Psychiatrische Praxis
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Psychiatrische Praxis · May 2000
[Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in elderly inpatients of medical and surgical departments].
The aim of the present survey was to study the psychiatric prevalence among elderly patients of medical and surgical wards in Austria. ⋯ These facts underline the importance of an intensive cooperation between specialists for somatic medicine and psychiatrists.
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Psychiatrische Praxis · May 2000
[Assessment of custodial suicide risk--jail and prison suicides in Austria 1975-1996].
Although incarceration is a high-risk situation for suicide all over the world, hardly any results have been published concerning the situation of custodial suicide in German-speaking countries. ⋯ The suicide rate in custody was highest for prisoners on remand and mentally ill offenders. Female offenders had a high suicide risk, too. The common assumption that the suicide risk in jails and prisons is highest shortly after admission should be confirmed based on better methodology or be reconsidered.
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Psychiatrische Praxis · Jul 1999
Case Reports[Symptomatic psychosis in bland sinus thrombosis and antibiotic therapy].
It is difficult to define intracranial sinus thrombosis by clinical symptoms only. We report on a case of symptomatic psychosis which occurred in sinus thrombosis with defective blood-brain barrier during treatment with antibiotics.