Utilization of psychiatric services by female military personnel changes since admission of women to all German Armed Forces military careers.

Objective: In 2001, women were admitted to all military careers in the German Armed Forces. This study examines whether the utilization of psychiatric services of female military personnel has changed since then.

Methods: The central medical database of German military personnel for the years 2000 and 2006 was analyzed.

Long-term course of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in German soldiers: effects of inpatient eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy and specific trauma characteristics in patients with non-combat-related PTSD.

Objective: In this study, we retrospectively evaluated a patient population of 89 German soldiers who received inpatient treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder at the German Armed Forces Hospital in Hamburg from 1998 to 2003.

Methods: Patients were nonrandomly assigned to a treatment group who received eye movement desensitization and reprocessing and a comparison group with general hospital treatment and relaxation training. Follow-up information was obtained 29 months post-treatment.

Delusional denial of pregnancy as a special form of Cotard's syndrome: case report and review of the literature.

The following case report describes a pregnant woman who was convinced that her pregnancy was non-existent despite being in an advanced stage of clinically obvious pregnancy. The nosologically unspecific syndrome of denial of pregnancy is discussed by reviewing the literature. Based on the existing literature it will be explained why this specific syndrome is considered to indicate a special form of Cotard's syndrome.

CYP2D6 genotype: impact on adverse effects and nonresponse during treatment with antidepressants-a pilot study.

Objective: Treatment with antidepressants is frequently associated with adverse effects or insufficient clinical response. Several antidepressants are metabolized by cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2D6. The activity of this enzyme markedly varies among individuals from poor to ultrarapid metabolism on the basis of the polymorphism of the CYP2D6 gene.