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  • Frequent visitors in a university psychiatric emergency department in Greece

  • I. Vlachos, P. Chondraki, P. Magioglou, E. Lempesi, D. Bourazana, C. Papageorgiou, M. Margariti
  • Journal:
    European Psychiatry / Volume 65 / Issue S1 / June 2022
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    01 September 2022, p. S304
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  • Introduction

    Background :The profile of “frequent visitors” at the psychiatric emergencies (PE) has not been sufficiently investigated in Greece.

    Objectives

    In this study we aimed to investigate the prevalence and relevant parameters of frequent PE visits in a Greek University Psychiatric Hospital for the year 2017.

    Methods

    In a retrospective study, we analyzed data of patients who presented in the PE of Eginition University Hospital in Athens during 2017. Frequent visitors were grouped under this category if they had at least five visits per year. Clinical and sociodemographic data of the patients were further related to number of visits.

    Results

    84 patients were characterized as frequent visitors carrying out 9.8% of the total number of visits. 50% were women and 70% of them were living with family members. Anxiety, depressive and psychotic symptoms were the most frequent major complaints at the time of their visit, whereas psychosocial problems were associated with increased number of visits. Moreover, in terms of the underlying diagnosis substance use disorders significantly related to more frequent visits

    Conclusions

    Psychosocial problems and the diagnosis of substance use disorders significantly correlated to the number of visits at the PE of a university hospital setting in Greece for 2017.

    Disclosure

    No significant relationships.

  • Mental health of patients from different cultures in Germany

  • U. Wittig, J. Lindert, M. Merbach, E. Brähler
  • Journal:
    European Psychiatry / Volume 23 / Issue S1 / January 2008
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    16 April 2020, pp. s28-s35
  • Background

    Empirical studies on migration and mental health of migrants are still rare. In Germany they are often characterised by low sample sizes and are limited to certain diseases and geographical areas (old federal states). The comparability of their results is limited. Nonetheless, the assessment of migrants’ health is necessary for adequate medical and psychosocial care for this target group.

    Aim

    To provide data on mental health of migrants from Poland and from Vietnam in Germany. Methods: We have assessed a random sample of migrants from Poland (n=140) and from Vietnam (n=88) using the Giessen Subjective Complaints List – 24 (GSCL-24) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Additionally we asked migrants about their knowledge of health care institutions in case of psychosocial problems, their demands and the existing barriers to health care utilisation.

    Results

    Migrants from Poland and Vietnam have a higher general score of complaints of physical ill-health and higher anxiety and depression values than Germans. Psychosocial and medical institutions are visited less.

    Conclusion

    Further analytical studies are needed to clarify health differences between these groups. Migrants are a heterogeneous group and only group-specific investigations will clarify associations between countries of origin, health status and use of health care institutions.

  • Associations between Psychosocial Problems and Personality Disorders among Egyptian Adolescents

  • Abd-Elraqeep Elbheiry, Mahmoud Emam
  • Journal:
    The Spanish Journal of Psychology / Volume 16 / 2013
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    21 August 2013, E78

  • The study investigated the relationship between psychosocial problems and personality disorders among a sample of 817 Egyptian adolescents (408 males and 409 females). Using 15 subscales from the Adolescent Psychopathology Scale (APS-long form) we assessed prevalence rates of a number of internalizing and externalizing psychosocial disorders. Additionally, we investigated whether there are gender differences in psychopathology among Egyptian adolescents and to what extent can psychosocial problems predict specific personality disorders. Stepwise multiple regression analyses showed that the participants experienced higher levels of PD, AV, and BD. Gender differences were found in certain personality disorders as well as in externalizing and internalizing psychosocial problems. A number of externalizing and internalizing psychosocial problems were highly predictive of specific personality disorders.

  • Prevalence of psychosocial problems in Dutch children aged 8–12 years and its association with risk factors and quality of life

  • M. Bot, B. J. E. de Leeuw den Bouter, M. C. Adriaanse
  • Journal:
    Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences / Volume 20 / Issue 4 / December 2011
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    25 August 2011, pp. 357-365
  • Aims.

    To determine the prevalence of psychosocial problems among Dutch children aged 8–12 years and studying its association with risk factors and quality of life.

    Methods.

    This study was conducted within the framework of a community-based health study in the north-west region of the Netherlands. The cross-sectional study sample consisted of 2703 children (1392 boys and 1311 girls). Psychosocial problems and quality of life were measured with the extended version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and KIDSCREEN-10, respectively. Questionnaires and data about risk factors (parental education level, ethnicity, family structure, income, chronic diseases and life events) were completed by the parents or caregivers.

    Results.

    The prevalence of psychosocial problems (SDQ score ≥14) in the total sample was 10.4%. The prevalence was higher in boys compared with girls (13.9% v. 6.6%, OR = 2.28; 95% CI = 1.75–2.97). Boys had significantly more hyperactivity/inattention, conduct, peer relationship and prosocial behaviour problems compared with girls. Risk factors associated with psychosocial problems were: one or more chronic disease(s), life event(s), a low parental educational level (for boys only) and an income under a modal level. Psychosocial problems were significantly inverse related with quality of life in the total sample (rho = −0.47).

    Conclusions.

    Psychosocial problems are common in children, especially among boys, and are inversely related with children's quality of life. The identified risk factors in this study can be useful for developing targeted prevention strategies aimed at children at high risk for psychosocial problems.

  • 24 - Complex Public Health Emergencies

  • from PART II - OPERATIONAL ISSUES
  • Edited by Kristi L. Koenig, University of California, Irvine, Carl H. Schultz, University of California, Irvine
  • Book:
    Koenig and Schultz's Disaster Medicine
    Published online:
    05 August 2011
    Print publication:
    30 September 2009, pp 361-376

  • Summary

    This chapter focuses on the prototypical public health emergency commonly referred to as complex humanitarian emergencies (CHEs). CHEs are confined within nation-state borders and result in massive numbers of internally displaced populations (IDPs). The humanitarian community relies on use of specific direct and indirect indices to assess consequences including severity of the conflict, measure the impact or outcome of interventions in declining mortality and morbidity, and identify the most vulnerable of populations requiring care. In CHEs, deaths from the complications of a simple and preventable childhood disease highlight the inherent threat to the immune system that results from malnutrition and micronutrient diseases. Immediate psychosocial interventions focus on supporting public health activities aimed at reducing mortality and morbidity, mitigating the burden on the community of managing the seriously mentally ill who need specialized psychiatric care, and mobilizing community-based resiliency and adaptation to new circumstances affecting people during the emergency.