Gastrointestinal symptoms are common in the presentation of some psychiatric disorders such as somatisation disorder, anxiety disorders, eating and substance abuse. (GI) can also present with psychological symptoms. Furthermore, medications prescribed for GI cause side‐effects. To better understand this complex relationship context intellectual disability, we 10 adult patients who had accompany...

BACKGROUND Domestic violence in the perinatal period is associated with adverse obstetric outcomes, but evidence is limited on its association with perinatal mental disorders. We aimed to estimate the prevalence and odds of having experienced domestic violence among women with antenatal and postnatal mental disorders (depression and anxiety disorders including post-traumatic stress disorder [PT...

Title of Dissertation: THE RELATIONSHIP OF EARLY SOCIAL, MENTAL, AND BEHAVIORAL EXPERIENCES WITH ADULT OBESITY AND ALCOHOL USE DISORDER Allison Hunt O’Neill, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016 Dissertation directed by: Professor Sunmin Lee Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Stressful life events early in life, including symptoms of mental disorders or childhood maltreatment, may increase risk...

BACKGROUND The classification of anxiety and depressive disorders has long been debated and has important clinical implications. The present study combined a genetically sensitive design and multiple time points to investigate cognitive content specificity in anxiety and depressive disorder symptoms across anxiety sensitivity dimensions, a cognitive distortion implicated in both disorders. ME...

Despite a growing body of empirical data describing the discriminant and longitudinal validity of mania in older children, little research has been conducted investigating the presence of mania symptoms in preschool-aged children. This report describes three cases of preschool children (ages 3.6 to 5.2) who presented to a subspecialty mental health clinic manifesting age-adjusted mania-like sym...

BACKGROUND Common mental disorders are strongly associated with long-term sickness absence, which has negative consequences for the individual employee's quality of life and leads to substantial costs for society. It is important to focus on return to work (RTW) during treatment of sick-listed employees with common mental disorders. Factors such as self-efficacy and the intention to resume work...

Patients: 309 people, admitted for the first or second time, presenting with schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, or psychosis (DSMIV criteria). Participants had psychotic symptoms, not caused by substance misuse, for .4 weeks and scored 4 or more on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). People detained in hospital under the Mental...

Background: Inattention to symptoms of mental disorders and substance abuse in patients with HIV/AIDS and other at-risk groups, may lead to irreversible damages. The purpose of this study was to compare the psychopathological dimensions in substance abusers with and without HIV/AIDS and healthy matched groups. Methods: In a cross-sectional and analytical study, selected samples (by available, c...

objectives: psychiatric stigma refers to systemic and internalized stereotypical negative attitudes against individual with mental illness. this article describes the level of self stigma, stereotype endorsement and perceived discrimination experienced by patients with bipolar-i disorder in tehran. methods: data were collected from a total of 126 patients with bipolar-i disorder who responded t...