The main goal of the study was to determine gender differences in validity scales of personality measuring instruments, among the psychiatric patients. Additional goals are to find the differences among male and female psychiatric patients, in relation to their age group, education level and type of psychiatric diagnosis. A total of 331 male and 331 female participants (psychiatric patients) ar...

premenstrual syndrome is a common disorder experienced by up to 50% of women during reproductive age. the prevalence of severe form of pms (pmdd) is 3% to 8 %. psychiatric disorders in pms patients have resulted in significant morbidity and in some cases caused resistance to the treatment process.390 participants (264 with pms/pmdd, and 126 healthy students of university of guilan) who complete...

objective: we aimed at designing a cross sectional study to investigate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in iranian children and adolescents and to determine its relationship with social capital, life style, and parents' personality disorders. method: this cross sectional study was a national project implemented in all provinces of iran. in this community-based study, using ‎multistage c...

introduction people suffering from psychiatric illness experience stigma as an unpleasant social construct. stigma has many damaging effects on the individuals, work, home-managing and social communications in these people. the main objective of this grounded theory study was to develop the perspectives of sufferers, their families, and healthcare team members about stigma in people with psychi...

the use of deep brain stimulation in psychiatric disorders has received great interest owing to the small risk of the operation, the reversible nature of the technique, and the possibility of optimizing treatment postoperatively. currently deep brain stimulation in psychiatry is investigated for obsessive-compulsive disorder, gilles de la tourette’s syndrome and major depression. this presentat...

how to cite this article: pattanayak rd, sagar r. psychiatric aspects of childhood epilepsy. iran j child neurol 2012;6(2):9-18. childhood epilepsy is a chronic, recurrent disorder of unprovoked seizures. theonset of epilepsy in childhood has significant implications for brain growth anddevelopment. seizures may impair the ongoing neurodevelopmental processes and compromise the child’s intellec...

It is widely agreed that obsessive-compulsive disorder involves irrationality. But where in the complex of states and processes constitutes OCD should this irrationality be located? A pervasive assumption both psychiatric philosophical literature seat located obsessive thoughts characteristic OCD. Building on a puzzle about insight into OCD, we challenge assumption, argue instead emotions are s...

OBJECTIVE To discuss the relationship between XYY chromosome abnormality, psychiatric disorders and epilepsy. METHOD Single case report. RESULTS A 34-year-old man with 47, XYY karyotype and normal intelligence was followed-up at a neuropsychiatric clinic for over 30 years. He was first seen at age 3 years with a history of delayed motor and language development and an immunodeficiency syndr...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to contrast the childhood environment of adult psychiatric outpatients reporting to have been bullied at school with those who were not. METHOD One-hundred-sixty consecutive adult outpatients from a psychiatric clinic in Norway completed self-administered questionnaires about their psychosocial environment during childhood and adolescence. The frequency of...

Psychiatry has only recently developed training in the area of substance-related disorders. Nevertheless, these illnesses are highly prevalent and are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Patients with these disorders often do not encounter or have access to effective treatment. Because of this, the American Psychiatric Association recommends developing improved training to assu...