to identify mental disorders and their prevalence in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (rp).this descriptive study was carried out between january 2009 and january 2010 on 417 patients with rp, who were members of iran rp center. the necessary data were collected using questionnaires consisting two parts: the background characteristics and questions assessing the mental health and screening pe...

This article reviews evidence for three mechanisms whereby psychological factors may aggravate dizziness and retard recovery from balance disorders. Firstly, a common behavioral response to dizziness is to avoid activities and environments that provoke symptoms, yet such avoidance deprives the individual of the exposure necessary to promote psychological and neurophysiological adaptation. Secon...

Therapists  Psychologists: Most psychologists have a Ph.D. in psychology. Many licensed psychologists (L.Psych) have an M.A. or M.Sc. in psychology.  Clinical psychologists typically work with psychological disorders.  Counselling psychologists typically work with everyday behavioural and relationship problems  There is a great deal of overlap in the clinical and counselling fields.  Psych...

Psychological eating disorders--anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder--are an increasing public health problem with severe clinical manifestations: hypothermia, hypotension, electrolyte imbalance, endocrine disorders and kidney failure; they are of interest to nephrologists, but pathophysiological mechanisms in determining the renal involvement are still unclear. We...

Many epidemiological studies demonstrate the importance of psychological disorders among college and university students. Those disorders have an impact upon the academic performance and may lead to dropping out. The aim of this research is to study the possible relations between the incidence of psychological troubles and the evolution of the academic performance. The sample is constituted by ...

BACKGROUND Guidelines and mental healthcare models suggest the use of psychological treatment for anxiety disorders in primary care but systematic estimates of the effect sizes in primary care settings are lacking. The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of psychological therapies in primary care for anxiety disorders. METHOD The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (...

UNLABELLED BASE: There are numerous studies that indicate the co-morbidity of a metabolic syndrome and mental disorders. Metabolic syndrome and mental disorders in pregnant women are rarely investigated, especially in pathological pregnancy. GOAL To determine a relationship between predisposed factors in pregnancy and the occurrence of metabolic syndrome as well as to determine the occurrence...

Painful functional bowel syndromes such as irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia (FD) are characterized by unexplained persistent or recurrent pain in the abdomen. These syndromes are common across the world, affecting up to 15–20% of the population [3,10,12,15]. A number of mechanisms have been suggested to explain this syndrome, with two major themes dominating the clinical litera...

AIM The aim of present study was to screen two categories of psychiatric disorders in chronic functional constipation. BACKGROUND It has been established that the prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders among patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders is higher than in the general population. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifty four constipated patients were recruited from patients referre...