Affiliation: University of Ulm
- Examining the cost effectiveness of interventions to promote the physical health of people with mental health problems: a systematic reviewA La Park
Personal Social Services Research Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
BMC Public Health 13:787. 2013..The excess costs of co-morbid physical and mental health problems are substantial. Potentially, measures to reduce the risk of co-morbid physical health problems may represent excellent value for money...
- Psychosocial interventions in people with severe mental illness: a Bleulerian perspectiveThomas Becker
Department of Psychiatry II, Ulm University, Gunzburg, Germany
Neuropsychobiology 66:70-5. 2012..Bleuler emphasised the potential of therapeutic communities in providing care, the drawbacks of extended hospitalisation and the therapeutic potential of planned 'early discharge' and job integration...
- European network for promoting the physical health of residents in psychiatric and social care facilities (HELPS): background, aims and methodsPrisca Weiser
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy II, Ulm University, Gunzburg, Germany
BMC Public Health 9:315. 2009..However, there is a lack of knowledge across Europe concerning interventions that aim at reducing somatic morbidity and excess mortality by promoting behaviour-based and/or environment-based interventions...
- Long-term effects of involuntary hospitalization on medication adherence, treatment engagement and perception of coercionSusanne Jaeger
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy I, Ulm University, Zentrum für Psychiatrie Südwürttemberg, Versorgungsforschung, Weingartshofer Straße 2, 88214, Ravensburg, Germany
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 48:1787-96. 2013..The purpose of the study was to examine the long-term influence of involuntary hospitalization on medication adherence, engagement in out-patient treatment and perceived coercion to treatment participation...
- Rehospitalization risk of former voluntary and involuntary patients with schizophreniaCarmen Pfiffner
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy I, Centres for Psychiatry Südwürttemberg, Ulm University, Weissenau, ZfP Südwürttemberg, Versorgungsforschung, Weingartshofer Str 2, 88214, Ravensburg, Germany
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 49:1719-27. 2014..The aim of the study was to examine the differences between former involuntary and voluntary patients with a schizophrenic disorder with regard to time to and frequency of rehospitalization...
- Adherence styles of schizophrenia patients identified by a latent class analysis of the Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS): a six-month follow-up studySusanne Jaeger
Ulm University, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy I, Zentrum für Psychiatrie Südwürttemberg, Versorgungsforschung Weissenau, Weingartshofer Str 2, D 88214 Ravensburg, Germany
Psychiatry Res 200:83-8. 2012..Patients can be classified into adherence groups that are of predictive value for long-term patient outcome...
- Effectiveness of antipsychotic maintenance therapy with quetiapine in comparison with risperidone and olanzapine in routine schizophrenia treatment: results of a prospective observational trialReinhold Kilian
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy II, BKH Günzburg, Ulm University, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 262:589-98. 2012....
- Effectiveness and efficiency of integrated mental health care programmes in Germany: study protocol of an observational controlled trialAnnabel Sandra Stierlin
Department of Psychiatry II, Ulm University, Bezirkskrankenhaus Günzburg, Germany
BMC Psychiatry 14:163. 2014..Focus of this study is the analysis of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of this integrated care programme compared to care as usual in routine care surroundings in five regions in Germany...
- A systematic review of Chinese randomized clinical trials of SSRI treatment of depressionYing Zhang
Department of Psychiatry II, Ulm University, Ludwig Heilmeyer Str, 2, Guenzburg, 89312, Germany
BMC Psychiatry 14:245. 2014..This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the efficacy and tolerability of SSRIs in Chinese studies and the quality of Chinese randomized controlled trials...
- Preliminary study of patterns of medication use for depression treatment in ChinaYing Zhang
Department of Psychiatry II, Ulm University, Guenzburg, Germany
Asia Pac Psychiatry 5:231-6. 2013..According to published evidence, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have become the most commonly prescribed class of antidepressant drugs in China. ..
- The attitudes of mental health professionals towards patients' desire for childrenSilvia Krumm
Ulm University, Department of Psychiatry II, Bezirkskrankenhaus Guenzburg, Ludwig Heilmeyer Str, 2, 89312 Guenzburg, Germany
BMC Med Ethics 15:18. 2014..When a patient with a serious mental illness expresses a desire for children, mental health professionals are faced with an ethical dilemma. To date, little research has been conducted into their strategies for dealing with these issues...
- Physical illness in psychiatric inpatients: comparison of patients with and without substance use disordersKarel Frasch
1Department of Psychiatry II, Ulm University, Gunzburg, Germany
Int J Soc Psychiatry 59:757-64. 2013..Physical comorbidities and substance use are commonly reported in patients with mental disorders...
- The relationships between employment, clinical status, and psychiatric hospitalisation in patients with schizophrenia receiving either IPS or a conventional vocational rehabilitation programmeReinhold Kilian
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy II, University of Ulm, Bezirkskrankenhaus Günzburg, Ludwig Heilmeyer Str 2, 89312, Gunzburg, Germany
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 47:1381-9. 2012..Positive relationships between employment and clinical status have been found in several studies. However, an unequivocal interpretation of these relationships is difficult on the basis of common statistical methods...