OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of postpartum psychiatric disorders in young mothers using a brief structured psychiatric interview, the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI). STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The Primary Health Care Centres (PHCCs) in Al-Ahsa region, Saudi Arabia, during the period 2008 to 2009. METHODOLOGY Young primi...

Computer linkage of an obstetric register and a psychiatric case register made it possible to investigate the temporal relationship between childbirth and psychiatric contact in a population of 470 000 people over a 12-year period: 54 087 births resulted in 120 psychiatric admissions within 90 days of parturition [corrected]. The 'relative risk' of admission to a psychiatric hospital with a psy...

conclusions child abuse is a common phenomenon that relates to psychiatric disorders in the abused child or abuser parents. it seems that on-time identification and appropriate interventions can prevent further negative consequences for the child, family, and society. results 56 cases (76%) were physically abused, 53 cases (72.6%) were emotionally abused, and 3 cases (12.3%) were neglected. the...

This study examined differences between cocaine and non-cocaine-using mothers, and between parental and non-parental caregivers of cocaine-exposed infants on caregiver childhood trauma, psychiatric symptoms, demographic, and perinatal risks. Participants included 115 cocaine and 105 non-cocaine mother-infant dyads recruited at delivery. Approximately 19% of cocaine mothers lost custody of their...

psychiatric disorders are very prevalent in epilepsy, 30 to 50 percent of epileptic patients suffer from psychiatric problems. on the other hand, many psychiatric disorders such as dissociative disorder, sleep disorder, impulse control disorder and cyclic disorders have clinical features like epilepsy. therefore, differential dagnosis is very important in dealing with epilepsy. epilepsy has man...

Two hundred twenty children (aged 6 to 23 years) from families with either depressed or normal (nonpsychiatrically ill) parents of comparable sociodemographic backgrounds were studied. The children from families in which at least one parent had experienced a major depression were reported to have had more adverse perinatal events; were later in achieving some developmental landmarks; had more c...

background epidemiology, the study of patterns of disease distribution in time and space, can help to improve mental health services for children and adolescents by increasing understanding of causes, development, and course of psychiatric disorders. objectives to describe the prevalence of dsm-iv tr psychiatric disorders and comorbidities in students of paveh, one of the western cities in iran...

This work aim is to classify main psychiatric disorders in the perinatal period present day, highlighting their nosographic characteristics. Moreover show problem of mental health during pregnancy and repercussions on current social network, organizational network global health.