scholarly journals Functional Disability in Patients with Mood Disorders at St Paul’s Hospital Psychiatry Clinic, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 12 ◽  
pp. 181-189
Author(s):  
Elias Tesfaye ◽  
Chalachew Kassaw ◽  
Liyew Agenagnew
Keyword(s):  
Mood Disorders ◽  
Functional Disability ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Psychiatry Clinic ◽  
Hospital Psychiatry

The Establishment of a Mood Disorders Unit

1987 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Brodaty ◽  
Philip Boyce ◽  
Kay Wilhelm ◽  
Philip Mitchell ◽  
Gordon Parker
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Mood Disorders ◽  
Affective Disorders ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
First Year ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
General Hospital Psychiatry ◽  
Area Health ◽  
Hospital Psychiatry

The establishment within a general hospital psychiatry ward of a mood disorders unit (MDU), a specialised facility for the assessment and treatment of patients with affective disorders, is described. The aims include provision of a clinical service, a teaching resource for affective disorders and the development of a research centre. Details are provided of the organisation of the MDU, the development of programs for management of patients and the difficulties encountered. In the first year, 164 patients were assessed, of whom 36 were judged not to have a primary mood disorder. For the remainder, the most common DSM-III diagnosis was major depressive episode (n = 68), with about half having the melancholic sub-type. It is argued that a specialised diagnosis-related facility is feasible within a general hospital psychiatry service with area health commitments.

Family planning needs of male chronic mental patients in the general hospital psychiatry clinic

1994 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Coverdale ◽  
Dave Schotte ◽  
Pedro Ruiz ◽  
Scott Pharies ◽  
Timothy Bayer
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Mental Patients ◽  
Psychiatry Clinic ◽  
General Hospital Psychiatry ◽  
Hospital Psychiatry

scholarly journals Cognitive Remediation Therapy for Mood Disorders: Rationale, Early Evidence, and Future Directions

2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 319-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher R Bowie ◽  
Maya Gupta ◽  
Katherine Holshausen
Keyword(s):  
Mood Disorders ◽  
Functional Disability ◽  
Cognitive Impairments ◽  
Cognitive Remediation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Neurocognitive Deficits ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Schizophrenia Spectrum ◽  
Future Research Directions

People with mood disorders experience cognitive impairments that are predictive of functional disability. Cognitive remediation (CR) is an empirically validated intervention that is designed to remediate neurocognitive deficits and improve functioning. Although much of the focus of this treatment during the last decade has centred on attention deficit disorders, brain injury, and schizophrenia spectrum disorders, emerging evidence suggests that CR is an effective intervention for mood disorders and that these treatment effects translate into improvements in cognitive performance and possibly functioning. Our review aims to examine the profile and magnitude of cognitive impairments in mood disorders, review the evidence in support of CR for this population, and discuss future research directions in CR.

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