background chronic physical conditions in children significantly affect the quality of life in parents, especially mother. many people with chronic pulmonary conditions as well as their family members need psychiatric assistance. objectives the goal of the current study was to evaluate the mental status as well as substance abuse behavior of mothers of asthmatic children. patients and methods t...

BACKGROUND Body dissatisfaction is common among both females and males. Dissatisfaction with the body is a risk factor both for onset of eating disorders and for abuse of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS). Few studies have however investigated if there are other similarities in respect to self-image or psychiatric symptoms between clinical samples of eating disordered males and males in treatm...

this paper describes and discusses the psychopathology and demographic data of 922 schizophernic inpatients (aged 15-66) who had been diagnosed according to dsm-iii criteria in state mental hospitals of iran. data were collected via semistructured interviews (during 1985-91) by psychologists and trained research assistants from the tehran psychiatric institute. in this research depressed mood, ...

Indoor tanning (IT) has been linked with psychiatric and addictive symptoms, and frequent tanning may indicate tanning dependence (addiction). The current study evaluated the effects of an IT episode on mood states and the association of these effects with psychiatric and addictive symptoms among young adult female indoor tanners. One-hundred thirty-nine female university students aged 18-25 ye...

Dandy-Walker malformation, which is a congenital malformation of the cerebellum, is documented in literature to be associated with psychotic symptoms, obsessive compulsive symptoms, mood symptoms, hyperactivity, and impulsive behavior. The pathogenesis of psychiatric symptoms in Dandy-Walker malformation is thought to be due to disruption of the corticocerebellar tracts, resulting in what is kn...

\ ,7hile it is widely recognized that patients with a major medical illness often have psychiatric symptoms, it is less commonly appreciated that psychiatric symptoms may be the first presentation of the illness. This has been documented by several authors’-3 who report that 9 percent’ to 40 percent2 of patients undergoing treatment for presumed psychiatric disease may actually have a medical i...

Despite the increase in consumer-driven interventions for homeless and mentally ill individuals, there is little evidence that these programs enhance psychological outcomes. This study followed 197 homeless and mentally ill adults who were randomized into one of two conditions: a consumer-driven "Housing First" program or "treatment as usual" requiring psychiatric treatment and sobriety before ...

Meningiomas are mostly benign tumors of the meninges that may stay clinically silent or present first with psychiatric symptoms only. We present a case of medial cranial fossa meningioma that was first diagnosed as mixed anxiety disorder with dissociative symptoms and vertigo. In light of the intact neurological and vestibular system examination, our patient's vertigo and depersonalization were...

Hallervorden-Spatz disease (HSD) is a rare autosomal-recessive hereditary disorder characterized by the early onset of progressive movement alterations, including dystonia, rigidity, choreoathetosis, and mental deterioration. HSD is also associated with a variety of psychiatric symptoms, primarily depression and mental deterioration. However, psychosis has rarely been reported as a major sympto...

abstract background cancer diagnosis may cause deep emotional and affective problems in patients and their families.nowadays, however, despite its rising prevalence,cancer is no longer synonymous with death. given the significance of emotional well-being in cancer patients, we decided to assess the frequency of psychological problems in seven to seventeen yearolds with acute lymphoblastic leuke...