conclusions: about half of all prisoners suffered from psychiatric disorders; therefore treatment psychiatric disorder in this group is essential for prevention of crime. prisoners are at risk of mental disorders. therefore attention to mental health of prisoners is important. patients and methods: this cross sectional study was carried out in kashan prison (iran). 180 subjects were selected by...

background: the experience of infertility can be extremely stressful and associated with a range of psychiatric problems in infertile women. generally; some of the risk factors which may lead to psychiatric problem are repeated unsuccessful treatment of infertility, low socioeconomic status, lack of partner support, being female, life events, etc. objective: in this study, we have analyzed the ...

Since 2005, the National Human Genome Research Institute database of published genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has accumulated more than 5110 entries for over 500 traits. The rapid growth of data repositories has enabled researchers to undertake large studies and meta-analyses, and has increased the power for detection of trait-associated variants. In The Lancet, the Psychiatric Genomics...

ED FROM Laursen TM, Munk-Olsen T, Nordentoft M, et al. Increased mortality among patients admitted with major psychiatric disorders: a register-based study comparing mortality in unipolar depressive disorder, bipolar affective disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and schizophrenia. J Clin Psychiatry 2007;68:899–907. Notes: Overlaps in the diagnostic groups (for example, where an individual had m...

major depressive disorder (mdd) is one of the most common psychiatric disorders which affects married couples frequently.the present study aims to explain the role of family processes, social support and demographic factors in marital satisfaction of women with major depressive disorder (mdd).in this cross-sectional study, 188 women with mdd were randomly selected among the patients who visited...

introduction: depression and anxiety, in particular panic disorder are considered common psychological problems associated with major functional disorders. on the other hand, some medical disorders such as thyroid disease may have the same manifestation or accelerate the process. this following is a closer examination of the issue trough the study of a group of patients referred to a psychiatri...