Recent literature suggests that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients are at an increased risk of suicidal behavior. The purpose of our study was to assess the impact of psychiatric ...comorbidity on suicidality (as assessed by SUAS) and relationship to combat exposure (as assessed by CES) in 277 veterans suffering from chronic PTSD. The diagnosis of PTSD and psychiatric comorbidity was confirmed according to DSM-IV criteria. Patients with PTSD and comorbidity had significantly higher scores (p<0.01) on the measures of suicidality and combat exposure than the groups without psychiatric comorbidity. These findings suggest that persons with PTSD and psychiatric comorbidity are at a higher risk of suicidal behavior. Therefore, on assessing suicide risk in PTSD patients attention should be paid to comorbidity factors, in order to reduce the risk of fatal complications.
The aim of this research was to investigate the opinions and attitudes of medical
staff towards schizophrenic patients. The research included three groups of examinees,
200 physicians of various ...specialties, 200 nurses and technicians working in Zagreb
city hospitals, and 200 3rd and 4th year students of the School of Medicine in Zagreb.
Previously validated anti-stigma questionnaire was used, consisting of 25 questions divided
into three thematic groups, structured and adapted to the specific requirements of
this study. The results were mutually compared and statistically analyzed by applying
the
2-test. Significant difference (p < 0.01) between the answers of physicians and those
of medical students was found in questions 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 22, 23, 25, and
between physicians and nurses/technicians in answers to questions 4, 15, 22, 23. Significant
difference (p < 0.01) between the answers given by nurses/technicians and medical
students was found in questions 10, 13, 22, 23. The results point to the existence of
prejudices and stigmatizing attitudes in all three investigated groups. The most frequent
reasons for stigmatizing attitude of students are based on fear and insufficient
knowledge about mental patients and schizophrenia as a disease, while there are a high
percentage of positive answers to the questions on rehabilitation and resocialization.
The nurses/ technicians also show a high degree of mistrust towards schizophrenic patients
and mostly answer with »I don't know«, thus presenting insufficiently formed attitudes
about the mentioned problems. The physicians in their answers confirm fear,
mistrust and stigmatizing attitudes towards schizophrenic patients found in general
population in Croatia1. The consequences of such attitudes are the low quality of life of
schizophrenic patients, and slow, often incomplete, resocialization.
Aim
To determine antimicrobial activity of honey against clinical bacterial strains and their respective reference strains.
Methods
Twelve samples of Croatian honey from various botanical origin were ...evaluated for their antimicrobial activity against four clinical antibiotic resistant pathogens and their respective reference strains: Staphylococcus aureus, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli. Antibacterial susceptibility was checked out by using broth microdilution method and interpreted according to the European Committee for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) recommendations.
Results
Significant differences in the antibacterial activity of tested honey samples were noticed. Fir honeydew honey and Mint honey showed the best antibacterial potential, while the Locust tree honey, Rapeseed honey and Spring pasture honey expressed the weakest antimicrobial activity.
Conclusion
Croatian honey, prominently honeydew honey, has the potential to become an important additive to therapeutic techniques available to a medical practitioner against resistant pathogens, but the exact mechanisms of its activity should be investigated further.
Jedan od ciljeva kliničke procjene je diferencijalno-dijagnostička kategorizacija bolesti i poremećaja te je
važno znati koliko psihologijski mjerni instrumenti mogu pomoći u razlikovanju različitih ...dijagnostičkih
skupina. Cilj i svrha ovog istraživanja je utvrditi diferencijalno dijagnostičku vrijednost baterije psihologijskih
mjernih instrumenata, odnosno ispitati mogućnost razlikovanja kategorija psihičkih poremećaja i poremećaja
ponašanja na testu kognitivnih sposobnosti (WB II), upitniku ličnosti (MMPI-201) i projektivnoj tehnici
(WTZ). Podatci su prikupljeni na pacijentima Neuropsihijatrijske bolnice „Dr. Ivan Barbot“ u Popovači u
razdoblju od kolovoza 2009. godine do 2014. godine. Pacijenti su bili upućeni na psihologijsku procjenu
tijekom bolničkog ili ambulantnog liječenja. Analizirani su odgovori 794 pacijenata s različitim psihičkim
poremećajima i poremećajima ponašanja. Rezultati pokazuju kako se različite kategorije psihičkih poremećaja
i poremećaja ponašanja razlikuju u testovnim postignućima i izraženosti simptoma. Radom se potvrdila
potreba za uključivanjem sveobuhvatne baterije psihologijskih mjernih instrumenata u kliničku procjenu, jer
se jedino kombinacijom rezultata dobivenih na različitim tehnikama mogu dobiti rezultati koji će povećati
valjanost diferencijalno-dijagnostičkog procesa.
