Jesper Nørgaard Kjaer will present Workforce migration in the Scandinavian countries – do trainees still want to leave from what is perceived by everyone else as the paradise? and judge in the poster competition.

Presenters at the conference:

• Jesper Nørgaard Kjær: Workforce migration in the Scandinavian countries – do trainees still want to leave from what is perceived by everyone else as the paradise? (e-Poster Walk)
• Christopher Rohde: Real-world Effectiveness of Clozapine for Mental Retardation: Results from a Mirror-image and a Reverse-mirror-image Study (ePoster Walk)
• Clara Reece Medici: Typical and atypical antipsychotics in acute mania: Comparison of effectiveness (ePoster)
• Astrid Harpøth: A preclinical assessment of the antidepressant-like effect of Isoflurane (ePoster)
• Amalie Bach Dybdal: Can doctors apply treatment strategies for patients with bodily distress syndrome (ePoster)

Christopher Rohde discuss the use of stimulants in patients with schizophrenia. In a register-based study the authors found that patients with schizophrenia treated with CNS stimulants has a reduced risk of psychiatric admission, fewer days per admission and lower use of antipsychotic medication.  Read more here (in Danish).

Christopher Rohde investigated the effects of clozapine in borderline personality disorder. Clozapine was associated with a reduction in psychiatric admissions from 2.52 (95%-CI 2.31-2.78) to 2.00 (95%-CI 1.77-2.23) admissions and a reduction in psychiatric bed-days from 190.08 (95%-CI 176.84-203.33) to 65.95 (95%-CI 58.27-73.66) bed-days. Further, the number of patients with intentional self-harm or overdose decreased significantly from 189 to 114 individuals after clozapine initiation. Read more here.

Read the book ‘Mental Health and Illness in the City‘ edited by Christina Blanner Kristiansen, Niels Okkels and Povl Munk-Jørgensen.

Jeppe Henriksen found that death occurred with an incidence rate of 2.63 per 100 person-years and 2.09 per 100 person-years for lonely and non-lonely individuals, respectively, suggesting an association between loneliness and increased risk of mortality. Further, gender differences may exist. Read more here.

Johanne Kodal and Jesper Nørgaard Kjær investigated the incidence of mechanical restraint in relation to staffing level, staff demographics, patient characteristics, type of shift (day/evening/night) and change of shifts. They found that the incidence of mechanical restraint was higher with evening shifts and a higher number of male care workers on duty. Read more here.

Christopher Rohde found that cardiac adverse effects in Danish out-patients initiating clozapine treatment are extremely rare and these rates appear to be comparable to those observed for other antipsychotic drugs. Read more here.

Clara Reece Medici co-authored a study on quality of life and physical health in patients with schizophrenia. The authors found that patients with schizophrenia presented with low quality of life and elevated risk factors for poor physical health. Life style intervention added onto ‘treatment as usual’ improved some risk factors for poor physical health among long-term patients. The number of interventions had an elevating effect on quality of life. Read more here.

Joseph Bienvenu wrote an editorial ‘No luck with preadmission anti-inflammatory drugs to prevent postcritical illness psychiatric morbidity’ referring to Clara Reece Medici’s article ‘No Impact of Pre-admission Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use on Risk of Depression and Anxiety after Critical Illness’. Read the editorial here.