Introduction An attack using radiation will create uncertainty, fear, and terror. Following the detonation of a Radiation Dispersal Device (RDD) the management of acute psychological and behavioral responses will be as important as the treatment of RDD-related injuries and illnesses. Radiation is a dreaded threat, usually seen as catastrophic and fatal. Radiation is invisible, odorless and unkn...

BACKGROUND Violence against women is increasingly recognised as an important issue in both research and social policy. AIMS To assess the lifetime experience of physical and sexual violence among lone and partnered mothers and the association with psychiatric disorders. METHOD Analysis of the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. The representative sample included 2232 ...

Within psychiatric settings, many female clients report experiences of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). In this paper we explore the experience of 10 women who were hospitalized in psychiatric settings, restrained, and given forced medication (FM). All the women have histories that included CSA. Some authors have suggested that the experience of psychiatric hospitalization may represent an event t...

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common and age-related cancers worldwide. Objectives: The present study aimed to determine the recurrence, severity, distress, and clustering of symptoms in the elderly with colorectal cancer in the selected hospitals in Isfahan from 2018 to 2019. Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted over a period of six months on 300 ...

At first glance, it would seem peculiar to be discussing GI disorders in a psychiatric publication. However, functional GI disorders (FGIDs) represent a unique subset of GI disorders that have strong psychiatric implications beyond mere psychiatric comorbidity and/or psychosocial distress, which are indeed frequent concomitants of these disorders. There is increasing evidence that psychopharmac...

BACKGROUND Detection of psychiatric disorder in primary care is a complex issue. Distinctions between 'normal' emotional distress and psychiatric disorder depend on how disorder is conceptualized. Our aim was to explore two different conceptualizations by examining patients' scores on one-dimensional depression measures and scores on the Four Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire (4DSQ), a measure ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to test a model predicting the contribution of abuse-related characteristics and mediating variables such as coping and attributional style in the development of psychological sequelae in adults reporting a history of child sexual abuse (CSA). METHODOLOGY Two hundred and eighty-five males and females from three settings (a nonpatient, psychiatric outpatient...

Somatization is the psychological mechanism whereby psychological distress is expressed in the form of physical symptoms. The psychological distress in somatization is most commonly caused by a mood disorder that threatens mental stability. Conversion disorder occurs when the somatic presentation involves any aspect of the central nervous system over which voluntary control is exercised. Conver...

BACKGROUND Depression is a risk factor for adverse outcomes following myocardial infarction (MI). However, the importance of various other psychological factors is less well established. PURPOSE The purpose is (a) explore the degree to which self-reported psychological symptoms in post-MI patients represent one or more underlying dimensions and (b) examine whether psychological symptom profil...