Psychiatric Disorders in Later Life

Family relationships in childhood and common psychiatric disorders in later life: systematic review of prospective studies.

BACKGROUND Most evidence for associations between childhood adversity and adult mental illness is retrospective. AIMS To evaluate prospective evidence of associations between poor parent-child relationships and common psychiatric disorders in later life. METHOD Systematic review of studies published between 1970 and 2008 including: (a) more than 100 participants; (b) measures of relationshi...

Mental Health Disorders in Later Life

Substance use disorders and psychiatric comorbidity in mid and later life: a review.

BACKGROUND Globally, adults aged 65 years or older will increase from 516 million in 2009 to an estimated 1.53 billion in 2050. Due to substance use at earlier ages that may continue into later life, and ageing-related changes in medical conditions, older substance users are at risk for substance-related consequences. METHODS MEDLINE and PsychInfo databases were searched using keywords: alcoh...

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 ...

Psychiatric Disorders and Traumatic Life Events

Objective: This study investigates if participants diagnosed with psychiatric disorders report more traumatic life events and score higher on dissociative symptoms than participants without psychiatric disorders. Method: A structured interview regarding traumatic life events and the German version of the Dissociative Experience Scale was administered to 105 psychiatric patients, subdivided into...