For diagnosis of patients with comorbid psychotic symptoms and substance use disorders (SUDs), Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, makes clear distinctions between independent psychotic disorders (eg, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia) and substance-induced syndromes (eg, delirium, dementias). Most substance-induced psychotic symptoms are considered to be short ...

dementia is one of the age related mental problems and a characteristic symptom of various neurodegenerative disorders including alzheimer’s disease. desmodium gangeticum dc. (leguminosae) is widely used in ayurveda for treating various neurological disorders. in the present study, the effectiveness of aqueous extract of d. gangeticum in attenuating scopolamine-induced amnesia in mice was inves...

background: electroconvulsive therapy (ect) is one of the most efficacious treatment for major depressive disorder (mdd), it is also used as a rapid and efficacious treatment for other psychiatric disorders, especially treatment resistant ones. the cognitive impairment is one of the most important side effects of ect. this study examined the memoral herbal efficacy in prevention of ect‑induced ...

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined samples of people with cannabis-induced psychotic symptoms. AIMS To establish whether cannabis-induced psychotic disorders are followed by development of persistent psychotic conditions, and the timing of their onset. METHOD Data on patients treated for cannabis-induced psychotic symptoms between 1994 and 1999 were extracted from the Danish Psychiatric C...

the term reflex epilepsy in reserved for a small subgroup o seizures that occur regularly in response to specific stimuli. our patient is a 20- year old male, who had pleasure, euphoria, loss of conciousness and generalized tonic- clonic convulstion when he watched tv since ten years. during puberty the patient that self-induced reflex epilepsy with photic stimulation, when watching tv or looki...

OBJECTIVE The authors used the Psychiatric Research Interview for Substance and Mental Disorders for DSM-IV (PRISM-IV) to test the reliability of DSM-IV-defined disorders, including primary and substance-induced disorders, in substance-abusing subjects. METHOD Substance-abusing patients (N=285) from substance abuse/dual-diagnosis treatment settings and mental health treatment settings partici...

Clin. Pract. (2014) 11(3), 327–339 ISSN 2044-9038 part of The diagnosis and management of drug-induced hair and nail disorders in the clinic presents a unique challenge for the physician. Not only must the physician recognize the trigger and manage the symptoms but also consider the influence these disorders have on the patient’s quality of life. This article describes the various types of drug...

Pregnancy-induced hypertensive disorders can lead to maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality, but the cause of these conditions is not well understood. We have systematically reviewed and performed a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies investigating the association between exposure to ambient air pollution and pregnancy-induced hypertensive disorders including gestational hypertensi...

BACKGROUND Uncertainties exist about the prevalence and comorbidity of substance use disorders and independent mood and anxiety disorders. OBJECTIVE To present nationally representative data on the prevalence and comorbidity of DSM-IV alcohol and drug use disorders and independent mood and anxiety disorders (including only those that are not substance induced and that are not due to a general...

Stress-induced cardiomyopathy, in contrast to acute myocardial infarction, is a type of heart failure characterized by reversible left ventricular dysfunction. Cardiac imaging primarily reveals ventricle stunning, 81.7% which apical type. Emotional or psychological stress usually precedes the onset stress-induced increasingly being recognized as unique neurogenic stunning disease. To distinguis...