SMJ articles in the category "schizophrenia"

Original Article

Costs and Savings Associated with Implementation of a Police Crisis Intervention Team

Objectives: Police crisis intervention teams (CIT) have demonstrated their effectiveness in reducing injury to law enforcement personnel and citizens and the criminalization of mental illness; however, their financial effect has not been fully investigated. The objective of the study was to determine the total costs or total savings associated with…

Posted in: cost 5 schizophrenia 5

Review Article

Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Review of History, Patient Selection, Technique, and Medication Management

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe and effective treatment for severe and persistent depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Though ECT is now over 60 years old, it remains an underutilized treatment today. History, patient selection, safety, and characteristics of the treatment stimulus, technique, and medications used in ECT are reviewed….

Posted in: bipolar disorder 3 Depression 22 schizophrenia 5 seizure 2

Original Article

Benefits of Boarding Home Placement in Patients with Schizophrenia

Objective: To determine if boarding home placement of patients with schizophrenia decreases the need for acute inpatient treatment, during and after the placement. Method: Data was collected from the medical records of 74 patients initially diagnosed with schizophrenia in our hospital from July 2001 to June 2002. The progress of…

Posted in: hospitalization 14 psychosis 8 schizophrenia 5

Review Article

Metabolic Issues in Patients with Severe Mental Illness

This article reviews the epidemiology of weight gain and diabetes mellitus in general and in patients with severe mental illness in particular. Body mass index is defined, and possible predictors for weight gain in patients receiving antipsychotic medications are also enumerated. Information on risk of association with type 2 diabetes…

Posted in: diabetes mellitus 34 metabolic syndrome 8 Obesity 70 schizophrenia 5

Case Report

Exacerbation of Psychosis by Misinterpretation of Physical Symptoms

Impaired processing of perceptual information is often a prominent aspect of psychotic disorders. Physical symptoms such as pain or discomfort may be either incorrectly perceived or misinterpreted by psychotic patients. Presented here is a series of cases in which somatic symptoms occurred in psychotic patients and worsened their psychotic states…

Posted in: psychosis 8 schizophrenia 5 somatic symptoms 2
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