OBJECTIVE This article reviews the assessment and management of psychiatric problems among the oldest old. METHOD The author reviewed the English-language literature pertinent to the characteristics of people 85 years old or older and the assessment and management of psychiatric disorders in this age group with a special focus on depression in the oldest old. RESULTS Much of the current lit...

objective: the purpose of this study was to examine whether attitudes toward psychiatry improved during psychiatric attachment as well as the relationship between attitudes to psychiatry and intention to pursue psychiatry as a career. it also assessed the relationship between students’ characteristics with their attitudes toward psychiatry and intention to pursue psychiatry as a career before a...

The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of ADHD diagnosis among patients applying adult psychiatry polyclinic for first time and comorbid diseases diagnosed with ADHD. was carried out on who applied Psychiatry Polyclinic in Medical Faculty Hospital Kocaeli University Turkey between 10.01.2018 03.01.2019, 151 involved this study. After providing participating a verbal written briefin...

Out of 88 cases of depression, admitted in Department of Psychiatry, K.G's. Medical College, Lucknow, 33 cases fulfilling the inclusion criteria were assessed for severity of depression and memory performance and were compared with memory scores of normal healthy controls. After treatment with drugs, improved depressives served as their own controls also. Memory scores of depressives were found...

This article describes a new course for preclinical medical undergraduates designed to promote interest and engagement in psychiatry. The course employed a range of innovative teaching techniques alongside ward visits to provide students with early clinical experience. Unusually, assessment for the course involved the production of creative works as well as reflective writing about students' ex...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this pilot study is to examine the association between Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and prospective psychiatry residents. METHODS Forty-six American medical schools were contacted and asked to participate in this study. Data were collected and an aggregated list was compiled that included the following information: date of MBTI administration, academic year, MBT...

background:   facing an unfamiliar environment is always one of the biggest concerns for medical students who are going to have clinical educations in medical fields. recently early clinical exposure (ece) for medical students has been proposed as an effective factor in reducing stress and motivating toward the rest of their education as a clinical student. this study aimed at evaluation of ece...

BACKGROUND As a significant proportion of patients receiving palliative care suffer from states of anxiety, depression, delirium, or other mental symptoms, psychiatry and palliative care already collaborate closely in the palliative care of medical conditions. Despite this well-established involvement of psychiatrists in palliative care, psychiatry does not currently explicitly provide palliati...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a new psychiatry clerkship curriculum which was designed to improve the knowledge and skills of medical students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Iran. METHODS This quasi-experimental study was conducted in two consecutive semesters from February 2009 to January 2010. In total, 167 medical students participated i...