Georg Juckel

TL;DR: Investigating the relationship between affective temperament and mood swings in bipolar disorder found that mood swings, as represented by the cyclothymic temperament, are present prior to the first onset of bipolar disorder in a subset of patients.

TL;DR: Schizophrenia patients showed a specific pattern of proverb comprehension impairments related to executive dysfunction and symptoms, which suggests that a more comprehensive and severe impairment of complex higher-order cognitive functions including executive behavioural control and non-literal language comprehension might be associated with frontal dysfunction in schizophrenia as compared to alcohol use disorder.

TL;DR: Compared to a novel “third wave” mindfulness-based training program with an established skills training derived from dialectical behavior therapy, both programs resulted in a similar reduction of ADHD symptoms, and improvement of mindfulness and self-efficacy.

TL;DR: The results support the notion that alcohol-dependent patients with strong intensity dependence and antisocial tendencies form a subgroup with a serotonergic hypofunction and these patients may respond favorably to a relapse prevention with Serotonergic drugs.

TL;DR: The main presenting features, differential diagnoses, and treatment options for the main types of psychiatric emergency, as an aid to their rapid and effective management are discussed.