  21. ncbi Posttraumatic embitterment disorder in comparison to other mental disorders
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Germany
    Psychother Psychosom 77:50-6. 2008
    ....
  22. ncbi The relationship between job-anxiety and trait-anxiety--a differential diagnostic investigation with the Job-Anxiety-Scale and the State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory
    Beate Muschalla
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Rehabilitation Center Seehof, Lichterfelder Allee 55, 14513 Teltow Berlin, Germany
    J Anxiety Disord 24:366-71. 2010
    ..It can be concluded that job-anxiety is related to but not identical with trait-anxiety. Job-anxiety is important to understand sick leave and appears as a multidimensional and clinically important phenomenon...
  23. ncbi Specific job anxiety in comparison to general psychosomatic symptoms at admission, discharge and six months after psychosomatic inpatient treatment
    Beate Muschalla
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité University Medicine Berlin and Department of Behavioral and Psychosomatic Medicine at the Rehabilitation Center Seehof, Teltow, Germany
    Psychopathology 45:167-73. 2012
    ..The aim of this study was to explore the development of sick leave in dependence on general psychosomatic complaints and job anxiety from admission to a psychosomatic inpatient treatment until 6 months after discharge...
  24. ncbi Perceived job-anxiety and general psychosomatic symptom load and perceived social support - Is there a relationship?
    Beate Muschalla
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Germany
    Work 37:29-39. 2010
    ..Job-related distress has often been found to be related with low social support at work. The question is whether dimensions of social support outside work have a similar relation with job-anxiety or whether they are independent...
  25. ncbi Do differences in atypical antipsychotics matter in routine practice? Medication switch from olanzapine and risperidone to amisulpride
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charite, University Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Germany
    Int Clin Psychopharmacol 22:175-8. 2007
    ..5%). In conclusion, this study confirms that physicians do not consider 'atypical antipsychotics' as one homogeneous class of drugs but make differences that reflect the specific pharmacological profiles of the respective drugs...
  26. ncbi Relationship between work-related attitudes, performance and capacities according to the ICF in patients with mental disorders
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité University Medicine Berlin, Department of Behavioral Medicine, Rehabilitation Centre Seehof, Lichterfelder Allee 55, Teltow Berlin, Germany
    Psychopathology 43:262-7. 2010
    ..Motivational and volitional deficits are intervening factors. The question is to what degree work performance (i.e. participation), motivational factors, and the inability to perform activities (i.e. dysfunctions) interact...
  27. ncbi Anxiety disorders and workplace-related anxieties
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Germany
    J Anxiety Disord 21:467-74. 2007
    ..Workplace-related anxieties are often connected with sick leave. There are no established instruments which allow to assess this phenomenologically heterogeneous group of disorders...
  28. ncbi Improvement of patient compliance after switching from conventional neuroleptics to the atypical neuroleptic amisulpride
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité, University Medicine Berlin and the Rehabilitation Centre Seehof, Teltow Berlin, Germany
    J Psychopharmacol 20:815-23. 2006
    ..Switching noncompliant patients from conventional to atypical neuroleptics like amisulpride can improve patient compliance and psychopathology under conditions of routine treatment...
  29. ncbi [Occupational and social participation disorders in patients in office-practice medical care]
    B Muschalla
    Forschungsgruppe Psychosomatische Rehabilitation an der Charité, Universitatsmedizin Berlin, und Abteilung Verhaltenstherapie und Psychosomatik am Rehabilitationszentrum Seehof der Deutschen Rentenversicherung Bund, Teltow Berlin
    Rehabilitation (Stuttg) 48:84-90. 2009
    ..e. especially sick leave. In this study we investigated to which degree patients in primary care suffer from disorders of participation and how this is related to problems at the workplace and sick leave...
  30. ncbi What do psychiatrists talk about with their depressed patients parallel to prescribing an antidepressant?
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charite University Medicine, Berlin
    Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract 15:35-41. 2011
    ..There is a lack of data available on the content of psychiatrist-patient interactions additional to prescribing an antidepressant...
  31. ncbi Workplace phobia--a first explorative study on its relation to established anxiety disorders, sick leave, and work-directed treatment
    Beate Muschalla
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Rehabilitation Center Seehof, Teltow Berlin, Germany
    Psychol Health Med 14:591-605. 2009
    ..It has an own clinical value due to its specific consequences for work participation. Workplace phobia requires special therapeutic attention and treatment instead of purely 'sick leave' certification...
  32. ncbi Frequency and effects of psychosocial interventions additional to olanzapine treatment in routine care of schizophrenic patients
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charité University Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 43:373-9. 2008
    ..There is a lack of data on the utilization and effects of psychosocial interventions additional to neuroleptic treatment in routine care of schizophrenic patients...
  33. ncbi Profiles of recreational activities of daily living (RADL) in patients with mental disorders
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité University Medicine Berlin and the Rehabilitation Center Seehof, Lichterfelder Allee 55, 14513 Teltow Berlin, Germany
    Psychiatr Danub 21:490-6. 2009
    ..While ADL and IADL have gained much attention in dementia, the elderly, or severe somatic illnesses, there is a lack of research on RADL, which are important in depression, anxiety, or other neurotic disorders...
  34. ncbi Participation restrictions at work indicate participation restrictions in other domains of life
    Beate Muschalla
    Psychosomatic Rehabilitation Research Group at Charité University Medicine Berlin and Seehof Rehabilitation Centre, Teltow, Berlin
    Psychol Health Med 17:95-104. 2012
    ..For patients who complain about their capacity to work, diagnosis and treatment must not only focus on the work domain, but also enquire into and consider participation restrictions in other domains of life...
  35. ncbi Occupational functioning, sickness absence and medication utilization before and after cognitive-behaviour therapy for generalized anxiety disorders
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charite University Medicine, Berlin and Department of Behavioural Medicine, Rehabilitation Centre Seehof, Teltow Berlin, Germany
    Clin Psychol Psychother 18:218-24. 2011
    ..The question is whether it is also efficient, i.e., whether there are also enduring effects with respect to improving utilization of medication and psychotherapy, or occupational functioning and sick leave after the end of treatment...
  36. ncbi The role of the social network in psychosomatic day care and inpatient care
    Anna Marie Lischka
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité, University Hospital of Berlin and the Rehabilitation Clinic Seehof, German Federal Pension Fund, Teltow Berlin, Germany
    Int J Soc Psychiatry 55:548-56. 2009
    ..This is of interest as in inpatient treatment patients are taken out of their social network completely, while in day care they are left in their natural environment...
  37. ncbi Posttraumatic embitterment disorder
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Free University of Berlin and Department of Behavioral and Psychosomatic Medicine, BfA Rehabilitation Center Teltow Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    Psychother Psychosom 72:195-202. 2003
    ..Adjustment and reactive disorders are a heterogeneous group of mental disorders. Diagnostic criteria are vague and scientific research is limited despite the fact that these disorders play a major role in clinical practice...
  38. ncbi Influence of age of patients who wish to die on treatment decisions by physicians and nurses
    Sven Barnow
    Department of Psychiatry, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, Germany
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 12:258-64. 2004
    ..The authors asked to what extent the age of a patient influences treatment decisions of physicians and nurses...
  39. ncbi Nerve growth factor serum concentrations rise after successful cognitive-behavioural therapy of generalized anxiety disorder
    Maria C Jockers-Scherübl
    Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Eschenallee 3, 14050 Berlin, Germany
    Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 31:200-4. 2007
    ..There were 3 patients with a HAM-A decrease of less than 15%. In those patients NGF rose only marginally. Hence, the increase in serum NGF seems to indicate good treatment response...
  40. ncbi The role of the "International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, ICF" in the description and classification of mental disorders
    Stefanie Baron
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Centre Seehof, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Lichterfelder Allee 55, Teltow Berlin, Germany
    Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 258:81-5. 2008
    ..In summary, ICD and ICF as members of the family of WHO classification systems can together provide a common language for the description of health, illness and treatment goals...
  41. ncbi The Post-Traumatic Embitterment Disorder Self-Rating Scale (PTED Scale)
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charité University Medicine Berlin and the Rehabilitation Centre Seehof, Teltow Berlin, Germany
    Clin Psychol Psychother 16:139-47. 2009
    ..Furthermore, results demonstrate that reactive embitterment in connection to a negative life event is a prevalent phenomenon among clinical and non-clinical populations...
  42. ncbi First vs multiple episode schizophrenia: two-year outcome of intermittent and maintenance medication strategies
    Wolfgang Gaebel
    Department of Psychiatry, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Bergische Landstr 2, 40629 Düsseldorf, Germany
    Schizophr Res 53:145-59. 2002
    ..In FE patients, prodrome-based intermittent intervention seems to be equivalent or even better with respect to compliance and dosage applied...
  43. ncbi Contents of general practitioner-patient consultations in the treatment of depression
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Teltow Berlin, Germany
    J Gen Intern Med 23:1567-70. 2008
    ..Counseling of patients is an indispensable part of any drug treatment and even more so in the treatment of depression...
  44. ncbi A prospective study on the course of anxiety after vestibular neuronitis
    Frank Godemann
    Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charite Hospital, Humboldt University at Berlin, Germany
    J Psychosom Res 56:351-4. 2004
    ..Critical life events trigger intense emotions. Anxiety is one of the most frequent of these emotions. It is unclear which factors determine the intensity and course of anxiety after a critical life event...
  45. ncbi Classic conditioning and dysfunctional cognitions in patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia treated with an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator
    F Godemann
    Department of Psychiatry, Free University of Berlin, Germany
    Psychosom Med 63:231-8. 2001
    ..To study this hypothesis, we retrospectively studied 72 patients after implantation of an automatic ICD...
  46. ncbi Non-pharmacological treatment of psychiatrists in addition to the prescribing of an antidepressant drug
    M Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Germany
    Eur Psychiatry 22:419-26. 2007
    ..It is unknown which role psychiatrists in routine care give to such verbal therapies...
  47. ncbi A randomized controlled clinical trial comparing "guideline exposed" and "guideline naive" physicians in respect to dosage selection and treatment outcome with doxepin in depressive disorders
    M Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité, University Medical School, Berlin, Germany
    Pharmacopsychiatry 40:77-81. 2007
    ..Can prescribing of insufficient dosages and outcome of treatment with antidepressants in routine care be improved by guidelines?..
  48. ncbi Determinants of the quality of life (QoL) in patients with an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD)
    F Godemann
    Department of Psychiatry, Benjamin Franklin Hospital, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    Qual Life Res 13:411-6. 2004
    ..Other important outcome criteria are treatment side effects especially the quality of life (QoL). Knowledge of the variables that influence QoL is important for therapy decisions in ICD patients...
  49. ncbi Ranges of psychiatric morbidity in the old and the very old--results from the Berlin Aging Study (BASE)
    T F Wernicke
    Department of Psychiatry, Free University of Berlin, Germany
    Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 250:111-9. 2000
    ..The data show that the threshold and severity of caseness accounts for important differences when overall psychiatric morbidity is assessed...
  50. ncbi [Information the family physician gives his patients to take home. Utilization, contents and origin of printed information]
    M Linden
    Psychiatrische Klinik und Poliklinik, Freien Universitat Berlin
    MMW Fortschr Med 141:30-3. 1999
    ..The data point to an urgent need for additional information material in the doctor's office...
  51. ncbi Correlates of low-dosage treatment with antidepressants by psychiatrists and general practitioners
    Kerstin Schotte
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité, University Medicine Berlin, and the Rehabilitations Centre Sehof, Telto Berlin, Germany
    Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 16:675-80. 2007
    ..There is a little understanding of why physicians do not follow dosage recommendations and what factors influence medical decision-making...
  52. ncbi Psychiatrists' diagnoses of subthreshold depression in old age: frequency and correlates
    B Geiselmann
    Department of Psychiatry, , Germany
    Psychol Med 31:51-63. 2001
    ..The increased use of psychotropic medications indicates that at least a portion of these individuals have a disorder requiring treatment. One of the characteristics of SD is co-morbidity with somatic illnesses and physical disability...
  53. ncbi The relation between suicidal feelings and mental disorders in the elderly: results from the Berlin Aging Study (BASE)
    S Barnow
    Department of Psychiatry, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, Germany
    Psychol Med 34:741-6. 2004
    ..The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the influence of several risk factors (particularly physical and mental disorders, loneliness and housing conditions) on the wish to die in the elderly...
  54. ncbi Common laboratory measures of global health may not be suited to assess, discriminate or predict chronic stress effects on biological systems
    Christian Andreas Bruenahl
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité University Medicine Berlin and the Rehabilitation Centre Seehof, Teltow Berlin, Germany
    Nord J Psychiatry 65:266-8. 2011
    ..Yet, the clinical significance of these findings is still unclear. Patients with prolonged stress should show more signs and symptoms of related illnesses...
  55. ncbi Panic disorders and agoraphobia: side effects of treatment with an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator
    Frank Godemann
    Department of Psychiatry of the Charit, Free University of Berlin, Germany
    Clin Cardiol 27:321-6. 2004
    ..Therapeutic efforts should aim at reducing the number of ICD discharges and provide early psychological treatment...
  56. ncbi [Workplace related anxiety and phobia]
    M Linden
    Forschungsgruppe Psychosomatische Rehabilitation an der Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin und der, Rehabilitationsklinik Seehof der Deutschen Rentenversicherung Bund, Lichterfelder Allee 55, 14513 Teltow Berlin
    Nervenarzt 78:39-44. 2007
    ..It makes special therapeutic intervention necessary. This paper describes the phenomenon of workplace related anxieties and phobia and provides a conceptual framework for their understanding...
  57. ncbi Prescribing a sedative antidepressant for patients at work or on sick leave under conditions of routine care
    M Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    Pharmacopsychiatry 43:1-6. 2010
    ..The aim of this study is to analyze whether physicians prescribe sedative antidepressants differently for patients at work vs. those on sick leave...
  58. ncbi Standardized diagnostic interviews, criteria, and algorithms for mental disorders: garbage in, garbage out
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
    Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 262:535-44. 2012
    ..This is an even greater problem if there is any somatic comorbidity. In the revision of ICD and DSM, a glossary of psychopathological terms and guidelines for the training of clinicians should be included...
  59. ncbi [The ecologic milieu in inpatient treatment]
    Michael Linden
    Forschungsgruppe Psychosomatische Rehabilitation an der Charité und dem Rehabilitationszentrum Seehof der Deutschen Rentenversicherung, Teltow Berlin, Germany
    Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 56:390-6. 2006
    ..The paper gives a literature review on ecological aspects of the therapeutic milieu. Furthermore, a questionnaire is introduced operationalizing and measuring the quality of ecological milieus...
  60. ncbi Minimal emotional dysfunctions (MED) in personality disorders
    M Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité, University Medicine Berlin and the Department of Behavioral Medicine at the Rehabilitation Center Seehof, Lichterfelder Allee 55, Teltow 14513, Berlin, Germany
    Eur Psychiatry 21:325-32. 2006
    ..It can guide new developments in pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. It is suggested to focus on MED in future developments of the description and classification of personality disorders...
  61. ncbi Psychotropic drug presentation in medical and lay press journals
    C Correll
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation Charit, University Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12209 Berlin, Germany
    Pharmacopsychiatry 38:161-5. 2005
    ..CONCLUSION: It is the responsibility of psychiatrists to enter the public discussion on how psychiatric disorders should be treated and to run public "awareness programmes"...
  62. ncbi The importance of psychosocial factors, gender, and severity of depression in distinguishing between adjustment and depressive disorders
    Sven Barnow
    Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany
    J Affect Disord 72:71-8. 2002
    ..The present criteria for the differentiation between depressive disorders and adjustment disorders are not independent and should be substituted by a multiaxial assessment...
  63. ncbi Gender differences in routine treatment of depressed outpatients with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor sertraline
    Cornelia Thiels
    Department of Social Sciences, University of Applied Sciences, Bielefeld, Germany
    Int Clin Psychopharmacol 20:1-7. 2005
    ..5 versus 46.5 mg/day) with no difference in the rate of psychoactive concomitant medication (6.76% versus 6.80%). There was no difference in side-effects, treatment termination or treatment response...
  64. ncbi [The impact of guidelines, standards and economic restrictions on clinical decision-making processes]
    Michael Linden
    Forschungsgruppe Psychosomatische Rehabilitation am Campus Benjamin Franklin der Charité und an der Rehabilitationsklinik Seehof der BfA, Teltow Berlin
    Z Arztl Fortbild Qualitatssich 98:200-5; discussion 206, 213-5. 2004
    ..Guidelines should only be regarded as evidence-based if their positive effects have been empirically demonstrated...
  65. ncbi Effectiveness and feasibility of a standardized stepwise drug treatment regimen algorithm for inpatients with depressive disorders: results of a 2-year observational algorithm study
    Mazda Adli
    Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, , , Germany
    J Clin Psychiatry 63:782-90. 2002
    ..Most importantly, algorithm-guided antidepressive treatment showed a favorable response in those depressed patients who were treated according to the SSTR protocol...
  66. ncbi [Illness is easier to tolerate the healthier one is. Have you mastered the art of salutary medicine?]
    Michael Linden
    MMW Fortschr Med 147:33. 2005
  67. ncbi Self medication with St. John's wort in depressive disorders: an observational study in community pharmacies
    Michael Linden
    Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany
    J Affect Disord 107:205-10. 2008
    ..g. with St. John's wort (SJW), instead of seeking professional help. The purpose of this study is to examine patients who buy SJW for the treatment of depression...
  68. ncbi Partial response and nonresponse to antidepressant therapy: current approaches and treatment options
    Robert M A Hirschfeld
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555 0188, USA
    J Clin Psychiatry 63:826-37. 2002
    ..Switching to an agent of a different class is probably optimal for those patients who fail to respond to first-line therapy...
  69. ncbi Treatment of panic disorder with agoraphobia in an anxiety disorders clinic: factors influencing psychiatrists' treatment choices
    Vladan Starcevic
    Department of Psychological Medicine, Nepean Hospital and University of Sydney, P O Box 63, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
    Psychiatry Res 125:41-52. 2004
    ..These choices appear rational and resulted in substantial clinical improvement at the end of intensive treatment in the clinic...
  70. ncbi Evidence for disturbed cortical signal processing and altered serotonergic neurotransmission in generalized anxiety disorder
    Daniel Senkowski
    Max-Planck-Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Leipzig, Germany
    Biol Psychiatry 53:304-14. 2003
    ..Because a shallow LD of the primary auditory cortex was related to a high firing rate of neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus, the results may support evidence for an enhanced serotonergic activity in GAD...
  71. ncbi [Only a projection? Sought: the good physician]
    Michael Linden
    MMW Fortschr Med 149:6-7. 2007
  72. ncbi Race modifies the association between breast carcinoma pathologic prognostic indicators and the positive status for HER-2/neu
    Azadeh T Stark
    Josephine Ford Cancer Center and Department of Pathology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
    Cancer 104:2189-96. 2005
    ....
  73. ncbi Concordance of the hormone receptors and correlation of HER-2/neu overexpression of the metachronous cancers of contralateral breasts
    Azadeh Stark
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Josephine Ford Cancer Center, 5C069 Henry Ford Health System, One Ford Place, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
    Breast J 11:183-7. 2005
    ....
  74. ncbi Her-2/neu expression in primary breast cancer with sentinel lymph node metastasis
    S David Nathanson
    Department of Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
    Ann Surg Oncol 13:205-13. 2006
    ..We hypothesized that overexpression of HER-2/neu would predict metastases to the sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs)...
  75. ncbi [Physicians should note criticize other physicians!]
    Michael Linden
    MMW Fortschr Med 149:7. 2007
  76. ncbi [Instruments for the measurement of the social network]
    Anna-Marie Lischka
    Forschungsgruppe Psychosomatische Rehabilitation an der Charit, , Teltow/Berlin
    Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 55:358-64. 2005
    ..They are discussed in respect to their clinical usefulness. Only few measures can be recommended for clinical practice because of the time needed to get the information or because of their content...
  77. ncbi ABL-MYC retroviral infection elicits bone marrow plasma cell tumors in Bcl-X(L) transgenic mice
    Michael Linden
    Medical School, University of Minnesota, 530 CCRB, MMC 806, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    Leuk Res 29:435-44. 2005
    ....