Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity – A Summary of the Third EditionAbstract:Background and Aims: This article summarizes the findings and conclusions of the third edition of Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity. The latest ...
Abstract:Aims: Due to large inconsistencies in previous studies, it remains unclear how alcohol use is related to health care utilization. The aim of this study was to examine associations between alcohol drinking ...
PsyCoLaus: A Prospective Study of the Links between Mental Health and Cardiovascular DiseasesAbstract. PsyCoLaus, which includes an investigation of mental disorders and cognitive functioning, aims to determine ...
Blood analyses from road checks in Saxony on illicit drugsAbstract.Background: Estimates of the prevalence and patterns of illegal drug use based on different epidemiological data sources often yield inconsistent ...
Epidemiology and course of personality disordersAbstract. Community studies conducted over the past decade have greatly increased our knowledge of the epidemiology of personality disorders. Here, we review the prevalence, ...
Comprehensive Treatment of Obesity in Childhood and AdolescenceAbstract. Obesity in childhood and adolescence presents a complex challenge. Early recognition by general practitioners is now important. In Switzerland, the ...
Risk epidemiology and child protection statistics in early childhood – a pilot study in southern GermanyAbstract. In contrast to many other countries in Europe, Germany lacks sufficient empirical data on the ...
Substance use in the German general population: Results of the 2015 Epidemiological Survey of Substance AbuseAbstract.Aims: We assess the extent of substance use among the adult general population in Germany. Method: Data come from the 2015 ...
Male Breast Cancer: What is Different?Abstract. Male breast cancer is a rare disease. Symptoms and signs resemble breast cancer in women: A palpable mass, enlarged lymph nodes or skin changes (ulceration, secretion, peau d'orange) mandate mammography, ...
Male Urinary Incontinence – a Taboo IssueAbstract. Male urinary incontinence is an underestimated and frequently not broached issue. The urinary incontinence is divided into stress-, urge incontinence and hybrid forms as well as overflow incontinence. ...
Obsessive-compulsive Disorder: Prevalence, Comorbidity and Remission from the Ages of 20 to 50Abstract. Individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) experience recurrent obsessive and/or compulsive thoughts and behaviours which cause them ...
Fecal incontinence is defined as an accidental loss of stool or the inability to control defecation. There are three subtypes of fecal incontinence: passive incontinence, urge incontinence and soiling. About 8% of the adult population suffer from fecal ...
The Asperger Syndrome is – in contrast to early childhood autism – a disorder at the lighter end of the autism spectrum. Although first described in 1943, it was included in the ICD-10 not before 1992. The knowledge about this lighter autistic disorder ...
This retrospective study evaluated cases of lens luxation in dogs that were documented at the University of Zurich Veterinary Teaching Hospital between 2000 and 2011. A total 134 dogs were included in the study. This population of dogs with lens luxation ...
Anxiety and depression – from diagnosis to psychotherapy in chronic disordersPatients with chronic disorders represent a group of patients with various critical issues. Chronic physical as well as mental disorders are found within this patient group. ...
Fragestellung: Die Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit/Hyperaktivitäts-Störung (ADHS) und Neurodermitis sind häufige Erkrankungen des Kindes- und Jugendalters von fächerübergreifender Versorgungsrelevanz. Seit Jahren wird ein möglicher Zusammenhang von Erkrankungen ...
Die Epidemiologie beschäftigt sich mit der Häufigkeit und der Art des Auftretens von Erkrankungen in bestimmten Gruppen der Gesellschaft. Umfangreiche Studien mit solider Datenlage können mittlerweile zeigen, dass psychische Störungen in der Gruppe der ...
Autistic disorders – the state of the art and recent findings: epidemiology, aetiology, diagnostic criteria, and therapeutic interventionsThis review article is based on a state-of-the-art lecture given at the 32nd meeting of the German Child Psychiatry ...
Mental retardation and ADHDHyperactivity syndromes and disorders (ADHD and HKD) include the symptoms of overactivity, inattention, and impulsivity, which occur in many other mental disorders as well, including mental retardation (MR). It is not ...