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There is a critical shortage of psychiatric services to people with mental illness who live in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), especially those in rural settings. Although real-time video conferencing psychiatric consultation, termed Synchronous Telepsychiatry (STP), has been around for almost 3 decades, its adaptation is met with logistic and other challenges. In this context, the investigators investigate a novel method of psychiatric consultation termed Asynchronous Telepsychiatry (ATP). The main hypotheses are that that ATP will be as clinically effective as STP, and that it will be acceptable to patients. This study aims to evaluate the comparative clinical effectiveness of ATP vs. STP in SNF population, in a 12-month non-inferiority, randomized, controlled trial.
comparison of intramuscular olanzapine and ketamine efficacy as first medication for fast sedation of patients with agitation and aggressive behavior. Five hundred patients with agitation caused by psychiatric disorder were randomly assigned under double-blind conditions to receive olanzapine or ketiapine. The Overt Agitation Severity Scale, Overt Aggression Scale and Ramsay Sedation Scale will be applied within 12 hours after the first dosage.
This study aims to evaluate the therapeutic effect of low frequency rTMS over the right DLPFC, versus right OFC versus Sham group of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients. Sixty patients will be recruited from the out-patient psychiatric clinic of a university hospital, and randomized into three equal groups. The 1st group will receive 10 sessions of low frequency rTMS targeting right DLPFC by means of a butterfly coil, 120% RMT, 1 Hz, 3 trains, each of 500 pulses with a 40 seconds inter-train interval allowing the coil to cool. The 2nd group will receive 10 sessions of low-frequency rTMS over the right orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), the international 10-20 EEG system will be used to position the coil over the right OFC, at the right frontopolar 2 (Fp2) electrode site, using the following parameters: 120% motor threshold, 1 Hz, 3 trains, each of 500 pulses with a 40 seconds inter-train interval allowing the coil to cool. The 3rd group will receive sham stimulations with the same pulse delivery as the other groups but with the coil placed perpendicular to the scalp. The resting motor threshold (RMT) and cortical silent period (CSP) at different intensities from 110 % to 150 % will be measured before and after the end of sessions. All assessments like (Y-BOCS), (HAM-A), Beck Depression Inventory, (CGI-S), (MoCA) will be performed before and after end of the sessions and 3 months later.
This protocol aims to develop the use of behavioral and electroencephalographic measures during cognitive tasks in patients treated with deep brain stimulation during the stimulation parameters adjustments. The main clinical goal of this protocol is to find behavioral and or electroencephalographic markers to evaluates the right targeting of stimulation electrodes. On the more fundamental point of view, the study of those data can be used to understand better the action mechanisms of deep brain stimulation.
The goal of the study is to conduct a comparative randomized trial of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) vs. ketamine for patients with treatment resistant depression (TRD) in a real world setting with patient reported outcomes as primary and secondary outcome measures.
The involvement of family members is crucial and improves the prognosis of psychiatric patients and reinforces therapeutic adherence and reduces the frequency of relapses. For schizophrenia, the scientific literature clearly shows that it's in the interest of the patient to offer to his family a psychoeducational program. Therapeutic education programs are now part of the recommendations of good clinical practice and in the French health through the law n ° 2009-879 of July 21, 2009 on the reform of the hospital and relating to patients, health and territories.
The KSADS-COMP will facilitate identification of comorbid psychiatric and substance use diagnoses frequently missed in clinical practice, and improve adolescent treatment outcomes. The self-administered version of the KSADS-COMP can also be used cost-effectively in schools and juvenile justice settings where there is a growing interest in early identification and referral of youth in need of mental health services. The KSADS-Bridge assessment tool with its RDoC neurocognitive tasks, when completed with the self- or clinician administered KSADS-COMP, will help to create cross-talk between the DSM and RDoC diagnostic perspectives, and begin to generate a database on the relationship between RDoC constructs and treatment outcomes across a range of diagnostic categories.
This reported observational clinical study aims at identifying epigenetic markers in a sample of patients undergoing high dose inpatient psychotherapy suffering from a variety of psychiatric/psychosomatic diseases such as somatoform disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety disorders and eating disorders. The exact epigenetic markers that will be traced are yet to define. The investigators believe that 1. Epigenetic patterns found in the group of psychiatric patients show differences from healthy controls 2. Different diagnosis show differences in epigenetic patterns as well 3. Epigenetic patterns correlate to the severity of the psychosocial disorder as measured in interviews or psychometric ratings 4. Epigenetic patterns can change under inpatient high dose psychotherapy 5. Changes correlate to clinical psychometric variables.