Among the main causes of low productivity at work, absence from work hours and even disability professionals, are the psychological disorders. Which most often manifests as psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, antisocial personality, multiple personality disorder and substance abuse, causing damage to the person himself, his family and to the productive system in the country ...

Functional gastrointestinal disorders have been related with different psychological conditions. On the contrary, the role of psychological factors within gastrointestinal motor disorders remains unclear. The objective of this study was to explore the differences and congruence with clinical performance of the psychological profile and subjective functionality among patients diagnosed with func...

INTRODUCTION Psychological therapies can modify thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of people with mental disorders, but the underlying brain mechanisms remain to be clarified. Advances in neuroimaging techniques can help us to understand of how different psychotherapies change the human brain. This review has aimed to systematically investigate the brain effects of psychological therapies for ad...

Factitious disorder (FD) is defined as a condition in which a person voluntarily produces symptoms or illness and acts as if they are ill without an external gain (1). In the Psychiatric Disorders Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), it is divided into three types as “Factitious disorders with predominantly psychological signs and symptoms”, “Factitious disorders with...

introduction: the aim of this study was to examine the relationship between body dysmorphic concern psychological disorders and among university students. methods: 263 university students were selected through simple sampling. scl- 90- r and body image concern inventory were used to collect data. reliability coefficient of scl- 90-r was 0.88 and body image concern inventory was 0.95. result: th...

There is a lack of psychological autopsy studies assessing the influence of axis II disorders on other risk factors for suicide. Therefore, we investigated if the estimated suicide risk for axis I disorders and socio-demographic factors was modified by personality disorders. Psychiatric disorders were evaluated by a semi-structured interview including the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-I...

BACKGROUND Despite holistic approach to psychosomatic medicine, gastroenterological disorders (GI) tend to be categorized broadly into "functional" and "organic". Major GI illnesses are Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) include ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Both are chronic, with remissions and relapses over the years while irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common, often disabling f...