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Acute effects of intravenous heroin on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response: a controlled trialMarc Walter
Psychiatric Hospital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
J Clin Psychopharmacol 33:193-8. 2013..These findings indicate that regular opioid administration protects addicts from stress and underscore the clinical significance of heroin-assisted treatment for heroin-dependent patients...
Effects of psychoactive substances in schizophrenia -- findings of structural and functional neuroimagingM Walter
Department of Psychiatry, University of Basel, Wilhelm Klein Strasse 27, CH 4012 Basel, Switzerland
Curr Top Med Chem 12:2426-33. 2012....- Cortisol concentrations, stress-coping styles after withdrawal and long-term abstinence in alcohol dependenceMarc Walter
Division of Substance Use Disorders, Psychiatric University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Addict Biol 11:157-62. 2006..The lower cortisol concentration in CSF as an indicator for HPA axis functioning is associated with long-term abstinence in detoxified alcoholics... - Psychobiological responses to drug cues before and after methadone intake in heroin-dependent patients: a pilot studyMarc Walter
Psychiatric University Clinics, Division of Substance Use Disorders, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 18:390-3. 2008..Patients displayed blunted cortisol response after post-methadone drug cues (t[15]=3.05, p=0.008) suggesting dissociated craving and cortisol reactivity after methadone intake of possible clinical relevance... - Social factors but not stress-coping styles predict relapse in detoxified alcoholicsMarc Walter
Division of Substance Use Disorders, University Psychiatric Clinics, Wilhelm Klein Strasse 27, 4025 Basel, Switzerland
Neuropsychobiology 54:100-6. 2006..These findings suggest that a partnership is more relevant for the risk of relapse than stress coping styles... - Controlled study on the combined effect of alcohol and tobacco smoking on testosterone in alcohol-dependent menMarc Walter
Division of Substance Use Disorders, Psychiatric University Clinics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Alcohol Alcohol 42:19-23. 2007..The present study examined the association between pre-treatment drinking and smoking parameters and plasma testosterone levels before and after alcohol withdrawal... - [Psychological and somatic aspects of living liver donors: preoperative assessment and postoperative course]M Walter
Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Psychosomatik, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte und Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin
Dtsch Med Wochenschr 130:1749-55. 2005..Thus far, only few empirical studies have been published on the situation of donors who are faced with the risk of medical complications after resection of the right hepatic lobe... - Humour therapy in patients with late-life depression or Alzheimer's disease: a pilot studyMarc Walter
Psychiatric University Clinics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 22:77-83. 2007..Therefore non-pharmacological treatment strategies are of great importance. The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of humour therapy on quality of life in patients with depression or AD... - [Psychosocial stress and alcohol consumption: interrelations, consequences and interventions]M Walter
Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel, Schweiz
Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 73:517-25. 2005..Psychosocial stress can not only be considered as a result of chronic alcohol abuse, but also as a cause of high alcohol consumption and it maintains as a distress syndrome the subsequent course of the alcohol use disorder... - Psychosocial situation of living donors: moods, complaints, and self-image before and after liver transplantationMarc Walter
Psychiatric University Clinic, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Med Sci Monit 11:CR503-9. 2005..The aim of this study was to investigate the course of donors' moods, physical complaints, and self-image in the preoperative decision process and six months after surgery... 
Cortisol response to interpersonal stress in young adults with borderline personality disorder: a pilot studyMarc Walter
Department of Psychiatry, University of Basel, Wilhelm Klein Strasse 27, CH 4025 Basel, Switzerland
Eur Psychiatry 23:201-4. 2008..BPD subjects showed a delayed cortisol response after psychosocial stress...- New onsets of substance use disorders in borderline personality disorder over 7 years of follow-ups: findings from the Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders StudyMarc Walter
Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
Addiction 104:97-103. 2009..The purpose of this study was to examine whether patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) have a higher rate of new onsets of substance use disorders (SUD) than do patients with other personality disorders (OPD)... - Affective reactivity in heroin-dependent patients with antisocial personality disorderMarc Walter
Division of Substance Use Disorders, University of Basel, Switzerland
Psychiatry Res 187:210-3. 2011..These findings indicate a normally modulated affective reactivity in heroin-dependent patients with ASPD... - Criminal recidivism in offenders with personality disorders and substance use disorders over 8 years of time at riskMarc Walter
Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Psychiatry Res 186:443-5. 2011..Recidivism of 379 offenders was assessed at 8 years of follow-up. Sixty-nine percent of PD+SUD, 45% of SUD- and 33% of PD- subjects showed any recidivism. However, violent recidivism was highest in the PD- group... - Impaired psychosocial outcome of donors after living donor liver transplantation: a qualitative case studyMarc Walter
Department of Internal Medicine Psychosomatics, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, and Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Otto von Guericke University Hospital, Madgeburg, Germany
Clin Transplant 20:410-5. 2006..Adequate medical and psychological treatment opportunities for these donors should be provided... - Heroin reduces startle and cortisol response in opioid-maintained heroin-dependent patientsMarc Walter
Psychiatric Hospital, University of Basel, Switzerland
Addict Biol 16:145-51. 2011..Acute DAM administration may suppress cortisol levels, and DAM maintenance treatment may represent an effective alternative to methadone in stress-sensitive, heroin-dependent patients... - The lack of negative affects as an indicator for identity disturbance in borderline personality disorder: a preliminary reportMarc Walter
Psychiatric Hospital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Psychopathology 42:399-404. 2009..The purpose of the study was to investigate negative affects and identity disturbance in patients with BPD and in patients without personality disorder using questionnaire data and interview data... - [Pharmacotherapy of substance dependence and withdrawal syndromes]Marc Walter
Bereich Abhängigkeitserkrankungen, Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel, Basel
Ther Umsch 66:449-57. 2009..For opioid dependence, methadone or buphrenorphine treatment is the pharmacotherapy of first choice. Nicotine replacement therapy, Bupropion and Vareniclin are efficacious in smoking cessation... - [Living donor liver transplantation from the perspective of the donor: results of a psychosomatic investigation]Marc Walter
Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Psychosomatik der Charité, Berlin, Germany
Z Psychosom Med Psychother 51:331-45. 2005..The aims were to describe the clinical problems before and after transplantation and to contribute to the discussion of ethical issues based on empirical findings... - A functional polymorphism in the promoter region of the monoamine oxidase A gene is associated with the cigarette smoking quantity in alcohol-dependent heavy smokersGerhard A Wiesbeck
Division of Substance Use Disorders, Psychiatric University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland gerhard wiesbeck upkbs ch
Neuropsychobiology 53:181-5. 2006..Taken together, in alcohol-dependent heavily smoking men there is evidence for a MAO-A gene-associated effect on the quantity that is smoked as reflected by the daily number of cigarettes consumed... - Psychosocial outcome of living donors after living donor liver transplantation: a pilot studyMarc Walter
Clinic for Internal Medicine, Psychosomatics Psychotherapy, Charite, Campus Mitte, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Clin Transplant 16:339-44. 2002..The pronounced complaints appears to indicate psychological tension and distress in some donors following donation... - Associations between identity diffusion, Axis II disorder, and psychopathology in inpatients with borderline personality disorderDaniel Sollberger
Psychiatric Hospital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Psychopathology 45:15-21. 2012..However, the associations between these dimensions are not clear. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relation between identity diffusion and psychopathology in BPD... - The self-image in borderline personality disorder: an in-depth qualitative research studyGerhard Dammann
Psychiatric Hospital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
J Pers Disord 25:517-27. 2011..Aggressive tendencies were only seen in other persons. Our findings support the concept of a self and relationship disturbance in BPD which is highly relevant for psychotherapy treatment... - The impact of diacetylmorphine on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity and heroin craving in heroin dependenceHana Gerber
Psychiatric Hospital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland hana gerber upkbs ch
Eur Addict Res 18:116-23. 2012..The present randomized controlled study examined whether DAM administration differs from placebo (saline) administration with regard to HPA axis response and heroin craving... - Gender differences in interpersonal problems of alcohol-dependent patients and healthy controlsSandra E Mueller
Division of Substance Use Disorders, Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Int J Environ Res Public Health 6:3010-22. 2009..Our findings indicate that alcohol-dependent women may profit more from a gender-specific treatment approach aimed at improving treatment outcome than alcohol-dependent men... - Psychosomatic interrelations following liver transplantationMarc Walter
Clinic for Internal Medicine, Psychosomatics Psychotherapy, Charite, Berlin, Germany
Clin Transplant 16:301-5. 2002..The treatment offered by an essentially biologically based medicine may promote the manifestation of this depression as a somatization disorder... - A three-axes approach of subtyping the alcohol dependence syndromeGerhard A Wiesbeck
Division of Substance Use Disorders, Psychiatric University Hospital, CH 4025 Basel, Switzerland
Psychopathology 38:91-6. 2005..The result emphasizes the usefulness of multidimensional approaches integrating personality, clinical and neurobiological characteristics... - Prolonged use of benzodiazepines is associated with childhood trauma in opioid-maintained patientsMarc Vogel
Division of Substance Use Disorders, Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Drug Alcohol Depend 119:93-8. 2011..Benzodiazepine (BZD) misuse in opioid-maintained patients is widespread and has been related to poorer treatment success. Associated factors, in particular, traumatic childhood experiences, have not been investigated extensively... - Association between leptin levels and doses of clomethiazole during alcohol withdrawal: a pilot studyGerhard Dammann
Psychiatric Hospital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Eur Addict Res 18:12-5. 2012..The main hypothesis was that higher doses of the strong GABA-mimetic clomethiazole are positively correlated with higher leptin levels... - Psychosocial data of potential living donors before living donor liver transplantationMarc Walter
Clinic for Internal Medicine Psychosomatics Psychotherapy, Charite, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Clin Transplant 16:55-9. 2002..For the latter, both the clinical evaluation interview and the psychometric diagnostics used revealed clear-cut feelings of anxiety and ambivalence towards transplantation... - Donor evaluation, donor risks, donor outcome, and donor quality of life in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantationAndreas Pascher
Department of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, Charite, Campus Virchow, Medizinische Fakultat der Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Liver Transpl 8:829-37. 2002..The donor selection process plays a pivotal role in preventing complications. The discussion of potential risks, especially potential life-threatening risks, must be an integral part of informed consent... - Decision-making and risk-assessment in living liver donation: how informed is the informed consent of donors? A qualitative studyChristina Papachristou
Medical Clinic for Psychosomatics, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Luisenstr 13a, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Psychosomatics 51:312-9. 2010..The practice of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has been increasing over the past 20 years. In LDLT, a healthy individual offers a substantial part of his or her liver (up to 60%) for the benefit of a terminally-ill recipient... - Autodestructive syndromesRüya Daniela Kocalevent
Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Psychosomatik, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
Psychother Psychosom 74:202-11. 2005..Starting out with a conceptual overview, the paper goes on to look into the epidemiology of autodestructive behaviour and the forms in which it manifests itself... - No association of dopamine receptor sensitivity in vivo with genetic predisposition for alcoholism and DRD2/DRD3 gene polymorphisms in alcohol dependenceGerhard A Wiesbeck
Division of Substance Use Disorders, Psychiatric University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
Addict Biol 11:72-5. 2006.... - [Psychotherapy of borderline personality disorder: similarities and differences in evidence-based disorder-specific treatment approaches]D Sollberger
Spezielle Psychotherapie, Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel, Wilhelm Klein Strasse 27, Basel, Switzerland
Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 78:698-708. 2010..After the current considerable progress in disorder-specific treatments for BPS, the development of differential indication criteria for the various treatments could lead to an additional improvement of BPD therapy in the future... - Psychosocial stress of living donors after living donor liver transplantationM Walter
Clinic for Internal Medicine-Psychosomatics-Psychotherapy, , , Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Transplant Proc 34:3291-2. 2002 - Evidence of psychosocial influences on acute rejection after liver transplantationM Walter
Clinic for Internal Medicine-Psychosomatics, Charit, Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Transplant Proc 34:3298-301. 2002 - A model of risk and protective factors influencing the postoperative course of living liver donorsC Papachristou
Clinic for Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, Charite, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Transplant Proc 41:1682-6. 2009.... - Living donor liver transplantation and its effect on the donor-recipient relationship--a qualitative interview study with donorsC Papachristou
Medical Clinic for Psychosomatics, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Clin Transplant 23:382-91. 2009..A thorough preoperative evaluation of the donor-recipient relationship is particularly important to assess the donors' suitability and clarify conflicts and unrealistic expectations... - Willingness to donate: an interview study before liver transplantationM Walter
Department of Psychiatry, University of Basel, Wilhelm Klein Strasse 27, CH 4025 Basel, Switzerland
J Med Ethics 30:544-50. 2004..Operation related risks, as well as dependencies in the family structure, generate considerable pressure on potential donors. The aim of the study was to reconstruct the determinants of willingness to donate before transplantation... - Psychosocial prediction of abstinence from ethanol in alcoholic recipients following liver transplantationM Walter
Clinic for Internal Medicine-Psychosomatics/Psychotherapy, Charit, Campus Virchow, Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Transplant Proc 34:1239-41. 2002 - On the theory of individual healthG Danzer
Clinic for Internal Medicine Psychosomatics Psychotherapy Charité, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
J Med Ethics 28:17-9. 2002.... - Quality of life of living donors before and after living donor liver transplantationM Walter
Psychiatric University Clinic, Willhelm Klein Strasse 27, CH 4025 Basel, Switzerland
Transplant Proc 35:2961-3. 2003..Additional psychosocial studies will be necessary to disclose predictors for an unfavorable psychosocial outcome following LDLT... - Motivation for living-donor liver transplantation from the donor's perspective: an in-depth qualitative research studyChristina Papachristou
Clinic for Internal Medicine-Psychosomatics, Charit, University Medicine Berlin, Luisentr. 13A, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Transplantation 78:1506-14. 2004..e., the donation being set in an emotionally meaningful context). A mature relationship with the recipient usually provides such a context. The role of the clinician as a part of LDLT dynamics has a decisive influence... - [Differential diagnosis of psychotic symptoms in adolescents and young adults with borderline personality disorder]Gerhard Dammann
Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Basel, Schweiz
Psychiatr Prax 30:304-11. 2003..This paper reviews findings and problems of differential diagnosis between Borderline personality disorders and schizophrenic illness in adolescents and young adults with psychotic symptoms... - Evidence of psychosomatic influences in compensated and decompensated tinnitusCorinna Stobik
Westerwaldklinik Waldbreitbach, Clinic for Neurology and Neurological Psychosomatics, Germany
Int J Audiol 44:370-8. 2005..As a consequence, in the psychosomatic tinnitus therapy, greater attention should be given to the treatment of the somatic complaints in addition to psychological and psychosocial aspects... - [Personality and donor-recipient relationships of potential donors before living donor liver transplantation--diagnostics with the repertory-grid technique]Marc Walter
Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, Charite Campus Mitte, Medizinische Fakultat der Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin
Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 53:275-80. 2003..In highly motivated donors we expected a positive description of the recipient and a similarity in the characterisation of the donor and recipient...