[Quality of treatment outcomes in alcohol- and substance-related disorders: an evaluation of inpatients from ten psychiatric hospitals].

Aim Of The Study: Alcohol and substance-related disorders (ICD 10 F1x.x) are among the most frequent diagnoses made in hospitalized patients requiring somatic and psychiatric care. In order to assess the success of treatment, it is important to establish and implement outcome indicators in practice.

[How does the Regional Psychiatry Budget (RPB) work in an area with initially low capacity of psychiatric hospital beds?].

Objective: To analyze the impact of a capitated multi-sector-financing model for psychiatric care (RPB) in the model region Rendsburg-Eckernförde on costs and effectiveness of care.

Methods: In a prospective controlled cohort study 244 patients with a diagnosis according to ICD-10: F10, F2 or F3 were interviewed in the model region (MR) and compared to 244 patients from a control region (CR) financed according to the fee-for-service principle. At baseline, 1.

Effects of olanzapine and clozapine upon pulse rate variability.

Based upon their in vitro receptor binding profiles, the atypical antipsychotics clozapine and olanzapine exhibit cholinergic receptor binding of similar potency. Data comparing the in vivo anticholinergic effects, however, of these neuroleptics upon neurocardiac control are sparse. The goal of this study was to compare the in vivo effects of clozapine and olanzapine upon neurocardiac control by assessment of the pulse rate variability (PRV) in schizophrenic patients and healthy controls.