Publications by authors named "Ioannis Kouros"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigated how various factors impact the functioning of psychiatric outpatients diagnosed with disorders like bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, or ADHD.
- A sample of 137 patients underwent assessments covering functioning, personality traits, attachment styles, and childhood trauma, analyzed using linear regression models.
- Results revealed that temperament traits like Harm Avoidance and Self-directedness were key predictors of impaired functioning, overshadowing the significance of attachment issues, comorbidity, and childhood trauma in this context.
Background: The WHO Adult ADHD Self-report Scale (ASRSv1.1 and ASRS-S) is used for screening for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The capacity of the Swedish version of the scale to discriminate ADHD from borderline personality disorder (BPD) and bipolar disorder (BP) has not been tested.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The aim of this study was to investigate if temperament and experience of childhood trauma differed between young psychiatric patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD), bipolar disorder (BD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Methods: Diagnoses were based on the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Axis I and Axis II. Temperament was assessed by the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) and childhood trauma by the Early Trauma Inventory-Self Report-Short Form (ETI-SR-SF).
Purpose: Childhood trauma in an important public health concern, and there is a need for brief and easily administered assessment tools. The Early Trauma Inventory (ETI) is one such instrument. The aim of this paper is to test the psychometric properties of the Swedish translation of the short, self-rated version (ETISR-SF), and to further validate the instrument.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties and diagnostic accuracy of the Swedish version of the Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) in psychiatric patients with similar symptoms but diagnosed with either attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), bipolar disorder (BP), and/or borderline personality disorder (BPD).
Methods: A total of 121 patients from an outpatient psychiatric clinic for young adults (18-25 years) were diagnosed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Axis I and Axis II (SCID-I and SCID-II), and ADHD was diagnosed using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children (K-SADS). WURS were filled in by the participants and compared with a diagnosis of ADHD according to K-SADS.
Background: Psychiatric illness is common among young adults, but there are only a few studies examining their views about the care they receive. There is a paradigm shift towards person-centred care and, therefore, a need for patients' perspectives in the development of clinical guidelines.
Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the views about provided psychiatric care in a group of young adult psychiatric patients.