OBJECTIVE Several countries have developed Clinical Practice Guidelines regarding treatment of perinatal depressive symptoms and perinatal use of antidepressant. We aimed to compare guidelines to guide clinicians in best clinical practice. METHODS An extensive search in guideline databases, MEDLINE and PsycINFO was performed. When no guidelines were (publicly) available online, we contacted p...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The precise mechanism of functional dyspepsia is yet to be elucidated. Helicobacter pylori infection and psychiatric disorders are implicated in the etiology. We aimed to determine the prevalence of psychiatric co-morbid disorders in patients with Helicobacter pylori-positive functional dyspepsia and the impact of existing psychiatric disorders on symptomatic response following ...

OBJECTIVE Fatigue and psychiatric disorders frequently occur comorbidly and share similar phenomenological features. There has been debate as to whether chronic fatigue, or neurasthenia, should be considered an independent syndrome distinct from psychiatric disorders. We aimed to establish whether persistent fatigue can occur independently from psychiatric disorders and to test the hypothesis t...

BACKGROUND We investigated our translation of The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) as a screening instrument for bipolar disorder in a psychiatric setting in Finland. METHODS In a pilot study for the Jorvi Bipolar Study (JoBS), 109 consecutive non-schizophrenic psychiatric out- and inpatients in Espoo, Finland, were screened for bipolar disorder using the Finnish translation of the MDQ, and ...

접수 : 2007년 12월 4일, 승인 : 2008년 1월 9일 이 연구는 2002년도 대구가톨릭대학교 의과학연구소 연구비의 지원으로 이루어졌음 책임저자 : 김우택, 대구가톨릭대학병원 소아과청소년과 Correspondence : Woo Taek Kim, M.D. Tel : 053)650-4250 Fax : 053)622-4240 E-mail : [email protected] xia at birth is estimates to be 0.2-0.4% in full-term newborn infants and approaches 60% in preterm infants. About 20-50% of infants suffering from H-I encephalopathy expire during the ...

BACKGROUND Submicroscopic, rare chromosomal copy number variants (CNVs) contribute to neurodevelopmental disorders but it is not known whether they define atypical clinical cases. AIMS To identify whether large, rare CNVs in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are confined to a distinct clinical subgroup. METHOD A total of 567 children with ADHD aged 5-17 years were recruited fr...

Traumatic amputations are important causes of acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. In this study, we aimed to find out the occurrence rate of symptoms of acute and post-traumatic stress disorder after traumatic amputations and according to this, to assess the psychiatric status of the patients in the postoperative period. Twenty-two patients with traumatic limb amputation w...

BACKGROUND Childhood family income variation is an understudied aspect of households' economic context that may have distinct consequences for children. We identified trajectories of childhood family income over a 12-year period, and examined associations between these trajectories and later psychiatric disorders, among individuals born in Sweden between 1987 and 1991 (n=534 294). METHODS We ...

objective: the aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of different psychiatric disorders among 12 to 17 years old adolescents in urban areas of tehran. method: in this study, 1105 adolescents (12 -17 years old) were selected from 250 clusters of the entire 22 municipality areas of tehran using a multistage sampling method. after responding to the farsi version of the strengths...

Background: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common psychiatric disorder among children and adolescents that can be continued into adulthood in 30 to 50% of cases. Adult ADHD disorder can affect the performance of an individual and may predispose to drug abuse, alcoholism, smoking, sexual offenses, violation of law, educational and other social problems. The coincidences of ...