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ABSTRACTS / 27TH NORDIC PSYCHIATRIC CONGRESS I
assessment of body image. The number of patients studied is 87 and
a great majority of them are female. More than half of the patients
(47) filled in the questionnaires more than once but 40 patients
scored only once, as they did not stay on in therapy.
ResuUs: Analysis of this material is underway and will be presented
at the conference.
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■ntegrated psychosomatic medicine in a department of
acute internal medicine as part of the psychosocial
service provision of a metropolitan area
StefTen Haefner, Dr.. Centre for Psychotherapy Research, Christian-Belser-Str. 79a,
70597 Stuttgart, Germany. Rainer Schaefert, Joachim Roehm, Hans Wedler.
"Mfnerí&psyres-stuttgart.de
Background/aims: The study evaluates the integration of a hospital
for internal medicine in the psychosocial health care system of a
South German metropolitan area (Stuttgart).
Method: During a nine-months study period, data of ali patients
admitted to the hospital were collected about the way of admission
to the hospital, treatments prior to admission, days in hospital,
somatic and psychosomatic diagnoses according to ICD-10, the
treatment on the wards, and the treatment after discharge. At ad-
ntission and for the catamnestic evaluation 6 rnonths after dis-
charge, patients were given the SCL-90-R-questionnaire.
Results: A total of 1.250 treatment episodes could be included in
the study: 245 (19.%) were classified as psychosomatic patients, 232
(18.6%) as patients with addictive behaviour, 25 (2.0%) as psychia-
tric patients, and 748 (59.8%) as internal-somatic patients. 55.5% of
psychosomatic patients have not had any kind of psychosocial
treatment during the last 12 months prior to admission to hospital.
84.1% of the psychosomatic patients were recommended for further
psychosocial treatment after discharge. GSI of SCL-90-R was re-
duced from 1.20+0.74 to 0.92+0.80.
Conclusion: The low rate of patients with psychosocial treatment
before admission to the hospital emphasizes the important switch
function of the department for further treatment.
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Organization of old age psychiatry in Norway: Past,
Present and future
Asgcir Brugason. MD, Psychiatrist. Chairman of the Working Group for Old Age Psy-
chiatry, Norwegian Psychiatric Assoc., Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, PB 23 Vinderen.
• 5-Oslo, Norway. Knut Engedal.
osgeir 1 @msn.com
Background: Old Age Psychiatry has existed in Norway for about
30 years. It has been developing rapidly since 1990. The Working
Group for Old Age Psychiatry (Norwegian Psychiatric Associa-
tion) has collected information regarding the field in Norway.
Ainis: To describe the field of Old Age Psychiatry in Norway, past,
present, and future.
Method: Results of queries answered by Norwegian Old Age
Psychiatrists in 1990,1995, and 2001.
Results: There was no specialized outpatient department in 1990,14
in 2001. There were 15 consultant appointments in 1990,39 in 2001,
internships increased from 10 to 22 and psychologists from 10 to 31.
The number of beds decreased while the number of admissions has
increased. The length of admissions has decreased dramatically.
The number of outpatient consultations increased from 4469(1451)
in 1995 to 7152(2526) in 2001. The nurnber of PhD’s within the field
increased from 1 to 5.
Conclusions: Old Age Psychiatry is rapidly expanding in Norway
and is seeing more patients than ever. The length of admissions is
steadily decreasing. More patients are being treated as outpatients.
The academic activity is increasing but is still low, especially re-
garding depression and psychotic disorders. In our view the field of
Old Age Psychiatry in Norway is now mature enough to become a
subspecialty.
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Quality of life in patients with implantable defibrillators
compared to that of pacemaker recipients
Murgrét Leósdóttirt, Sigurösson E>, Reimarsdóttir Gi, Gottskálksson G', Vigfúsdóttir
M>, Torfason B>, Eggertsson S2, Amar DO>
iLandspítali-University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland 2Department of Anthropology,
University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
Introduction: While indications for Implantable Cardioverter Defi-
brillators (ICD) continue to proliferate, questions remain regarding
the quality of life of these patients. Some studies indicate a poorer
quality of life for ICD patients than the general population. How-
ever, studies comparing the quality of life of ICD patients with that
of patients with other implantable cardiac devices are lacking.
Aims: To test the hypothesis that ICD patients have a poorer qua-
lity of life than pacemaker patients.
Methods: The Icelandic Quality of Life Questionnaire (IQL) was
submitted to 41 ICD patients (mean age 62 years) and a compari-
son group of 61 patients with pacemakers (mean age 64 years).
Additionally, questions regarding topics, which might be of rele-
vance to ICD patients, were administered.
Results: No difference was found between the ICD and pacemaker
groups on IQL scores. However, ICD patients were slightly more
fearful of death (p=0,07) and towards returning to work (p=0,07)
than pacemaker patients but this fell just short of statistical signifi-
cance in our relatively small sample.
Conclusion: Contrary to our predictions, the overall quality of life
among ICD patients was similar to that of pacemaker recipients.
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Amyloid beta-peptide pathology in demented elderly
patients with schizophrenia
Rvliga D>-2, MD, PhD Studcnt, Neurotec, Karolinska Institutet, KFC, Novum, plan 4,
141 86 Stockholm, Sweden, Laudon H2, Styczynska M>, Winblad B2, Naslund J2,
Haroutunian V2.
>CMDiK, PAN, Warsaw, Poland, 2Karolinska Institutet, Neurotec, Stockholm. Sweden,
3MSSM/BVAMC, Bronx, NY, USA
dorota.religa@neurotec.ki.se
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