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A card game for the treatment of delusional ideas: a naturalistic pilot trialYasser Khazaal
Departement de Psychiatrie, Echallens 9, CH 1004 Lausanne, Switzerland
BMC Psychiatry 6:48. 2006..This naturalistic study tests the feasibility and the impact of the intervention in various naturalistic settings...
Cognitive behavioural therapy for weight gain associated with antipsychotic drugsYasser Khazaal
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Vaud, Lausanne, Switzerland
Schizophr Res 91:169-77. 2007..Moreover, none of these studies considered binge eating or eating and weight-related cognitions as possible outcomes...
[Cognitive behavioral treatments of bipolar disorder: current knowledge and perspectives]Y Khazaal
Section des troubles anxieux et de l humeur, Departement de Psychiatrie, CHUV, Lausanne
Rev Med Suisse 2:2104-7. 2006..Patients would benefit from development of CBT techniques focusing on the mentioned problems...
Topiramate in the treatment of compulsive sexual behavior: case reportYasser Khazaal
Department of Psychiatry, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Unit, Echallens 9, 1004 Lausanne, Switzerland
BMC Psychiatry 6:22. 2006..Among the multiple mechanisms of action of topiramate, AMPA/kainate antagonism may be particularly interesting for the treatment of disorders characterized by conditioned cognitive and behavioral cue reactivity...
Long-term topiramate treatment of psychotropic drug-induced weight gain: a retrospective chart reviewYasser Khazaal
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Vaud, CH 1004 Lausanne, Switzerland
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 29:446-9. 2007..The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy and tolerability of long-term topiramate treatment of psychotropic drug-induced weight gain...
Worsening of obsessive-compulsive symptoms under methadone taperingYasser Khazaal
Departement universitaire de psychiatrie adulte, Prilly Lausanne, Switzerland
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 30:1350-2. 2006..The possible involvement of the cortico-limbic-basal-ganglia-thalamic circuit in the observed phenomenon is discussed...
Advance directives in bipolar disorder, a cognitive behavioural conceptualizationYasser Khazaal
University Department of Adult Psychiatry, Lausanne, Switzerland
Int J Law Psychiatry 31:1-8. 2008..Therefore, this intervention seems to be relevant for patients with bipolar disorder...
[Addiction]J Besson
Departement de Psychiatrie, Service de psychiatrie communautaire, CHUV, Lausanne
Rev Med Suisse 4:8-13. 2008..Initiation and maintenance of cannabis use. 2. Methadone and heart toxicity. 3. Suicidal behaviour in gambling. 4. Treatment of addictive disorders via internet: present and future perspectives...
The Beck Cognitive Insight Scale in outpatients with psychotic disorders: further evidence from a French-speaking sampleJérôme Favrod
Community Psychiatry Service, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Can J Psychiatry 53:783-7. 2008..Our study aims to confirm the factor structure and the convergent validity of the original scale in a French-speaking environment...
Quetiapine dosage in bipolar disorder episodes and mixed statesYasser Khazaal
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Vaud, Lausanne, Switzerland
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 31:727-30. 2007....
[The quality of Internet medical sites]Olivier Coquard
, Site de Cery, 1008 Prilly
Rev Med Suisse 3:1652-4. 2007
[Psychoeducational and cognitive behavioral treatments of bipolar disorder]Yasser Khazaal
, Lausanne, Suisse
Sante Ment Que 31:125-43. 2006....
Topiramate for smoking cessationYasser Khazaal
University Department of Adult Psychiatry, Prilly, and Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 60:384-8. 2006..Three more subjects who achieved a momentary reduction had, however, to interrupt the treatment due to intolerable side-effects. Controlled trials are needed to confirm these preliminary observations...
Quality of web-based information on social phobia: a cross-sectional studyYasser Khazaal
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Substance Abuse, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Depress Anxiety 25:461-5. 2008..Clinicians should advise patients of the HON label and DISCERN as useful indicators of site quality...
The "rut metaphor": a conceptualization of attractor-shaping properties of addictive drugsDaniele F Zullino
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Substance Abuse, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Subst Use Misuse 43:469-79. 2008..Dopaminergic activity of addictive drugs is proposed to represent the weight of vehicles tracing ruts...
Quality of web-based information on bipolar disorderVincent Morel
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland
J Affect Disord 110:265-9. 2008..To evaluate web-based information on bipolar disorder and to assess particular content quality indicators...
[Exposure to addictogenic substances, conditioned response and treatment of the exposure with response prevention]Y Khazaal
Departement universitaire de psychiatrie adulte, Lausanne, Suisse
Encephale 33:346-51. 2007..This paper is a review of the main studies on reactivity to cues, and EPR, particularly with respect to addiction to alcohol, opiates, cocaine and tobacco...
Does the form or the amount of exposure make a difference in the cognitive-behavioral therapy treatment of social phobia?Francois Borgeat
Department of Psychiatry, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
J Nerv Ment Dis 197:507-13. 2009..The results indicate that positive cognitive change can be achieved more rapidly with non cognitive methods while avoidance decreases more reliably with a standard approach rather than an approach with an exclusive focus on exposure...
[Depersonalization--current data]Yasser Khazaal
Departement universitaire de psychiatrie adulte, Hôpital de Cery, Prilly Lausanne
Can J Psychiatry 50:101-7. 2005..This article intends to summarize the current literature in this area...
[Are anxiety disorders associated to a particular addiction to smoking? Stress, anxiety and nicotine addiction]Yasser Khazaal
Departement universitaire de psychiatrie adulte, Hôpital de Cery, Lausanne
Sante Ment Que 29:73-80. 2004..Understanding neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms underlying the association between smoking and anxiety disorders may improve physician's ability to assist smokers in their efforts to quit...
Anticonvulsant drugs in the treatment of substance withdrawalDaniele Fabio Zullino
Unit for Clinical Research, University Department of Adult Psychiatry, CH 1008 Prilly, Lausanne, Switzerland
Drugs Today (Barc) 40:603-19. 2004..It has been found to be efficacious in opiate and possibly benzodiazepine detoxification and also has theoretical potential as a preventive therapy...
Topiramate in opiate withdrawal- comparison with clonidine and with carbamazepine/mianserinDaniele Fabio Zullino
University Department of Adult Psychiatry, Lausanne, Switzerland
Subst Abus 25:27-33. 2004....
Quality of Web-based information on cocaine addictionYasser Khazaal
Division of Substance Abuse, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Patient Educ Couns 72:336-41. 2008..To evaluate the quality of web-based information on cocaine use and addiction and to investigate potential content quality indicators...
Quality of web-based information on pathological gamblingYasser Khazaal
Division of Substance Abuse, Geneva University Hospitals, rue Verte, 2, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
J Gambl Stud 24:357-66. 2008..There is a need for useful evidence-based information about gambling on the web. As the phenomenon has greatly increased, it could be relevant for Internet sites to improve their content by using global score as a quality indicator...
Quality of web-based information on cannabis addictionYasser Khazaal
Division of Substance Abuse, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
J Drug Educ 38:97-107. 2008..While cannabis education Websites for patients are widespread, their global quality is poor. There is a need for better evidence-based information about cannabis use and addiction on the Web...
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms precipitated by methadone taperingYasser Khazaal
J Clin Psychopharmacol 24:682-3. 2004
Escitalopram/reboxetine combination in depressed patients with substance use disorderXavier Camarasa
, Switzerland
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 29:165-8. 2005..Three cases of patients presenting a substance use disorder with comorbid major depression episodes are presented, who were treated with a reboxetine/escitalopram combination and who showed a rapid response of their depressive syndrome...
Improvement of cognitive performance by topiramate: Blockage of automatic processes may be the underlying mechanismDaniele Fabio Zullino
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 31:787. 2007
A game for smokers: a preliminary naturalistic trial in a psychiatric hospitalYasser Khazaal
Division of Substance Abuse, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland
Patient Educ Couns 70:205-8. 2008..It aims to change smokers' attitudes towards tobacco addiction. This study tests the feasibility and the impact of one brief session of the intervention in a naturalistic setting within a psychiatric hospital...
Cannabis and psychosisDaniele Fabio Zullino
Lancet 370:1540. 2007
Pornographic effect of olanzapine: induction of vivid intrusive sexual obsessional imagesDaniele Fabio Zullino
Division of Substance Abuse, University Hospitals of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 28:257-8. 2006
Naltrexone-assisted rapid methadone discontinuation: a pilot studyXavier Camarasa
Centro de Salud Miguel Servet Alcorcón, Alcorcon, Spain
Eur Addict Res 13:20-4. 2007..The second phase of withdrawal symptoms may be related to falling methadone plasma levels...
Swiss psychiatrists beliefs and attitudes about cannabis risks in psychiatric patients: ideologically determined or evidence-based?Daniele Fabio Zullino
Division of Substance Abuse, University Hospitals of Geneva, Rue verte 2, CH 1205, Geneva, Switzerland
Community Ment Health J 44:86-96. 2008..Cluster 3: "Prudent liberals" did not believe that psychiatric disorders could be induced by cannabis, and were generally less prohibitive...
Mania after venlafaxine withdrawal in a patient with generalized anxiety disorderYasser Khazaal
Ann Pharmacother 41:359-60. 2007
Topiramate-induced weight loss is possibly due to the blockade of conditioned and automatic processesYasser Khazaal
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 63:891-2; author reply 893. 2007
[Pharmacotherapy of anxiety in the addicted patient]Daniele Zullino
Rev Med Suisse Romande 124:153-6. 2004
