ASEAN Journal
of Psychiatry
 
ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 8, No 1 (June), 2007
Contents

Message from the President of the ASEAN Federation for Psychiatry and Mental Health (AFPMH)
Pichet Udomratn ………………………………………………………………………1

 
Original articles
The mortality and outcome of delirium, dementia and other organic disorders: a two-year study
Prem Kumar Chandrasekaran , Stephen Thevanathan Jambunathan , Nor Zuraida Zainal .........................3
A review of carbamazepine and valproate use in a psychiatric hospital in Thailand
Chatchawan Silpakit, Orawan Silpakit ..............................................................................................9
The role of clinical pathways in the delivery of acute care in a tertiary psychiatric hospital in Southeast Asia
Margaret Hendr iks, Rathi Mahendran ...........................................................................................15
Nurses' perspective on the ethical issues of research in mentally ill patients
Rathi Mahendran, Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar, Elaine Pek ...............................................................................29
 
Opinions
ASEAN Psychiatry: past, present, and future
Pichet Udomratn, M. Parameshvara Deva .......................................................................................35
Symptoms, diagnoses, and pharmacotherapy in psychiatry
Chee Kuan Tsee .......................................................................................................................40
 
Short report
One-year incidence of diabetes mellitus in Thai schizophrenic patients
Chawanun Charnsil, Manit Srisurapanont, Surinporn Likhitsathian
      Vudhichai Boonyanaruthee, Ngamwong Jarusuraisin .................................................................44
 
Case report
Fluoxetine plus insight meditation therapy for an SLE patient with depressive disorder: a two- year follow-up
Benchalak Maneeton, S tephen Martin, Narong Maneeton ........................................................................47