Publications by authors named "Svetlana Ivanovic-Kovacevic"

Article Synopsis
  • Shared psychotic disorder with Capgras syndrome is rare, with limited research; a case involving two sisters illustrates its complexities.
  • The younger sister, who has schizophrenia, transfers her Capgras delusion to the older sister after their father's death, leading to a violent crime and their involuntary psychiatric admission.
  • After initial improvement from treatment, they stop medications, disappear, and years later re-emerge after another violent incident, highlighting the need for effective treatment and continuous support to prevent recurrence and violence.
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Introduction: The aim of this study was to identify and analyze the stress factors and the level of stress a year preceding the onset of breast cancer and depression in the studied female patients.

Methods: The research in this work was mostly prospectively (clinical and analytical). During the research, Scale of Life Events-Paykel was applied.

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The purpose of the study was to understand the impact of using antipsychotics in the treatment of schizophrenic and schizoaffective disorders related to the quality of life and overall social functioning of schizophrenic patients. In addition to this, the study monitored and compared the efficacy of classical, commonly used antipsychotics to that of atypical antipsychotic drugs with respect to the velocity and degree of reduction in symptoms of the primary disease. The 160 respondents who participated in this research were divided into two groups of 80.

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Introduction: Psychiatry is the branch of medicine concerned with the defining and diagnosing mental disorders, finding ways of treatment, developing methods for determining causes, and conceiving measures for prevention of mental disorders. Psychiatry has greatly advanced over the last two decades. In our country, however, due to prejudice and ignorance, mental disorders are still often considered incurable and alarming by the general public as well as by physicians, and psychiatric patients are stigmatized and marginalized by the society.

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