Needs of forensic psychiatric patients with schizophrenia in five European countries.

Aims: The purpose was to compare the frequency of needs of patients with schizophrenia in forensic services across five European countries as assessed by both the patients and their care staff.

Methods: Patients with schizophrenia and a history of significant interpersonal violence were recruited from forensic psychiatric services in Austria, Germany, Italy, Poland and England. Participants' needs were assessed using the Camberwell Assessment of Needs-Forensic Version (CANFOR).

[Descriptive examination of inpatient stays of patients with emotionally unstable personality disorder in Austria between 2001 and 2016 with special consideration of age, gender and length of stay].

Backround: Emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD) has a high prevalence worldwide and especially in in-patient psychiatric settings, varying in age and gender. Due to the complex clinical picture, repeated admissions and high costs, health systems are facing great challenges.

Methods: For the calculations Statistik Austria data of inpatient stays of patients with mental and behavioral disorders with special regard to EUPD as main discharge diagnosis in Austria in the period 2001-2016 were used.

Eimeria duszynskii sp. n. (Protozoa: Eimeriidae), a parasite of the mottled sculpin, Cottus bairdi Girard.

Eimeria duszynskii sp. n. is described from 21 of 35 (60%) mottled sculpin, Cottus bairdi Girard, from the Provo River, Provo, Utah.