Chapters in Books

​​Bech P, Kjærsgaard K, Simonsen N, Lund M. Personality in epilepsy. In: Penry, J. K. (ed) Epilepsy. The Eighth International Symposium.  Raven Press, New York 1977; 257-263

 

Gram LF, Bech P, Reisby N, Nagy A, Christiansen J. Factors influencing pharmacokinetics and clinical effects of tricyclic antidepressants. In: Garattini, S. (ed) Depressive disorders. Schattauer Verlag, Stuttgart 1978; 337-346.

 

Gjerris A, Bech P, Broen-Christensen C, Geisler A, Klysner R, Rafaelsen OJ. Haloperidol plasma levels in relations to antimanic effect. In Usdin E, Dahl S, Gram LF, Lingjærde O (eds).  Clinical  Pharmacology and Psychiatry, MacMillan Press, London, 1980. pp 227-232

 

Bech P, Rafaelsen OJ. Personality and manic-melancholic illness. In Achté K, Aalberg V, Lönnqvist, J. (eds). Psychiatria Fennica Supplementum 1980, 223-231.

Rafaelsen OJ, Bech P, Bolwig TG, Kramp P, Gjerris, A. The Bech-Rafaelsen combined rating scale for mania and melancholia. In Achté K, Aalberg V, Lönnqvist J (eds). Psychiatria Fennica, Supplementum 1980, 327-331.

 

Bech P, Rafaelsen OJ. Kliniske bedømmelsesskalaer, konstruktion og anvendelse. In Andersen D, Havsteen B, Juhl E, Riis P (eds.) Lægevidenskabelig forskning. F.A.D.L.'s Forlag, København 1982.

 

Bech P. The use of rating scales for affective disorders. In Helgason T (ed) Methodology in evaluation of psychiatric treatment. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1983

 

Gjerris A, Bech P, Andersen J, Bøjholm S, Kramp P, Bolwig TG, Kastrup M, Clemmesen L, Rafaelsen OJ. The Melancholia Scale, the Newcastle Scales, and the Eighth International Classification of Disease: Inter-observer reliability and diagnostic validity. Biological Psychiatry, Recent Studies, Depressive Illness. In Burrows, G, Norman T R, Maguire KP (eds).  John Libbey, London, 1984, pp 121-125

 

Kastrup M, Bech P. Unipolar and bipolar depression: Symptomatology and Treatment Effect. The spectrum of antidepressant effect. P Pichot (ed). Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, 1984.

Bech P. Klinisk psykiatrisk forskning: Rating scales, Principper og anvendelse. I Problemer i psykiatrisk forskning. N Reisby (ed). F.A.D.L.'s forlag, København, 1984: 46-52.

Bech P. Clinical criteria for selection of patients for research in biological psychiatry. In New Research Strategies in Biological Psychiatry. Kemali D, Morozov PV, Toffano G (eds). John Libbey, London, 1984

 

Bech P. Psychopharmacology and the classification of depression. Use of cyclic antidepressants: DSM-III and ICD-9. In Burrows GD, Norman TR, Dennerstein L (eds). Clinical and Pharmacological Studies in Psychiatric Disorders. John Libbey, London 1985: 1-7

Bech P. Methods to evaluate depressive and psychotic symptoms. In: Biological Psychiatry in Europe today (Pepplinkhuizen, Verhoeven WMA (eds).Vitgiverig De Medicus, Leidendorp, Holland 1986, pp 55-58.

Bech P, Langer, S. Z., Mellerup, E., Vartanian, M. E. Validity of Imipramine platelets Binding Sites as a biological marker of endogenous depression. In: Chagas C, Josiassen RC, Bridger WH, Weiss KJ, Stoff D, Simpson GM (eds). Developments in psychiatry, vol. 7. Elsevier 1986. pp 1510-1512.

Bech P, Rafaelsen OJ. The Melancholia Scale: Development, Consistency, Validity and Utility. In: Sartorius N and Ban TA (eds) Assessment of Depression. Springer: Berlin, 1986: 259-269.

 

Philipp M, Maier W, Buller R, Gjerris A, Bech P. Angst und Depression: Erfassung Körperlicher und Psychischer Aspekte mittels der Hamilton-Skalen.In: Hippius H (Hrgb) Angst-Leitsymptom psychiatrischer Erkrankungen. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg 1987

 

Bech P. Construct validity of rating scales for melancholia. In: Human Psychopharmacology. Hindmarch I and Stonier PD (eds). John Wiley: Chichester; 1987, pp 19-29.

 

Bech P, Rafaelsen OJ. Kvantitativ forskning i psykiatri. I: Andersen, D. et al. Lægevidenskabelig forskning (4. udg).  F.A.D.L., København 1987, pp 276-288.

 

Bech P. Clinical effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. In: Dahl SG, Gram LF (eds) Clinical Pharmacology in Psychiatry. Springer: Berlin, 1989, pp 81-93.

 

Bech P. Clinical properties of citalopram in comparison with other antidepressants: A quantitative meta-analysis. In: Montgomery, S. A. (ed). Citalopram: The new antidepressant. Excerpta Medica 1989, pp 56-68

 

Bech P. Diagnostic and classification tradition of mental disorders in the twentieth century in Scandinavia. In: Sartorius N (ed). Sources of diagnosis in different cultures. Hans Huber: Bern, 1990, pp 153-169.

Bech P, Rasmussen S, Dahl A, Lauritsen B, Lund K. Withdrawal states after alcohol and minor tranquilizers: Shared phenomenology as index for standardized substitution therapy. In: Stefanis CN (ed). Psychiatry: A world perspective vol. 1. Elsevier 1990, pp 1211-1218.

Bech P. The Construct validity of the diagnostic melancholia scale in the qualitative spectrum of depression with special reference to prediction of drug response. In: Stefanis CN (ed). Psychiatry: A world perspective vol. 1. Elsevier 1990, pp 440-445.

Bech P. Methodological problems in assessing quality of life as outcome in psy­chopharmacology. A multi-axial approach. In: Benkert O, Rickels K (eds). Methodology and evaluation of psychotropic drugs.  Springer: Berlin 1990.

Bech P. Measuring the efficacy of psychotropic drugs: Clinical symptoms and rating scales. In: Benkert O, Rickels K (eds). Methodology and evaluation of psychotropic drugs.  Springer: Berlin 1990.

Bech P. The clinical measurement of aggression. In: Thompson, C., Cowen P. (eds.). The Science and Psychiatry of Violence. Oxford, 1991 pp 186-196.

 

Bech P. Symptoms and assessment of depression. In: Paykel ES (ed.) Handbook of affective disorders. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone 1992, pp 3-13.

 

Bech P, Dunbar GC, Stoker MJ. The challenge of measuring quality of life in psychiatric patients. In: Jönsson B, Rosenbaum J (eds.). The Health Economics of depression.Chichester: Wiley 1993

 

Bech P, Langemark M, Loldrup D, Krogh Rasmussen B., Krabbe A. Tension-type Headache: Psychiatric Aspects. In: Olesen J, Schoenen J (eds.). Tension-type Headache: Classification, Mechanisms, and Treatment. New York: Raven Press 1993 pp 143-146

 

Kastrup MC, Bech P. The use of brief rating scales for psychopathologic States with reference to DSM-III-R. In: Mezzich JE, Jorge MR, Salloum IM (eds.). Psychiatric epidemiology. Assessment concepts and methods. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994, pp 321-331

 

Bech P. The PCASEE model: an approach to subjective well-being. In: J Orley W Kuyken (eds). Quality of Life Assessment: international perspectives. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1994

 

Bech P, Mak M. Measurements of impulsivity and aggression. In: Hollander E, Stein D (eds.). Impulsivity and aggression. New York: John Wiley 1995, pp 25-41.

 

 

Lauritzen L, Kørner A, Bech P. Psychogeriatric Rating Scales: Interrater reliability and validity. In: Bergener M, Fenkel SI (eds.). Treating Alzheimer's and other dementias. Springer: 1995, pp 269-276.

 

Bech P. (ed). For andre er livet en selvfølge. Depressionssygdommen set med patientens øjne. København: Psykiatrifondens Forlag 1997

Bech P. Medicinsk behandling af depression. In Bech P. (ed). Depressionssygdommen og dens behandling. København: Psykiatrifondens Forlag 1997, p. 111-121Kapitel 17: Bech P. Sundhedsrelateret livskvalitet of depression. S. 143-151

 

Bech P. Sundhedsrelateret livskvalitet og depression. In Bech P. (ed). Depressionssygdommen og dens behandling. København: Psykiatrifondens Forlag 1997, p. 143-151

 

Bech P. Depression og livskvalitet. Hvornår og hvorfor skal man søge behandling. I: J Gerlach (ed.). Depression og depressionsbehandling. PsykiatriFondens Forlag 1997, pp 11-1

 

Bech P. Measurement and organisation in psychopharmacology. In: David Healy (Interviewer) The Psychopharmacologists II. London: Altman 1998; pp 449-520

 

Bech P. Stress, livskvalitet og depression. In: Larsen HE (ed.) I sort – en debatbog om depression. København: Lindhardt og Ringhoff 1999

 

Bech P. Methodological issues in individual quality of life assessment. In: Joyce CRB, McGee HM, O’Bolyle CA (eds.) Individual quality of life. Approaches to conceptualisation and assessment. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers 1999, pp 51-63

 

Bech P. Social anxiety disorder: the impact on quality of life. In: Westenberg, H.G.M. & den Boer, J.A. (eds.): Focus on psychiatry. Social Anxiety Disorder. Amsterdam: Syn-thesis 1999. pp 109-115

 

Bech P. Et præcist psykometer til aflæsning af depression og mani i den psykokemiske forskning. In: Mellerup E, Jørgensen OS, Plenge P, Broberg AM (eds.) Neuropsykiatriske aspekter. Udgivet i anledning af Neuropsykiatrisk Laboratoriums 100 års jubilæum 10. december 1998. København: Neuropsykiatrisk Laboratorium, Rigshospitalet, 1999; pp 42-50

 

Bech P. Stress og livskvalitet. København: PsykiatriFondens Forlag 1999.

Bech P. The difference in depression in men and women. In: Bech P, Dahl AA, Naukkarinen H (eds) What do we know about comorbidity today? Uddevalla: Det Mångkulturelle Förlaget, 2000: pp 6-19

 

Bech P. Clinical features of mood disorders and mania. In: Gelder MG, López-Ibor JJ and Andreasen N (eds.) New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry. Oxford University Press 2000, pp 682-688

Bech P, Olsen LR, Nimeus A. Psychometric scales in suicide risk assessment. In: Wasserman D. Suicide - an unnecessary death. London: Martin Dunitz 2001

 

Bech P. Male depression: stress and aggression as pathways to major depression. In: Dawson A and Tylee A (eds.) Depression: Social and economic timebomb. London: BMJ Books 2001, pp 63-66.

Bech P. Pharmacological treatment of depressive disorders: a review. In: Maj, M. & Sartorius N, eds.: Depressive disorders. WPA Series Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons 1999; pp 89-127. Second edition. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons 2002; pp 89-127.

 

Bech P. The clinical spectrum of mania. In: Maj M, Akiskal HS, López-Ibor JJ and Sartorius N (eds) Bipolar Disorder. WPA Series Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry, vol 5. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2002, pp 89-91.

 

Bech P. Measurement issues. In: D'haenen H, den Boer JA and Willner P, eds. Biological Psychiatry. II. NY, John Wiley 2002; pp. 25-36

 

Bech P. Health-related Quality of Life: Disease-specific and Generic Dimensions in Social Phobia. Commentaries. 6.3. In Maj M, Akiskal HS, Lopz-Ibor JJ, Okasha A, eds. Phobias. WPA Series Evidence and Experience in psychiatry, Vol 7.  London: Wiley 2004, pp 335-337

 

Bech P. Quality of life and rating scales of depression. In: Preskorn SH, Feighner JP, Stanga CY, Ross R, eds. Antidepressants: Past, present and future. New York: Springer 2004, pp 149-167

 

Bech P. The Bech-Rafaelsen Mania and Melancholia Scales in clinical trials: a 25-year review of their use

as outcome measure in bipolar and unipolar patients. In Brown MC, ed. Focus on Bipolar Disorder Research.  Nova Science Publishers; Hauppauge, NY 2005, pp 131-151

 

Bech P. Depressionsspørgeskemaer med særligt henblik på Major Depression Inventory (MDI). In Assessmentmetoder. Håndbog for psykologer og psykiatere. Red. Elsass P, Ivannouw J, Mortensen EL, Poulsen S og Rosenbaum B. København: Dansk Psykologisk Forlag 2006, pp 197-211

 

Bent-Hansen J, Bech P. Hamilton Depressionsskalaen (HAM-D). In Assessmentmetoder. Håndbog for psykologer og psykiatere. Red. Elsass P, Ivannouw J, Mortensen EL, Poulsen S og Rosenbaum B. København: Dansk Psykologisk Forlag 2006, pp 475-491

 

Bech P. Bech-Rafaelsen Mani- og Melankoliskalaer (MAS og MES). In Assessmentmetoder. Håndbog for psykologer og psykiatere. Red. Elsass P, Ivannouw J, Mortensen EL, Poulsen S og Rosenbaum B. København: Dansk Psykologisk Forlag 2006, pp 493-500

 

Olsen LR, Mortensen EL, Bech P. Symptom Checklist (SCL-90, SCL-90-R og SCL-92). In Assessmentmetoder. Håndbog for psykologer og psykiatere. Red. Elsass P, Ivannouw J, Mortensen EL, Poulsen S og Rosenbaum B. København: Dansk Psykologisk Forlag 2006, pp 183-196

 

Bech P. Livskvalitet Og Depression: Brugen af spørgeskemaer. I: Gerlach, J (red.) Depression. Symptomer, årsager og behandling. København: Psykiatrifondens Forlag, 2006; s. 89-101

 

Sørensen CH, Bech P. Depression and ischemic heart disease. In: Psychiatry Hightlights 2005-2006 (Lader M, ed). London: Health Press 2006; pp. 13-18 (Book series: Fast Facts)

 

Bech P, Mortensen EL. Spørgeskemaer til vurdering af angsttilstande og livskvalitet.  I Jes Gerlach (ed) Angstbogen. PsykiatriFondens Forlag, København 2008, pp 93-112

 

Bech P, Søgaard. Angst og samfundsøkonomi. I Jes Gerlach (ed) Angstbogen. PsykiatriFondens Forlag, Købehavn 2008 pp 261-276

Bech P, Raabæk Olse L, Gormsen L. Smerter, Angst og Depression. In Smerter. Jensen TS, Dahl JB,  Arendt-Nielsen L (eds) FADL’s Forlag 2009 pp 285 – 298.

Papakostas GI, Bech P, Fava M. Pharmacological treatment of major depressive disorder: A review. In Herman H, Maj M, Sartorius N (eds) Depressive disorders. The WPA series on evidence and experience in psychiatry. Third edition. Chichester: Wiley – Blackwell 2009 pp 47-74

 

Bech P, Awata S.  Measurement of suicidal behaviour with psychometric scales. In (eds.) Wasserman, D., Wasserman C.) Oxford Textbook of Suicidology, 2009. P. 305-311

 

Bech P. Clinical features of mood disorders and mania. In: Gelder M, Lopez-Ibor J.J, and Andreasen N (eds). New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry. Second edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2009

 

Bech P, Olsen LR, Gormsen L. Smerter, angst og depression. In Smerter. Troels S. Jensen, Jørgen B Dahl (eds). FADL’s Forlag, København 2013. 3 udgave. Side 283-297.

 

Bech P. Role of psychotropic drugs in quality of life improvement in psychiatric patienters: historical aspects.In: History of Psychopharmacology. Lopez-Munoz F, Alamo C, Domino Ef (eds.). 2014 Volume 3, Chapter 68, pp 305 – 322

 

Bech P. Clinical Assessments. In Jeste DV, Palmer BW (eds). Positive Psychiatry:A Clinical Handbook. American Psychiatric Publishing. Washington DC, London 2015

 

 

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