General hospital psychiatry
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Gen Hosp Psychiatry · Jan 2013
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyEpidemiology of psychiatric morbidity among migrants compared to native born population in Spain: a controlled study.
The aim of this paper is to explore the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in different immigrant groups in Spain. In keeping with prior studies carried out in Europe, it is expected that the immigrant population will have elevated levels of psychopathology, with some variation across immigrant groups. ⋯ The hypotheses were only partially supported. Although overall immigrants did not differ from the native born population, when analyzed by geographic origin, only Latin Americans had higher levels of psychopathology. It is concluded that multiple factors need to be taken into consideration when studying the mental health of immigrants given that different immigrant groups have different levels of psychopathology.
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Gen Hosp Psychiatry · Jan 2013
Continuation of care following an initial primary care visit with a mental health diagnosis: differences by receipt of VHA Primary Care-Mental Health Integration services.
For patients with an initial primary care (PC) encounter in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) that included a mental health diagnosis, we evaluate whether same-day receipt of Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) services is associated with the likelihood of receiving a subsequent mental-health-related encounter in the following 90 days. ⋯ PC-MHI services may enhance mental health continuation of care among PC patients with mental health conditions who initiate VHA services.
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As an infrequent symptom diplopia has been reported with opiate withdrawal, especially heroin, but not dextropropoxyphene. We report incomitant esotropia and diplopia in a case with dextropropoxyphene withdrawal that resolved completely with the resolution of the opiate withdrawal syndrome.