OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to examine the efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) combined with antipsychotic (AP) medication on symptom profile in patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia who had received acute psychiatric inpatient treatment. METHODS: In this prospective study, patients were evaluated for inclusion in the study who were diagnosed with schizophrenia according to DSM-IV diagnostic criteria and were to receive ECT. The patients were evaluated using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS), Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS), and Clinical Global Impression-Improvement (CGI-I) sub-scale before the first session ECT, once following every two subsequent sessions and after the final session. RESULTS: The patients showed significant improvements in BPRS scores at each evaluation compared with their scores at baseline, and a significant clinical improvement was found on the CGI-I sub-scale at the end of treatment. Across all SAPS sub-scores, significant decreases were found, and the symptoms related to hallucinations and positive formal thought disorder showed the most rapid response to treatment. Across all SANS sub-scores, significant decreases were found, and affective flattening or blunting symptoms responded most rapidly to treatment. CONCLUSION: One of the most important findings in the present study of hospitalized patients with acute schizophrenia was the good response to treatment, which provided significant improvements in both positive and negative symptoms. The most rapid response to treatment was found for hallucinations, positive formal thought disorder, and affective flattening or blunting symptoms. The most important limitation of our study may be the small number of cases. In future, well-standardized studies using a double-blinded, comparative, prospective design and including a sufficient number of patients are needed.

In this study, the relationship between mental disorders, childhood trauma and sociodemographic characteristics was evaulated in women staying in shelters due to domestic violence. The study comprised 59 volunteers, staying in women's shelters in Istanbul due to domestic violence. The structured clinical interview for DSM-IV TR axis 1 disorders (SCID-I), Domestic Violence Data Form, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, Beck Anxiety Inventory and Childhood Trauma Questionnaire were applied by a psychiatric expert in face-to-face interviews. Of the cases 76.3% were diagnosed with at least one psychiatric disorder. Post traumatic stress disorder was the most common diagnosis (50.8%). In our study 59% of women had attempted suicide at least once, and 66% of these were found to have attempted suicide after violence started. Previous psychiatric diagnosis and exposure to childhood abuse were observed to be risk factors for suicide attempts. Psychiatric disease comorbidities and suicide attempt were identified at high rates in women exposed to domestic violence.

Propofol, etomidate, and thiopental are associated with similar safety and efficacy profiles.

No abstract

No abstract

ÖZETŞizofreni hastalarında özkıyım girişimi ve özkıyım düşüncesinin, hastalık şiddeti, depresyon ve içgörü ile ilişkisi Amaç: Bu çalışmada şizofreni hastalarında özkıyım girişimi ve özkıyım düşüncesinin hastalık şiddeti, depresyon ve içgörü ile ilişkisi araştırılarak, şizofreni hastalarında özkıyım riskini yordayabilecek ölçütlerin gelişmesine katkı sağlanması amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Ruh Sağlığı ve Sinir Hastalıkları Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi psikiyatri servislerinde DSM-IV-TR ölçütlerine göre şizofreni tanısı ile yatarak tedavi gören, 20-65 yaş arasındaki 104 hasta rastgele seçilmiş, hastalar hastaneye yattıktan sonraki 72 saat içinde değerlendirilmiştir. Olgular, İçgörünün Üç Bileşenini Değerlendirme Ölçeği (İÜBDÖ), Pozitif ve Negatif Sendrom Ölçeği (PANSS) ve Calgary Şizofrenide Depresyon Ölçeği (CŞDÖ) kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: Özkıyım girişimi öyküsü olan hastalarda depresyon puanları, özkıyım girişimi öyküsü olmayan hastalara göre daha yüksek bulunmuştur. Özkıyım düşüncesi olanların içgörü ve depresyon puanları, özkıyım düşüncesi olmayanlara göre daha yüksek bulunmuştur. Lojistik regresyon analizinde CŞDÖ özkıyım girişimi ve özkıyım düşüncesini, PANSS negatif toplam puanı özkıyım düşüncesini, kendine zarar veren davranış ise özkıyım girişimi öyküsünü belirleyen değişken olmuştur. Sonuç: Özkıyım girişimi ve özkıyım düşüncesini belirleyen ortak etken depresyon olduğundan, şizofreni hastalarında depresif belirtiler varlığında özkıyım düşüncesinin daha dikkatli ve ayrıntılı sorgulanması gerekmektedir. Kolaylıkla uygulanabilecek CŞDÖ'nün, şizofreni hastalarındaki depresyonu kolaylıkla saptayabileceğini, uygun tedavi yöntemleri ile depresyonun tedavisinin özkıyım riskini azaltabileceğini düşünmekteyiz. Anahtar kelimeler: Depresyon, içgörü, özkıyım, PANSS, şizofreni ABSTRACTThe correlation of suicide attempt and suicidal ideation with insight, depression and severity of illness in schizophrenic patients Objective: At this study, it is aimed to determine criteria to predict the suicidal risks of schizophrenic patients and to explore the correlation of suicide attempt and suicidal ideation with insight, depression and severity of illness as well. Method: Randomly selected 104 inpatients between 20 and 65 years of age, treated with a diagnosis of schizophrenia according to DSM-IV-TR criteria at Bakirkoy Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery were included, and patients were examined at the period of first 72 hours of admission. The patients were evaluated with Schedule for Assessing the Three Components of Insight (SAI), Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), and Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia (CDSS). Results: Depression scores were higher in the patients who had suicide attempt compared to those without suicide attempt. Depression and insight scores of the patients who had suicidal ideation were found to be higher compared to those without suicidal ideation. In the logistic regression analysis, CDSS was found t...

No abstract

No abstract