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B Küchenhoff

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PubMed1997

[Psychoses (schizophrenias)].

We are speaking with E. Bleuler about the "group of schizophrenic disorders". We describe the different symptoms, varieties of life-long courses and possible predictors of outcome. Currently, patients with schizophrenic disorders are frequently treated in Switzerland as outpatients by primary care physicians. The vulnerability models allows the recognition of different pathogenetic factors and also the integration of various treatment modalities, like pharmacotherapy treatment, family treatment and psychotherapy.

Ambulatory Care↗
PubMed1995

[Processes of interpretation in psychiatry].

This article discusses whether the concept, which has been developed by the American philosopher Nelson Goodman in his book "Ways of Worldmaking", ist transferable to the field of psychiatry. After a brief review of Goodman's philosophical position the author tries to apply these ideas to methodology, diagnosis and therapy in psychiatry.

Humans↗
PubMed1993

[Treatment of schizophrenia in clinical practice].

Currently, patients with schizophrenia are frequently treated as outpatients by primary care physicians, both for prevention and during acute psychotic crises. Yet, this therapeutic approach is associated with several problems. This article offers relevant treatment guidelines based on current scientific knowledge and under the assumption of the vulnerability model. This model allows the recognition of different pathogenic factors and also the integration of various treatment modalities, like pharmacotherapy treatment, family treatment and supportive psychotherapy.

Antipsychotic Agents↗
PubMed1993

[The most important side effects of clozapine (Leponex) and their treatment].

The side-effect profile of Clozapine (Leponex) plays a major role both from a negative and a positive perspective. Prevention and management of the most important and most frequent side-effects, of interest in daily patient practice, are primordial concerns. Additionally, attention is also paid to the question treatment and to potential problems with medication discontinuation.

Clozapine↗
PubMed1991

["If one knows the name, one still knows nothing". Comments on a conspicuous and unexplained psychopathologic manifestation].

In this casuistic contribution a female patient is discussed for whom an adequate psychopathological and diagnostic assessment is very difficult to obtain. With the help of Freud's psychoanalysis, Janzarik's Strukturdynamik and the research into altered states of consciousness by Dittrich different interpretations of the cases are provided.

Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders↗