Psychiatric aspects of social behavior disturbance

Psychiatric and social aspects of brittle asthma.

BACKGROUND Many studies have shown that emotional factors play a part in asthma, but few have compared patients with differing severities of asthma. It was our impression that patients with "brittle" asthma (BA; more than 40% diurnal variation in peak flow on 15 or more days a month over a period of at least six months, and persistent symptoms despite multiple drug treatment) had greater psycho...

Psychopathic personality; some social and psychiatric aspects.

study of psychiatric disturbance in infertile women

background: the experience of infertility can be extremely stressful and associated with a range of psychiatric problems in infertile women. generally; some of the risk factors which may lead to psychiatric problem are repeated unsuccessful treatment of infertility, low socioeconomic status, lack of partner support, being female, life events, etc. objective: in this study, we have analyzed the ...

Asperger syndrome and schizophrenia Psychiatric and social cognitive aspects

Background: Asperger syndrome (AS) and schizophrenia are psychiatric disorders often implying low global social functioning and a life-long course. Both disorders are of neurodevelopmental origin and genetic factors are prominent. Diagnostic criteria concerning age of onset, life course and the presence of psychotic symptoms differ markedly across the two disorders. However, considerable simila...

Psychiatric Aspects of Hysterectomy

A prospective psychiatric study of women undergoing hysterectomy conducted in Christian Medical College, Vellore, is described. About 20% of patients who had Hysterectomy developed depressive symptoms during the first year of follow up. Those who developed these symptoms had higher N score on Eysenck Personality Inventory and a higher M. R. Score on Cornell Medical Index before the operation wh...