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Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the leading causes disease burden worldwide and affected patients frequently report impairments in quality life (QoL). Therefore, present research aimed to identify predictors domain-specific QoL changes MDD following acute phase pharmacological treatment (3-month). This study a prospective, naturalistic, observational analysis on 150 patients. Depressi...

OBJECTIVE We assessed the impact of generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) on disability and health-related quality of life in outpatients treated in psychiatric clinics via a secondary analysis conducted in 799 patients from a cross-sectional study of prevalence of GAD in psychiatric clinics. METHODS Patients were allocated into two groups: follow-up (15.7%) and newly diagnosed patients (84.3%),...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of trauma-related psychiatric disorders is high among refugees. Despite this, little is known about the effect of pharmacological treatment for this patient group. The objective of the present study was therefore to examine differences in the effects of venlafaxine and sertraline on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression and functional impairment in trauma-a...

BACKGROUND Post-traumatic stress is thought to account for significant disability. It is also known to be highly comorbid with other psychiatric conditions such as depression and alcohol dependence. AIMS To determine the relationship between post-traumatic stress, depression, alcohol dependence and disability. METHOD Seventy armed services personnel were assessed for DSM-IV diagnoses of pos...

Background. Anxiety disorders are associated with considerable disability in the domains of (1) work, (2) social, and (3) family and home interactions. Psychiatric comorbidity is also known to be associated with disability. Methods. Data from the Cross-National Collaborative Panic Study was used to identify rates of comorbid diagnoses, anxiety and depression symptom ratings, and Sheehan disabil...

The objective of this study was to facilitate the bidirectional communication between researchers and clinicians about the treatment of childhood anxiety disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder. Forty-four children were assessed before and after cognitive behavioral treatment with the parent versions of the Spence Child Anxiety Scale and Child Sheehan Disability Scale. In this retros...

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a condition characterized by worry and physiological arousal symptoms that causes significant disabilities in patients' lives. In order to improve psychotherapeutic interventions, a careful characterization of the deficiencies of this population as well as factors that ameliorate disability is crucial. Variables that have not traditionally been the focus of...

OBJECTIVES This study is aimed to determine the frequency of social phobia among a group of subjects with essential tremor, to compare subject groups with and without social phobia with regard to the level of social phobia and disability, and to study the effect of the severity of social phobia on disability in essential tremor. METHOD 45 subjects, diagnosed with essential tremor were include...

conclusions the persian version of dad, during the study, had a very good validity and reliability and can serve as a useful scale in clinical assessment of functional disability in patients with alzheimer’s in the area of activities of daily living. background as dementia progresses in the course of life, one's functions may be reduced regarding to fulfill the activities of daily living. one o...