Indicators of quality of care and their use in psychiatry

MUDr. Adam Žaludek

Psychiatr. praxi 2016; 17(3e): e3-e10 | DOI: 10.36290/psy.2016.038  

The quality of healtch care and it’s measurement is not a widespread issue despite great progress in the field of patient care and ongoingreform of psychiatric care.The aim of this article is to provide an overview of basic characteristics of quality indicators and to provide possible resources of those indicators.

Dependent personality disorder and depression

Mgr. Zuzana Sedláčková, Ph.D., prof. MUDr. Ján Praško, CSc., Mgr. Marie Ocisková, Ph.D.

Psychiatr. praxi 2016; 17(3e): e11-e19 | DOI: 10.36290/psy.2016.039  

Individuals with dependent personality disorder are indecisive, transfer responsibility to others, feel incapable and are afraid of abandonment.Comorbid psychiatric diagnosis are often in these individuals (anxiety disorders, adjustment disorders, personality disordersetc.). Depression is one of the possible comorbidities. In therapy we initially focus on stabilization of the current psychological state of theindividual, i. e. we reduce depressive symptoms. In the long-term perspective, we focus on the change of the maladaptive schemas andpatterns of behavior.

Psychosocial risk factors in schizophrenia

MUDr. Jana Janoutová, Ph.D., doc. RNDr. Omar Šerý, Ph.D., Mgr. Petr Ambroz, prof. MUDr. Ladislav Hosák, Ph.D., prof. MUDr. Vladimír Janout, CSc.

Psychiatr. praxi 2016; 17(3e): e20-e24 | DOI: 10.36290/psy.2016.040  

Psychosocial risk factors are together with environmental and genetic factors engaged in etiopathogenesis of schizophrenia. In this paper, the resultsof the project Epidemiology and Genetics of Schizophrenia are presented. Factors like a lower education, unemployment, family status, number ofchildren, problems with close persons, death of the closest person, home violence, physical or emotional deprivation, bullying and complication inthe mother´s pregnancy have been statistically more pronounced in the patients with schizophrenia in comparison with control subjects.

Liaison psychiatry

MUDr. Michal Vodička

Psychiatr. praxi 2016; 17(3e): e25-e40 | DOI: 10.36290/psy.2016.041  

Liaison psychiatry specializes in diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders in patients with somatic pathology. In many cases it is difficult to assess,whether mental disease is due to somatic or mental disease not only for psychiatrists, but also for somatic doctors, who may play down or disregardsymptoms of mental disease. Insufficient treatment of mental disorders in somatic ill patients increase morbidity and mortality of patients.

E-verze 3/16

Psychiatr. praxi 2016; 17(3e)