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Aleksandar Janca
Researcher at University of Western Australia
Publications - 139
Citations - 6654
Aleksandar Janca is an academic researcher from University of Western Australia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Public health. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 137 publications receiving 6245 citations. Previous affiliations of Aleksandar Janca include World Health Organization & Royal Perth Hospital.
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Recovery from psychotic illness: a 15- and 25-year international follow-up study
Glynn Harrison,Kim Hopper,Tom K. J. Craig,Eugene M. Laska,C Siegel,Joseph Wanderling,K. C. Dube,K. Ganev,R. Giel,W. an der Heiden,S.K. Holmberg,Aleksandar Janca,P.W.H. Lee,C. Leon,S. Malhotra,Anthony J. Marsella,Y. Nakane,Norman Sartorius,Yucun Shen,C. Skoda,R. Thara,S.J. Tsirkin,V. Varma,Dermot Walsh,Durk Wiersma +24 more
TL;DR: A significant proportion of treated incident cases of schizophrenia achieve favourable long-term outcome, and Sociocultural conditions appear to modify long- term course.
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The effects of psychological stress on humans: increased production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and a Th1-like response in stress-induced anxiety
Michael Maes,Cai Song,Aihua Lin,Raf De Jongh,An Van Gastel,Gunter Kenis,Eugene Bosmans,Ingrid De Meester,Ina Benoy,Hugo Neels,P. Demedts,Aleksandar Janca,Simon Scharpé,R.S. Smith +13 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that changes in the production of the pro-inflammatory cytokines, TNF-alpha, IL-6 and IFN-gamma, and negative immunoregulatory cytokine,IL-10 and IL-4, take part in the homeostatic responses to psychological stress and that stress-induced anxiety is related to a T-helper-1-like response.
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Factors that impact on quality of life in Parkinson's disease: results from an international survey
L. Findley,T. Eichhorn,Aleksandar Janca,J. Kazenwadel,M. Baker,D. Currie-Gnjesda,K. Hughes,William C. Koller,A. Liebermann,Y. Mizuno,A. H. Rajput,S. Roy,Fabrizio Stocchi,B. Tewarie,Eduard Tolosa +14 more
TL;DR: Depression (as measured by the BDI) in PD, “satisfaction with the explanation of the condition at diagnosis” and “current feelings of optimism” have a significant impact on HRQL, first step towards developing management guidelines that truly influence the HRQL of patients with PD.
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Posttraumatic stress disorder among substance users from the general population
TL;DR: Findings indicate that cocaine/opiate users are over three times as likely as comparison subjects to report a traumatic event, report more symptoms and events, and are more likely to meet diagnostic criteria for PTSD.
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Psychiatric Assessment Instruments Developed by the World Health Organization
TL;DR: The main WHO instruments for the assessment of psychopathology, disability, quality of life and satisfaction, services, and (d) environment, and risk to mental health are reviewed.