13 West C. When the doctor is a " lady " : power, status and gender in physician-patient encounters. While studies of the prevalence of major depressive disorders in elderly people have produced rates of 1% to 2%, depression that is clinically significant has been shown to have a prevalence of at least 10% among older people and represents the most common mental disorder in later life. Most of ...

BACKGROUND There are obstacles to early identification of bipolar disorder. Identifying and treating illness early in its time course may be associated with a better prognosis. METHODS A questionnaire was administered at interview, when the participant was euthymic, to participants (n=240) enrolled in the Bipolar Comprehensive Outcomes Study (BCOS). Information was collected about the sequent...

This is a case of a 16-year-old male with a history of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and bipolar disorder (BD) who presented to the emergency department with hypertension, tachycardia, rigidity, and altered mental status 2 months after the initiation of olanzapine. Symptoms were most consistent with Neu...

Causality or etiology in psychiatry is marked by standard biomedical, reductionistic models (symptoms reflect the construct involved) that inform approaches to nosology, or classification, such as in the DSM-5 [Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition; (1)]. However, network approaches to symptom interaction [i.e., symptoms are formative of the construct; e.g., (2), ...

Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder characterized by abnormal social behavior and failure to understand reality [1]. Clinically, the disorder manifests with a large variety of symptoms that fall into three categories: positive, negative, and cognitive [2]. Schizophrenia affects about 1.1% of world wide population [3]. Although schizophrenia is not as common as other mental dis...

Approaches to the treatment of severe mental illnesses (SMIs), such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and substance use disorder, have moved beyond the mere control of symptoms and prevention of relapse to include functional recovery, social and vocational reintegration, and enhancement of the quality of life of the patients (1,2,3). In...

Background: Teachers have a significant role to play in identifying children with mental health problems. However, teachers perceptions of children s mental health problems are relatively unexplored. Method: Primary school teachers (N = 113) completed a questionnaire, composed of vignettes describing children with symptoms of a common emotional disorder and a common behavioural disorder, follow...

The suggestion of a relationship between creativity and mental disorder has existed for centuries, and has been advocated by many psychological researchers. The present analysis offers a consideration of the nature of mental disorder present in Brian Wilson, an individual recognised as one of the most creative figures in 20th century popular music. Using converging biographical evidence, and th...