Background; The increasing mental disorders prevalence adds countries’ burdens. One of the disorder’s risks is residence. There no research about relationship between residence and ten most psychiatric diseases in Surabaya. Objective; This aims to study Dr. Soetomo hospital clinic. Methods; method using observational-analytic design with a cross-sectional approach Data were taken from medical r...

This study had two aims: to test the hypothesis that borderline personality disorder (BPD) patients hold numerous dysfunctional beliefs associated with a variety of Axis II disorders, and to construct a BPD belief scale which captures these beliefs. Beliefs were measured using the Personality Belief Questionnaire (PBQ) which is designed to assess beliefs associated with various personality diso...

Symptoms of paranoia were found in 9.5% of a community sample of older adults in North Carolina. In cross-sectional analyses, these symptoms were associated most strongly with black race, lower income and education, less exercise, and more depressive symptoms. In longitudinal analysis, paranoid symptoms three years following initial interview were predicted by baseline paranoid symptoms, educat...

background and purpose: personality disorders may lead to addiction and viral diseases. on the other hand, addiction and viral infections also cause mental and personality disorders. this research aimed at comparing personality disorders and clinical symptoms between male prisoners. materials and methods: a cross–sectional study was conducted in male prisoners in quchan, iran, 2014. three group...

We describe a rare case of psychotic disorder, with unique family dynamics and management difficulties.