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Family Forum / Parenting / Children's Health / April 2009Previously Undetected Metabolic Syndromes and Infectious Diseases Among Psychiatric Inpatients
Previously Undetected Metabolic Syndromes and Infectious Diseases Among Psychiatric Inpatients Psychiatr Serv 60:534-537 April 2009 doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.60.4.534 American Psychiatric Association Aileen B. Rothbard, Sc.D., Michael B. Blank, Ph.D., Jeffrey P. Staab, M.D., M.S., Thomas TenHave, Ph.D., M.P.H., Donald S. Young, M.D., Ph.D., Sheila D. Berry, A.A. and Susan Eachus, Ph.D. Dr. Rothbard, Dr. Blank, and Dr. Staab are affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry, Dr. TenHave is with the Department of Biostatistics, Dr. Young is with the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Ms. Berry is with the Department of Internal Medicine, all at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Dr. Eachus is with the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia. Send correspondence to Dr. Rothbard at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market St., Room 3014, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (e-mail: rothbard@mail.med.upenn.edu). OBJECTIVE: This study identified previously undetected metabolic and infectious disease among persons with serious mental illness who were admitted to psychiatric inpatient units. METHODS: Observational- naturalistic methods were used to simulate universal screening in order to document evidence of undetected disease among 588 adult psychiatric patients. Data were obtained from medical records and laboratory tests. RESULTS: Laboratory results showed that 10% of patients had HIV, 32% had hepatitis B, and 21% had hepatitis C. Glucose levels were elevated in 7%, and total cholesterol levels were elevated in 22%. Nearly 60% had body mass indices above 25. The treatment team missed a considerable proportion of infectious disease (95% of hepatitis B cases, 50% of hepatitis C cases, and 21% of HIV cases) and metabolic disorders (89% of cases with elevated total cholesterol levels and 97% of cases with elevated triglyceride levels). By contrast, only 18% of cases with elevated glucose levels were missed. CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated very high prevalence of both metabolic disorders and infectious diseases in a psychiatric inpatient population. http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/60/4/534 I sent the following to the authors of the study: "It is my hypothesis that DHEA was selected by evolution because DHEA optimizes replication and transcription of DNA. Therefore, all tissues rely on, and compete for, available DHEA. I suggest the brain uses DHEA at the expense of other tissues. This may be why hominid body robustness decreases as the brain increases in human evolution. Low DHEA has been found in a number of mental illnesses. I suggest all mental illnesses occur because of low DHEA (eg. schizophrenia, depression) or exhibit symptoms caused by exaggerated use of DHEA followed by exaggerated periods of low DHEA (eg. bipolar disorder). It is also known that DHEA protects against all infectious agents and low DHEA is connected with metabolic syndrome. I suggest your, et al., findings may represent the effects of low DHEA, that is, low DHEA is a common factor / cause in mental illness, metabolic syndrome, and infections." James Michael Howard www.anthropogeny.com > I sent the following to the authors of the study: SPAM?! On Apr 3, 7:58 am, "James Howard" <jmh.anthropogeny....@gmail.com> wrote: > I sent the following to the authors of the study: > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > James Michael Howardwww.anthropogeny.com Previously Undetected Metabolic Syndromes and Infectious Diseases Among Psychiatric Inpatients http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/60/4/534 Psychiatr Serv 60:534-537, April 2009 doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.60.4.534 American Psychiatric Association Brief Report Previously Undetected Metabolic Syndromes and Infectious Diseases Among Psychiatric Inpatients Aileen B. Rothbard, Sc.D., Michael B. Blank, Ph.D., Jeffrey P. Staab, M.D., M.S., Thomas TenHave, Ph.D., M.P.H., Donald S. Young, M.D., Ph.D., Sheila D. Berry, A.A. and Susan Eachus, Ph.D. Dr. Rothbard, Dr. Blank, and Dr. Staab are affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry, Dr. TenHave is with the Department of Biostatistics, Dr. Young is with the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Ms. Berry is with the Department of Internal Medicine, all at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Dr. Eachus is with the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia. Send correspondence to Dr. Rothbard at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market St., Room 3014, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (e-mail: rothbard@mail.med.upenn.edu). OBJECTIVE: This study identified previously undetected metabolic and infectious disease among persons with serious mental illness who were admitted to psychiatric inpatient units. METHODS: Observational- naturalistic methods were used to simulate universal screening in order to document evidence of undetected disease among 588 adult psychiatric patients. Data were obtained from medical records and laboratory tests. RESULTS: Laboratory results showed that 10% of patients had HIV, 32% had hepatitis B, and 21% had hepatitis C. Glucose levels were elevated in 7%, and total cholesterol levels were elevated in 22%. Nearly 60% had body mass indices above 25. The treatment team missed a considerable proportion of infectious disease (95% of hepatitis B cases, 50% of hepatitis C cases, and 21% of HIV cases) and metabolic disorders (89% of cases with elevated total cholesterol levels and 97% of cases with elevated triglyceride levels). By contrast, only 18% of cases with elevated glucose levels were missed. CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated very high prevalence of both metabolic disorders and infectious diseases in a psychiatric inpatient population. > http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/60/4/534 > [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > of both metabolic disorders and infectious diseases in a psychiatric > inpatient population. A little perspective wrt research ho's rank in the United Pathocracy of America. ! Sex Industry workers in Las Vegas get $20,000 per session for performing lap dances for the psychopaths who commission the publication of propaganda like that. America's research ho's only get about $10,000 per piece of propagandist trash they publish. Huh? > >http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/60/4/534 > [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] > > - Show quoted text - |
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