OBJECTIVE To describe the pathways of formal and informal services utilization in urban low income population presenting depressive, dysthymic and bipolar disorders. METHODS Information was gathered in face to face interviews using a standardized questionnaire that included sections from the Composite International Diagnostic Interview and one section on service utilization. Interviewees (n=1...

This study examined the prevalence and correlates of pathological affect in Alzheimer's disease. A consecutive series of 103 patients with Alzheimer's disease were examined with a comprehensive psychiatric assessment that included the pathological laughing and crying scale (PLACS). Forty patients (39%) showed pathological affect: 25% showed crying episodes, and 14% showed laughing or mixed (lau...

Childhood mood disorders such as major depression, dysthymia, and bipolar disorder have been found to be highly prevalent among children and adolescents. The emotional and behavioral dysfunction associated with these mood disorders can cause impairments across areas of functioning, including academic and social arenas. This article reviews the course, possible causes, assessment, and treatment ...

OBJECTIVE Research on adult samples has found that the comorbidity between depression and eating disorders exceeds the comorbidity of any other Axis I disorder and eating disorders. Few studies have investigated the specific associations of major depression versus dysthymia with eating disorders. METHOD This sample consisted of 937 adolescents who were repeatedly assessed until the age of 24....

OBJECTIVE Most studies of borderline personality disorder have drawn patients from among hospital inpatients or outpatients. The aims of this study were to examine the nature of borderline personality disorder patients in everyday clinical practice and to use data from a sample of borderline personality disorder patients seen in the community to refine the borderline construct. METHOD A rando...

Bipolar disorder is a disabling, largely episodic, recurrent illness associated with severe functional impairment, psychiatric and somatic comorbidity, and premature mortality from both suicide and medical illnesses (Baldessarini 2010a,b; Sanders 2010). Lifetime prevalence of bipolar disorder in the general population, taking into account both type I (with mania) and type II (with hypomania) di...

Patients 50 women who were 40 to 55 years of age (mean age 50 y); had a history of menstrual cycle irregularity or amenorrhoea for < 12 months; had a serum concentration of follicle-stimulating hormone > 25 IU/l; and had been diagnosed with major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder, or minor depressive disorder. Exclusion criteria were medical illness; hormone replacement therapy or psychoa...

IMPORTANCE Depression is prevalent and associated with negative outcomes in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Antidepressants are used routinely to treat depression, yet no placebo-controlled trials have been published in this population to our knowledge. OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy and tolerability of venlafaxine hydrochloride extended-release (XR) for major depressive disor...

aim and background: the family functioning  is a suitable anticipant scale for mental health therefore, the goal of the current study was to compare family functioning of  psychiatric disorders . methods and materials: this study was an analytical descriptive and cross-sectional study that performed on 150  inpatients with anxiety disorders , depressive disorders and bipolar disorders schizophr...