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ADVANCES IN PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY
2010, VOLUME 19, ISSUE 2
Contents
MARIA PAŁUBA – In memoriam of Father Roman
– a reminiscence from Tworki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
FORUM: Forum: Are psychiatrists an endangered species
HEINZ KATSCHNIG – Are psychiatrists an endangered species
Observations on internal and external challenges to the profession . . . .89
COMMENTARIES:
ASSEN JABLENSKY – Psychiatry in crisis Back to fundamentals. . . . . .98
NICK CRADDOCK, BRIDGET CRADDOCK – Patients must be able
to derive maximum benefit from a psychiatrist’s medical skills and broad
training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
RODRIGO MUŇOZ – The golden years of psychiatry are in the future. . .101
SHEILA COLLINS – Bridging a cultural divide within medicine:
a role for psychiatrists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
STEVEN S. SHARFSTEIN – Psychiatry is alive and well . . . . . . . . . . . .103
FERNANDO LOLAS – Psychiatry: a specialized profession
or a medical specialty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
GEORGE IKKOS, NICK BOURAS, DANIEL McQUEEN, PAUL
ST.JOHN-SMITH – Medicine, affect and mental health services . . . . . . .106
WOLFGANG GAEBEL, JÜRGEN ZIELASEK, HELEN-ROSE
CLEVELAND – Psychiatry as a medical specialty: challenges
and opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
FELICE LIEH-MAK – Psychiatrists shall prevail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
DAVID M. NDETEI – Psychiatry and the psychiatrist have a great future . 110
MARIO MAJ – Are psychiatrists an endangered species . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
JACEK BOMBA – Are psychiatrists a distinct, endangered species . . . . . 113
Original papers
AGATA ORZECHOWSKA, AGNIESZKA HARASIUK, MONIKA
TALAROWSKA, KRZYSZTOF ZBORALSKI, JAN CHOJNACKI,
ANTONI FLORKOWSKI – Assessment of selected psychological
factors in patients with irritable bowel syndrome or gastroesopheagal
reflux disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
JOANNA SAWICKA, STANISŁAWA STEUDEN, MARIAN
LEDWOCH – Decoding of emotion in patients with depression. . . . .121
MARTA WITKOWSKA, DARIUSZ WIECZOREK, DARIA
BIECHOWSKA, KRZYSZTOF JODZIO – Anosognosia, unilateral
neglect and depression among patients with right hemisphere stroke. .127
Reviews
ATOMASZ ZYSS, ANDRZEJ ZIĘBA, DOMINIKA DUDEK,
ROBERT T. HESE – Evaluation of ECT effectiveness in depressive
disorders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
PIOTR WIERZBIŃSKI, WALDEMAR KRYSZKOWSKI,
SŁAWOMIR SZUBERT, ANTONI FLORKOWSKI,
PIOTR GAŁECKI – Potential antidepressive mechanisms
of the endocannabinoid system action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
SŁAWOMIR SZUBERT, PIOTR WIERZBIŃSKI,
MAŁGORZATA SZPILEWSKA, ANTONI FLORKOWSKI,
MARTA STROMBEK-MILCZAREK – Causes
and psychopathological characteristics of suicides attempted
and committed by psychiatric inpatients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
TOMASZ SOBÓW – Alzheimer’s disease: do cholinesterase
inhibitors affect the natural course of the disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Case reports
KPIOTR ANTONI WOŹNIAK, MAŁGORZATA OLĘDZKA-ORĘZIAK,
MAGDALENA WIKTOROWICZ , ANNA BATIJEWSKA, MARIA
GAŁECKA-WOLSKA, BEATA LIPSKA , MARCIN CZARNOCKI ,
KAZIMIERZ ANDRZEJ WARDYN – Primary polydipsia in a patient
with paranoid schizophrenia: case report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
WOJCIECH MERK, KRZYSZTOF KUCIA, MAGDALENA
MARSZAŁEK, MAŁGORZATA PRZYTUŁA, KAROLINA DRZYZGA
– Effectiveness of continuation/maintenance ECT in drug-refractory
depression with psychotic features – case report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Book review
JAN KOBAYASHI – Ghaemi SN The Rise and Fall of the Biopsychosocial
Model: Reconciling Art and Science in Psychiatry. The John Hopkins
University Press, Baltimore, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177