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Affective Spectrum Disorders in an Urban Swedish Adult Psychiatric Unit: A Descriptive Study

Background. Several studies have found that patients with affective-/anxiety-/stress-related syndromes present overlapping features such as cooccurrence within families and individuals and response to the same type of pharmacological treatment, suggesting that these syndromes share pathogenetic mech...

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Autores principales: Scharin, M., Archer, T., Hellström, P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320004/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22536500
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/527827
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description Background. Several studies have found that patients with affective-/anxiety-/stress-related syndromes present overlapping features such as cooccurrence within families and individuals and response to the same type of pharmacological treatment, suggesting that these syndromes share pathogenetic mechanisms. The term affective spectrum disorder (AfSD) has been suggested, emphasizing these commonalities. The expectancy rate, sociodemographic characteristics, and global level of functioning in AfSD has hitherto not been studied neglected. Material and Method. Out of 180 consecutive patients 94 were included after clinical investigations and ICD-10 diagnostics. Further investigations included well-known self-evaluation instruments assessing psychiatric symptoms, personality disorders, psychosocial stress, adaptation, quality of life, and global level of functioning. A neuropsychological screening was also included. Results. The patients were young, had many young children, were well educated, and had about expected (normal distribution of) intelligence. Sixty-one percent were identified as belonging to the group of AfSD. Conclusion. The study identifies a large group of patients that presents much suffering and failure of functioning. This group is shared between the levels of medical care, between primary care and psychiatry. The term AfSD facilitates identification of patient groups that share common traits and identifies individuals clinically, besides the referred patients, in need of psychiatric interventions.
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spelling pubmed-33200042012-04-25 Affective Spectrum Disorders in an Urban Swedish Adult Psychiatric Unit: A Descriptive Study Scharin, M. Archer, T. Hellström, P. Depress Res Treat Clinical Study Background. Several studies have found that patients with affective-/anxiety-/stress-related syndromes present overlapping features such as cooccurrence within families and individuals and response to the same type of pharmacological treatment, suggesting that these syndromes share pathogenetic mechanisms. The term affective spectrum disorder (AfSD) has been suggested, emphasizing these commonalities. The expectancy rate, sociodemographic characteristics, and global level of functioning in AfSD has hitherto not been studied neglected. Material and Method. Out of 180 consecutive patients 94 were included after clinical investigations and ICD-10 diagnostics. Further investigations included well-known self-evaluation instruments assessing psychiatric symptoms, personality disorders, psychosocial stress, adaptation, quality of life, and global level of functioning. A neuropsychological screening was also included. Results. The patients were young, had many young children, were well educated, and had about expected (normal distribution of) intelligence. Sixty-one percent were identified as belonging to the group of AfSD. Conclusion. The study identifies a large group of patients that presents much suffering and failure of functioning. This group is shared between the levels of medical care, between primary care and psychiatry. The term AfSD facilitates identification of patient groups that share common traits and identifies individuals clinically, besides the referred patients, in need of psychiatric interventions. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-03-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3320004/ /pubmed/22536500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/527827 Text en Copyright © 2012 M. Scharin et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Affective Spectrum Disorders in an Urban Swedish Adult Psychiatric Unit: A Descriptive Study
title_full_unstemmed Affective Spectrum Disorders in an Urban Swedish Adult Psychiatric Unit: A Descriptive Study
title_short Affective Spectrum Disorders in an Urban Swedish Adult Psychiatric Unit: A Descriptive Study
title_sort affective spectrum disorders in an urban swedish adult psychiatric unit: a descriptive study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320004/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22536500
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/527827
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