[What is adult ADHD after all?].

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a childhood-onset mental disorder, demonstrates genetical effects, and is characterized by attention deficit, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. While ADHD was previously only considered a childhood disorder, longitudinal studies over the past decades have proven that in a significant number of cases, the symptoms of the disorder can also be detected in adulthood, and therefore affects 2-4% of the adult population. In Hungary, adult ADHD programs started about 20 years ago and has been able to provide help to many adults living with ADHD.

The message of the survival curves: I. Composite analysis of long-term treatment studies in bipolar disorder.

Rationale: There is a shortage of studies analyzing the time course of recurrent episodes and comparing effectiveness of long-term treatments in bipolar disorder. 'Number needed to treat' (NNT) analyses have been proven to be useful for clinically meaningful comparisons, but results vary considerably among studies. The survival curves of different trials also show a great variability preventing reliable conclusions on the time course of maintenance therapies.

[Health related quality of life and disease burden of patients with schizophrenia in Hungary].

Introduction: According to the international literature disease burden of schizophrenia is substantial, however data from Eastern Central Europe is scarce. Our aim was to assess the quality of life and costs of patients with schizophrenia in Hungary.

Methods: A cross sectional questionnaire survey was performed in 3 hospital based psychiatry centres involving patients with schizophrenia.

[Cognitive functions in prepsychotic and negative-symptom schizophrenic patients].

Background: Relationship between schizophrenia and cognitive functions has been reported by several studies. Our work group examined the changes of cognitive functions in prepsychotic patients without any relevant psychiatric disorder in their anamnesis, and also in schizophrenic patients with predominantly negative symptoms.

Methods: Measures were carried out by Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB), a complex computer-based test battery of 13 tests covering a wide range of cognitive functions.