People suffering from mental illnesses show an increased prevalence of somatic comorbidities, with approximately 50% of those with schizophrenia suffering from at least one somatic disease. The reason for this is assumed to be a combination of lifestyle factors, socioeconomic factors, illness-inherent factors but also factors associated with health care provision. An adequate...
Endovascular recanalization of occluded major cerebral vessels in acute ischemic stroke has been the subject of intensive research for more than 25 years. The aim is the complete removal of occluding thrombotic material from the vessel system. In the standard procedure the thrombus is extracted from the vessel with a stent retriever device or aspiration of the thrombus is...
The presented case shows that gambling addiction can develop after many years of problematic gambling behavior in which gambling is experienced by the patient as a positive and effective means of tension regulation. Typical for this initial phase is that a sufficient perception of the problem does not exist although some problems already exist. Even during the phase of advanced...
The present work provides preliminary insight into the training situation for psychotherapists in Austria. On the basis of a survey of candidates at the beginning of their training, the requirements of psychotherapeutic training candidates in Austria are considered. Psychotherapists in training were interviewed at the beginning of their training concerning their sociodemographic...
The concept that atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease is well supported by histological, imaging, epidemiological and experimental evidence and was recently proven by a milestone intervention trial (Canakinumab Anti-inflammatory Thrombosis Outcome Study [CANTOS]). As a clinically important component of the inflammation hypothesis, chronic inflammatory diseases, especially...
Group psychotherapy achieves medium to large effects in the treatment of unipolar depression. A larger offer of group therapy could improve the poor supply-situation in Austria. When patients are choosing a therapy, the following factors are more important than the setting: rapid availability, lower costs, easy to reach. A new therapy group can be established in a few months...
Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) allow standardized assessment, analysis and documentation of the patient perspective, fostering patient-centred care and individual treatment decisions.At the University Hospital of Psychiatry II at the Medical University of Innsbruck, electronic routine outcome monitoring (eROM) was implemented in a four step process. Starting in June 2015, all...
Doctors look after maltreated and abused children. Society’s definitions of what maltreatment and abuse are have changed throughout history in Europe. In other countries and cultures different ideas exist.Child-protection work, such as that started by the author and Michael Höllwarth, together with other colleagues in Graz in 1990, had only one aim: ending damage, maltreatment...
Economic analysis of the system of healthcare alone fundamentally misses the essence of this institution, which is found in all cultures and has reached a highly complex level of organization in modern societies. A point of view in which the basis of health care is conceived as a curative structure is more appropriate. In this view, the physician is conceptualized as an empathic...