conclusions the results of the current study show that conducting assertive training in high school students decreases their anxiety, stress, and depression. given that high school years are among the most sensitive stages of one’s life plus the fact that conducting such training programs besides their safe and low cost nature are effective and practical, it is highly recommended that such prog...

OBJECTIVE This study compares the instruments and interventions utilized to identify and remediate unprofessional behaviors in medical students across U.S. psychiatry clerkships. METHODS A 20-item questionnaire was distributed to 120 psychiatry clerkship directors and directors of medical student education, in the U.S., inquiring into the procedures utilized for identifying, monitoring, and r...

EMOTIONAL SIDE EFFECTS AFTER HIGH-FREQUENCY RTMS OF THE RIGHT DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX IN AN ADULT PATIENT WITH ADHD AND COMORBID DEPRESSION Libor Ustohal, Radovan Prikryl, Hana Prikrylova Kucerova, Monika Sisrova, Iva Stehnova, Simona Venclikova, Michaela Vrzalova & Eva Ceskova Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic CEI...

research and evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of co-operatively organized, institutional research programs as opposed to individual research programs. "Frontiers in Psychiatry" is concerned with the place of psychiatry in education and sociology, as well as international relations. This superior presentation demonstrates the present-day limitations of psychiatry but also points out ho...

background: depression is one of the most common psychiatry disorders. the most common treatments for this disorder are pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. due to the side effects and expensiveness of these methods, developing the non-drug treatments seems to be necessary. this study tries to determine the effect of eight weeks of aerobic exercises on depression, frequency of negative automatic ...

This study aimed to assess the reliability, validity, and psychometric characteristics of the Turkish version of the Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire (SDQ-20). In this context, it investigated whether somatoform dissociation differentiates dissociative disorders from other diagnostic groups and non-clinical individuals. The Turkish Version of the SDQ-20 was administered to 50 patients with...

In this month's issue, we focus on psychiatry and primary care. Many psychiatric disorders are managed in the primary care setting. Thus, the integration of psychiatric care with primary care services is critical. An article on the patient-centered medical home and mental health home models discusses improving healthcare coordination among physicians and other clinicians, providing a team-based...