social anxiety is a frequent, disabling condition but often unrecognized feature in schizophrenia. the aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of social anxiety among inpatients with schizophrenia. sixty inpatients with dsm-v schizophrenia were recruited from niayesh psychiatric hospital in 2015 in tehran, iran. they were interviewed with the anxiety disorders section of the scid for d...

Hyponatraemia is the commonest electrolyte abnormality found in hospital inpatients, and is associated with a greatly increased morbidity and mortality. The syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) is the most frequent cause of hyponatraemia in hospital inpatients. SIADH is the clinical and biochemical manifestation of a wide range of disease processes, and every case warrants inv...

Maximum urine osmolality was measured during a 24-hour control period in normal ambulant and working subjects and hospital inpatients and compared with that achieved after intramuscular injection of 4 microgram desamino-cys-1-8-D-arginine vasopressin (DDAVP). Most of the normal subjects passed maximally concentrated urine at some time during the control period. The results suggest that in less ...

Emergency Department overcrowding with admitted inpatients is a common international occurrence. We undertook a retrospective review to compare patient admission rates from patients presenting to our Emergency Department with the level of overcrowding with admitted inpatients on that particular day in the Emergency Department. Over the 2-year study period there was no change in the rate or abso...

Social anxiety is a frequent, disabling condition but often unrecognized feature in schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of social anxiety among inpatients with schizophrenia. Sixty inpatients with DSM-V schizophrenia were recruited from Niayesh psychiatric hospital in 2015 in Tehran, Iran. They were interviewed with the Anxiety Disorders section of the SCID for D...

Background and Objectives: Nowadays, spiritual health, as one of the health aspects, can better respond to the current conditions in being faced with anxiety, tension, and restlessness due to injury and disease. The aim of this study is to investigate the spiritual health of inpatients and its association with in-hospital anxiety and depression. Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 1...

This cross-sectional study examines conformance to four of the Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) antipsychotic treatment recommendations, patient and treatment setting characteristics assocated with conformance, and the relationship of conformance with outcome. Two hundred twenty-four inpatients and 358 outpatients with schizophrenia underwent an interview and review of their ...

OBJECTIVE This psychological autopsy study investigates suicide risk factors of schizophrenic and depressive inpatients. METHODS 67 potential risk factors of inpatient suicide were identified by means of literature research and caregiver interviews of schizophrenic and depressive suicidents (1995-2004). The medical records of the suicidents (n = 20) were analysed in respect to the identified ...