H Hermesh

..Adult PACK is a relatively consistent individual trait. The authors investigated whether psychotic adolescents also present with such PACK characteristics...

..The authors hypothesized that an exercise-heat tolerance test would disclose abnormal thermoregulation in schizophrenic patients...

..Therefore, CK measurement may be justified on admission of acutely psychotic patients who have other risk factors and a history of psychosis-associated CKemia...

..Our negative finding may indicate that the serum CK threshold for myoglobinuria is very high (above 10000 IU/l). Alternatively, psychosis-associated CKemia may be related to an unknown, nontraumatic, pathophysiological mechanism(s)...

..The schizophrenia patients exhibited significantly higher baseline and exertion-related rectal temperature. The relevance of these findings to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia-related thermoregulatory disorders is as yet unclear...

..These cases suggest that imaginative techniques may be effective in adolescents with trichotillomania. Further controlled studies in adolescent population are needed to confirm this assumption...

..The authors speculate that confidence may depend on a confirmation bias in testing hypotheses and that the reduced confidence in OC checkers may reflect a disconfirmation bias in this population...

..The implications of this study for psychiatric phenotype, nosology, disease mechanism, and possible new treatments in the future are discussed...

..We conclude that cyproheptadine 16 mg/day is as effective as propranolol for the treatment of acute NIA. The antiakathisic effect of cyproheptadine may be mostly attributable to its serotonin antagonistic activity...

..This report suggests that some patients with concomitant schizophrenia and PD-a difficult treatment challenge-may benefit from clozapine treatment alone for both disorders...

..These similarities and overlaps have led us to propose a putative OCD-autistic disorder, which should be studied in greater detail...

..CONCLUSION: Musical hallucinations are more common among psychiatric patients than previously reported and are more suggestive of OCD than of other mental disorders...

..g. propranolol) controlled studies are required to substantiate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of zolmitriptan, as well as the role of serotonergic neurotransmission in NIA...

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..These results do not support the hypothesis that the COMT Val158Met gene polymorphism is associated with liability to schizophrenia-OCD...

..The robust relationship between low erythrocyte n-3 PUFA concentrations and SAD justifies exploration of relevant neuropathophysiological mechanisms...

..Such similarity in form may reflect a similarity in the mechanisms that control motor rituals in both animals and humans...

..The present study aimed to assess the prevalence of SP symptoms in a nonclinical sample of Israeli adolescents, to characterize sociodemographic correlates of SP symptoms and to evaluate comorbidity with specific phobia symptoms...

..Two different interpretations are suggested: that the striatal system is dysfunctional in OCD, or that inappropriate explicit processing in OCD interferes with the functioning of the striatal system...

..Therefore, it is very important to realize that circadian rhythm sleep disorders may be a side effect of neuroleptics...

..Criticism appears to be the crucial EE component linked with short-term outcome. Treatment aimed at reducing high criticism is warranted. The FMSS appears to have predictive validity...

..60+/-1.89 vs. 33.05+/-0.58 degrees C; P=0.005) and it correlated with their BPRS score (r=0.82; P=0.024). The relevance of these preliminary findings merit further investigation...

..The relevance of this finding to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia or to the antipsychotic effect of neuroleptics merit further investigation...

..No significant differences in VMAT2 density (B(max)) and affinity constants (K(d)) were observed...

..The contrasting LI effects in schizophrenia and OCD are discussed in terms of how these groups differentially process relevant and irrelevant stimuli, and how that outcome affects subsequent behavior...

..The findings may reflect an absence of involvement of the GABA(A) modulators DHEA, DHEA-S and pregnenolone in SP...

..This study used a family-based method and one homogenous ethnic group to overcome ethnic stratification in order to test this association...

..Patients of both genders show difficulties in sexual interaction. It is important that clinicians be aware of this aspect of social phobia and initiate open discussions of sexual problems with patients...

..Reversal of normal asymmetry was correlated with obsession severity. Findings support aberrant hemispheric balance in OCD...

..The FMSS appears to have predictive power in respect to psychiatric hospitalization. Therapies aimed at lowering high EE seem warranted as a long-term preventive approach...

..The three new subscales identified by MDS appear to provide clinically relevant information that relates to both demographic and treatment outcome variables and warrant further study...

..Findings, though, are controversial. We conclude that further studies, aimed at specific monitoring of these brain regions, in patients suffering from the schizo-obsessive syndrome are warranted...

..Further large-scale epidemiological studies are needed to determine if increased QTd can serve as a trait/state marker, and if it is a risk factor for sudden cardiac death in patients with SP...

..We conclude that the data indicate independent orbitofrontal cortex function in OCD, irrespective of comorbidity...

..05). This study emphasizes the complex nature of sexual dysfunction in schizophrenic-treated patients and the need for placebo-controlled trials for this condition...

..001). The present study may indicate that persistent high environmental temperature may be a contributing factor for psychotic exacerbation in schizophrenia patients and their consequent admission to mental hospitals...

..Results supported the negative bias hypothesis, and provided partial support for the impaired positivity hypothesis. The importance of examining the processing of complex non-verbal cues in social anxiety and in depression is discussed...

..This study suggests that the functioning of lymphocyte 5-HTT is unaltered in SP...

..Hence, we intended to assess in vivo brain temperature (Tb) of schizophrenia patients vs. healthy subjects and to evaluate its potential association with patients' mental status...