Idiopathic pruritus in psychiatric inpatients: an explorative study

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 344-348

  Kretzmer, Galina Evstati ^a   Gelkopf, Marc ^a,b   Kretzmer, Gavin ^c   Melamed, Yuval ^a,d  

^a LEV HASHARON MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dermatology; Idiopathic pruritus; Itch; Psychiatry; Psychosocial stress

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CANNABIS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COCAINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TOPIRAMATE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; EMPLOYMENT; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATE-TRAIT ANGER EXPRESSION INVENTORY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEMPERAMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANGER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 45549084553     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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