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| Urs HeppSummaryAffiliation: University Hospital Country: Switzerland Publications
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Psychiatric comorbidity in gender identity disorderU Hepp
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Culmannstrasse 8, Zurich CH 8091, Switzerland
J Psychosom Res 58:259-61. 2005..The aim of this study was to assess current and lifetime psychiatric comorbidity in patients with GID...- Gender identity disorder and anorexia nervosa in male monozygotic twinsUrs Hepp
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Int J Eat Disord 35:239-43. 2004..Male identical twins with gender identity disorder (GID) in childhood and anorexia nervosa (AN) are presented. Etiologic aspects and the relationship among gender identity, sexual orientation, body dissatisfaction, and AN are discussed... - Psychological and psychosocial interventions after attempted suicide: an overview of treatment studiesUrs Hepp
Psychiatric Department, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Crisis 25:108-17. 2004..They are discussed with regard to both the various therapeutic strategies and models used, and the repetition of self-harming behavior as the main outcome... - [Can suicidality be cured? Suicide prevention in the G.P.'s practice]U Hepp
Psychiatrische Poliklinik, Universitatsspital Zurich
Praxis (Bern 1994) 93:1817-23. 2004..It will be demonstrated how it is nevertheless possible to establish a therapeutic alliance which would prove beneficial in a future crisis... - Attempted suicide: factors leading to hospitalizationUrs Hepp
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Can J Psychiatry 49:736-42. 2004..This study analyzes how sociodemographic and clinical characteristics influence the treatment decision for patients referred to a university hospital emergency room (ER) owing to attempted suicide... - Eating disorder symptomatology and gender role orientationUrs Hepp
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Int J Eat Disord 37:227-33. 2005..The aim of the current study was to investigate associations between gender role orientation and eating pathology in a sample of females with eating disorders (ED)... - Coping with serious accidental injury: a one-year follow-up studyUrs Hepp
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Psychother Psychosom 74:379-86. 2005.... - Inconsistency in reporting potentially traumatic eventsUrs Hepp
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Zurich, Culmannstrasse 8, CH 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
Br J Psychiatry 188:278-83. 2006..Research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) relies mainly on self-reports of exposure to trauma and its consequences... - Finger length ratio (2D:4D) in adults with gender identity disorderBernd Kraemer
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Zurich, Culmannstrasse 8, Zurich, Switzerland
Arch Sex Behav 38:359-63. 2009..The development of FtM GID seems even more unlikely to be notably influenced by prenatal testosterone... 
Posttraumatic stress disorder following accidental injury: rule or exception in Switzerland?Ulrich Schnyder
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Psychother Psychosom 77:111-8. 2008....- Prevalence of exposure to potentially traumatic events and PTSD. The Zurich Cohort StudyUrs Hepp
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Culmannstrasse 8, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 256:151-8. 2006..The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence rate of exposure to potentially traumatic events (PTE) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a representative sample of the general population... - Body image and transsexualismBernd Kraemer
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Psychopathology 41:96-100. 2008..To date, research on the body image of transsexual patients has mostly covered body dissatisfaction with respect to body perception... - Contribution of initial heart rate to the prediction of posttraumatic stress symptom level in accident victimsBernd Kraemer
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Culmannstrasse 8, CH 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
J Psychiatr Res 42:158-62. 2008..We conclude that the initial heart rate is a weak and not independent predictor for PTSD symptom level following accidental injuries... - [Partner relationship and sexuality of female-to-male transsexuals]Bernd Kraemer
Psychiatrische Poliklinik, Universitatsspital Zurich, Schweiz
Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 60:25-30. 2010.... - Grief and post-traumatic growth in parents 2-6 years after the death of their extremely premature babyStefan Buchi
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Psychother Psychosom 76:106-14. 2007..To assess grief and post-traumatic growth in parents 2-6 years after the death of a premature baby (24-26 weeks' gestation) and to evaluate Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self-Measure (PRISM) in the assessment of bereavement... 
Methods of suicide: international suicide patterns derived from the WHO mortality databaseVladeta Ajdacic-Gross
Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Bull World Health Organ 86:726-32. 2008..Our knowledge of the methods used and their variation across countries and world regions is still limited. The aim of this study was to provide the first comprehensive overview of international patterns of suicide methods...- Gender identity disorder and eating disordersUrs Hepp
Psychiatric Outpatient Department, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Int J Eat Disord 32:473-8. 2002..The relationship between eating behavior, gender identity, sexual orientation, and body dissatisfaction is discussed... - Suicide attempts and suicidal ideation: links with psychiatric comorbidity in eating disorder subjectsGabriella Milos
Psychiatric Department, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 26:129-35. 2004..Incorporating a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation into the clinical assessment of ED patients is important for the assessment of suicidality and for the provision of adequate treatments... - Psychometric evaluation and validation of the German version of the Acute Stress Disorder Scale across two distinct trauma populationsSusanne Helfricht
Child Development Center, University Children s Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
J Trauma Stress 22:476-80. 2009..Indices of reliability, construct, and predictive validity with established measures of posttraumatic stress, anxiety, and depression suggest that the German ASDS is a psychometrically sound and valid instrument... - Finger length ratio (2D:4D) and dimensions of sexual orientationBernd Kraemer
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Neuropsychobiology 53:210-4. 2006..This hypothesis contrasts with the predominant suggestion of fixed organizational effects of androgens in the brain and a categorical sexual orientation... - Changing times: a longitudinal analysis of international firearm suicide dataVladeta Ajdacic-Gross
Research Unit for Clinical and Social Psychiatry, Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Am J Public Health 96:1752-5. 2006..Legislation and regulatory measures reducing the availability of firearms in private households can distinctly strengthen the prevention of firearm suicides... - Comorbidity of Asperger syndrome and gender identity disorderBernd Kraemer
Psychiatric Department, University Hospital, Culmannstrasse 8, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 14:292-6. 2005..We consider the treatment of GID as compelling, particularly because curative therapy for AS is lacking and with GID treatment in this vein, the patient gains psychosocial improvement... - Effective control of persistent hyperparathyroidism with cinacalcet in renal allograft recipientsAndreas L Serra
Clinic for Nephrology, University Hospital, Ramistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
Nephrol Dial Transplant 22:577-83. 2007..Furthermore, the impact of cinacalcet on bone turnover and quality of life was assessed... - Post-traumatic stress disorder in serious accidental injury: 3-year follow-up studyUrs Hepp
Psychiatrische Dienste Aargau AG, Baden, Switzerland
Br J Psychiatry 192:376-83. 2008..Long-term data on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following accidents are scarce... - Measures of endothelial dysfunction in plasma of patients with posttraumatic stress disorderRoland von Kanel
Department of General Internal Medicine, Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Berne, Switzerland
Psychiatry Res 158:363-73. 2008..This suggests one mechanism by which posttraumatic stress could contribute to atherosclerosis... - Altered blood coagulation in patients with posttraumatic stress disorderRoland von Kanel
Department of General Internal Medicine, Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Berne, Berne, Switzerland
Psychosom Med 68:598-604. 2006..A hypercoagulable state before occurrence of coronary thrombosis contributes to atherosclerosis development. We investigated whether PTSD would be associated with increased coagulation activity... - Serum serotonin levels are not useful in diagnosing fibromyalgiaGabriel Jaschko
Ann Rheum Dis 66:1267-8. 2007 - Evidence for low-grade systemic proinflammatory activity in patients with posttraumatic stress disorderRoland von Kanel
Department of General Internal Medicine, Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Inselspital, Freiburgstrasse 4, CH 3010 Berne, Switzerland
J Psychiatr Res 41:744-52. 2007..41, p=0.035). PTSD patients showed a low-grade systemic proinflammatory state, which, moreover, was related to PTSD symptom levels suggesting one mechanism by which PTSD could contribute to atherosclerotic disease...