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A stress-coping model of mental illness stigma: I. Predictors of cognitive stress appraisalNICOLAS RUSCH
Joint Research Programs in Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3424 S State Street, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
Schizophr Res 110:59-64. 2009....
Predictors of dropout from inpatient dialectical behavior therapy among women with borderline personality disorderNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 39:497-503. 2008..Experiential avoidance and anxiety may be associated with dropout in inpatient DBT. Low life-time suicidality and high anger could reflect a subtype at risk for discontinuation of inpatient treatment...- Inferior frontal white matter volume and suicidality in schizophreniaNICOLAS RUSCH
IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
Psychiatry Res 164:206-14. 2008..Inferior frontal white matter alterations in fronto-temporo-limbic circuits may be associated with suicidality and self-aggression in schizophrenia... - A stress-coping model of mental illness stigma: II. Emotional stress responses, coping behavior and outcomeNICOLAS RUSCH
Joint Research Programs in Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3424 S State Street, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
Schizophr Res 110:65-71. 2009..Emotional stress reactions and dysfunctional coping could be useful targets for interventions aiming to reduce the negative impact of stigma on people with mental illness... - Reduced interhemispheric structural connectivity between anterior cingulate cortices in borderline personality disorderNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Germany
Psychiatry Res 181:151-4. 2010..Decreased interhemispheric structural connectivity between both ACCs may be a structural correlate of BPD... - Implicit versus explicit attitudes toward psychiatric medication: Implications for insight and treatment adherenceNICOLAS RUSCH
Joint Research Programs in Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3424 S State St, Chicago IL 60616, USA
Schizophr Res 112:119-22. 2009..Explicit, but not implicit, positive attitudes predicted self-reported adherence. Implicit measures can improve our understanding of medication attitudes and evaluation of interventions to increase treatment adherence... - Ingroup perception and responses to stigma among persons with mental illnessN Rusch
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
Acta Psychiatr Scand 120:320-8. 2009.... - Self-stigma, group identification, perceived legitimacy of discrimination and mental health service useNICOLAS RUSCH
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
Br J Psychiatry 195:551-2. 2009..More self-stigma predicted psychiatric hospitalisation. Cognitive indicators of stigma resilience may predict out-patient service use, whereas self-stigma may increase the risk of psychiatric hospitalisation... - Automatically activated shame reactions and perceived legitimacy of discrimination: A longitudinal study among people with mental illnessNICOLAS RUSCH
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 41:60-3. 2010..Automatically activated shame reactions may increase vulnerability to mental illness stigma... - Corpus callosum abnormalities in women with borderline personality disorder and comorbid attention-deficit hyperactivity disorderNICOLAS RUSCH
Rüsch, Zahn, Ebert, Tebartz van Elst Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, and the South German Brain Imaging Center, Freiburg, Germany
J Psychiatry Neurosci 32:417-22. 2007..Recent models suggest impaired structural and functional connectivity in this condition. To investigate this, we studied the thickness of the corpus callosum, the largest connecting fibre bundle in the human brain... - Implicit self-stigma in people with mental illnessNICOLAS RUSCH
Joint Research Programs in Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 198:150-3. 2010..Our results suggest that implicit self-stigma is a measurable construct and is associated with negative outcomes. Attempts to reduce self-stigma should take implicit processes into account... - Biogenetic models of psychopathology, implicit guilt, and mental illness stigmaNICOLAS RUSCH
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Psychiatry Res 179:328-32. 2010..An exclusive focus on genetic models may therefore be problematic for clinical practice and anti-stigma initiatives... 
The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on dysfunctional implicit and explicit emotions among women with borderline personality disorderNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
J Nerv Ment Dis 195:537-9. 2007..Self-reported guilt proneness and implicit anxiety may mediate the negative impact of comorbid PTSD on women with BPD...- Do people with mental illness deserve what they get? Links between meritocratic worldviews and implicit versus explicit stigmaNICOLAS RUSCH
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 260:617-25. 2010..Public anti-stigma campaigns and initiatives to reduce self-stigma among people with mental illness should take worldviews into account... - Prefrontal-thalamic-cerebellar gray matter networks and executive functioning in schizophreniaNICOLAS RUSCH
IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
Schizophr Res 93:79-89. 2007.... - Shame and implicit self-concept in women with borderline personality disorderNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Hauptstrasse 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Am J Psychiatry 164:500-8. 2007.... - Neurochemical alterations in women with borderline personality disorder and comorbid attention-deficit hyperactivity disorderNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
World J Biol Psychiatry 11:372-81. 2010..Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is associated with structural and functional brain changes. Recent models and findings refer to alterations of glutamate and total N-acetylaspartate (tNAA) in this condition... - Inferior frontal white matter microstructure and patterns of psychopathology in women with borderline personality disorder and comorbid attention-deficit hyperactivity disorderNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Germany
Neuroimage 35:738-47. 2007.... - Self-stigma in women with borderline personality disorder and women with social phobiaNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Germany
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:766-73. 2006..This may reflect intense labeling processes as being mentally ill due to repeated hospitalizations, frequent interpersonal difficulties, and visible scars... - Neurochemical and structural correlates of executive dysfunction in schizophreniaNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Germany
Schizophr Res 99:155-63. 2008.... - Extraction of prefronto-amygdalar pathways by combining probability mapsTobias Bracht
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
Psychiatry Res 174:217-22. 2009..We believe that our approach provides a promising tool to assess the integrity of specific structural connections in patients with neuropsychiatric disorders... - Frontolimbic glutamate alterations in first episode schizophrenia: evidence from a magnetic resonance spectroscopy studyHans M Olbrich
Section for Experimental NeuroPsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
World J Biol Psychiatry 9:59-63. 2008..Absolute-quantification [1H]MRS can reveal glutamatergic abnormalities which might play an important role in the pathogenesis and course of schizophrenia... - Reduced fronto-temporal connectivity is associated with frontal gray matter density reduction and neuropsychological deficit in schizophreniaIlaria Spoletini
IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
Schizophr Res 108:57-68. 2009..The second objective was to identify the neuropsychological correlates of white matter abnormalities in the schizophrenic group, using a comprehensive neuropsychological battery... - Time course of anger and other emotions in women with borderline personality disorder: a preliminary studyGitta A Jacob
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Hauptstrasse 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 39:391-402. 2008..The BPD group showed also stronger negative emotions over the whole experiment. The study is the first to demonstrate prolonged anger reactions in BPD patients in an experimental setting... - How does stigma affect work in people with serious mental illnesses?Patrick W Corrigan
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
Psychiatr Rehabil J 35:381-4. 2012.... - Small amygdala-high aggression? The role of the amygdala in modulating aggression in healthy subjectsSwantje Matthies
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
World J Biol Psychiatry 13:75-81. 2012..In order to better understand the physiological role of the amygdala in modulating aggressive behaviour we investigated the relationship between amygdala volumes and lifetime aggression in healthy subjects... - Self-stigma, empowerment, and perceived legitimacy of discrimination among women with mental illnessNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Germany
Psychiatr Serv 57:399-402. 2006..The authors hypothesized that a high level of perceived discrimination, little sense of identification with the group of people with mental illness, and a high level of perceived legitimacy of discrimination lead to self-stigma... - Emotional reactions to standardized stimuli in women with borderline personality disorder: stronger negative affect, but no differences in reactivityGitta A Jacob
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
J Nerv Ment Dis 197:808-15. 2009..Extreme negative affectivity may be a more appropriate description of BPD-related emotional problems than emotional hyperreactivity... - Measuring shame and guilt by self-report questionnaires: a validation studyNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Hauptstrasse 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Psychiatry Res 150:313-25. 2007..The discriminant validity of the TOSCA-3 to distinguish between shame- and guilt-proneness may be diminished in clinical samples. The measure of state shame (ESS) showed a large overlap with state anxiety... - Visual cortex abnormalities in adults with ADHD: a structural MRI studyJohannes Ahrendts
Section for Experimental NeuroPsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
World J Biol Psychiatry 12:260-70. 2011..The aim of this study was to clarify the involvement of prefronto-striatal and posterior parietal areas in adult ADHD... - Changing stigmatizing perceptions and recollections about mental illness: the effects of NAMI's in Our Own VoicePatrick W Corrigan
Institute of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3424 S State Street, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
Community Ment Health J 46:517-22. 2010..Results showed the two IOOV conditions had significantly better ratios than education. These findings suggest the 30 min version of IOOV is as effective as the 90 min standard... - Motivational interviewing to improve insight and treatment adherence in schizophreniaNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg, Germany
Psychiatr Rehabil J 26:23-32. 2002..Motivational Interviewing can, with specific modifications for persons with schizophrenia, successfully increase their insight and compliance, because it allows them to explore their own goals and to take a more active role in treatment... - Mental illness stigma: concepts, consequences, and initiatives to reduce stigmaNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Hauptstrasse 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Eur Psychiatry 20:529-39. 2005..Well-designed anti-stigma initiatives will help to diminish negative consequences of mental illness stigma... - Clonidine in acute aversive inner tension and self-injurious behavior in female patients with borderline personality disorderAlexandra Philipsen
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Freiburg, Germany
J Clin Psychiatry 65:1414-9. 2004..Further placebo-controlled studies with larger populations are needed to confirm this finding... - Challenging the public stigma of mental illness: a meta-analysis of outcome studiesPatrick W Corrigan
Illinois Institute of Technology, 3424 S State St, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
Psychiatr Serv 63:963-73. 2012.... - Self-stigma and the "why try" effect: impact on life goals and evidence-based practicesPatrick W Corrigan
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
World Psychiatry 8:75-81. 2009..People may also avoid accessing and using evidence-based practices that help achieve these goals. The effects of self-stigma and the "why try" effect can be diminished by services that promote consumer empowerment... - The impact of self-stigma and mutual help programs on the quality of life of people with serious mental illnessesPatrick W Corrigan
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
Community Ment Health J 49:1-6. 2013..Findings about group identification will inform ongoing development of MHPs and consumer operated services, as well as evaluation of these programs...