Adjustment disorders: Fault line in the psychiatric glossary

A Psychiatric Glossary

O5: Stigma in Psychiatric Disorders

Social stigma is a major challenge among the patients with mental illness, their families and the health care providers. Not only the patient with psychological disorders, but also who has an infectious disease suffer social stigma. Stigma refers to an extreme and unusual disapproval of a person from the other members of society. Stigma is a Greek word that in its origins referred to a type of ...

On-line glossary compilation

Nowadays, the development of the Internet has created massive amounts of documents available on-line. This not only gives us the opportunity to access various sources of knowledge, but also raises an issue of how to efficiently exploit this knowledge. In this project, we present a system to assist users in extracting and clarifying terms from free-form documents. We developed Glossary Compiler,...

Comorbidity of psychiatric disorders in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Background and Objectives: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) occurs concurrently with many psychiatric disorders. Considering lack of information about comorbid psychiatric disorders in Iranian children, this study was performed to evaluate the prevalence and pattern of psychiatric disorders comorbidity in the children with ADHD. Methods: In a cross sectional study, frequency of c...

The Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents in Rasht City

Abstract Introduction: psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents are very important.To understand more of etiology, diagnosis and treatment as well as prevention, the first step is epidemiological studies. Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18 years in Rasht city and suburbs and the relation between the presence of a me...