A Group Activity Trial for Adults with Pervasive Developmental Disorder in a Psychiatric Day Hospital

Mental Pain in People With Bipolar Disorder Hospitalized in a Psychiatric Hospital in Tehran, Iran

Background & Aims: Mental disorders are associated with a complex self-centered experience of negative emotions such as despair and lack of mental pain. This study aims to determine the mental pain of people with bipolar disorder (BD) hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital in Tehran, Iran. Materials & Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. Participants were 153 patients with BD admitted to ...

Day hospital programming in a psychiatric hospital for children.

evaluation of visual problems in children with pervasive developmental disorder

purpose: to report the rate of visual impairment in pervasive developmental disorder (pdd). methods: in this descriptive-analytic study 62 children with ppd diagnosed by a children psychiatrist were included. all subjects were evaluated for age, sex, systemic & eye conditions such as refractive errors, strabismus, oculomotor disorders, color vision, stereopsis, visual contact and fixation patte...

Day treatment for alcoholism in a general hospital psychiatric service.

In this paper a time limited, cost effective day treatment program for alcoholics, and characteristics of patients entering this treatment program, are described. The advantages of this day treatment program are discussed with special emphasis on its relationship with other community service agencies, with the community at large and, with a General Hospital Mental Health service, of which it is...

A comparison of social skills in adults with autistic disorder, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, and mental retardation.

We examined the social skills of adults with autism, PDDNOS, and mental retardation. All participants were diagnosed with profound mental retardation. Participants in the autism and PDDNOS groups had been previously diagnosed using the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) and record review. These diagnoses were confirmed by readministering the CARS by one author and an independent rater. Social...