Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: a pilot study of a brief educational intervention.

Purpose: Attending to psychological support and education from the time of diagnosis will assist patients in their acceptance of the need for psychological services.

Design And Methods: An intervention was provided at the time of diagnosis of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. This randomized control pilot study examined outcomes 6-8 weeks after discharge from the hospital.

Minor versus major depression: a comparative clinical study.

Objective: To examine whether minor depression differs from major depression in clinically relevant ways.

Method: Structured interviews, Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) scores, and physicians' treatment recommendations were obtained systematically from 1,458 admissions to an outpatient teaching clinic during a 5-year period from 1981 to 1986. Of these, 1,002 (69%) satisfied inclusive DSM-III lifetime criteria for a major depressive episode.

The experience of living with chronic mental illness: a photovoice study.

Purpose: This study aims to explore if photovoice methodology can be used to enhance the level of empathy professionals feel when meeting a patient who carries a psychiatric diagnosis in any setting.

Design And Methods: This study used a qualitative descriptive design. Seven adult patients were interviewed for 1 hr regarding photos that were taken to represent what it has been like to live with their chronic illness.

Indicators of mania in depressed outpatients: a retrospective analysis of data from the Kansas 1500 study.

Objective: Previous prospective studies have shown that unipolar depressed patients often switch to a manic episode. Some of these studies have reported that the conversion to bipolar disorder is predicted by an early onset of depression, a positive family history for mania, and psychotic symptoms. The present study examines the strength of the relationship between these 3 indicators, both alone and in combination, and the presence of mania in a large retrospective analysis.

Nonepileptic seizures: reframing the diagnosis.

Problem: Protocols for disclosing the diagnosis of psychological pseudoseizures have been developed. However, outcomes have not been carefully studied.

Method: Using a retrospective design, the investigators evaluated the outcomes by interviewing patients 2 years after diagnosis who received the diagnosis using a specific protocol.