INTRODUCTION Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are neurodevelopmental disorders that affect social communication and present stereotyped behaviours. They exhibit a wide range of phenotypic variability related with the capacity to use language for expression, cognitive skills and psychiatric comorbidities, among others. Psychiatric comorbidity is very frequent in ASD and in many cases it is multip...

Fertility treatments began in several countries, including India, in the1970s. Despite various advancements in intra uterine insemination (IUI) and in vitro fertilization (IVF), empirical investigations on the psychological endurance and emotional tolerance of Indian women to such treatments are rather scarce. Thus, the aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in...

Objective: Large numbers of medical student are reported to be suffering from emotional health problems in recent years. Its severity has also increased throughout the world. The aim of the current study was to determine the prevalence of emotional disorders (ED) and to assess risk factors among medical students. Methodology: A total of 493 students were included in the current cross sectional ...

Objective: To identify psycho-emotional disorders diagnosed in women after stillbirth. Design: Cross-sectional study a face-to-face questionnaire. Setting: Postpartum area at a tertiary care referral hospital in León, Guanajuato, México. Participants: 210 women at immediate postpartum, divided into 105 women with stillbirth and 105 with healthy live newborn (controls). Data collection: Women an...

BACKGROUND Previous research has indicated that aggressive behaviour and DSM-IV cluster B personality disorders (PD) may be associated with professionals' emotional reactions to clients, and that cluster C PD may be associated with positive emotional reactions. METHODS Staff members recruited from workshops completed a self-report inventory of emotional reactions to patients, the Feeling Word...

OBJECTIVES To examine child psychiatric disorders in pediatric settings and identify factors associated with parents' use of pediatricians as resources concerning emotional/behavioral issues and use of mental health services. METHOD The sample consists of 5- to 9-year-olds (mean = 7.17 years, SD = 1.41) from a representative sample (N = 1,060) of pediatric practices. Parent interviews include...

BACKGROUND The use of similar standardised measures of psychopathology for population surveys permits cross-cultural comparisons. However, interpretation of findings can be challenging because rating thresholds may differ across cultures. By combining questionnaire and interview data, we explore whether lower questionnaire scores in Norway as compared to Britain reflect genuine differences in c...

hysteria is one of the conversion disorders that can be presented similar to neurological and organic disorders. conversion symptoms are usually associated with emotional conflicts of the patient. belching is often reported in patients with gastroesophageal reflux and is a rare manifestation of hysteria. the authors would describe a young female patient with serial belching that, after several ...