Metabolic syndrome & psychiatric disorders.

Catatonia: extinct, lost, or forgotten?

Catatonia is a neuropsychiatric syndrome that occurs in some primary psychiatric disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, mood disorders), or due to general medical conditions (e.g., neurological disorders, drug poisoning, metabolic disorders) (1). Although it is uncommon, but if it goes unrecognized in medical and surgical units (2), it can increase morbidity and mortality. Moreover, making a connectio...

بررسی تغییر شاخص های سندرم متابولیک در بیماران بستری در بخش روانپزشکی

Background and purpose: Metabolic syndrome includes a series of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study was to identify the changes in various indicators of this syndrome during hospitalization in a psychiatric department. Identifying these changes could help in reducing the risk of this syndrome. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 152 patie...

Metabolic syndrome among psychiatric outpatients with mood and anxiety disorders Running title: metabolic syndrome among psychiatric outpatients

Is There A Relationship Between The Components Of Metabolic Syndrome And Depression?

Introduction: Metabolic syndrome is characterized as, have at least 3 of the following 5 criteria: high waist circumference, high blood pressure, high Triglyceride, low HDL (High Density Lipoprotein), and elevated Fasting Blood Glucose. The International Diabetes Federation estimates that 25% of the world's population has metabolic syndrome. Specially, metabolic syndrome is more prevalence in d...

Neurologic conditions presenting as psychiatric disorders.

Neurologic disease can present as a psychiatric disorder. Understanding underlying neuroanatomic function helps physicians to localize defects and search for treatable neurologic conditions. Neurologic conditions such as Huntington's chorea, Wilson's disease, Gille de la Tourette syndrome, brain tumors, encephalitis and meningitis, neurodegenerative conditions and metabolic or toxic conditions ...

The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its associated factors in long-term patients in a specialist psychiatric hospital in South Africa.

OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of metabolic disorders in long-term psychiatric patients, and the relationship between known risk factors and these metabolic disorders. METHODS All psychiatric in-patients ≥18 years, who had been admitted ≥six months were invited to participate. Eighty-four patients participated. They were interviewed, examined, measured and b...