Istvan Bitter

..Antipsychotic medications may reduce hostile and aggressive behavior in schizophrenia. This study compared the effectiveness of antipsychotics in the treatment of aggression...

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..Overall, duloxetine was found to be well tolerated and can be safely administered even in older patients and in those with concomitant illnesses...

..There were no significant differences between males and females. Many recent onset patients appear to suffer from problems of sexual functioning. Olanzapine may offer an advantage in this area...

..Their use is limited by the availability of different formulations, by the lack of experience of some physicians, however the main limitation is the economic barrier...

..Olanzapine therefore presents a safe alternative in the treatment of refractory schizophrenia...

..While cognitive functions have been widely studied, much less is known about implicit learning in depression...

..These results suggest that the enduring negative symptoms of deficit patients may be related to decreased response to cognitive feedback and deficient basal ganglia functioning...

..However, our results indicate that cognitive flexibility is specifically impaired in deficit versus non-deficit patients and may therefore represent a core feature of this subtype...

..In spite of the growing literature about adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), relatively little is known about the prevalence and correlates of this disorder...

..The aim of this study was to compare patients' preference for olanzapine orodispersible tablet (ODT) with oral conventional tablet (OCT)...

..02% in the < or =40 years age group and 0.70% in the >40 years age group, based on DSM-IV diagnostic criteria. Prevalence rates found in this study are somewhat lower, but still are in line with those reported in the literature...

..The introduction of convulsive therapy (COT) was undoubtedly one of the milestones in the history of psychiatry. Its originator, László Meduna, has become one of the founding fathers of biological psychiatry...

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..Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most frequently diagnosed childhood psychiatric disorders. Based on various empirical estimates, symptoms of ADHD persist into adulthood in about 30-50% of the childhood cases...

..Synthesis of data from the different areas allows speculation about future research and practical implications...

..The aim of the article was to provide a systematic review of therapeutic efficacy observed in the pharmacological treatment of ADHD based on data from controlled clinical trials...

..An attempt is also made to evaluate the risks and benefits of these methods from a historical perspective...

..This historical case is discussed from both the diagnostic and therapeutic points of view, and an attempt is made to explain the possible reasons for the discrepancies found between Meduna's account and ZL's case notes...

..These results indicate that the deficit syndrome is associated with prominently impaired stimulus-response reinforcement learning, which may indicate abnormal functioning of basal ganglia circuits...

..The present biographical account of Károly Schaffer and his school seeks to bring this important story in the early history of biological psychiatry to a wider audience and explain why it has since been forgotten...

..Such studies have the potential to unravel the possible connection between genetic and clinical heterogeneity in schizophrenia...

..Evaluation of the reliability and validity of the Hungarian version of the Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenics (CDSS) in a Hungarian clinical population of patients with schizophrenia...

..Nonetheless, results of this meta-analysis across all ADHD medications in adult subjects demonstrated statistically significant and clinically robust improvement in symptom severity compared to placebo treatment...

..001). However, treatment modification due to patient request was significantly greater for olanzapine-treated patients, compared to risperidone-, quetiapine- or haloperidol-treated patients (p<or=.001)...

..The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and comorbidity of affective disorders, especially current major depressive episode and bipolar disorder among suicide attempters in Hungary...

..Zoltán never became symptom free again, could never be discharged and died in the institute in 1945. The authors attempt to explain possible reasons for the discrepancies found between Meduna's account and L. Zoltán's case notes...

..Improvements in cognitive deficits are expected to lead to benefits in the everyday functioning of the patients...

..Authors, after reviewing existing scientific data, make attempt to give recommendations for combined antipsychotic therapy in everyday clinical practice...

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..Despite the fact that it also occurs in adults, ADHD represents a barely known and rarely recognized disorder in practice. The objective of this article is to provide a detailed review of epidemiological research into ADHD in adults...

..Side effects and complications of these methods are also dealt with in detail. Finally, an attempt is made to critically evaluate these methods in the context of contemporary ethical standards...

..quot; It is recommended for evaluation of results of rating scales in the context of psychiatric nosology...

..This article reviews recent advances in the pharmacological treatment of adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), focusing on the literature of the last 18 months...

..The collection of the SCHIZOBANK is available not only to consortial partners but to other national and international research groups as well...

..Hypotheses concerning its mode of action are briefly mentioned. The reasons why ACT never gained wider acceptance are explored in the context of both contemporary psychiatric practice and the broader sociocultural climate of the era...