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Validity of an Abbreviated Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q-18) for Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective, and Mood Disorder Patients by Ritsner, Michael, Kurs, Rena, Gibel, Anatoly, Ratner, Yael, Endicott, Jean

“…We sought to identify a core subset of Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q) items that maintains the validity and psychometric…”
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Perceived Quality of Life in Schizophrenia: Relationships to Sleep Quality by Ritsner, Michael, Kurs, Rena, Ponizovsky, Alexander, Hadjez, Jack

“…We examined the relationship between perceived quality of life (QOL) and subjective quality of sleep among schizophrenia patients, and its relation to symptom…”
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Quality of Life and Temperament Factors in Schizophrenia: Comparative Study of Patients, Their Siblings and Controls by Kurs, Rena, Farkas, Herman, Ritsner, Michael

“…This study aimed to determine which temperament factors are associated with quality of life (QOL) in schizophrenia based on a triplet design comparing patients…”
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Vulnerability of Individuals With Mental Disorders to Epistemic Injustice in Both Clinical and Social Domains by Kurs, Rena, Grinshpoon, Alexander

“…Many individuals who have mental disorders often report negative experiences of a distinctively epistemic sort, such as not being listened to, not being taken…”
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Appointment of a Guardian for the Institutionalized Mentally Frail: Is It Necessary? by Melamed, Yuval, MD, MHA, Finkel, Boris, MD, Kurs, Rena, BA, Zadkani-Fresch, Orina, MSW, Bleich, Avi, MD, MPA

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The Interface Between Sartre’s Theory of Emotions and Depersonalization/Derealization by Kurs, Rena

“…Human beings are emotional beings and emotions are one’s way of relating to the world. Sartre’s Emotions, An Outline of a Theory lies on the borderline between…”
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Internalization of stigma and self-esteem as it affects the capacity for intimacy among patients with schizophrenia by Segalovich, Jenny, Doron, Adiel, Behrbalk, Pnina, Kurs, Rena, Romem, Pnina

“…The study examines the relationship between internalization of stigma, self-esteem, and the ability of people diagnosed with schizophrenia to form intimate…”
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The Effect of Humorous Movies on Inpatients With Chronic Schizophrenia by Gelkopf, Marc, Gonen, Bruria, Kurs, Rena, Melamed, Yuval, Bleich, Avi

“…We assessed the impact of humorous movies on psychopathology, anxiety, depression, anger, social functioning, insight, and therapeutic alliance in…”
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Short-Term Hospitalization Underlies the Similarity between Involuntarily and Voluntarily Admitted Patients: A One-Year Cohort Study by Ritsner, Michael, Kurs, Rena, Grinshpoon, Alexander

“…This study compared individuals admitted to a psychiatric hospital under a civil involuntary commitment order (IA) and patients admitted voluntarily (VA) using…”
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Revolving-door patients in a public psychiatric hospital in Israel: cross sectional study by Oyffe, Igor, Kurs, Rena, Gelkopf, Marc, Melamed, Yuval, Bleich, Avi

“…AIM. To study social, demographic, clinical, and forensic profiles of frequently re-hospitalized (revolving-door) psychiatric patients. METHODS. The study…”
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Routine Drug Screening for Patients in the Emergency Department of a State Psychiatric Hospital: A Naturalistic Cohort Study by Margolis, Anatoly, Rosca, Paola, Kurs, Rena, Sznitman, Sharon R., Grinshpoon, Alexander

“…Objective: This study investigates the proportion of drug users among patients with mental disorders who attended the emergency department of one major…”
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Cost effectiveness, safety, and satisfaction with video telepsychiatry versus face-to-face care in ambulatory settings by Modai, Ilan, Jabarin, Mahmoud, Kurs, Rena, Barak, Peretz, Hanan, Ilan, Kitain, Ludmila

“…Videoconference telepsychiatry provides an alternative for the psychiatric treatment of mental health patients who reside in remote communities. The objective…”
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Voting rights for psychiatric patients: compromise of the integrity of elections, or empowerment and integration into the community? by Doron, Adiel, Kurs, Rena, Stolovy, Tali, Secker-Einbinder, Aya, Raba, Alla

“…Participation of the mentally-ill in elections promotes integration into the community. In many countries, individuals with compromised mental incompetence who…”
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Coping patterns as a valid presentation of the diversity of coping responses in schizophrenia patients by Ritsner, Michael S., Gibel, Anatoly, Ponizovsky, Alexander M., Shinkarenko, Evgeny, Ratner, Yael, Kurs, Rena

“…This study aimed to identify coping patterns used by schizophrenia inpatients in comparison with those used by healthy individuals, and to explore their…”
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Somatization in an Immigrant Population in Israel: A Community Survey of Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Help-Seeking Behavior by Ritsner, Michael, Ponizovsky, Alexander, Kurs, Rena, Modai, Ilan

“…OBJECTIVE: Knowledge about the frequency, severity, and risk factors of somatization (somatic manifestations of psychological distress) among immigrants is…”
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Insight into Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms and Awareness of Illness in Adolescent Schizophrenia Patients with and without OCD by Faragian, Sarit, Kurs, Rena, Poyurovsky, Michael

“…A substantial proportion of adolescent schizophrenia patients also has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). As the reliability of OCD identification in…”
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Awareness of Illness and Insight Into Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in Schizophrenia Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Poyurovsky, Michael, Faragian, Sarit, Kleinman-Balush, Vered, Pashinian, Artashez, Kurs, Rena, Fuchs, Camil

“…Obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) have been revealed in a substantial proportion of schizophrenia patients. We sought to evaluate insight into OCS in…”
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Predictors of Quality of Life in major psychoses: A naturalistic follow-up study by RITSNER, Michael, KURS, Rena, GIBEL, Anatoly, HIRSCHMANN, Shmuel, SHINKARENKO, Evgeny, RATNER, Yael

“…Improved quality of life (QOL) of patients suffering from major psychoses has become an important treatment goal. We sought to determine predictors of…”
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Quality of life outcomes of risperidone, olanzapine, and typical antipsychotics among schizophrenia patients treated in routine clinical practice: A naturalistic comparative study by RITSNER, Michael, GIBEL, Anatoly, PERELROYZEN, Galina, KURS, Rena, JABARIN, Mahmoud, RATNER, Yael

“…Findings in previous studies investigating the beneficial effect of risperidone and olanzapine versus typical antipsychotics on quality of life (QOL) are…”
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Evaluation of the capacity of inpatients with chronic schizophrenia to provide informed consent for participation in clinical trials; use of the Hebrew version of the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Clinical Research (MacCAT-CR) by Linder, Mull, Lev-Ari, Lilac, Kurs, Rena, Melamed, Yuval

“…Patient protection requires the provision of informed consent for participation in medical research. The MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Clinical…”
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