background: personality disorders can play an important role in suicidal ideation and positive and negative emotion of students. the present study investigated the relationship between personality disorders with suicidal ideation and positive and negative emotion of students. methods: this study is a correlational one in which 498 students of islamic azad university of kermanshah were selected ...

Background: A high percentage of the patients referred to dermatologic clinics are either suffer from self inflicted disorders or from misinterpretation about their own health and organ integrity and or may suffer from different skin sensations including itching, pain, and burning; all of which may develop as a result of their underlying psychopathologies. Objective: Identification of underlyin...

introduction: the prevalence of behavioral disorders is substantially higher in stressful working environments such as emergency departments. the present study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of personality disorders among emergency nurses. methods: in the present epidemiologic study, the prevalence of personality disorders among emergency nurses of three educational hospitals, tehran, iran, w...

OBJECTIVE In light of continuing controversies concerning the DSM-III-R system for diagnosing personality disorders, their construct validity, and the assignment of disorders to a particular axis, the authors studied patterns of axis I-axis II comorbidity. METHOD Semistructured interviews were used to assess axis I and axis II disorders in 200 inpatients and outpatients. Odds ratios were calc...

OBJECTIVE Personality disorders are common in symptomatic eating disorders subjects. Because personality symptoms could be exaggerated by malnutrition or Axis I disorders, we studied women who had recovered from eating disorders for at least 1 year to see if personality disorder symptoms persisted in the well state. METHOD Personality disorders were evaluated in 10 women recovered from anorex...

purpose: to examine the relationship between substance dependency and personality disorders.   materials and methods: ninety eight patients with substance dependency who had referred   to a psychiatry and substance rehabilitation center in tehran took part in this study. data were   collected using questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. participants were examined for   conduct and antis...