Psychiatric disorders may be more common in burn-injured subjects than in the general population, and oftentimes contribute to the injury itself. Even in the absence of underlying psychiatric illnesses, burn patients may still benefit from a psychiatric evaluation during and after their hospitalization. In this regard, we included a dedicated psychiatry service in our multidisciplinary burn tea...

BACKGROUND Pathological Gambling (PG) is an impulse control disorder often comorbid with other psychopathology, particularly bipolar spectrum disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and substance abuse. This paper reviews the published literature on the pharmacological management of PG, highlighting how clinical and subclinical comorbid psychopat...

It has been suggested that in order to sustain the lifestyle of substance abuse, addicted schizophrenia patients would have less negative symptoms, better social skills, and less cognitive impairments. Mounting evidence supports the first two assumptions, but data lack regarding cognition in dual diagnosis schizophrenia. Seventy-six schizophrenia outpatients (DSM-IV) were divided into two group...

introduction: narcotic drug abuse and illicit use of drugs is a major, complicated multifactorial phenomenon affecting most of the societies today. incidence of drug abuse among adolescents is very high. adolescents become addicted to substances more quickly than adults. the aim of this study was to assess the pattern of drug abuse among male adolescents in hamadan. methods: this study was a de...

Little is known about the expected treatment outcomes of patients with co-occurring schizophrenic and substance use disorders. This paper reports 3-year outcomes for 152 patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and substance use disorders, all of whom received integrated dual disorders treatments in the New Hampshire Dual Diagnosis Study. Outcomes are defined as positive coping b...

this article investigates father's role in child and adolescent psychopathology. the role of mother has been studied extensively, but the father's role in child psychopathology has been studied much less and is limited to what has been done in the past few decades. this article reviews some of the studies regarding father's role in child and adolescent psychopathology, namely att...

This prospective study was conducted to assess the prevalence of substance abuse comorbidity and its impact on psycho pathology and pattern of remission in mania. Hundred consecutive inpatients with a diagnosis of manic episode were followed up for three months using structured clinical interview schedule for DSM III R (SCID-P), DSM IIIR check list for mania. Bech-Rafaelsan Mania Rating Scale a...

Introduction When the Criminal Court Judge applies probation, offender is entrusted to social assistants for necessary observation, treatment and support. This case study examines probation of a young man with high-functioning autistic traits, personality disorder legal/illegal substance abuse. man, who arrived only in adulthood diagnosis aware that non-neurotypical. He does not recognize he ne...

This commentary discusses the main findings of the research study by Friedman et al. entitled, "Gender Differences in Criminality: Bipolar Disorder with Co-occurring Substance Abuse." Moreover, it shows that the role of substance use should be determined in studies that assess outcomes among co-occurring disorders, such as bipolar disorder and criminal behavior. High rates of substance-related ...

While substance use problems are considered to be common in medical settings, they are not systematically assessed and diagnosed for treatment management. Research data suggest that the majority of individuals with a substance use disorder either do not use treatment or delay treatment-seeking for over a decade. The separation of substance abuse services from mainstream medical care and a lack ...