BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) is often handled as an episodic and isolated disorder, resulting in an optimistic view about its prognosis. Herein, we test the idea that the prognosis of MDD changes if we vary the perspective in terms of (1) a longer time frame and (2) a broader diagnostic conceptualisation including dysthymia, (hypo)mania and anxiety disorders as relevant outcomes. ...

As a common dermatological disorder, psoriasis is well known to be associated with psychological morbidity. The database on this aspect from the developing countries is limited. In this prospective cross-sectional study 103 psoriasis outpatients were evaluated along with 55 healthy controls matched for sociodemographic profile and on attitude to appearance (ATT) scale. Duration, severity (Psori...

This study reports on a population of early adolescent male sexual offenders 9 to 14 years of age compared with a clinic control group matched for age, sex, ethnic status, and the presence of a DSM-III-R conduct disorder. The sex offenders were found to exhibit a significant history of nonsexual antisocial behavior, physical and sexual abuse, and psychiatric comorbidity. The two groups did not ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the comorbidity of depressive disorders in patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). METHOD We evaluated 25 consecutive patients with refractory TLE (16 women and 9 men), using semi-structured psychiatric interviews, according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), and the Beck Depression Inventory. RESULTS Seventeen of 25 patients (68%)...

Background Current classification of unipolar depression reflects the idea that prognosis is essential. However, do DSM-categories of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Dysthymic Disorder and Double Depression indeed adequately represent clinically relevant course trajectories of unipolar depression? Our aim was to test DSM-categories (MDD, Dysthymic Disorder and Double Depression) in comparison ...

BACKGROUND Dysthimia in adults is a chronic depression disorder which is characterized by a mild depression for at least 2 years. Remarkable psycho-social involvements, greater disturbances in psycho-social functions compared to other forms of depression and lack of definite findings about preferred treatment for this disorder led us to evaluate the effectiveness of Mindfulness based cognitive ...

objective: the purpose of this study is to investigate the level of mental health among the students in kashan medical university, and its relationship with their demographic characteristics. method: in this study 253 students (185 female, 68 male) were selected as subjects and responded to the 28 items general health questionnaire (ghq-28). those students who obtained a higher score from the c...

P a t i e n t s 1001 patients ≥ 60 years of age (mean age 72 y, 68% women) who had major depression or dysthymia, had been diagnosed with or treated for arthritis in the previous 3 years, and planned to use a participating clinic as the main source of general medical services in the upcoming year. Exclusion criteria were history of bipolar disorder or psychosis, ongoing treatment by a psychiatr...