conduct disorders are a group of behavior disorders in which the basic rights of others or major age appropriate social norms or rules are violated. to evaluate the factors influencing childhood conduct disorders, we reviewed records of 43 cases (84% boys, mean age 11 years) referred to shahid esmaili psychiatric hospital, tehran. all patients fulfilled diagnostic criteria of dsmiv. 15 variable...

abstract background: most of the studies about parenting stress among parents of children with autistic spectrum disorder (asd) have been conducted in western societies. the objective of this research, conducted in iran, is to evaluate the parenting stress among fathers and mothers of children with asd and fi nd the correlation between severity of the disorder in children and the level of paren...

the aim of this research is reduction the symptoms of anxiety disorder, through mbct. it seems that two main parameters of this treatment namely avoiding from mental rumination and avoidant states in a particular way with anxiety disorder. meanwhile applying this type of treatment for reduction of the symptoms and rupture of disorder continuation chain could be useful. this is a quasi-experimen...

obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd) is a type of anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, intrusive, unwanted thoughts. research indicates a genetic predisposition for ocd. many people with ocd have one or more family members who also have it or who may have other anxiety disorders influenced by the brain's serotonin levels, such as panic disorder. although ocd is a chronic and oftenti...

objective: the purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and possible variables on changing the diagnosis of mood disorder patients to schizophrenia.  method: this study was a retrospective and comparative analytic research that was performed in 2006 in razi psychiatric hospital. the sample consisted of all the 176 patients who were hospitalized in 2000 with the diagnosis of mood disor...

objective: vitiligo is a rare side effect of carbamazepine whose exact mechanism is unknown. the aim of this report is to describe a single case of vitiligo induced by carbamazepine . methods: the case was a patient with bipolar i disorder whose medications were changed from valproate to carbamazepine and who developed vitiligo after a short while. we followed the case for about four years when...

objective headaches are common during childhood. in addition, sleep disorders are common problems in children, too. although it is commonly thought that headache and sleep problems are related, there is not enough evidence to confirm this relationship. finding evident relations between these problems would help practitioners a lot to make earlier diagnosis and plan treatment modalities for both...

background: it is mostly organic diseases that are considered when a neurological sign or symptom is present in the history of a patient; however, there may be psychiatric problems also present which could be missed. we report a case to discuss the possibility of the presence of an organic or psychiatric underlying disorder when facing neurological problems. case presentation: we report a case ...

background lithium is a drug for treatment of bipolar disorder by correcting mania and reducing depressive mood swings. objectives in this study, effects of lithium on volumetric parameters of cerebellum were investigated using stereological methods. materials and methods in this experimental study, 20 sexually mature wistar male rats were selected and divided in two groups randomly (n = 10). a...

objective: bipolar disorder is a severe mental disorder, and its prevalence is around 1% to 2%. despite a vast literature around bipolar disorder, the reasons of its nonadherence and rehospitalization is still obscure. several symptoms of bipolar disorder include changes in activity level, cognitive abilities, speech, and vegetative functions, such as sleep, sexual activity, as well as aggressi...