BACKGROUND Mental disorders are highly comorbid: people having one disorder are likely to have another as well. We explain empirical comorbidity patterns based on a network model of psychiatric symptoms, derived from an analysis of symptom overlap in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (DSM-IV). PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We show that a) half of the symptoms in the DSM-IV net...

There is evidence to support the view that the medial temporal lobe and perhaps, more specifically, the amygdala is likely to be a neural substrate underlying social deficits in autism. We would like to report a case of a 24-year-old right-handed woman, with a history of loss of eye contact and facial and nonverbal expression, loss of family relationships, and an absence of social and emotional...

BACKGROUND Panic disorder (PD) is a common, severe and persistent mental disorder, associated with a high degree of distress and occupational and social disability. A substantial proportion of the population experiences subthreshold and mild PD and is at risk of developing a chronic PD. A promising intervention, aimed at preventing panic disorder onset and reducing panic symptoms, is the 'Don't...

BACKGROUND Clinical studies have shown that children of parents with mental health problems are most likely to develop psychiatric problems themselves when their parents have a Personality Disorder characterized by hostility. The Personality Disorders that appear most associated with hostility, with the potential to affect children, are Borderline Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Di...

wernike encephalopathy(we )caused by thiamine deficiency  was a critical but reversible disorder. it can be occurred after acute pancreatitis due to prolonged fasting. we after acute pancreatitis was rarely suspected and diagnosed at early stages. we reported a 44 year-old woman with severe acute pancreatitis who developed altered mental status and bilateral nystagmus and ophthalmoplegia soon a...

What is it to have a mental disorder? The paper proposes an ability-based view of disorder. It argues that such preferable biological dysfunction views as Wakefield’s Harmful Dysfunction Analysis and Boorse’s Biostatistical Theory. According the proposed view, having disorder basically matter certain type inability (or: ability not sufficiently high): respond adequately some one’s available rea...

the evaluation of prevalence and appearing the social disorders involve having exact statistical information during a fixed time series. in iran, unfortunoutiely, there is no access to this kind of information - at least in this regard. in some social disorders which originally have risen some misunderstanding and disagreement in their definitions, importance, and soon, the lack of statistic in...

toxoplasmosis is one of the most common parasitic diseases worldwide. although estimated that one third of the world's population are infected with toxoplasma gondii , but the most common form of the disease is latent (asymptomatic). on the other hand, recent findings indicated that la­tent toxoplasmosis is not only unsafe for human, but also may play various roles in the etiol­ogy of different...

anxiety is one of the most controversial issues in mental disorders that its prevalence is increasing in today's society. preclinical anxiety that is causing some anxiety disorders in adults can help us in the prevention of mental disorders. in this paper an attempt has been made to have an analytical review of attachment anxiety and its significance in childhood and adulthood. attachment ...

conclusions these findings support that the careful evaluation and prospective following of the psychopathology of children of parents with bipolar disorder are critical for early identification and treatment. results there were statistically significant differences between children of parents with and those without bipolar disorder regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, opposition...