Editorial: Deconstructing social behaviour problems across disorders

Variations in the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and social problems across Canadian provinces.

OBJECTIVE To determine provincial 12-month prevalence rates for selected psychiatric disorders and to assess the association between these and the Canadian Social Problem Index (SPI). METHOD Psychiatric data for depression, mania, panic disorder, social phobia, and agoraphobia were derived from the results of the 2002 Canadian Community Health Survey: Mental Health and Well-Being. The Canadia...

Neuroleptic-induced movement disorders: deconstructing extrapyramidal symptoms.

The neurological risks and benefits of atypical neuroleptics have received considerable attention in the medical literature, but there have been few controlled studies examining these risks in elderly patients. Well-designed, longterm prospective studies are needed to identify the safest and most effective treatment regimens for elderly patients, but until these studies are complete, clinicians...

Guest Editorial Disruptive behavior disorders – Disorders of social , emotional and moral development ?

Do Life Events and Social Support Vary across Depressive Disorders?

BACKGROUND Social support and life events moderate the expression of depression though studies have shown contradictory results. The objective was to study the stressful life events and perceived social support in patients with adjustment disorder, first-episode depression, and recurrent depressive disorder (RDD). SUBJECTS AND METHODS One hundred and forty-six patients aged 18-60 years with a...

Neurobiology of behaviour. Editorial overview.

John H Byrne is currently the Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy and Director of the Neuroscience Research Center at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He is also the Director of the WM Keck Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory at the UT Health Science Center. His research uses a combination of experimental and computational approa...