Ischemic perinatal stroke is a disorder associated with significant long-term neurologic morbidity. With an estimated incidence of 1 in 2300 to 5000 births, stroke is more likely to occur in the perinatal period than at any time in childhood. The incidence of ischemic perinatal stroke ranks second only to that of strokes in the elderly population. Although ischemic perinatal stroke is a well-re...

Possible predictors of hospitalization for adolescents with conduct disorder seen in psychiatric emergency service Objective: The aim was to investigate predictors of hospitalization of adolescents with conduct disorder (CD) seen in emergency service of a mental health hospital. Method: Patients were evaluated retrospectively by age, gender, school status, family structure, presenting symptoms ...

the high comorbidity of medical and psychiatric diagnoses in the general hospital population requires collaboration between various medical fields to provide comprehensive health care. this study aims to find the rate of psychiatric consultations, their timing and overall diagnostic trend in comparison to previous studies. tehran university of medical sciences has got an active psychiatric cons...

INTRODUCTION A novel population-based health index was identified, in addition to calculation of the rates of psychiatric disorder in a random sample from a large urban center. METHODS With use of the regional population as a sampling frame, 685,684 individuals (45.8% male) were selected randomly, with physician billing visit and cost data from 1994 to 2009 grouped on the basis of the presenc...