Gábor Ungvári

The University of Western Australia, School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Adjunct

University of Notre Dame (Australia), Division of Psychiatry, Faculty Member

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Matthew Broome

University of Oxford

Matthew Ratcliffe

University of York

Guillaume Dumas

Université de Montréal

Keith Laws

University of Hertfordshire

Ali Baykal

Bahcesehir University

Anne Corinne Huggins-Manley, Ph.D.

University of Florida

Wayne Wu

Carnegie Mellon University

Jonathan Cheek

Wellesley College

Irina Malkina-Pykh

Saint-Petersburg State University

Peter Mandl

Medical University of Vienna

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[An outline of the catatonia concept of the Wernicke-Kleist-Leonhard school of psychiatry]

PubMed, 2021

Following Wernicke and Kleist's footsteps, Karl Leonhard developed a detailed nosology of psychom... more Following Wernicke and Kleist's footsteps, Karl Leonhard developed a detailed nosology of psychomotor disturbances occurring in endogenous/functional psychoses. In Leonhard's classification the good prognosis cycloid motility psychosis is distinguished from the group of systemic and non-systemic catatonic schizophrenias. The diag - no sis of both types of catatonic schizophrenias is based on the recognition of a specific catatonic sign/symptom coupled with less specific, yet relatively stable other psychiatric symptoms forming unique Gestalts of psychiatric syndromes, or disease entities. These catatonic subtypes can be easily identified with practice and guidance by an experienced clinician. Apart from periodic catatonia, the other Leonhardian catatonia subtypes have never been subjected to syste - matic validation studies. The late Bertalan Petho refined the clinical description of catatonia in Leonhard's nosology and contributed to their clinical validation by conducting long-term follow-up studies.

The pharmacological treatment of catatonia: an overview

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, May 1, 2001

Over the past two decades, catatonia, particularly its acutely emerging akinetic-hypokinetic (stu... more Over the past two decades, catatonia, particularly its acutely emerging akinetic-hypokinetic (stuporous) variant, has gradually regained its importance in descriptive psychopathology. Electroconvulsive therapy and lately benzodiazepines are not only effective treatment options in this form of catatonia, but also helped generate neurobiological hypotheses concerning its pathophysiology. Within this broad framework, this paper summarizes the results of recent benzodiazepine treatment response studies in catatonic movement disorders with particular reference to the authors&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39; own studies in Chinese patients with catatonia.

[An outline of the catatonia concept of the Wernicke-Kleist-Leonhard school of psychiatry]

Psychiatria Hungarica : A Magyar Pszichiatriai Tarsasag tudomanyos folyoirata, 2021

Following Wernicke and Kleist's footsteps, Karl Leonhard developed a detailed nosology of psy... more Following Wernicke and Kleist's footsteps, Karl Leonhard developed a detailed nosology of psychomotor disturbances occurring in endogenous/functional psychoses. In Leonhard's classification the good prognosis cycloid motility psychosis is distinguished from the group of systemic and non-systemic catatonic schizophrenias. The diag - no sis of both types of catatonic schizophrenias is based on the recognition of a specific catatonic sign/symptom coupled with less specific, yet relatively stable other psychiatric symptoms forming unique Gestalts of psychiatric syndromes, or disease entities. These catatonic subtypes can be easily identified with practice and guidance by an experienced clinician. Apart from periodic catatonia, the other Leonhardian catatonia subtypes have never been subjected to syste - matic validation studies. The late Bertalan Petho refined the clinical description of catatonia in Leonhard's nosology and contributed to their clinical validation by conduct...

Organizational Environment of Outpatient Drug Treatment Services in Hungary: a Pilot Study

Central European Journal of Public Health, 2012

Objectives: Organizations engaged in drug addiction treatment started their activities only recen... more Objectives: Organizations engaged in drug addiction treatment started their activities only recently in Hungary. This paper examines the organisational environment in drug outpatient treatment using the example of Blue Point Foundation (BPF), a non-governmental organization (NGO). The authors describe BPF's organizational structure and functioning related to its effectiveness. Methods: BPF staff members anonymously completed a 59-item questionnaire about its organizational characteristics and functioning. The questionnaire covered demographic data, 50 items of the Quality Control questionnaire and a SWOT (Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats) analysis. Results: Policy and strategy were considered BPF's best feature, while the management of funds received the lowest rating. The assessment of the staff and that of the organization as a whole was closer to the midpoint of the scale. Discussion: High risk of staff burnout and unstable organizational environment are the most important threats on the NGOs working in addictology in Hungary.

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