Swiss Archives of Neurology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

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Swiss Arch. Neurol. Psychiatry Psychother. 2010, 161(4), 146; https://doi.org/10.4414/sanp.2010.02154 - 1 Jan 2010

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Dies ist der 24. Band von «Frontiers of Neurology and Neuroscience», der sich an interessierte Kliniker wendet, welche sich einen Überblick zum Thema Demenz verschaffen möchten [...] Full article

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Book review: Ein menschliches Herz

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Swiss Arch. Neurol. Psychiatry Psychother. 2010, 161(4), 146; https://doi.org/10.4414/sanp.2010.02161 - 1 Jan 2010

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Yalom erzählt auf 70 Seiten die Geschichte seines Studienfreunds Bob (Robert L. Berger), eines renommierten Herzchirurgen, der in den Jahren 1944/45 als jüdischer Jugendlicher in Budapest lebte [...] Full article

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Willkommen zum 1. SFCNS-Kongress Bienvenue au premier congrès de la SFCNS

by Claudio Bassetti and Christian W. Hess

Swiss Arch. Neurol. Psychiatry Psychother. 2010, 161(4), 145; https://doi.org/10.4414/sanp.2010.02163 - 1 Jan 2010

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Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen [...] Full article

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Constantin von Monakow (1853–1930) and Lina Stern (1878–1968)

by Mario Wiesendanger

Swiss Arch. Neurol. Psychiatry Psychother. 2010, 161(4), 140-144; https://doi.org/10.4414/sanp.2010.02158 - 1 Jan 2010

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The physiologist Lina Stern (1878–1968), from Baltic origin, and the neuroscientist Constantin von Monakow (1853–1930), from Russian origin, are the protagonists of this article. Lina Stern studied medicine and initiated research work at the Physiology Institute in Geneva. Her research career was quite [...] Read more.

The physiologist Lina Stern (1878–1968), from Baltic origin, and the neuroscientist Constantin von Monakow (1853–1930), from Russian origin, are the protagonists of this article. Lina Stern studied medicine and initiated research work at the Physiology Institute in Geneva. Her research career was quite unique and led, unusually soon, to a professorship. Monakow was professor and head at the BrainAnatomy Institute of the University of Zurich. Late in his career, he was among the first to work on the problem of the BloodBrainBarrier. In 1915, he hypothesised that the brain needs to be protected by the plexus choroideus and the “GliaSchirm”. Monakow observed severe degeneration of the plexus at autopsy, suggesting that the barrier had lost its protection. The publication was not well received, probably because the microphotographs were of doubtful quality and difficult to interpret. At the Institute of Physiology in Geneva, Lina Stern used a physiological approach of testing substances in terms of barrier penetration. Her team discovered some substances which had the capacity to be transported through membranes of the brain. She coined the term “BloodBrainBarrier” (BBB) and soon obtained a high international profile. In 1925, she accepted an offer to continue her research in Moscow. Her career continued most successfully as the only female Academician. However, late in the Stalin era, she suffered in prison and was exiled to Kasakstan. She died in 1968. Full article

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Enquête préliminaire et évaluation de la satisfaction globale des soins dans une structure ambulatoire psychiatrique pour enfants et adolescents

by Laetitia Marclay, Elizabeth Meyrat, Monique Bolognini, Colette Buecher, Olivier Halfon and Jacques Laget

Swiss Arch. Neurol. Psychiatry Psychother. 2010, 161(4), 135-139; https://doi.org/10.4414/sanp.2010.02160 - 1 Jan 2010

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The complexity and difficulty of assessing psychiatric care for children and adolescents is a widely accepted reality. However, this should not discourage necessary efforts to stress the richness and efficiency of clinical practices, regardless of their theoretical models. We present the results of [...] Read more.

The complexity and difficulty of assessing psychiatric care for children and adolescents is a widely accepted reality. However, this should not discourage necessary efforts to stress the richness and efficiency of clinical practices, regardless of their theoretical models. We present the results of a quality-like survey addressing patient satisfaction and therapeutic alliance conducted in 2007 in an outpatient ward of the department of psychiatry for children and adolescents of the University of Lausanne (Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie de l’Enfant et de l’Adolescent – SUPEA, Lausanne). We developed a questionnaire on the basis of a “traditional” patient satisfaction survey, consisting of questions dealing with a range of different types of ambulatory settings and evaluating: access to care, quality of reception, patient’s perception of the type of care and support offered, the therapeutic alliance and global satisfaction. Questions regarding the therapeutic alliance were based on the Revised Help Alliance Questionnaire (HAQ-II, Lester Luborski). Questionnaires were anonymous and self-administered by children from 10 years old up and parents separately. High levels of global satisfaction were reported (80% satisfied or very satisfied). Certain specific aspects seem to influence the global satisfaction level and therapeutic alliance. Patients with self-reported anxiety problems were less satisfied than those with selfreported conduct problems. The mode of reference of the patient, self or by parents versus by school or social workers, affected the perceived alliance. A higher frequency of sessions was also related to a better perceived alliance and satisfaction. Full article

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Assimilation process in a psychotherapy with a client presenting schizoid personality disorder

by Ueli Kramer and Claudia Meystre

Swiss Arch. Neurol. Psychiatry Psychother. 2010, 161(4), 128-134; https://doi.org/10.4414/sanp.2010.02162 - 1 Jan 2010

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The assimilation of problematic experiences has been studied as change processes in psychotherapies of different client populations. Several theory-building case studies using the assimilation model have shown how important a meaning bridge is in such change processes. In a client presenting schizoid personality [...] Read more.

The assimilation of problematic experiences has been studied as change processes in psychotherapies of different client populations. Several theory-building case studies using the assimilation model have shown how important a meaning bridge is in such change processes. In a client presenting schizoid personality disorder the creation of meaning as an affect-evoking process may be a particularly important stage in the change process. The present case study aims to apply the assimilation model to a psychotherapy process with a highly disturbed client and focuses on the creation of a meaning bridge in the process. Moreover, the assimilation analysis focuses on the effect of an external person, i.e. the partner or the therapist, when responding to the client’s unassimilated problematic experiences. Their effects on the client’s assimilation processes are discussed. Full article

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Multidimensionale Beurteilung somatoformer Störungen im versicherungspsychiatrischen Kontext

by Renato Marelli, Hans Georg Kopp and Joachim Küchenhoff

Swiss Arch. Neurol. Psychiatry Psychother. 2010, 161(4), 117-127; https://doi.org/10.4414/sanp.2010.02159 - 1 Jan 2010

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There is much debate about disability due to somatoform disorders and possible guidelines for an adequate medical expert assessment in this respect. The ambiguity of the diagnostic concept and its questionable validity are discussed. On the basis of more recent evidence, a multidimensional [...] Read more.

There is much debate about disability due to somatoform disorders and possible guidelines for an adequate medical expert assessment in this respect. The ambiguity of the diagnostic concept and its questionable validity are discussed. On the basis of more recent evidence, a multidimensional approach is proposed in order to overcome these shortcomings in the evaluation of a possibly somatoform symptomatology. The following dimensions should be part of such an approach: the characteristics of somatoform complaints, course on time axis, comorbidity, subjective illness appraisal and coping strategies. Somatoform disorders must be differentiated from simple dysfunctional beliefs and behaviour patterns. Moreover, disorderspecific factors are outlined that can help to define the prognosis. In addition, to assess psychological resources within the frame of personality structure a diagnostic procedure according to the Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD) system is recommended. Diagnostics according to OPD can help to answer the difficult question whether in a given situation somatoform disorder results in a transient or rather permanent and relevant restriction of functioning also from a medicolegal point of view. Full article

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Rhythmic head movements in a horse reminiscent to human head-banging rhythmic movement disorder

by Slavko M. Janković, Dragoslav V. Sokić, Nikola M. Vojvodić, Alaksandar J. Ristić, Vladimir S. Kostić and Ljubica M. Zović

Swiss Arch. Neurol. Psychiatry Psychother. 2010, 161(4), 115-116; https://doi.org/10.4414/sanp.2010.02157 - 1 Jan 2010

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Rhythmic movement disorders (RMD) are well recognized and described in humans, including head banging [1]. By analogy with humans, several parasomnias have been described and documented in animals including REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) [2, 3] somnambulism and nightmares [4]. Since horses spend [...] Read more.

Rhythmic movement disorders (RMD) are well recognized and described in humans, including head banging [1]. By analogy with humans, several parasomnias have been described and documented in animals including REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) [2, 3] somnambulism and nightmares [4]. Since horses spend most of their slow-wave sleep time standing owing to their “standing apparatus” [7], it is reasonable to expect parasomnias to exhibit primarily with the horse in the upright position. We have observed a horse in a position characteristic for sleep, with the movements of the head highly analogous to human head banging RMD. Here we show the existence of similar movements observed in a horse while awake and propose that these two behaviours are different and highly state dependent. The first one coupled with NREM sleep corresponds to human head banging, while the second, coupled with active ambulation of the animal is obviously wakefulness dependent. The observed and video recorded behaviour in an adult five-year-old horse is reminiscent of the human RMD of the head-banging type. Full article

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Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie

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Swiss Arch. Neurol. Psychiatry Psychother. 2010, 161(4), 114-144; https://doi.org/10.4414/sanp.2010.02155 - 1 Jan 2010

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Die Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie kommt im vorliegenden Heft in einer Originalarbeit zum Zuge, die Anlass gibt, einige Gesichtspunkte über die Besonderheit dieses Fachs hervorzuheben [...] Full article

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Autour de la barrière hémato-encéphalique

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Swiss Arch. Neurol. Psychiatry Psychother. 2010, 161(4), 113; https://doi.org/10.4414/sanp.2010.02156 - 1 Jan 2010

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Le terme de barrière hémato-encéphalique (BHE) apparaît pour la première fois en 1921 et ce dans un article de Lina Stern paru dans les Archives suisses de neurologie et de psychiatrie [...] Full article

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Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie und Psychiatrie

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Swiss Arch. Neurol. Psychiatry Psychother. 2010, 161(4), 1-52; https://doi.org/10.4414/sanp.2010.02212 - 1 Jan 2010

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Mapping bioelectric currents with high temporal resolution using magnetic resonance imaging [...] Full article

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